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!!!!.
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.
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!
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 :')
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!
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.
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🙏🙏
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
@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
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.
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.
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 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 :)
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.
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!
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
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🙏🏾 🙌🏽 ✨
+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.
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.💯👌🏿
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
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.
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.
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
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!!!
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.
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....😭😭😭😭
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.
That gold 90s sound is unique
Real!
Yeh and Das efx!!!!!
Full of Optimism and hope.
Andyrground PROD. yes
Boom bap
The 90's were so beautiful. I miss it😔
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!!!!.
decade 1990 was the best
I am from Russia, I also miss these days
They weren't so great in Balkan 😶
Maxoney and Russia
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.
I wish I could've lived like you
@@amjkodaz live your life like only you can do it. You got this 😁
@@HiPHOPx87 trying my best, thanks for the motivation🙂
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!
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 :')
This is definitely real hip hop!❤
💯
Just say boom bap to avoid confusion with dummies.
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!
Be strong My Brother
I see you can't hold your head on respect hip hop artists OG
That's hold your head up from hip hop artists og respect 1 love
Big B sorry 4 your loss broham
May he rest in eternal peace ❤️
O.C. Is the realest 90's rapper and underrated as fuck. Word
Always said that shit, I’m from Chicago...FAR FROM YOURS, MY WORLD...then tracks 🥶 as well!
Nas influenced him
@@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.
I would say Jeru is
Crazy I've never heard this song or seen this video. He's my cousin lol
One of the greatest hiphop tracks of all time!
No doubt!
So profound with street life the lyrics express! Heartfelt.
💯
No it's not.
@@stayready4017 yes it is, theres just so many!
The Twin Towers in the back of NYC is just nostalgically...
+Patrick Kolb yeah really unfortunately
Yep sadly.
sad :(
Thx to Larry silverstein
nostalgically what? You dont just say an adverb at the end of the sentence and not finish it
This shit is straight Fire. 🔥 NYC 90s hip hop will always be the standard.
.....always be the standard. Word.
Hip hop took root in NYC so yeah...
I love west coast beats but there will never be nothing like 90s NYC hip hop.
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.
this is just that Classic real hip hop. Classical Hip Hop
MY GOD THE NOSTALGIA IS KILLING ME... HOW I WISH FOR THOSE DAYS TO COME BACK
For real! I was 15 when this dropped, my heyday, feels like yesterday
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🙏🙏
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
Even the sunlight seems better back then. Love this vid, takes me back.
I feel you on that bruh, it does seem different indeed...miss those times...and those days
Less polluted probably
Worse camera's make for better looking light
@@ButcherOfBeek what
Clear blue skies
this album front to back is terrific. o.c is a poet.
Indeed
Amen.
song reminds me of my uncle Champ. rest in peace unk, i miss you a lot and wish you was here
Listening from Kurdistan (northern Iraq) - cheers!
IT NEVER GETS OLD... 90's RAP RULES!!!
Music with a message. Positivity, something that doesn't seem to exist anymore
PLEASE. There are a lot of great tunes that have positive messages in it, come on man..............
Amd there's BTS...
We still got rappers like that look up Dee-1 rapper from new Orleans.
K-Rino still put out raps with a message and bro Nip
Its all about shooting, killing , gangbangin said man hip hop use to b fun not no more its dead
Man, this was my tune.....still is actually - got me through some rough times....timeless music and great lyricism
agreed. today is the 10th anniversary of my childhood friend passing. came straight tothis song
MCBrainpower love that old school hip hop that just hits you in the feels right when you hear the beat. TIMELESS
OC s**t dope track!
Real talk
Does it help you poop when you’re on the toilet?
It’s the saddest thing that O.C. Never gets the proper props, he’s one of the greats
REAL TALK, HE’S DOPE AF 🔥🔥💯
The lyrics of this song are actually pretty heart-breaking. One of the most moving hip-hop songs I think there is
Agree at the same time very thought provoking and calls for life reflection.
When i see the 90s kids just playing in the streets just having fun. Man i wish i was born around that time.
"" "" I was born in the wrong generation"""""""""""" " ecks dee
Me too
Being a 90s kid was great
@@billyjoeness6546 you dam right it was!
It's easy to experience... get off the phone and computer, go skate the streets.
Growing up in Brooklyn & Queens i remember all of this....he is describing scenes from my life...damn this sing hit home.
Agreed. He detailed my youth growing up in Jamaica Queens perfectly
In Kazakhstan we have raper who is telling about our youth in the seem places like ghetto. His nickname Скриптонит.
Жанибек Сейтбатталов. Бляяя! Салам, братан! Я внатуре не думал что наших встречу в коментах! Ассаламу-Алейкум 🇰🇿
Now, this is what i call rap,
This is rap for real, something you feel, let's bring it baaaaaaaaackkkk
Check out Masta ace. He's still bumpin that old school flow up to today
This is HIP HOP, dude...
Bender Veloso C.R.F ignorance, start off with joey bada$$...
+Aaron Kay Masta Ace, Common, Edo G, Buckshot, Immortal Technique, Aesop Rock and the list goes on.
+Aaron Kay BOO
The art of storytelling was so present in 90’s Hip Hop. The Golden Era for sure.
Take me back to summer 1990 so I can relive the 90s all over again
Never judge a book by the cover, discover the soul brotha.
***** That's racist, do you judge people by their color too?
UltraX lmao bro people are fucking retarded. It would make my day if you replied to this
@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
the only transition song.....period
CL Smooth as Butter 🎇👏
90's rap really had a distinctive sound to it. Can't hear beats and rhymes like this anymore.. 🤔
Because the beats were important yes, but the rhymes even more. Now it's backwards.
Souls of Mischief/Hieroglyphics Imperium is where its at. 93' til Infinity?
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.
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.
Facts!
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!
"Word Life" was just about immaculate from beginning to end. This song is a perfect example.
Why can't music just be like this again man our era is fucked
Louie Hill word
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...
This is called nostalgia
@@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 :)
Yo I can understand you on that. The beat has that ability to get to you in 2 different ways haha.
Agreed 👍🏾
It’s one of those-
Beat: 😃
Lyrics: 💀🫥
-situations.
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.
i think the westcoast rappers use more funky samples and the eastcoast rappers use jazzy samples, either way it sounds great man
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.
East Coast had more of a Drum Slap Beats & West Coast Had Smooth Funky Beat Sound 😎 but Agree both were Dope
Hella true
And what about the South?
Trevor George country music lol
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!
The 90s yall love it....the last of the authentic days before technology took over and everything got watered down!
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
I miss this type of Hip-Hop, the real sh*t; good lyrics, amazing hooks, fire beats…
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🙏🏾 🙌🏽 ✨
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
NeckNoddinOnDaBeat 90s*
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
golden age was like 87 - 97
Hip hop and summers will never be the same. Real hip hop and great memories
Damn I miss the old hip hop!
You" I miss it so bad I'm mad @ all the Radio stations & A&R that should know the real from the fake shit👌🏿💯
Jay-Rock Rap music ain't like what it used to be no more and today rap music is garbage now..
+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.
Keep diggin homies .. Hip Hop is timeless...!!
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.💯👌🏿
This mans bars are some of the best from the golden era.
Real Hip Hop.
For real! 👍
Yes
O. C. Dropped so many underground classics
yo sun facts
I missed out.... wow
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
this is becoming one of my favorite songs
This song is deducted to my long lost lil brother SALAAM ALI GORDON .. yesterday today and 4ever.... He loved this song
bruh i seent em at tha bus stap tha otha day nigga wuz like ay mane u got dat 45 cent
salami lol
@@BIGMANHUNTER .
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.
Take me back to 94!!!! Word life was one of the all time greatest albums
Always listen to this when I think of my cousin…Justin Ruberto RIP ..love you dog
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.
Plus, PuertoRican kids on the block were cool we got along , we all knew right from wrong..🇵🇷
bAldO Bori/Domi ain't OC boricua from BK
@ AZ is American black and Dominican
@@chrissmith8216 az ssid in a song that he was black and puerto rican
Az - fan mail
Fav song
lyfe 1zruff I checked it out online and I do believe it’s black and dominican.
Classic... Real Hip Hop.. Great Visuals.. Thoughtful lyrics too 👌🏾
This is real hip hop. I miss the 90s.
MOBILE,ALABAMA checkin' in #salute O.C.
From cali. My mom side is from mobile👍✌️
What I wouldn’t do to go back to the good old 90s
Timeless classic!!!! Hip Hop is not dead is eternal, born to live forever!!
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
Awesome love this, the 90s still the best hiphop era even today..
Da definition of a real emcee : Omar Credle aka O.C !!!
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!!!
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
@yungcash8800 yes sir!!
TAKE ME BACK!!! we had it so good in the 90s (but we knew it too, nothing like it!) 🙋🏽♀💜
90s golden era for rap - thanks for posting!
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.
OC lives on
I miss the old New York.
Times have surely changed
❤️👍
Who the fuck disliked this song. Whole album was good but this track is defo my favourite
90'S
u calling me?
lol yeah 90's is the best
Cant beat it.
90s for life!!!
Waking to a bowl of cereal, cartoons on Saturday ❤
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....😭😭😭😭
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 😭💔
The golden era of hip hop. Old school forever
World trade center in the background..Crazy man
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.
This track and whole album 🔥🔥🔥. Classic material
got my 5yr old bro listenin to this he's likin it.
O.C was underrated af. I'm glad I appreciated him when it mattered. He's deep af on this joint 🙏🏾 #WhatATimeToBeAlive #YouHadToBeThere
Facts the big homie was outside in 1994 with this pain rap miss shit like this.
Word…Life is definitely on my top five, right along with Illmatic. Classic! 💯O. C. is one of my favorite lyricists hands down!
This song touches my heart. They can't feel six feet inside the grave.
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..
Listen to my man...REAL TALK! 🤌WERD DA MAVA.. BIGGUP O.C. 💯
i miss old hip hop ....
R.I.P to my little cousin Zion...
I use to stay across the street from him..I love this song..O.C
This and Pete Rock’s sample are both incredible. Man the 90s rap is just on a whole nother level man
And "Paradise" by LL Cool J
America really had good music. The hihop/pop culture is well embraced. God really did bless America
Life so short !
My god, classic on so many levels. Unreal👌🏽
Classic!!! NYC allday son!!!
had this song on repeat after Kobe's passing. only way to heal the pain and celebrate his legacy. #ripkobe248
Music is life my man
No life without 90s hip hop
So thankful this was my era and grew up in these time’s! 90s!
When Rap would reach to real issues instead of drowning the issues with drugs or carelessness
No matter what coast you are from, you felt this.♥️🙏
This dude flow always on point, he made one the hardest tracks ever!!! “FAR FROM YOURS”...CLASSIC, 1 love from Chicago✌🏾
Love OC. Song still sounds great. I'm closing in on 40.
hard 2 hold tears from that memory.... its like another world 4 me now!
One of my favorite rap songs of all time.
TWIN TOWERS ,WE REMEMBER!
Never get sick of this song
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.
I miss being a kid growing up in Brooklyn New York!! Shoutout to O.C. Representing the hometown