Mad Vibes - Riches To Rags

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  • Опубліковано 30 вер 2012
  • 1997 www.discogs.com/Mad-Vibes-Chec... courtesy of deerhunta

КОМЕНТАРІ • 527

  • @callen.6371
    @callen.6371 3 місяці тому +61

    Who is here 2024 ??

  • @elraboso
    @elraboso 10 років тому +538

    I'm in love with this kind of music, seriously

  • @brandonyouknowitsmechill3317
    @brandonyouknowitsmechill3317 Рік тому +55

    WHO STILL BUMPING THIS 25 YEARS LATER 🔥

  • @OE509
    @OE509 6 років тому +155

    Just sit back, close your eyes, and nod to this

    • @beatsbysteezbag2382
      @beatsbysteezbag2382 6 років тому +7

      OE Beats thanks for showing me these guys bro shits flame

    • @rare1974
      @rare1974 6 років тому

      do you know the lyrics or where i can get it?

    • @rare1974
      @rare1974 6 років тому

      tried doing lyrics my self
      but here it is
      my mums was always selling dr g s, So i was able to roam and at the age of music:.12 i got into the dr I_I g scene, I'ma drop out of high school at the age of music:.15 then the age of music:.18 bless you both with the beautiful birth, but this birth had to be fed without a neglect and without a education you cant get no respect, searching for a appointment but wasn't nothing but a disappointment so you went off and got your own appointment on the streets you accumulated green for your seed and inherited material

    • @cryptanious4749
      @cryptanious4749 6 років тому +2

      dope song! so tried doin lyrics myself too and..
      quote:
      "cause recognition to godbodys on inner city streets that fell they hit the curb hard massively elevated to the top but started at the bottom maintain position well and even caught stardom became a victim to a substance that u pushed on block now ur life is off the hook and u mo hard rock she grew up without any godies(?) at home ur mums is always out dr_gs and u was able to roam at the age of thirteen u entered the dr_gscene and then dropped out of highschool at the age of fifteen at the age of eighteen plan that u seeding ur earth(?) al|ah blessed u both with a beautiful birth..."
      correct me if im wrong.. :)

    • @rare1974
      @rare1974 6 років тому

      Nice, i think you got it better then me you prob did and i don't know if you're wrong i tried to find the lyrics everywhere but i just cant find it. But you did it really good i could like hear the words properly from what you typed like it was more clear ya feel me?

  • @lcfranco97
    @lcfranco97 Рік тому +26

    the first verse is one of the hardest I have ever heard. respect from brazil!!

    • @pasthuman
      @pasthuman 10 місяців тому

      1 hundred percent!

  • @lostreews5237
    @lostreews5237 6 років тому +64

    RESPECT THIS DOPE FROM GREECE! I miss 2000s

    • @Thanos_Tag
      @Thanos_Tag 3 роки тому +1

      eyyy

    • @turururu9774
      @turururu9774 3 роки тому

      dwse dikene moy mad vibez kavla

    • @futuretrunks6927
      @futuretrunks6927 6 місяців тому +1

      I am Turkish, love and peace to Greece, you have good old-school rap as well

  • @sleepisthecousinofdeath7395
    @sleepisthecousinofdeath7395 Рік тому +7

    “God bless, I know your days filled with enough stress”

  • @nikapantsulaia8627
    @nikapantsulaia8627 4 роки тому +164

    2020 still here

  • @mcgnostic8544
    @mcgnostic8544 10 років тому +362

    Nothing is better than the original
    Old school hip hop ritual
    The street poetry verbals deep instrumentally
    Peace to the old schoolers for contributing knowledge in the game
    Ever since they're retirements shit's ain't the same🎤🎤🎤🎤😔😞😤😡

    • @AjieA
      @AjieA 5 років тому +6

      MC Gnostic facts!

    • @pyrocrewnl8899
      @pyrocrewnl8899 4 роки тому +2

      @@AjieA old skool

    • @pyrocrewnl8899
      @pyrocrewnl8899 4 роки тому +4

      Old skool not old school

    • @bigdesj
      @bigdesj 4 роки тому +5

      Up to us to change that

    • @mcgnostic8544
      @mcgnostic8544 3 роки тому +2

      @@AjieA shit’s garbage these days

  • @kanalratte969
    @kanalratte969 6 років тому +123

    sometime im sad coz i grew up in the right time but the wrong country, so i wasnt able to listen to this divine sounds as i was young. but now i am listening to this and i remember my carefree times and its like it was yesterday. :) thx for this upload

    • @AziaticAmericas
      @AziaticAmericas 3 роки тому +17

      The fact it reached you is the point of Hip Hop, Thank You 🙏
      - NYC

    • @vintage_sole4065
      @vintage_sole4065 2 роки тому +5

      Love from Bed Stuy Brooklyn 💙🙏🏻

  • @mayronlopez348
    @mayronlopez348 3 місяці тому +5

    2030 here. Cuz this futuristic.

  • @benjamintam6408
    @benjamintam6408 2 роки тому +24

    Dude, I can play this song all day. The lyrics, the beat and man, that piano riff.

  • @stevenrivers8386
    @stevenrivers8386 3 роки тому +63

    This might be. Lyrically. One of the best indie underground 90s rap songs I have ever heard. That is straight storytelling. Beautiful.

    • @colorojo145
      @colorojo145 Рік тому +2

      no indie

    • @chrisb6484
      @chrisb6484 Рік тому

      Mick Jagger "the lead singer from The Rolling Stones",wrote this song!
      He was a huge hip hop head,he wrote "NY State of Mind,Dead Presidents, Notorious Thugs(Lazy Bone's verse) and he wrote Chief Kerf-Faneto!

    • @XXXTHREAT
      @XXXTHREAT Рік тому +1

      @@chrisb6484 is this a lie? How come he isn't credited then?

    • @aidanmurphy8069
      @aidanmurphy8069 Рік тому +2

      @@chrisb6484 that's just bullshit

    • @tacticalcaptain8279
      @tacticalcaptain8279 2 місяці тому

      This sounds like Big Pun, he's a big fella (heh) in rap

  • @ryukaganzeroful
    @ryukaganzeroful 3 роки тому +9

    If anyone else is wondering, the speech in the beginning was from Gil Scott-Heron in a poem he wrote called We Beg Your Pardon

  • @bigdawwg9162
    @bigdawwg9162 Рік тому +9

    Ima leave this here so when I’m older I’ll come back to this n see how much I’ve grown n learn since then

    • @Voltrical
      @Voltrical Рік тому +1

      same 1/4/2023 11:18 AM

    • @shineeloverr
      @shineeloverr Рік тому +1

      me too 18/1/23 8:13pm

    • @proob9853
      @proob9853 9 днів тому

      A year has passed, and I hope you and the comments above me are doing well.
      09/07/2024 05:18 AM

  • @amoschiwara6160
    @amoschiwara6160 3 роки тому +10

    Respect all the way from Zimbabwe!

  • @surveillance1
    @surveillance1 10 років тому +23

    What a fucking dope flow !

  • @burle999
    @burle999 6 місяців тому +32

    2024 still here

  • @emilybemily711
    @emilybemily711 7 місяців тому +5

    2023 still vibing

  • @TheHumanBallsack
    @TheHumanBallsack 6 років тому +22

    Ahh man...that beat has got me zonin'

  • @JustPlainAwful
    @JustPlainAwful 9 місяців тому +6

    One of the absolute best songs I’ve ever heard, pure soul and energy❤

  • @airkouk
    @airkouk 3 роки тому +11

    This is how I look back on my teenage years and somehow a tear rolls down my face and in 2021 we will be present to reminisce about our childhood and the golden 90's. Yo, yo.
    Peace.

  • @tobit4007
    @tobit4007 3 роки тому +11

    this song is just magical smh even thoe i wasn’t born in the 90s I feel like I grew up during that time because of this song

  • @AjieA
    @AjieA 5 років тому +82

    This is my favorite song rn. It’s so beautiful and real. A lot of people in the hood can relate. Though I truly wonder what happened to this guy. I can’t find anything about him on the internet and I hope he’s okay. May Allah bless him. Ameen 😭🙌🏾❤️

    • @richardwere4487
      @richardwere4487 5 років тому +9

      This is as good as Big Squig's song Keep It Going...mad crazy

    • @griotnews7346
      @griotnews7346 4 роки тому

      who are you looking for?

    • @griotnews7346
      @griotnews7346 4 роки тому

      who are you looking for? I can help

    • @champpit1
      @champpit1 3 роки тому

      @@richardwere4487 indeed! CLASSIC SONG!

    • @Razah.
      @Razah. 3 роки тому +1

      @@griotnews7346 she looking for the artist who is rapping in the song, she hoping he is okay

  • @BFpro156
    @BFpro156 3 роки тому +82

    This is real hip hop. Morden mainstream hip hop lost its contacts with the culture, the realness, the roots.
    I listen to this underground artists who didnt get big money from this, i feel a passion, a devotion to hip hop, a mystic vibe, i dont get from almost any of these artists who got millionaires.
    This is what hip hops about

    • @isaacfoster1377
      @isaacfoster1377 3 роки тому +4

      Making music for the soul not for the green ( depending on what kind)

    • @samsneed7172
      @samsneed7172 2 роки тому

      100%

    • @xkxngx8936
      @xkxngx8936 2 роки тому +2

      Please dont be that type of hip hop head…YES this song is a godsend YES this is better than about 80% of the current music but your limiting yourself if your saying this is raps peak or that this type of vibe is non existent in todays music. Cmon now

    • @bonystickmanking1250
      @bonystickmanking1250 2 роки тому +1

      @@xkxngx8936 hip hop has lost a lot of it's soul

    • @cebido53
      @cebido53 Рік тому +4

      @@xkxngx8936 He's right with everything though. If you ask most modern rappers why they got into Rap nowadays, they'll tell you they do it to get rich. It's just not the same. The culture doesnt exist anymore

  • @bakagaming6455
    @bakagaming6455 2 роки тому +10

    I was listening to this beautiful track all the time, accidentally listened to this while being stoned asf and i actually shed a tear

  • @Nobodimportan
    @Nobodimportan 2 роки тому +6

    I still remember the first time I heard this on new years eve 1999, still takes me back to that night

  • @catchwreck98
    @catchwreck98 3 роки тому +6

    Just had to rewind this track several times...too good

  • @lucam.3809
    @lucam.3809 10 років тому +57

    Thats what im talkin about,real hip hop how people today can live without it?
    Listenin to all this crap goin on radios worldwide everyday,thanx to this great underground rap uploader
    I can get to know all these great songs,dont stop what u doin

    • @rosen1970
      @rosen1970 5 років тому

      Luca M. Word up!

    • @AjieA
      @AjieA 5 років тому

      Luca M. Exactly! It’s so sad how real music is basically gone. Kendrick is the closest we can get now

    • @stevenrivers8386
      @stevenrivers8386 4 роки тому

      Luca M. Digging in the crates of ep’s. Crates in music shops in brooklyn, ny. thats where ogdon is from.

    • @uhis1686
      @uhis1686 2 роки тому

      ay man that's why u don't listen to the radio. dig in the crates! or on the internet, new dudes comin up always

  • @vicentefelice2394
    @vicentefelice2394 3 роки тому +7

    For anyone looking for the sample, it is The Isley Brothers - Love Put Me On The Corner

  • @LovelyjubleyUK
    @LovelyjubleyUK Рік тому +5

    Thank you UA-cam algorithm for putting me on to some new bangers tonight you’ve served me well 💯 🙏

  • @lancedurocher6302
    @lancedurocher6302 5 років тому +5

    From when music had better days, I miss it

  • @anachoritis
    @anachoritis 4 роки тому +7

    I feel blessed hearing this

    • @urbi187
      @urbi187 4 роки тому +1

      me 2, so dope... so real..

    • @DonnieDarko1
      @DonnieDarko1 3 роки тому +1

      🙏❤👊

  • @tobiramasenju6290
    @tobiramasenju6290 2 роки тому +3

    God bless I know your days are filled with much stress 🙏🏾

  • @MaxRaldin
    @MaxRaldin 3 роки тому +6

    Beautiful beat.

  • @runaspowers6636
    @runaspowers6636 7 місяців тому +3

    Lyrics of this song are so real!

  • @minalove6582
    @minalove6582 Рік тому +5

    I love hip hop for real. What a gift, the storytelling is impeccable when done by a true lyricist.

  • @Yasin-ru3tv
    @Yasin-ru3tv 3 роки тому +8

    Timeless masterpiece

  • @vitami1
    @vitami1 3 роки тому +6

    On repeat every fckn time, salute from Greece

  • @SouthCali96
    @SouthCali96 11 років тому +9

    Good combination on flowing so smoothly with the beat a lot like lord finesse

  • @devmiles
    @devmiles 5 років тому +9

    This track is so hard!

  • @ghost66999
    @ghost66999 Рік тому +2

    2023 still killin'☝

  • @henriquewierzynski5233
    @henriquewierzynski5233 Рік тому +4

    This is on Spotify! Search for "Riches to Rags - Chill".

  • @Voltrical
    @Voltrical Рік тому +4

    hardest underground rap song ever

  • @gunshotZ712
    @gunshotZ712 Рік тому +3

    Brooo I’ve been looking for this song for so long and I FINALY decided to check UA-cam, this needs to be on Spotify

  • @chrisfarlee6496
    @chrisfarlee6496 3 роки тому +3

    This song always reminds me of my brother

  • @Underground247
    @Underground247 3 роки тому +3

    still hard! Love from the UK.

  • @xkxngx8936
    @xkxngx8936 2 роки тому +3

    This song been stuck in my head for a week now🔥🔥🔥

  • @Dungus
    @Dungus 11 років тому +20

    First dude reminds me of Phife, cool flow

  • @floordoctor
    @floordoctor 5 років тому +5

    Never should have got rid of this record. Been waiting on a repress somewhere for ages now. Giddy Up.

    • @griotnews7346
      @griotnews7346 4 роки тому +2

      I have origanal vinyls

    • @l-17
      @l-17 3 роки тому

      @@griotnews7346 do you still have? Whats your relation to mad vibes?
      Love

  • @UberBoiFuta
    @UberBoiFuta Рік тому +2

    This is fire so happy to discover it again

  • @saulorafael5084
    @saulorafael5084 3 роки тому +17

    Essa vibe fria do hip-hop de nova york dos anos 90 é muito reconfortante, muito foda

  • @MP-qd3vi
    @MP-qd3vi 3 роки тому +5

    i grew up on 90s rap and this morning i heard this dope track for the first time!! powerful bars!!

  • @user-kh4td5er6h
    @user-kh4td5er6h 11 місяців тому +1

    22/08/2023 my bruddas are on point hat to hat ..

  • @Skateandcreate9
    @Skateandcreate9 11 років тому +10

    i keep thinking of that ODB "who da fuck wanna be a mc, if you cant get paid to be a mc". never heard these dudes before but man...seem like another diamond in the ruff that the rest dont give a damn about. i know people who would rather search for trash than quality just so they can get a lil self esteem pick-me up. fucking disgrace. THESE are the people that deserve our respect, admiration, and attention.

  • @sleepisthecousinofdeath7395
    @sleepisthecousinofdeath7395 Рік тому +3

    Damn 💎

  • @Tranquilsoul
    @Tranquilsoul 11 років тому +10

    this is amazing

  • @Chkhitoooo
    @Chkhitoooo 4 роки тому +9

    I don't know why I haven't known about this before :| What a GEM💠

  • @MikeForceMagnetic
    @MikeForceMagnetic 3 роки тому +30

    Yo my boy just sent me this ... wow I’m amazed at the love for this record I produced and wrote it along with my brother ... we went through a lot turmoil in the streets and every lyric is true all facts

    • @kevinjohn5765
      @kevinjohn5765 3 роки тому +1

      U trippin bruv!!!

    • @aj187redrum
      @aj187redrum 3 роки тому +5

      Yo bro could you send me the full lyrics of the song? i would love to translate it to spanish so more people could understand about real hip hop! Much props for this track tho

    • @stevenrivers8386
      @stevenrivers8386 2 роки тому +1

      Really?

    • @Paz-jv3rj
      @Paz-jv3rj Рік тому +1

      Masterpiece my good sir

    • @robertbeamon6223
      @robertbeamon6223 6 місяців тому +1

      🔥🔥🔥Bro, I remember when you guys first dropped this. I had the Vinyl🙏🏽💪🏽

  • @riverx3066
    @riverx3066 7 місяців тому +1

    Such a good song

  • @rohannelluvelil
    @rohannelluvelil 3 роки тому +4

    that fat kick and that mother loving snare tho and real bars , this is hip hop .

  • @ghana21
    @ghana21 6 місяців тому +4

    REAL HIP HOP IN IT'S PUREST FORM!!

  • @elyakuto3291
    @elyakuto3291 Рік тому +1

    2023 n still fire

  • @DGDime
    @DGDime Рік тому +3

    This is one of my latest finds, wow 25 years too late ;) this may be one of the most o.g rap songs in the world. Respect!!!!!

  • @75013biatchh
    @75013biatchh 11 років тому +14

    classique thks ninja peace from france

  • @alexfavela8509
    @alexfavela8509 Рік тому +1

    Who’s here in 2022? Found a “90s underground hip hop- rare tracks” playlist which included this song. I love this kind of music. Wish it was on iTunes.

  • @genericwhitemale1114
    @genericwhitemale1114 5 років тому +9

    Lyrics:
    Man promoted for the job he did on the streets of the H2O where the pushers sell the drugs that the government allows into their country and then they do time. Get caught with a nigga bag brother man get caught with a nigga bag says the lady on your way to get yo hair fixed. You'll do Big Ben, Big Ben is time.
    Yo
    This recognition to God
    Bodies on inner city streets that fell and hit the curb hard massively.
    Elevated to the top but started at the bottom
    Maintained position while an even core starvin
    Became a victim to a substance that you pushed on block
    Now your life is off the hook and you mo hot rocks
    You grew up without any guidence at home
    Ya moms is always so drunk so you were able to roam
    At the age of 13 you entered the drug scene
    And then dropped outta high school at the age of 15
    At the age of 18 planting your seed in ya earth
    Allah blessed you both with a beautiful birth
    But this birth had to be fair without a neglect
    And without an education you can't get no respect
    Searchin for employment nothin but disappointment
    So you went for nothin and got your own employment
    On the streets you accumalating green for your seed
    And inherited material for nessecity needs
    Blew the spot had workers at a normal shore block
    From north main to south main
    The h2o was mad hot
    You even shorted brothers for their tatts and their crops
    Even words you said prices was high on the stock
    But on the L you was puffin up fools and fell into relm later on it would be easy to tell
    The truth no doubt it was all going down the hill
    Empire you had grew was on its way to the ground
    Cause of a night you introduced ya mouth piece to the pipe
    And took your life into a relm where it was hard to see light yo
    From riches to rags
    From dime pieces to crabs from
    Puffin lot smokin to coppin crack on the ave
    This change of life be a reflection of a physical that fell and the man owed to the depths of hell
    Once a playa but now you stand all played out
    The latest dope crackhead dealer the rumors be about
    God bless I know your days are filled with enough stress
    But on your journey never ceases to hold down your backs
    I'm writin rhymes for the ghetto dwellers buildin the cellers
    Fat concepts as steps for the story tellers
    Preparin rhymes narcrotic on the block mad hot
    Watch your back black or get back to the plot
    What you thought it couldn't happen ya better rise up
    Fore the undertaker be sizin ya up
    But really it doesn't matter when ya from son
    You could be a big dick nigga still get done
    See ya round my way
    Niggas act mad trife
    Playin Russian Roulette with the next mans life
    Games a situation similar to Vietnam
    Not a day goes by where the night seems calm
    I used to lay in my rest with a bag of boodabless
    Gettin set, not a times occuppy with stress
    Shit is a mess
    I used to run games but niggas that change like the weather
    Now I sit strange brothers love faka than pleatha
    But I still got love for my niggas no doubt no doubt
    Even though I can't figure out these actions out
    So watch the love son watch the love (bruh) for you and ya crew
    Be rest and above
    Now my man wanna front big town on the regula
    Out in public place talkin on the cellula
    You gotta dip let us put ya whip on the jewels flyin in now she took you on a trip
    The same elsewhere but you couldn't see clear
    Now the next man's pushin up from the rear
    He got ya jewels
    He got ya dip pushed in ya whip but
    You couldn't see nothin
    So you got stripped of material things mad cash
    You kept the stash and was blottin on the table where
    Ya ass will crash or be ass out
    A no name heard with no clout
    You're a pussy for the loot
    Yes we'll see what it's about
    Yo
    From riches to rags
    From dime pieces to crabs from
    Puffin lot smokin to coppin crack on the ave
    This change of life be a reflection of a physical that fell and the man owed to the depths of hell
    Once a playa but now you stand all played out
    The latest dope crackhead dealer the rumors be about
    God bless I know your days are filled with enough stress
    But on your journey never ceases to hold down your backs
    Man promoted for the job he did on the streets of the H2O where the pushers sell the drugs that the government allows into their country and then they do time. Get caught with a nigga bag brother man get caught with a nigga bag says the lady on your way to get yo hair fixed. You'll do Big Ben, Big Ben is time.
    Please correct me if I need it. It took me an hour to do this.

    • @chris88cvgt1
      @chris88cvgt1 5 років тому +1

      I was also trying to figure out the lyrics as well. My interpretation of the first three parts was about 90 percent the same as yours. Good job!

    • @griotnews7346
      @griotnews7346 4 роки тому +1

      Mike force?

    • @ned272
      @ned272 4 роки тому +1

      *so you went for 'delf' and got ya own employment*

    • @MikeForceMagnetic
      @MikeForceMagnetic 3 роки тому

      I appreciate this love you guys wow we did this records years ago

    • @MikeForceMagnetic
      @MikeForceMagnetic 3 роки тому

      GRIOT NEWS 7 that’s me my brotha

  • @kireal
    @kireal 11 років тому +6

    the second track on this 12" is also very dope!!

  • @MN-pt8er
    @MN-pt8er 5 років тому +3

    Paris in love with that 🙏💪🏿 force et robustesse les amateurs de good vibes

  • @Loooo99
    @Loooo99 11 місяців тому +3

    I thank god that you exist bro! Thank you for your work❤💯

  • @maxdemarcos6826
    @maxdemarcos6826 6 років тому +4

    for you and your crew be resting above

  • @HaefOne
    @HaefOne 11 років тому +11

    Best upload ever.. I love it and hear it every day. =)

  • @DextrorsalHD
    @DextrorsalHD 6 років тому +7

    Bruh OG why u such a goon . Every track I search up you uploaded it. Fucking Mad Respects For real.

  • @Venom44
    @Venom44 3 місяці тому +2

    Still here in 2024

  • @user-rp1uc2bn2m
    @user-rp1uc2bn2m 6 місяців тому +51

    Who is here in 2023?

    • @curtisbelcher7352
      @curtisbelcher7352 5 місяців тому +21

      How about 2024 💯

    • @sonja6065
      @sonja6065 5 місяців тому

      ​@@curtisbelcher7352me

    • @Panf_Graffiti
      @Panf_Graffiti 5 місяців тому +11

      Me bro i am 15 years old and this is the only type of music to escape from reality. I also do graffiti with this music

    • @fpineros9189
      @fpineros9189 4 місяці тому +3

      2024

    • @Mihammedmihammed
      @Mihammedmihammed 4 місяці тому +2

      2024

  • @maxdietrich7560
    @maxdietrich7560 7 років тому +7

    without 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
    nothing will ever get you high

    • @0liverr94
      @0liverr94 7 років тому +3

      max dietrich you can eat the buds I used to and know other people who do. I have been wanting to quit smoking so much, and cook with it. Eating weed is bad for your stomach I heard though if you're eating the straight buds and picking off of it. To be honest I would rather Eat weed than eat certain types of plants and vegetables.

    • @williambison9772
      @williambison9772 5 років тому

      you know you can snort coke right lol!!!!!

    • @nightofthunder5509
      @nightofthunder5509 4 роки тому

      @@0liverr94 Canna butter and vaping are what you need

  • @tune1r
    @tune1r 10 років тому +9

    Good jams

  • @realdeal139
    @realdeal139 3 роки тому +2

    That first verse is classic!

  • @mirkakuttnerova1151
    @mirkakuttnerova1151 Рік тому +1

    Respect from Slovakia too good rap i love it

  • @Djunturica
    @Djunturica 4 роки тому +2

    I keep coming back to this for years now, AMAZING track, thank you Mad Vibes!

  • @damnitman187
    @damnitman187 2 роки тому +2

    You don't deserve the sense of hearing if you disliked this song

  • @antonganich.
    @antonganich. 3 місяці тому +4

    2024 🤙

  • @tomeupuig8220
    @tomeupuig8220 5 років тому +3

    The mad vibes art of músic hip hop to 1990 greatt!! From Mallorca

  • @darex1226
    @darex1226 3 роки тому +4

    Lyrics:
    [Intro: Gil Scott-Heron]
    Being promoted for the job he did on the streets of [the H2O] where the pushers sell the drugs that the government allows in the country, and then they do time
    Get caught with a nickel bag, brotherman. Get caught with a nickel bag, sisterlady on your way to get your hair fixed
    You'll do Big Ben, and Big Ben is time.”
    [Verse 1]
    Yo, this recognition to God bodies on inner-city streets
    That fell and hit the curb hard massively
    Elevated to the top but started at the bottom
    Maintain position well and even caught stardom
    Became a victim to a substance that you pushed on the block
    Now your life is off the hook and you mo hot rocks
    You grew up without any guidance at home
    Your moms was always out drunk so you was able to roam
    At the age of 13 you entered the drug scene
    And then dropped out of high school at the age of 15
    At the age of 18, planted the seed in your Earth
    Allah blessed you both with a beautiful birth
    But this birth had to be fed without a neglect
    And without an education you can’t get no respect
    Searching for employment was nothing but disappointment
    So you went for nothing and get your own employment
    On the streets you accumulated grief in your seed
    And inherited material for necessity needs
    Blew the spot, had workers out on almost all blocks
    From North Main to South Main, the H20 was mad hot
    You even shorted brothers for their cheddar and their crops
    And even worse you said prices was high on the stock
    But on the L you was puffin' enough woolies then fell
    Into a realm when later on it would be easy to tell
    The truth, no doubt, it was all going down
    The empire you had built was on its way to the ground
    'Cause overnight you introduced your mouthpiece to the pipe
    And took your life into a realm where it was hard to see light, yo
    [Chrorus]
    From riches to rags, from dime pieces to crabs
    From puffing lot smoking to copping crack on the ave
    This change in life be a reflection of a physical that fell
    In the manhole to the depths of hell
    Once a player, but now you stand all played out
    The latest dope crackhead dealer the rumors be about
    God bless, I know your days are filled with ’nough stress
    But on your journey never cease to hold it down your best
    [Verse 2]
    I'm writin' rhymes for the ghetto-dwellers, buildin' and sellers
    Phat concepts and steps for the storytellers
    Preparing rhymes like product on the block, mad hot
    Watch you back black or get bagged in the plot
    What you thought it couldn't happen?
    Better wise up 'fore the undertaker be at ya sizin' you up
    It really doesn't matter where you’re from son
    You could be a big dick nigga still get done
    See around my way niggas act mad trife
    Playin’ Russian roulette with the next man's life
    Games and situations similar to Vietnam
    Not a day goes by when the night seems calm
    I used to lay at my rest with a bag of Buddha bless gettin’ set
    Now the times occupied with stress, shit is a mess
    I used to run games but niggas done changed, like the weather
    Now shit's strange 'cause the love's faker than pleather
    But I still got love for my niggas no doubt
    Even though I can’t figure these actions out
    So watch the love son, watch the love
    For you and your crew B, restin' above (no doubt)
    Now my man wanna front, big time on the regular
    Out in public places talkin' on the cellular
    You gotta tip, better sport your whip
    While the [?] now she took you on a trip to St. Elsewhere
    'Cause you couldn't see clear
    Now the next man's pushin' up from the rear
    He got your jewels, he got your dip, pushin' your whip
    But you couldn't see nothin' so you got stripped
    Of material things, mad cash, she kept the stash
    And was plottin' on the day your ass would crash
    And be ass out, a no-name herb with no clout
    Yo the pussy for the loot that's what she was about
    [Chrorus]
    From riches to rags, from dime pieces to crabs
    From puffing lot smoking to copping crack on the ave
    This change in life be a reflection of a physical that fell
    In the manhole to the depths of hell
    Once a player, but now you stand all played out
    The latest dope crackhead dealer the rumors be about
    God bless, I know your days are filled with 'nough stress
    But on your journey never cease to hold it down your best
    [Outro: Gil Scott-Heron]
    Being promoted for the job he did on the streets of [the H2O] where the pushers sell the drugs that the government allows in the country, and then they do time
    Get caught with a nickel bag, brotherman. Get caught with a nickel bag, sisterlady on your way to get your hair fixed
    You'll do Big Ben, and Big Ben is time.”

  • @SquirrelOne23
    @SquirrelOne23 11 років тому +5

    Dope track too

  • @juliusoziris2018
    @juliusoziris2018 Рік тому +2

    Pure Gem!👊💯🔥💎

  • @davingoodwin398
    @davingoodwin398 4 роки тому +7

    2020 who still listening?

  • @aidanmurphy8069
    @aidanmurphy8069 11 місяців тому +3

    Reminds me of the wire. Reminds me of struggle, in a dying city. Reminds me of rain when u had no good shoes and those puddles would make ur feet wet forever. Makes me sad

  • @SintelSouraht
    @SintelSouraht 2 роки тому +1

    incredible

  • @MrVitorGomess
    @MrVitorGomess 6 років тому +5

    Love it!

  • @zeemhilmy9058
    @zeemhilmy9058 4 роки тому +6

    2020 :)

  • @isaiasdesambo5918
    @isaiasdesambo5918 4 роки тому +2

    The art of making a good music

  • @levidasilva6143
    @levidasilva6143 4 місяці тому

    Magnificent !!

  • @davidnocias2668
    @davidnocias2668 3 роки тому +1

    big up from Mozambique, this is dope......fo real ,,,,one love

  • @zgteMala
    @zgteMala 2 роки тому +1

    Poppin swing baby

  • @kloudzsv3269
    @kloudzsv3269 2 роки тому +1

    This needs to hop on apple music

  • @HipHopEmperorSalute
    @HipHopEmperorSalute 7 років тому +4

    Rapper Nature from Queensbridge has a song called I don't give a fuck with this beat classic

  • @MrDoorChime
    @MrDoorChime 6 місяців тому

    One of the best. Always hold it down your best

  • @isaacwerner2231
    @isaacwerner2231 7 місяців тому +1

    Wish this was on Spotify or Apple

  • @raptorcharlie115
    @raptorcharlie115 3 роки тому +2

    2021 and still going strong 🔥🔥🔥