Fokis feat. Sadat X – If I Had It My Way (Live In Bielefeld, Germany) [Video]
Fokis has always been one of those rappers who moves like an insider secret—New York bars, underground discipline, zero gimmicks.
Seeing “If I Had It My Way” pop up as a live performance in Bielefeld, Germany feels like a reminder of how far that kind of rap actually travels when the craft is real.
The song itself dates back to the “Underground With Commercial Appeal” era (released August 18, 2017) and originally came with a stacked underground pairing: Punchline and Sadat X on the same record, which is basically a shorthand mission statement for lyrical hip-hop heads.
What makes the Bielefeld video hit is the contrast: the gritty New York DNA of the track landing in a small, packed room in Germany, where the crowd isn’t there for a trend—they’re there for the feeling of the thing. That’s the sweet spot for Fokis, because “If I Had It My Way” has that classic structure where every line is built to be heard clearly, not just skimmed. Sadat X’s presence (as the veteran voice in the mix) is a big part of why the song feels timeless in the first place, and hearing that energy translate live turns it from “a dope deep cut” into something more communal: call-and-response rap in the purest sense.
The venue detail matters too. The clip is tagged as filmed at Bunker Ulmenwall in Bielefeld, and it fits: intimate stage, close crowd, no safety distance between artist and audience—exactly the kind of setting where you can feel how much breath control and cadence matter. And it’s cool timing, because Fokis has been actively resurfacing this song in 2026 promo posts as well, which makes the whole thing feel less like random nostalgia and more like a living chapter that keeps finding new rooms to echo in.
Bottom line: “If I Had It My Way (Live in Bielefeld)” is one of those clips you watch and immediately want more of—not because it’s flashy, but because it proves (again) that real bars don’t need a big machine. They just need a mic, a crowd, and a song that’s built to last.