💥 Latest VIDEO: "PRESSURE" — HOOD ROOTS, HIGH VISION
- TRUSIC WORLD
- May 23
- 3 min read
📍 Shot on William St., Newburgh, NY
🎙️ By SES Vth feat. Professor James Small
“Them mighty-mites got war stories before they turn midgets...By the time they Goldbacks, most Steelers destined for prison.”
If you know Newburgh, you felt that bar in your chest. If you don't, let us break it down for you.
SES Vth drops “Pressure”—a visual and lyrical meditation on the real-life weight of growing up Black in Newburgh, NY. From Pop Warner youth football players who often fall in the "mighty-mites" and/or "midgets" age divisions of the Newburgh Steelers to high school athletes (the Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks), the verse captures how quickly young Black boys in the hood go from chasing dreams to dodging bullets. It’s a brutal truth wrapped in poetic wordplay—and that’s the power of this record.
🎥 The Video
Shot on William Street and featuring drone shots of the city of Newburgh's beautiful location settled along the Hudson River and surrounded by mountains, SES walks us through his family’s actual smoke shop named “Pressure”, a real manifestation of taking the heat and flipping it into ownership. You’ll also see Kemetic Kuts, a barbershop owned by another family member that blends grooming and African-centered culture. These aren’t backdrops—they’re characters in the story.
The people in the video aren’t extras. They’re family, friends, day-ones—the same ones who’ve carried trauma, built resilience, and flipped survival into “business with developments.”
Professor James Small appears in the video with grounded authority, bringing an intergenerational voice to the story. The scenes connect directly to the interview SES conducted with him, adding a scholarly and spiritual weight to the music’s street-centered narrative.
🎙️ The Lyrics — Mastery in Motion
SES Vth’s lyricism is subtle, surgical, and soaked in soul. He doesn’t just name drop Newburgh—he codes it, crafting metaphors and double/triple entendres that only the city’s children can fully decode:
"Mighty-mites got war stories..." – a nod to how early the pressure starts, before innocence even has a chance.
"Steelers destined for prison" – a play on the pop warner team, but also on the American steel and incarceration pipeline for Black boys.
And then comes the end of the verse—a chant, a prayer, a vow:
“We gon' save ourselves despite this detriment and negligence, blowing pressure, all this pressure turned us into precious gems”
That’s not just good writing—that’s alchemical, turning lived experience into life purpose.
🎤 Jadakiss Sample – Crown Without a Crown
The closing quote from Jadakiss hits like a final signature on the scroll:
“I wouldn't say I'm the best, but whoever's the best they know about me...... I'm getting better”
It’s not about chasing clout—it’s about earning stripes in the streets, in the studio, and in the spirit. That line is validation from one of NY’s hardest voices. It’s not said to brag—it’s said to document the journey from pressure to purpose.
🧬 WHY THIS MATTERS
This is how we preserve our stories.
This is how we reclaim our neighborhoods.
This is how we teach our kids that diamonds are born from pressure.
“Pressure” is not just a music video. It’s proof. Proof that survival ain’t the finish line. Ownership is. Evolution is. Enlightenment is.
🔗 Watch the full video now:
🔥 “Pressure” marks the official first release from SES Vth’s forthcoming album—a powerful opening statement for what’s to come. Album title and full details to be announced soon.
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