"Be Easy" is the second single from
T.I.'s album ''
Trap Muzik
''Trap Muzik'' is the second studio album by the American rapper T.I., released on August 19, 2003, by Atlantic Records, Atlantic and his newly founded record label Grand Hustle Records, Grand Hustle. Due to the poor sales on T.I.'s first album, '' ...
''. The song is about the life of a man in the
projects
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An alternative view sees a project managerially as a sequence of even ...
. The song peaked at number 55 on the US
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by '' Billboard''. Rankings are based on a measure of radio airplay, sales data, and streaming activity. The chart had 100 ...
chart.
Allmusic - T.I.
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'Allmusic''. Accessed on August 4, 2008
Music video
The video is about a man who was shot, and left for dead. The video starts off with the man receiving
CPR
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from paramedics. The video then begins and the whole incident begins in reverse, from the man getting CPR to the man leaving his house.
The beginning of the video is where T.I. was "playing" the piano to the beat of the song and appears to be walking and doing everything backwards.
The second portion of the video "Look What I Got" contained cameo appearances such as
Eightball & MJG
8Ball & MJG is an American hip hop duo from Memphis, Tennessee. They met at Ridgeway Middle School (Memphis, Tennessee) in 1984. In 1993, the duo released their debut album '' Comin' Out Hard''. They went on to release '' On the Outside Looking ...
,
Killer Mike
Michael Santiago Render (born April 20, 1975), better known by his stage name Killer Mike, is an American rapper, actor, and activist. Mike made his debut on Outkast's 2000 LP '' Stankonia'', and later appeared on their Grammy-winning single ...
, P$C &
CeeLo Green
Thomas DeCarlo Callaway - Burton (born May 30, 1975), known professionally as CeeLo Green (or Cee Lo Green), is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer and actor. He is known for his work in hip hop and R&B, including the Gnarl ...
. The scene appears to be a parking lot with a crowd of people.
Track listing
A-side
1. Amended
2. Instrumental
B-side
1. Explicit
2. Amended a cappella
Charts
Weekly charts
References
2003 singles
Grand Hustle Records singles
T.I. songs
Song recordings produced by DJ Toomp
Atlantic Records singles
Songs written by T.I.
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