I got goosebumps listening to this song, when i first heard it on triple j, many years later it still has the same effect on me. These guys are fantastic.
I was 9 years old when I first heard Hilltop Hoods when me and my family moved to Melbourne from Sweden back in 2004, this album was gold when we were back in Sweden a few years later, and still has the potency to create nostalgia like not many other things. Big up from Stockholm, Sweden!
drae tyson same her man. I haven't caught a train in about 15 years but have very fond memories of the blackwood line and all the shenanigans that went with it. I can't imagine you can get away with the kind of shit we did back then though.
This song shakes me to my fucking core. I remember the first time I heard “2 dollars in change and a pension card” A tear rolled down my fucking cheek.
Have to love this version over the restrung. A - Flute instrumental was perfect B - While Suffa's verse is great it deviates from the theme of the other verses. In the original all three are people who are in poverty. The Old Man and Woman do what they can to get by as they are, while the Robber decides to push himself ahead by getting cash from street robbery. As a result all three of them suffer, Old Man dies, Woman is injured, and the Robber has taken a life, commited assault, all for a miniscule amount of cash. In contrast the Restrung version shows the Robber as part of a gang and wants the money for heroin so there's no sympathy left for him as the Old Man beats him. TLDR: The first version was about violence stemming from poverty. The restrung version shows an addict gang member attacking a woman then getting beat by an Old Man (+ doesn't feature a funky flute.)
"Some young gentlemen alive with their laughter, Approach the old timer and put a knife to his heart to, Explain that money or bloods the price of their barter, To a man whose friends probably died for their fathers." The Hilltop Hoods say more in those four lines than 90% of today's mainstream rappers have said in their entire careers.
Early morn, train station, aching from the arthritis, This war veteran knows what a hard time is, He needs his pension, dementia and half blind is, The reason he rides the train with no car license, So he boards with an expired ticket has a swipe, Gets a fine 'cause the change he got don't add up right, We're taking about a man who never lived a lavish life, Caught up in the age of computer chips and satellites, A lovely lady boards looking tired and half awake, He smiles, she's reminds him of his wife that passed away, She says something as she walks right past his way, His old hearing aid don't last quite half the day, Some young gentlemen alive with their laughter, Approach the old timer and put a knife to his heart to, Explain that money or bloods the price of their barter, To a man whose friends probably died for their fathers. (taking a train) (I head toward the train station) (we're from a city heroin loves the devils in charge) Whatever it takes can justify, Whatever ends we make, whatever the price, To the end of a life, it's just an observation, So take a ride we're stopping all stations. [Verse 2 - Pressure] It's been a long night the suns lifting on a cold, Morning but she's drugged and drunk tripping on her stroll, On the way home, she's done with stripping on a pole, But she can't pay for her son living on the dole, Jumps a train puts on her gloves she's wearing black, Being watched by some old mug she's glaring back, She's on edge and got the bug from sharing smack, So she says, "Hey, what the fuck you staring at?" He smiles, an unsteady hand rubs on his dome, She takes a seat, a messy band of ruffs board alone, To the digger with a machete at his lungs and he's prone, He can barely stand but ready to stand up for his own, She tries to help him she doesn't choose to flee the car, And catches a blow with enough bruise to leave a scar, She starts fainting, the rooms moving and seeing stars, Ain't it amazing how courageous human beings are? Whatever it takes can justify, Whatever ends we make, whatever the price, To the end of a life, it's just an observation, So take a ride we're stopping all stations, [Verse 3 - Pressure] He knows nothing but toil, strife and hard yakka, Pissed at the world for playing wife in a slammer, This man was never given a life on a damn platter, So he jumps a train with knife and bandanna, Boys at his back, sleazy, hardened and far, From giving a fuck, an easy target his mark, He sees an old man and says "See we'll part with your hard, Earned cash or rest in peace we can start with your heart?" Some girl steps not afraid she's gonna cop it sweet, And gets decked before she made it even on her feet, The old man leaped to her aid and to his horror he'd, Thrusted his chest into the blade of his robber's piece, He grabbed the wallet, dropped the knife as he fled the car, Concerned about the loss of life he'd never went this far, What's done is done, he'd got the prize and he'd spent his half, Of two dollars in change and a pension card. So take a ride, 'cause we're stopping all stations.
Sucks how the train system has been updated so now they've replaced the voice at the start of this song. Also Mind the gap while elating from the train? why not just say exiting?
Bloody ripper track,always reminds me of skate trips heading through the stinky northern stations awsm memories. my hood was the end of the northern line Gawler central which always reeked of piss. come to think of it most of the stations reeked of piss haha.
thats amazing its all one story, the old man sees the girl and smiles at her and the she says what the fuck you staring at and the the teens roll him and she gets decked and he gets stabbed. amazing song
@ssanei there is still plenty of great music, real music, real hip hop. but its on the streets, underground, and not mainstream on the internet, and you gotta search for it, cause it wont just pop up. it'll never be like it used to be, but its not all gone...
the lyrics of this song is actually saying that an old man, a woman and young guy. The old man dies from falling on the knife and woman gets hurt when trying to save the guy. Nobody was responsible for killing the old man
fuck man wats with the flutes, trumpets and high voices in all of hoods songs? this shit just aint gonna cut it if they wanna be taken as serious artists.
Don't bug people that they're stupid if they don't hear the lyrics that well. Especially the way Pressure raps, i can't hear half of what he's saying. But I'm not english so maybe that's why. Props to Hilltop though for making the dope beats and making old school hiphop alive again
I got goosebumps listening to this song, when i first heard it on triple j, many years later it still has the same effect on me. These guys are fantastic.
Same here just listening to it again since like 2008
Man I love revisting this track every now and then. A timeless Aussie classic.
I was 9 years old when I first heard Hilltop Hoods when me and my family moved to Melbourne from Sweden back in 2004, this album was gold when we were back in Sweden a few years later, and still has the potency to create nostalgia like not many other things. Big up from Stockholm, Sweden!
The sound of Adelaide trains. the sound of my childhood.
Here here dude and still is regular part my life today
Twisted Snags fdf dx
drae tyson same her man. I haven't caught a train in about 15 years but have very fond memories of the blackwood line and all the shenanigans that went with it. I can't imagine you can get away with the kind of shit we did back then though.
Hell no, The trains are so watched now. Buses are the safest way to go to avoid swine. But I've got my car now so I'm safe(er)
gives me a chill down my spine every time i hear it
From Texas, USA. My Aussie buddy showed me hilltop hoods, love it
Right on, From Central Texas !! 🤙
Amazing song stopping all stations.
Hilltop hoods are the bomb. Love em.
Bel, melbourne Australia
2020 and this still gives me the good vibes
mentalCS fr fr
How do you get good vibes from this song
@@corruppy not listening to the lyrics at all I guess
Tears every time. God bless those men
Never gets old
I bought this album on the date of release. I played it start to finish. This was the stand out track. Never got the recognition.
This song shakes me to my fucking core.
I remember the first time I heard “2 dollars in change and a pension card”
A tear rolled down my fucking cheek.
just found hilltop hoods.... love it..from the usa...
MsBebezote welcome to Aussie music mate 🇦🇺
Love them from Poland ^^
love it
welcome brother
Aus hip hop is about our real lives. Cracking a beer with our mates or fatherhood or everyday pushing... no Bentley or christalle bullshit down ere
I'm from Adelaide and love hilltop hoods
The storytelling is amazing
congratulations im over the moon knowing that ,
This song gets better and better every time I play it. Much love from adl
Its brings our childhoods back!! I Want this song on Spotify, SOOOO MUCH!
It is on Spotify
@@corruppy I can't find bro...
@@manoel535389 same feels man, must region bullshit also
I remember years back i would listen to this music just to be able to get out of bed and work out at 5 in the morning haha
Tears me up listening to this, imagining all sides. God bless everyone
Bumpin this in St. Louis Missouri U.S.A. .
KC
Adelaide thanks you for listening to our simple Aussie rap 💕
❤️💯
Adam Hamid love them Saint Lunatics.
Taking the train my train station.....and were stopping all stations ...classic song....love hilltop hoods💯🎼🎵🎼👌🏾✌🏾️😎🎤🎼🚉
I have been listening to this song since I was around 16, today I realised the true meaning.
As a kiwi, gotta respect and love the hilltop. Kings. Much love
Have to love this version over the restrung.
A - Flute instrumental was perfect
B - While Suffa's verse is great it deviates from the theme of the other verses. In the original all three are people who are in poverty. The Old Man and Woman do what they can to get by as they are, while the Robber decides to push himself ahead by getting cash from street robbery. As a result all three of them suffer, Old Man dies, Woman is injured, and the Robber has taken a life, commited assault, all for a miniscule amount of cash.
In contrast the Restrung version shows the Robber as part of a gang and wants the money for heroin so there's no sympathy left for him as the Old Man beats him.
TLDR: The first version was about violence stemming from poverty.
The restrung version shows an addict gang member attacking a woman then getting beat by an Old Man (+ doesn't feature a funky flute.)
Nice beat, good lyrics and a flow that's not like all the others... I like this. One of my dreams is to go to Australia in some part of my life...
You made to Australia yet?
yep, restrung last verse is best, but the flute in this and the beat solo at the end makes the original awesome.
"Some young gentlemen alive with their laughter,
Approach the old timer and put a knife to his heart to,
Explain that money or bloods the price of their barter,
To a man whose friends probably died for their fathers."
The Hilltop Hoods say more in those four lines than 90% of today's mainstream rappers have said in their entire careers.
I made a youtube account just to say this song is fucking awsome!
Adelaide Hills dweller here. Hilltop Hoods is the only hip hop that I listen to and enjoy.
I rode Adelaide trains to work for years .... this brings memories ;)
Early morn, train station, aching from the arthritis,
This war veteran knows what a hard time is,
He needs his pension, dementia and half blind is,
The reason he rides the train with no car license,
So he boards with an expired ticket has a swipe,
Gets a fine 'cause the change he got don't add up right,
We're taking about a man who never lived a lavish life,
Caught up in the age of computer chips and satellites,
A lovely lady boards looking tired and half awake,
He smiles, she's reminds him of his wife that passed away,
She says something as she walks right past his way,
His old hearing aid don't last quite half the day,
Some young gentlemen alive with their laughter,
Approach the old timer and put a knife to his heart to,
Explain that money or bloods the price of their barter,
To a man whose friends probably died for their fathers.
(taking a train)
(I head toward the train station)
(we're from a city heroin loves the devils in charge)
Whatever it takes can justify,
Whatever ends we make, whatever the price,
To the end of a life, it's just an observation,
So take a ride we're stopping all stations.
[Verse 2 - Pressure]
It's been a long night the suns lifting on a cold,
Morning but she's drugged and drunk tripping on her stroll,
On the way home, she's done with stripping on a pole,
But she can't pay for her son living on the dole,
Jumps a train puts on her gloves she's wearing black,
Being watched by some old mug she's glaring back,
She's on edge and got the bug from sharing smack,
So she says, "Hey, what the fuck you staring at?"
He smiles, an unsteady hand rubs on his dome,
She takes a seat, a messy band of ruffs board alone,
To the digger with a machete at his lungs and he's prone,
He can barely stand but ready to stand up for his own,
She tries to help him she doesn't choose to flee the car,
And catches a blow with enough bruise to leave a scar,
She starts fainting, the rooms moving and seeing stars,
Ain't it amazing how courageous human beings are?
Whatever it takes can justify,
Whatever ends we make, whatever the price,
To the end of a life, it's just an observation,
So take a ride we're stopping all stations,
[Verse 3 - Pressure]
He knows nothing but toil, strife and hard yakka,
Pissed at the world for playing wife in a slammer,
This man was never given a life on a damn platter,
So he jumps a train with knife and bandanna,
Boys at his back, sleazy, hardened and far,
From giving a fuck, an easy target his mark,
He sees an old man and says "See we'll part with your hard,
Earned cash or rest in peace we can start with your heart?"
Some girl steps not afraid she's gonna cop it sweet,
And gets decked before she made it even on her feet,
The old man leaped to her aid and to his horror he'd,
Thrusted his chest into the blade of his robber's piece,
He grabbed the wallet, dropped the knife as he fled the car,
Concerned about the loss of life he'd never went this far,
What's done is done, he'd got the prize and he'd spent his half,
Of two dollars in change and a pension card.
So take a ride, 'cause we're stopping all stations.
Nice one
2022 anyone love this
On an Adelaide train while listening to this
NSW here
Sucks how the train system has been updated so now they've replaced the voice at the start of this song.
Also Mind the gap while elating from the train? why not just say exiting?
SilenceOz yeah man. fuck those people using the correct word.
By the way people I road the Adelaide lines for years and believe me you see some crazy shit.
very deep song i loved it since it first came out
Sick song, uploaded on my birthday no-less.
What a Song my friends Wat A Song....... RESPECT BOYS!!
omg im soooo happy rite now i found the song i loved years ago :D i use to listen to it all the time wow it brings bak memories aussie hip hop foreva
man you have to give hilltop hoods all the props.
nuthin but respect man, nuthin but respect.
Respect. From italy
Sweet as bruz
best of luck in the world cup 2018.. oh wait.
ELLEGI MASTERS Baci pizza love it
love this track still 15y later
Love the hoods and the train sounds remind my my young days riding the gawler line all the way
Hilltop Hoods
Banging track love this shit !!
Ken Moreton yea so you won’t help me out here. F yah
love this song + another reason to love aussie + best rap i ever heard
bad ass song love it..like the whistle or flute thing the most
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly...kind of.
Been to Adelaide but never rode the train, sounds similar to Perth lines though.
gawler line all the way grew up on it and never gonna move 5114
Bob Accounting Small world.
5114 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
one of there best songs i reckon like this is "what the seasons change" its amazing :0 :-)
most of the trains in Adelaide don't stop at all stations, it shits me
I've lived in Adelaide 12 of my 15 years of being alive, yet I've never been on a train there. Now I'm in Melbourne I take trains almost daily.
DailyRelaxedMusic Where in Melbourne?
Northern suburbs.
This is the kind of music i wanna hear when it gets summer to cruise around, feelin' good :D
Heard this today at a friends, Really liked it. The lyrics Are pretty snazzy too :)
this song hits so hard first time hearing it..
Still one of the greatest songs ever
Magic hello from Australia yep this is an Australian band
pressure has the best dramatic story raps. What the seasons change is my fav over this - though its a close decision.
Still some of the most soulful rap songs
Bloody ripper track,always reminds me of skate trips heading through the stinky northern stations awsm memories. my hood was the end of the northern line Gawler central which always reeked of piss. come to think of it most of the stations reeked of piss haha.
Ron Burgandy rockin' that jazz flute!
Listening to this killa track while riding the gawler train line 👌
2021 and still gives me chills.
Im still fuckin shaken
2021 still jamming this
2012 and it's still one of the best
Bumbing this in Detroit michigan U.s.a.
2021 and still a belta
wish there was a vid for this song - its a fave
ahh... lol I think id rather watch a stranger act it out then imagine that... but I see your point.
same bro, song came out 10 year ago, shame there is no clip
there is one and it is excellent but can't find it.
This one is much sadder than the restrung version, both are amazing but this one has a sadder feel to it.
2022 still listening
Such a chill song
i agree ozzie hip hot esp the hill tops are THE SHIT. stopping all stations a great song
@PandaStrikeGaming yeah dude. but in the description it says it's the restrung version. it's that "download from itunes" thing. just a mix up ay
Big ups to hilltop hoods, bliss n eso and seth sentry reping The down under love that shit
I'm such a moron, I only just realised this and the restrung version have different third verses...
Dakar12 it’s on the pam
i fucking love the flute in their songs
people are amazing.....to observe.....
so many different stories on the streets.....
thats amazing its all one story, the old man sees the girl and smiles at her and the she says what the fuck you staring at and the the teens roll him and she gets decked and he gets stabbed.
amazing song
I wish Hilltop hoods sold on their songs on UK itunes... :(
haha the sound of the train at the start of the video is from a 3000 class railcar!
man it's like that down croydon in the south east...life is fkd all round but that's the price we pay for our parents mistakes
this true hiphop
@ssanei there is still plenty of great music, real music, real hip hop. but its on the streets, underground, and not mainstream on the internet, and you gotta search for it, cause it wont just pop up. it'll never be like it used to be, but its not all gone...
Just a great track
@laughitoff69 this is not a american band ? This is hilltop hoods and they come from australia !!
suppa chill an great to ski to, nuff said...
Man this makes me miss Australia.
the lyrics of this song is actually saying that an old man, a woman and young guy. The old man dies from falling on the knife and woman gets hurt when trying to save the guy. Nobody was responsible for killing the old man
I love suffa and the restrung album but the last verse was amazing and should've stayed in.
I love this aus music for real anyone got any other stuff i should hear like this that im missin out on ... THIS IS OFF THE HOOK
most meaningful rap out, fucken love hilltophoods!
fuck man wats with the flutes, trumpets and high voices in all of hoods songs? this shit just aint gonna cut it if they wanna be taken as serious artists.
brilliant song, as is nosebleed section and clown prince
love this song
@elr0yy No. Hip Hop was came from Hungary. It's called "hipi hopi" and it was some kind of folk dance.
Great song! Nice boys!
This still kicks ass :D
fuk this bring back memorys
i like the restrung version more, personally. But both are great
Don't bug people that they're stupid if they don't hear the lyrics that well. Especially the way Pressure raps, i can't hear half of what he's saying. But I'm not english so maybe that's why. Props to Hilltop though for making the dope beats and making old school hiphop alive again
@ilikemuffler
I dunno, Fifty in Five was absolutely incredible and that was from their newest album.
maddest song
its kinda funny they always reminded me of typical cats, and they have a typical cat sample in this song
damn... forgot about this lil jam
this song is the bomb
Shady Tribe and LiamsGotThis Im SOOOO JELLOUS, oh wait no I dont care I enjoy their music and support their music, thats enough for me.
How many albums do they have? and what are the names of the album(s) ? im'ma get these albums.