Aaron Hall - Don't Be Afraid

Aaron Hall
"Don't Be Afraid"
MCA Records (1991)

[TheRealKatinaWashington]

Who else is back on here checking out the lyrics? 😂

[beazy]

I was today years old when i noticed what this song was really about. Dude was sick af.

[TF-gffs]

I haven't heard this song since I was a kid in the 90s. I'm 40 now and I'm realizing how predatory this song was. He had to have been the songwriter for this.

[danpope]

Listening to this song as an adult is wild. Dude opened up this song with a prayer and went into the dark side. I always thought the track was banging but the lyrics…..

[kennethwomack]

It’s now time to really pay attention to what is being said in these lyrics 😢🩸

[Robert-nbcc]

Juice, man powerful movie, I was sitting in the theater 1992 when this came out I was 18 im glad im from that era

[marcusreed]

These lyrics are kinda crazy as I listen to this song as a adult😭

[cecekash]

But he really said the Lord’s prayer in the beginning👀😳… that’s wild … who else really just thinkin back on their childhood … I’m callin my therapist tomorrow morning 😂

[mikerolo]

I feel like an old man...All these little kids came here because of a video game and I came here because I remember bumpin this in my homeboy's Jeep in early 92'...Everyone in NYC was listening to this soundtrack back then...

[owe]

This song is addicting and creepy at the same time

[DG-kqgc]

The lawsuit brought me here! Smh. Heard this alot as a child. It went in one ear & out the other.

[tron.]

Before R. Kelly, there was Aaron Hall.

[mrs.hardbazzi]

Crazy how no one batted an eye when it was released.

[divineintent]

Soon as I hear that “Oh ohhhh!” I already know Aaron Hall about to kill it💃🏽🎤

[ktsavage]

This comment section is a perfect example of an organic real time change in public perception. You can pinpoint the exact moment in history when we all realized this song is about sexual assault and rape.

[BesinuwaStreeter]

It’s the beat that’s dope but them lyrics are evil as hell itself.

[nicola]

The drum pattern and base of this song is sick

[tarshagreene]

I was 16 years old when this song came out. I am now 48. I had no idea what it meant. 😢

[jonb]

Little known fact - the song was produced by Hank Shocklee and Gary G Wiz better known as Public Enemy's production team the Bomb Squad. They also produced Ice Cube's first solo album AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted.

[WorldwideJamal]

When background singers still mattered and was able to shine.