O.C. - Born 2 Live

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  • @rec-valdivia9112
    @rec-valdivia9112 8 років тому +1445

    That gold 90s sound is unique

    • @LexxoID1
      @LexxoID1 7 років тому +10

      Real!

    • @astroboy3507
      @astroboy3507 6 років тому +7

      Yeh and Das efx!!!!!

    • @rayygun
      @rayygun 5 років тому +37

      Full of Optimism and hope.

    • @Nleezie33
      @Nleezie33 5 років тому +3

      Andyrground PROD. yes

    • @zangeejoe
      @zangeejoe 5 років тому +5

      Boom bap

  • @dogman_
    @dogman_ 5 років тому +1132

    The 90's were so beautiful. I miss it😔

    • @nookguy4318
      @nookguy4318 5 років тому +41

      Dog Man yeahhh mannn. The golden age of hip hop you still got good songs out in todays time but most of this mainstream stuff is not rap. I dont call it rap. I add a c to it. CRAP!!!!.

    • @msadids
      @msadids 5 років тому +22

      decade 1990 was the best

    • @bobbymelancholic7621
      @bobbymelancholic7621 5 років тому +25

      I am from Russia, I also miss these days

    • @gomlo1932
      @gomlo1932 5 років тому +12

      They weren't so great in Balkan 😶

    • @Cornyexploited
      @Cornyexploited 5 років тому +4

      Maxoney and Russia

  • @pansnemesis
    @pansnemesis 4 роки тому +196

    16 year old kid, high as hell standing on the ground between the towers watching them sway in the sky... the sounds of skateboards in the background... early 90s was an amazing time.

    • @amjkodaz
      @amjkodaz 3 роки тому +16

      I wish I could've lived like you

    • @HiPHOPx87
      @HiPHOPx87 3 роки тому +13

      @@amjkodaz live your life like only you can do it. You got this 😁

    • @amjkodaz
      @amjkodaz 3 роки тому +8

      @@HiPHOPx87 trying my best, thanks for the motivation🙂

  • @laurentc6040
    @laurentc6040 2 роки тому +243

    When I say to people "I love hip hop" I mean this kinda stuff. It's a phrase that refers to so much but to me this is the essence of hip hop.
    What a beautiful and touching song this is. East coast at its finest!

    • @shinobusmods8682
      @shinobusmods8682 2 роки тому +11

      This IS Hip Hop! ..... Talent, flow and verses, don't forget Motown or soul track poured over the top like gravy. yes my brother, that IS Hip Hop! Nothing can compare :')

    • @lolabunny1157
      @lolabunny1157 Рік тому +4

      This is definitely real hip hop!❤

    • @oceanlover2426
      @oceanlover2426 Рік тому +2

      💯

    • @dopedrums
      @dopedrums 11 місяців тому +3

      Just say boom bap to avoid confusion with dummies.

  • @BreuckelensFinest
    @BreuckelensFinest 6 років тому +323

    Born to live, a life to die, life's so damn short & I wonder why! 🇵🇷 My father was murdered in Brownsville Brooklyn in 1974 a day after Christmas. This song means the world to me! Thank you OC for helping me mourn his death in my own Brooklyn Hip Hop way!

    • @royjonesjr9377
      @royjonesjr9377 3 роки тому +17

      Be strong My Brother

    • @kennethjenkins9325
      @kennethjenkins9325 3 роки тому +3

      I see you can't hold your head on respect hip hop artists OG

    • @kennethjenkins9325
      @kennethjenkins9325 3 роки тому +5

      That's hold your head up from hip hop artists og respect 1 love

    • @geraldjohnson3216
      @geraldjohnson3216 3 роки тому +3

      Big B sorry 4 your loss broham

    • @issafula
      @issafula 3 роки тому +9

      May he rest in eternal peace ❤️

  • @jeanke9826
    @jeanke9826 10 років тому +196

    O.C. Is the realest 90's rapper and underrated as fuck. Word

    • @SuaveCityGear
      @SuaveCityGear 3 роки тому +2

      Always said that shit, I’m from Chicago...FAR FROM YOURS, MY WORLD...then tracks 🥶 as well!

    • @detachedone392
      @detachedone392 3 роки тому +3

      Nas influenced him

    • @dalecumberbatch6601
      @dalecumberbatch6601 3 роки тому +9

      @@detachedone392 they came out the same time o.c a little early. Nas was suppose to be on his first album. His influence was from the 80s.

    • @dalecumberbatch6601
      @dalecumberbatch6601 3 роки тому +5

      I would say Jeru is

    • @hamptonsfnst2014
      @hamptonsfnst2014 3 роки тому +4

      Crazy I've never heard this song or seen this video. He's my cousin lol

  • @selecta74
    @selecta74 9 років тому +334

    One of the greatest hiphop tracks of all time!

  • @patrickhagen5512
    @patrickhagen5512 9 років тому +1364

    The Twin Towers in the back of NYC is just nostalgically...

    • @alexis70958
      @alexis70958 9 років тому +24

      +Patrick Kolb yeah really unfortunately

    • @alexsantos3100
      @alexsantos3100 8 років тому +31

      Yep sadly.

    • @MannieHatton
      @MannieHatton 7 років тому +11

      sad :(

    • @bipbipmouj2140
      @bipbipmouj2140 7 років тому +11

      Thx to Larry silverstein

    • @stryderzer0
      @stryderzer0 7 років тому +30

      nostalgically what? You dont just say an adverb at the end of the sentence and not finish it

  • @tweezerjam
    @tweezerjam 5 років тому +207

    This shit is straight Fire. 🔥 NYC 90s hip hop will always be the standard.

    • @dgmobbdeep
      @dgmobbdeep 5 років тому +9

      .....always be the standard. Word.

    • @soundcheck2k7
      @soundcheck2k7 3 роки тому +7

      Hip hop took root in NYC so yeah...

    • @Seekingtruth-mx3ur
      @Seekingtruth-mx3ur 3 роки тому +5

      I love west coast beats but there will never be nothing like 90s NYC hip hop.

    • @thegamingchef3304
      @thegamingchef3304 2 роки тому +3

      90s HipHop in general is the standard. I feel like West coast HipHop took HipHop to the next level. I don't think hiphop would have became as popular if the West coast never took off. To be honest the East coast was becoming stagnant...Whether you want to admit it or not NWA paved the way for Wu-Tang, Bone thugs, Onyx etc etc. Groups were rapping about love and other miscellaneous stuff. NWA made it mainstream to talk about the streets.

    • @codym7299
      @codym7299 Рік тому +3

      this is just that Classic real hip hop. Classical Hip Hop

  • @miguelpelaez82
    @miguelpelaez82 2 роки тому +31

    MY GOD THE NOSTALGIA IS KILLING ME... HOW I WISH FOR THOSE DAYS TO COME BACK

    • @kayfuller7304
      @kayfuller7304 2 роки тому +1

      For real! I was 15 when this dropped, my heyday, feels like yesterday

    • @andrewwalker1700
      @andrewwalker1700 2 роки тому

      There's still some hope out there I just was listening to a song n the video by Conway yesterday that gave me this type of feelings. The song is called Chanel Pearl's (featuring Mrs. Jill Scott). Who knows you guys might like it🙏🙏

  • @tbtnr9851
    @tbtnr9851 6 місяців тому +7

    What i got from this song is just to make the most of the life i have left. Shit changes, and it’s the harsh reality of life, but we can’t mourn the past, we gotta live in this moment. Life is precious, make the most of it

  • @bmarkyt132
    @bmarkyt132 5 років тому +87

    Even the sunlight seems better back then. Love this vid, takes me back.

    • @eastcoastgrandison4855
      @eastcoastgrandison4855 5 років тому +17

      I feel you on that bruh, it does seem different indeed...miss those times...and those days

    • @tylerneckbeard3423
      @tylerneckbeard3423 3 роки тому +7

      Less polluted probably

    • @ButcherOfBeek
      @ButcherOfBeek 3 роки тому +7

      Worse camera's make for better looking light

    • @HJ-nl1hb
      @HJ-nl1hb 3 роки тому +1

      @@ButcherOfBeek what

    • @g0stface23
      @g0stface23 2 місяці тому

      Clear blue skies

  • @9ner
    @9ner Рік тому +28

    this album front to back is terrific. o.c is a poet.

  • @nicholassealy251
    @nicholassealy251 5 днів тому +1

    song reminds me of my uncle Champ. rest in peace unk, i miss you a lot and wish you was here

  • @delilo4259
    @delilo4259 6 місяців тому +8

    Listening from Kurdistan (northern Iraq) - cheers!

  • @lasdoslunas8918
    @lasdoslunas8918 5 років тому +41

    IT NEVER GETS OLD... 90's RAP RULES!!!

  • @happydude9205
    @happydude9205 8 років тому +278

    Music with a message. Positivity, something that doesn't seem to exist anymore

    • @andreygermanov4363
      @andreygermanov4363 6 років тому +14

      PLEASE. There are a lot of great tunes that have positive messages in it, come on man..............

    • @kc_oner
      @kc_oner 6 років тому

      Amd there's BTS...

    • @Legittuber
      @Legittuber 5 років тому

      We still got rappers like that look up Dee-1 rapper from new Orleans.

    • @JK2333459
      @JK2333459 5 років тому +1

      K-Rino still put out raps with a message and bro Nip

    • @SVGIN
      @SVGIN 5 років тому

      Its all about shooting, killing , gangbangin said man hip hop use to b fun not no more its dead

  • @MCBrainpower
    @MCBrainpower 9 років тому +418

    Man, this was my tune.....still is actually - got me through some rough times....timeless music and great lyricism

    • @grizfox
      @grizfox 9 років тому +19

      agreed. today is the 10th anniversary of my childhood friend passing. came straight tothis song

    • @coldgenuinedraft3060
      @coldgenuinedraft3060 7 років тому +5

      MCBrainpower love that old school hip hop that just hits you in the feels right when you hear the beat. TIMELESS

    • @patrickmontalvo1757
      @patrickmontalvo1757 7 років тому +1

      OC s**t dope track!

    • @earthlifecrisis
      @earthlifecrisis 6 років тому

      Real talk

    • @samwaldie4030
      @samwaldie4030 6 років тому

      Does it help you poop when you’re on the toilet?

  • @ShogunDynamo
    @ShogunDynamo Рік тому +26

    It’s the saddest thing that O.C. Never gets the proper props, he’s one of the greats

    • @adamgordon2572
      @adamgordon2572 7 місяців тому +4

      REAL TALK, HE’S DOPE AF 🔥🔥💯

  • @JackT13
    @JackT13 7 років тому +37

    The lyrics of this song are actually pretty heart-breaking. One of the most moving hip-hop songs I think there is

    • @IRON5
      @IRON5 Рік тому +2

      Agree at the same time very thought provoking and calls for life reflection.

  • @Scramboe
    @Scramboe 7 років тому +351

    When i see the 90s kids just playing in the streets just having fun. Man i wish i was born around that time.

    • @Random-bj3gf
      @Random-bj3gf 6 років тому +12

      "" "" I was born in the wrong generation"""""""""""" " ecks dee

    • @leokonigbauer3773
      @leokonigbauer3773 6 років тому +6

      Me too

    • @billyjoeness6546
      @billyjoeness6546 5 років тому +42

      Being a 90s kid was great

    • @chrissmith8216
      @chrissmith8216 5 років тому +10

      @@billyjoeness6546 you dam right it was!

    • @Drift13Creations
      @Drift13Creations 5 років тому +52

      It's easy to experience... get off the phone and computer, go skate the streets.

  • @bigkingsha
    @bigkingsha 10 років тому +323

    Growing up in Brooklyn & Queens i remember all of this....he is describing scenes from my life...damn this sing hit home.

    • @Dr.Zaius3000
      @Dr.Zaius3000 5 років тому +12

      Agreed. He detailed my youth growing up in Jamaica Queens perfectly

    • @ЖанибекСейтбатталов-ц6м
      @ЖанибекСейтбатталов-ц6м 5 років тому +2

      In Kazakhstan we have raper who is telling about our youth in the seem places like ghetto. His nickname Скриптонит.

    • @JacobTanks
      @JacobTanks 4 роки тому +2

      Жанибек Сейтбатталов. Бляяя! Салам, братан! Я внатуре не думал что наших встречу в коментах! Ассаламу-Алейкум 🇰🇿

  • @bendervelosoc.r.f8456
    @bendervelosoc.r.f8456 10 років тому +469

    Now, this is what i call rap,
    This is rap for real, something you feel, let's bring it baaaaaaaaackkkk

    • @zachary5412
      @zachary5412 9 років тому +14

      Check out Masta ace. He's still bumpin that old school flow up to today

    • @2G1rls1Pudge
      @2G1rls1Pudge 9 років тому +24

      This is HIP HOP, dude...

    • @AaronKay97
      @AaronKay97 9 років тому +7

      Bender Veloso C.R.F ignorance, start off with joey bada$$...

    • @Admb09
      @Admb09 9 років тому +3

      +Aaron Kay Masta Ace, Common, Edo G, Buckshot, Immortal Technique, Aesop Rock and the list goes on.

    • @alexgray6373
      @alexgray6373 9 років тому +2

      +Aaron Kay BOO

  • @Trophy27
    @Trophy27 5 років тому +17

    The art of storytelling was so present in 90’s Hip Hop. The Golden Era for sure.

  • @021om6
    @021om6 5 років тому +31

    Take me back to summer 1990 so I can relive the 90s all over again

  • @JeremyGregson
    @JeremyGregson 10 років тому +321

    Never judge a book by the cover, discover the soul brotha.

    • @joaquingonzalez5095
      @joaquingonzalez5095 10 років тому +2

      ***** That's racist, do you judge people by their color too?

    • @Butterd4t4ss
      @Butterd4t4ss 6 років тому

      UltraX lmao bro people are fucking retarded. It would make my day if you replied to this

    • @leokonigbauer3773
      @leokonigbauer3773 6 років тому +1

      @UltraX the Dude that says you are racist is stupid but just because you enjoy hip Hop doesnt mean you Can't be racist for example many black People dont like white People or judge them and it doesn't matter if they Listen to hip Hop or not

    • @mjackman23
      @mjackman23 5 років тому +1

      the only transition song.....period

    • @timothykangethe7700
      @timothykangethe7700 2 роки тому +1

      CL Smooth as Butter 🎇👏

  • @Tipi83
    @Tipi83 9 років тому +278

    90's rap really had a distinctive sound to it. Can't hear beats and rhymes like this anymore.. 🤔

    • @Stanlayy-em4fk
      @Stanlayy-em4fk 5 років тому +8

      Because the beats were important yes, but the rhymes even more. Now it's backwards.

    • @Habeev07
      @Habeev07 4 роки тому +1

      Souls of Mischief/Hieroglyphics Imperium is where its at. 93' til Infinity?

    • @Enta_Da_Sage
      @Enta_Da_Sage 4 роки тому +1

      I still hear that sound nowadays. I keep listening to new albums from all the old veterans and they all keeping it alive. OC has had dope albums in the past couple of years.

    • @khalid749
      @khalid749 4 роки тому +3

      The sound still exists but unfortunately its much more obscure these days. The most prominent artists who still rap like this and over similar beats include Pro Era, Dyme a Dozen, and a slew of other young New York and 1 Atlanta artist. It's out there you just have to know where to look.

    • @GrandMaster.Smile.
      @GrandMaster.Smile. 4 роки тому +1

      Facts!

  • @MrPox
    @MrPox 2 роки тому +5

    I want to meet al these 4.1M people that listened to this song! Peace with ya all from Bosnia! Enjoy life while you can!

  • @OswaldBatesIIIEsq
    @OswaldBatesIIIEsq 9 місяців тому +2

    "Word Life" was just about immaculate from beginning to end. This song is a perfect example.

  • @earthlifecrisis
    @earthlifecrisis 6 років тому +1

    Why can't music just be like this again man our era is fucked

  • @indyvinylz
    @indyvinylz 7 років тому +96

    this song is crazy in a special way:.. the beat is positive and should pump my mood up for a nice summer day, but at the same time it makes me mad emotional, that i get caught in an emotional mixstance feeling good and touched at the same time... only veery few songs manage to do that. this is pure quality hip hop...

    • @andreiboscu8893
      @andreiboscu8893 4 роки тому

      This is called nostalgia

    • @indyvinylz
      @indyvinylz 4 роки тому +1

      @@andreiboscu8893 well to a point of the feelings, yes. But i didnt grew up with that actual song tho. But you are right in a way, when itz about an overall feel. peace :)

    • @joex2887
      @joex2887 4 роки тому +1

      Yo I can understand you on that. The beat has that ability to get to you in 2 different ways haha.

    • @jamaicaboxingclub7673
      @jamaicaboxingclub7673 2 роки тому

      Agreed 👍🏾

    • @Glibber_globbers
      @Glibber_globbers 10 місяців тому +1

      It’s one of those-
      Beat: 😃
      Lyrics: 💀🫥
      -situations.

  • @fultonstreetfreestyle
    @fultonstreetfreestyle 4 роки тому +23

    i love this era, i love this vibe, i love this quality, i love this music and as older it gets the more i admire what the 90s have left us.

  • @JohannesVanDerStuyvebode
    @JohannesVanDerStuyvebode 10 років тому +2614

    i think the westcoast rappers use more funky samples and the eastcoast rappers use jazzy samples, either way it sounds great man

    • @duce1312
      @duce1312 5 років тому +141

      I think you have something there. There's definitely some overlap between the jazz and funk but if you had to split them into categories of old school rap--I'd side with your explanation.

    • @fudy1894
      @fudy1894 5 років тому +158

      East Coast had more of a Drum Slap Beats & West Coast Had Smooth Funky Beat Sound 😎 but Agree both were Dope

    • @kidd2326
      @kidd2326 5 років тому +29

      Hella true

    • @Me-gh4qu
      @Me-gh4qu 5 років тому +21

      And what about the South?

    • @theporkmcmusic1788
      @theporkmcmusic1788 5 років тому +54

      Trevor George country music lol

  • @peterortiz232
    @peterortiz232 3 роки тому +6

    Tears lingering in my eyes, takes me back in the days when the world was stil young n virgin.....free from all the present miseries.... 2021 n stil keepin it real..90's Old Skul fr Life!

  • @p2a0p2e0r1
    @p2a0p2e0r1 5 років тому +48

    The 90s yall love it....the last of the authentic days before technology took over and everything got watered down!

  • @cedricboyd6070
    @cedricboyd6070 Рік тому +3

    Man I can't never forget this song I lost my best friend my home boy neibor we played this song all that day that next morning died from a aneurism it hit me as a 19 yrs old young boy he was 18 change my life

  • @ernestocaro9802
    @ernestocaro9802 Рік тому +5

    I miss this type of Hip-Hop, the real sh*t; good lyrics, amazing hooks, fire beats…

  • @fabian.k17
    @fabian.k17 3 роки тому +11

    There are Two Things That Are Gone in This World..
    It is Hip-Hop & The Twin Towers ..Both are in this Music Video 📹
    ..I am Bless to Witness Both in My Lifetime🙏🏾 🙌🏽 ✨

  • @NeckNoddin
    @NeckNoddin 5 років тому +30

    Real genuine HIP HOP will never be the same again this is how hip hop sounds like 90s and early 2000s was the golden age i miss those days

    • @epiccreator9372
      @epiccreator9372 5 років тому +1

      NeckNoddinOnDaBeat 90s*

    • @sweetsenstuff8914
      @sweetsenstuff8914 5 років тому +1

      NeckNoddinOnDaBeatjust woke up and i thank god this just came in my feed out the blue i love itt kids dontnplay outside anymore its fucking sad

    • @imadeyoureadthis1500
      @imadeyoureadthis1500 4 роки тому +1

      golden age was like 87 - 97

  • @antlive3761
    @antlive3761 6 років тому +10

    Hip hop and summers will never be the same. Real hip hop and great memories

  • @buster60341
    @buster60341 8 років тому +81

    Damn I miss the old hip hop!

    • @jay-rock6627
      @jay-rock6627 8 років тому +4

      You" I miss it so bad I'm mad @ all the Radio stations & A&R that should know the real from the fake shit👌🏿💯

    • @buster60341
      @buster60341 8 років тому +2

      Jay-Rock Rap music ain't like what it used to be no more and today rap music is garbage now..

    • @jay-rock6627
      @jay-rock6627 8 років тому +5

      +buster60341 You are right no message in the music no storytelling nothing with the facts There's no real lyricist with lyrical wordplay like the ones we had in 1990's & 1980's rappers. The music today is truly garbage rap & R&B none of them ain't saying nothing food for thought about nothing smh.

    • @ballzootv8042
      @ballzootv8042 8 років тому +2

      Keep diggin homies .. Hip Hop is timeless...!!

    • @jay-rock6627
      @jay-rock6627 8 років тому +1

      BallZoo TV Mann I been digging & the only music that does it for me is the old school I like certain beats & hooks from very few artists out here today but I know if a true lyricist had that beat & hook it can be 100-Times greater so I learned to except that's it's definitely a new era & the rap & R&B is straight thrash today compared to the 1990's & 1980's.💯👌🏿

  • @JaesNSC
    @JaesNSC 3 роки тому +6

    This mans bars are some of the best from the golden era.

  • @ZeeshanAhmed
    @ZeeshanAhmed 10 років тому +339

    Real Hip Hop.

  • @KWELLZ1977
    @KWELLZ1977 7 років тому +5

    O. C. Dropped so many underground classics

  • @melvinwilliams6240
    @melvinwilliams6240 6 років тому +7

    O.C. is definitely one of the best lyricist......he is sooo underrated when you talk about rappers......this song amongst others bring back those NY days......#TRUEHIPHOP#MECCA

  • @DarthPhantom
    @DarthPhantom 8 років тому +21

    this is becoming one of my favorite songs

  • @mileekwood8179
    @mileekwood8179 6 років тому +38

    This song is deducted to my long lost lil brother SALAAM ALI GORDON .. yesterday today and 4ever.... He loved this song

    • @samael2177
      @samael2177 4 роки тому +1

      bruh i seent em at tha bus stap tha otha day nigga wuz like ay mane u got dat 45 cent

    • @BIGMANHUNTER
      @BIGMANHUNTER 4 роки тому +1

      salami lol

    • @michaelking2556
      @michaelking2556 3 роки тому

      @@BIGMANHUNTER .

  • @jus3278
    @jus3278 2 роки тому +9

    One of my favorite hip hop songs of all time. So beautiful, nostalgic and innocent, but also somewhat melancholy....the 2nd verse always hits me the hardest, because it makes you think of how death becomes more tangible as we get older.

  • @AC-bm3dx
    @AC-bm3dx Рік тому +1

    Take me back to 94!!!! Word life was one of the all time greatest albums

  • @davidtabib5388
    @davidtabib5388 3 роки тому +7

    Always listen to this when I think of my cousin…Justin Ruberto RIP ..love you dog

  • @jeneralj.u.-ice6607
    @jeneralj.u.-ice6607 8 років тому +18

    When I was like 12 or 13 this song and video always had me feeling some type of way. I knew it was different from when O.C. dropped "Time's Up". This track was like being young but thinking like a grown man about the past and the future. Even now in my 30's this is still one of my favorite hip-hop tracks of all time. Salute to O.C. for making this classic gem.

  • @Bori-Domi-24
    @Bori-Domi-24 8 років тому +291

    Plus, PuertoRican kids on the block were cool we got along , we all knew right from wrong..🇵🇷

    • @panthro6298
      @panthro6298 6 років тому +3

      bAldO Bori/Domi ain't OC boricua from BK

    • @chrissmith8216
      @chrissmith8216 5 років тому +3

      @ AZ is American black and Dominican

    •  5 років тому

      @@chrissmith8216 az ssid in a song that he was black and puerto rican

    • @OlivetheDoge
      @OlivetheDoge 5 років тому +1

      Az - fan mail
      Fav song

    • @Armando316
      @Armando316 5 років тому

      lyfe 1zruff I checked it out online and I do believe it’s black and dominican.

  • @dazallison411
    @dazallison411 5 років тому +48

    Classic... Real Hip Hop.. Great Visuals.. Thoughtful lyrics too 👌🏾

  • @wheinz574
    @wheinz574 4 роки тому +1

    This is real hip hop. I miss the 90s.

  • @2majortwinz
    @2majortwinz 3 роки тому +2

    MOBILE,ALABAMA checkin' in #salute O.C.

    • @tirellv4938
      @tirellv4938 20 годин тому

      From cali. My mom side is from mobile👍✌️

  • @shezziesbaby
    @shezziesbaby 2 роки тому +3

    What I wouldn’t do to go back to the good old 90s

  • @fredmarlon6042
    @fredmarlon6042 3 роки тому +3

    Timeless classic!!!! Hip Hop is not dead is eternal, born to live forever!!

  • @Comrade2face
    @Comrade2face 3 роки тому +19

    LYRICS:
    Like the dead end kids we used to play in the streets
    Never worryin' about grief, football spelled relief
    Ronnie? was the coach for us
    See he taught us to play almost every single day ok
    Now on Evergreen was Larry and Mike and Lon
    My cousin boo lived there too just to name a few
    With Sha Rone he's bad to the Bone Boo's little sidekick
    And a badass mouth he used to feist it on harmon street
    With Zach, Leo and Ed
    Me Jody and boop by June, Rocky and then comes
    Tommy and Cedric, Lamont and Greg
    Unique in our own right
    At times we'd fight, but that's alright
    Still, not realizin' we had love, it showed
    When we played, no phony charades against
    One another, now while I write this song
    It's like some are still alive and a couple are gone
    We're born to live, a life to die
    Life's so damn short and I wonder why
    We're born to live, a life to die
    Life's so damn short and I wonder why
    We're born to live, a life to die
    Life's so damn short and I wonder why
    We're born to live, a life to die
    Life's so damn short and I wonder why
    As kids, you're overlookin' death
    It didn't seem important or serious, it just seems curious
    It was about, wakin' to a bowl of cereal
    Cartoons on Saturday's, karate flicks, and like
    Ridin' your skateboard, or bicycle
    And went as deep as killer Joe on the corner drinkin' ripple
    Plus, Puerto-Rican kids on the block were cool
    We got along, we all knew right from wrong
    By far, we got a dose that life was hard
    A Spanish we were close with, was killed by a car
    Shocking, Alberto was hit, on the block and
    Death was spontaneous
    His moms was clockin' him 'cross the street
    He just received an award
    For little league baseball like an hour before, plus
    He didn't even get to see the summer set in
    Dyin' all young at the age of seven
    It opened up my eyes small that the flesh was weak
    As a kid, thinkin' shit like that was mad deep, peep it
    We're born to live, a life to die
    Life's so damn short and I wonder why
    We're born to live, a life to die
    Life's so damn short and I wonder why
    We're born to live, a life to die
    Life's so damn short and I wonder why
    We're born to live, a life to die
    Life's so damn short and I wonder why
    Now when somebody is gone
    That's when you realize how close you was
    How close you are, like a star
    Real deep it takes time to heal
    And still from time to time
    You wish you could find the way to forgive
    And let him know you forgave
    But they can't feel six feet deep inside the grave
    What's left, but attend his wake, believin' if it was you
    He'd do it for old time's sake, damn
    I'm disturbed, by the news when I was told I was sittin'
    Knowin' damn well boo, ain't bullshittin'
    My life flashed like big bills of cash
    Good times we had, now it's all so sad
    One of my childhood pals hit the road
    When you take, to the streets, then you die, by the code
    But in this case, who knows what went down?
    Bottom line is wishin that he still was around
    Now he found a spot in my heart, or should I say lobotomy
    Mike, know you're trapped inside of me
    And every other brother in bushwick
    Who rushed to your side thick, all down with the click
    Yeah, God bless he laid to rest
    Call him Mike Boogie, that's what describes the nigga best
    We're born to live, a life to die
    Life's so damn short and I wonder why
    We're born to live, a life to die
    Life's so damn short and I wonder why
    We're born to live, a life to die
    Life's so damn short and I wonder why
    We're born to live, a life to die
    Life's so damn short and I wonder why
    We're born to live
    We're born to live
    We're born to live
    We're born to live
    Like that y'all

  • @bamiee1337
    @bamiee1337 6 років тому +2

    Awesome love this, the 90s still the best hiphop era even today..

  • @dafritzborg2852
    @dafritzborg2852 5 років тому +1

    Da definition of a real emcee : Omar Credle aka O.C !!!

  • @StylezUnique
    @StylezUnique 5 місяців тому +4

    Im a 42 white boy and ever since i was like 5 i gravitated to hip hop/rap!! Im in love w this music and to see what it has become now makes me appreciate the thousands of $ and hours i spent in the record store going thru a=z then studying the books and listening!!! Ill always rep this era of hiphop!! Im in this for life!!!

    • @yung824
      @yung824 3 місяці тому +1

      U and me both bro my pops always played the real hip-hop and rap so as I grew up I always went towards the realness

    • @StylezUnique
      @StylezUnique 2 місяці тому

      @yungcash8800 yes sir!!

  • @dionneyoga
    @dionneyoga Рік тому +5

    TAKE ME BACK!!! we had it so good in the 90s (but we knew it too, nothing like it!) 🙋🏽‍♀💜

  • @MadderPrinciple
    @MadderPrinciple 10 років тому +20

    90s golden era for rap - thanks for posting!

  • @ardian4454
    @ardian4454 Рік тому +3

    One of the most underrated rappers in history. Moreover, at the time he was 21 years old. Had more on his mind than any 21 year old rapper today.
    He had the instinct to do this song with definitions as well bring out with perfection.
    Lyric
    Beat
    Flow
    Today you have forgotten something.

  • @happymbele1663
    @happymbele1663 6 років тому +2

    OC lives on

  • @KILLUMINATI_MOVEMENT
    @KILLUMINATI_MOVEMENT 4 роки тому +5

    I miss the old New York.
    Times have surely changed

  • @bantsonwax4023
    @bantsonwax4023 8 років тому +31

    Who the fuck disliked this song. Whole album was good but this track is defo my favourite

  • @kevryn94
    @kevryn94 10 років тому +117

    90'S

  • @Hanes_Cymru-742h
    @Hanes_Cymru-742h 27 днів тому +1

    Waking to a bowl of cereal, cartoons on Saturday ❤

  • @user-vg5dj6qi9b
    @user-vg5dj6qi9b 5 років тому +3

    This song is so real. Jus understanding how delicate the flesh is!!! We're not promised 2morrow!!! Cant believe this was viewed by so many. Real Hip Hop!!! Jus lost my favorite cousin Darrell Boyd "Twin"!!! He brought me here....Rest up big bro I love u n it's killing me....😭😭😭😭

  • @bustereagal3570
    @bustereagal3570 3 роки тому +7

    Man Nostalgia Is Killing Me Seeing This 90's Video With The Twin Towers & The Lil Kids Playing In The Streets Just Breaks My Heart 😭💔

  • @zaurragimov7038
    @zaurragimov7038 3 роки тому +4

    The golden era of hip hop. Old school forever

  • @Nino_J
    @Nino_J 10 років тому +18

    World trade center in the background..Crazy man

  • @eseoraka
    @eseoraka Рік тому +1

    In the words of Mark Twain "It is better to deserve awards and not have them than to have awards- and not deserve them"
    O.C. Deserves all kinds of Hip Hop and Rap awards, even if He never got them. He was the complete package. If you know, you know.
    Love, all the way from Nigeria.

  • @klintoninfiniteheart8990
    @klintoninfiniteheart8990 5 місяців тому +1

    This track and whole album 🔥🔥🔥. Classic material

  • @MrRainMaker8
    @MrRainMaker8 10 років тому +30

    got my 5yr old bro listenin to this he's likin it.

  • @mrkeitt
    @mrkeitt 3 роки тому +13

    O.C was underrated af. I'm glad I appreciated him when it mattered. He's deep af on this joint 🙏🏾 #WhatATimeToBeAlive #YouHadToBeThere

    • @traviscarter1023
      @traviscarter1023 2 роки тому +1

      Facts the big homie was outside in 1994 with this pain rap miss shit like this.

    • @oceanlover2426
      @oceanlover2426 Рік тому

      Word…Life is definitely on my top five, right along with Illmatic. Classic! 💯O. C. is one of my favorite lyricists hands down!

  • @SuperPelicans
    @SuperPelicans 10 років тому +6

    This song touches my heart. They can't feel six feet inside the grave.

  • @ChillOutZee
    @ChillOutZee 5 років тому +2

    Old school 90s rap just had that feel to it. It’s like you can clearly visualize everything he’s rapping about. Good times mannn..

  • @scottable4475
    @scottable4475 Місяць тому +1

    Listen to my man...REAL TALK! 🤌WERD DA MAVA.. BIGGUP O.C. 💯

  • @robertzrak1639
    @robertzrak1639 8 років тому +17

    i miss old hip hop ....

  • @richardwere4487
    @richardwere4487 9 років тому +59

    R.I.P to my little cousin Zion...

  • @IfaAbeyo
    @IfaAbeyo 11 років тому +8

    I use to stay across the street from him..I love this song..O.C

  • @BugOnAChip
    @BugOnAChip Рік тому +2

    This and Pete Rock’s sample are both incredible. Man the 90s rap is just on a whole nother level man

  • @elishkey
    @elishkey Рік тому

    America really had good music. The hihop/pop culture is well embraced. God really did bless America

  • @diallocherif1519
    @diallocherif1519 3 роки тому +4

    Life so short !

  • @ahnoldshort5500
    @ahnoldshort5500 7 років тому +5

    My god, classic on so many levels. Unreal👌🏽

  • @douglasoakley9236
    @douglasoakley9236 10 років тому +23

    Classic!!! NYC allday son!!!

  • @everythingfantasycurtains849
    @everythingfantasycurtains849 4 роки тому +2

    had this song on repeat after Kobe's passing. only way to heal the pain and celebrate his legacy. #ripkobe248

  • @lucianoloya703
    @lucianoloya703 4 роки тому +1

    So thankful this was my era and grew up in these time’s! 90s!

  • @jonathanj5728
    @jonathanj5728 7 років тому +16

    When Rap would reach to real issues instead of drowning the issues with drugs or carelessness

  • @underrated7725
    @underrated7725 3 роки тому +6

    No matter what coast you are from, you felt this.♥️🙏

  • @SuaveCityGear
    @SuaveCityGear 3 роки тому +3

    This dude flow always on point, he made one the hardest tracks ever!!! “FAR FROM YOURS”...CLASSIC, 1 love from Chicago✌🏾

  • @rubinturner8233
    @rubinturner8233 4 роки тому +2

    Love OC. Song still sounds great. I'm closing in on 40.

  • @herzogvoncoelln5886
    @herzogvoncoelln5886 6 років тому +1

    hard 2 hold tears from that memory.... its like another world 4 me now!

  • @jay-rock6627
    @jay-rock6627 9 років тому +13

    One of my favorite rap songs of all time.

  • @nickburik1881
    @nickburik1881 10 років тому +35

    TWIN TOWERS ,WE REMEMBER!

  • @killakromes1x
    @killakromes1x Рік тому +5

    Never get sick of this song

  • @darrylwoodbury
    @darrylwoodbury 3 роки тому +1

    This is bringing back high school memories. This era of Hip Hop was magical to me. It seems like the times back then were so much simpler.

  • @xXUNDEADZOMBIESXx
    @xXUNDEADZOMBIESXx 4 роки тому +1

    I miss being a kid growing up in Brooklyn New York!! Shoutout to O.C. Representing the hometown