MC Lyte - Poor Georgie (Official Video)
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- MC Lyte - Poor Georgie (Official Video) from the album 'Act Like You Know' (1991)
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Listening to this with my 11 y/o daughter. Just allowing her to see that women can make great music without taking off their clothes, not cussing or shaking their behinds all over the place. Thank you Ms. LYTE!!
@@AggravatedMan365 Yo got dat right. Hope all dem girls are listening.
A song about a woman accepting being treated like trash though
@@missmichel-aThat's what you got out of the song? 😂
🎼🔥💯🥰🙏🏽
So blessed I grew up in this era. 80s baby here
The 90s were so dope. Im 47 and i feel like the rappers back then were like Angels guiding us and teaching us about life and what was to come
Word up. Miss our era so much
Most rappers were informing everyone how to sell dope and pimp hoes.
VonP@@jerseydan95
God had to give us something to look up to, enjoy and be inspired because he knew what was coming....
IDK what we would be like these days if we didnt have 90's music to cut through the bull$h!t.
@@LUk3.M. look up to this stick
Who still listening in 2024? I am!
These new females rappers are scabs compared to Lyte and Latifa!
Everytime I'm about to go asleep I hear this beat in my head
Yup
🤝
Word up
MC lyte got a strong message with this old school rap
This is next level storytelling. Her flow was everything.
Facts 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Yes. This and Cappucino. I Cram to Understand you
NBA youngboy ranada
Maaaannn listen!!! Lyte is a Top 5 Emcee...males included!!!
@@soullacy8357 Facts
Not only could you UNDERSTAND every word, she had flow, great narrative, and a comprehensive story that sent a solid message. This is not only hip hop. This is ART AND POETRY at its finest. Love MC LYTE.
The song has substance in 2023 female rappers are sell out Jezebels....
Facts
Agreed
Couldn’t have said it better 💯
Yup. That's what I miss the most. The storytelling, flow along with the beat all working together as a complete whole. I don't like doing the old person era comparison thing but one of the things that bugs me about modern rap/hip hop is the beat does far too much of the heavy lifting.
"If you love someone you should say it often, you'll never know when they'll be laying in a coffin".
So THAT'S where E-40 got it from
My favorite line in this song
That hit hard. Just lost a friend yesterday. Smh.
Ok, I love you
Life is short say I L❤VE YOU😊 💋🌺
I love how she got her homies chillin.. all fully dressed no provocative looks, they actually are dressed down and all look beautiful!
They are also the beautiful women in black…
i love how your comment is stupid likeu
FACTS FACTS FACTS 💯 💯💯💯💯💯💯
His name is George…. We called him G.O. He died in a car crash in 1993… 2 weeks before our wedding! It took me years to be able to listen to this song again! RIP My Love💔#MyGeorgiPorgi
Sorry for your lost
Sorry for your loss
Celebrate celebrate he wants you to dance he wants you to smile he's in a better place with angels surrounded with gold one day we are going to end up there we do right celebrate
OMG
I’m so terribly sorry for your loss
Her lyrics don't age, they mature like a fine wine. Love Mc Lyte
Say less
@@shymettedavis5524 pardon?
@@bexsy34 real talk
Her Lyrics aged just like her fine as wine
FUCK SAD ENDINGS
FKN 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
2023 live 😂
Who’s cutting onions?? 😢😢 still moving thirty plus years later
It does make you emotional…not going to lie about that!!!❤😢
🥰🙏🏽
No one is promised tomorrow she was a truly talented lyrist and excellent story teller....better than majority of modern day musicians by far!
Exactly Thank You
Music with a message I miss this kind of music
So true
No cursing at all
They don't make music like this anymore they stop making good music in the late 80s early 90s
Yesssss
No doubt not men or women sending this kind of message. I remember this one very good
This generation will never understand how DOPE the 90's were. ✌🏾😎
They will, when they will play those tracks.
THAT SONG CAME OUT IN THE LATE 80'S
Facts..
Or late 80s
💯
That voice on MC Lyte still give me chills after all these years later and I'm 53 Year's old.
Word Iz Bond Tha Dopest Joint When It Comes To Having Feelings For SumOneeeee
💯
You’re her age!
@@SyriswhyYouMean What do you mean by that?
My cousin told me that she loved Lyte's voice too
This beat is immaculate 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 bring back the remix era
The best was by a group called Toto, titled Georgie Porgy. It featured vocals by Steve Lukather & background vocals by Cheryl Lynn recorded around 1978-79.
29 years later and this song is still powerful as it was back then. MC Lyte will always be my favorite.
here we r.....n I need the old sounds ..this music today is horrible
This female is so Raw I'm 50 years old she's the best female hip hop artist I've heard of my life
Mc Lyte is Eazy E
You mean 31yrs later...bc u know time never stops L0L😮
Agreed! No one Flows , or Comprehends the true Art Form of Hip Hop like MC Lyte! 🎤
This song is fucking incredible. MC Lyte is way too underrated.
So Is Toto ....
Exactly
I agree.
Z
The one from Eric Benet is the original though right?
Love the Lauryn Hill cameo! Lyte is hands down one of the BEST female rappers EVER!
wasn't a cameo, she was an extra.
I knew I recognized her!
I thought I was bugging that is her 😮
Ladybug Mecca from Digable Planets too, no?
This was way before the Fugees came out.
MC lyte is a poet!!!!
Legend ❤️
FACTS
Legendary!
MC Lyte's dopest song. I cannot believe that's Lauryn Hill as one of the extra girls there too! 2 Legends!
+Ocean Sage yeh i just seen that, go Lauryn!!
Why?
Everyone gets a start somewhere.
Like these with the coke commercial and J Lo in Janet Jackson video.
Ocean Sage
YEP!!!
I never thought she was on this.
Yup sure is I thought I was the only one saw that plus the kiss
MC Lyte is one of the best female rappers ever.
"The" best.
The "BEST" ever
When female rappers were rappers kept it hood,gangsta.. Not prostitudes or strippers..
Classic
Mc Lyte is the best female rapper ever
This beat got a cold ass breakdown and mc lyte voice killed it
TUSHAY!!
DJ really did a great job here.
Georgie Porgie by Africa, mixed with Michael Jackson's Where I wanna be
This whole beat was a sample from a 70's white rock group.. Toto..
Eazy E voice. Same person
One of my favorite songs by Lyte
One of my favorite hip hop songs of all. Lyte kicked those songs that the average person can relate to.
Where did you get the TV on the tree from?
Hand clap for the original queen of rap MC LYTE, who looks even prettier 30 years later! 👏👏👏👏
@Extinguish Idiot's no man Lyte took shit to another level her flow still solid
Q.U.E.E.N = U.N.I.T.Y
She was Badass back in the day.
Especially her lyrics like this.."Funky fresh dressed to impress,ready to party".
Amazing M.C. Lyte
We got notice this shit....
Little known fact : LL Cool J co wrote her verse on the Self Destruction song because Russell Simmons did not want him to participate on the song ...Public Enemy ignored him and and did it anyway!
SELF DESTRUCTION....... This song was about Georgies Self Destruction. Wow. KRS 1 put her on. This is still lit.
I THINK 🤔 SHE STILL IS BAD ASS. CHILD HOOD MEMORIES BRINGS BACK GOOD TIME'S I WAS 20 LIVING IN PATERSON NJ AWESOM
I heard "Georgie Porgy" decades after hearing this, and I have to say Lyte did the sample justice.
That's rock pop band toto
Golden age of hip hop.
ONE OF THE BEST STORY RAPS OF ALL TIME !!!
It's important that you know that no one on earth is promised tomorrow
Was just playing this song earlier. Never gets old. I still remember discovering this song when she performed on In Living Color many years ago
Check out the song it's sampling. It's called Jorgie Porgy by Toto featuring Cheryl Lynn
Looks like Lauryn Hill at 0:34
Wow, so FREAKIN CLASSIC! Back then it was a lot of storytelling in rap. Notice you could understand every word she was saying, no cursing and the song had a message. Lyte was a pioneer! A BEAST! The 90's was a special time in hip-hop.
Yes
The sad part is the young women paved away for females to be respected thru their words an you could still bounce to the beat. Then later on down the road grabbing coochies, calling themselves bitches, an no you can say that kind of female wouldn't have made it today. I still love to hear me some Brat, Missy, Queen an the list go on, Smh 🤦🏽♀️ but thankful we was blessed to be apart of it. Look how lady like an successful most of them if not all have become they stepped in up knocked it out the Field 🎵🙏🏽😇
Very Special...🙏
Sorry but gotta throw sum love to my Queen Bee too Lil Kim....the original bad gurl💯
@@Paula-nt2uc true, Kim was ALL THAT! But The OG Lyte paved the way for Kim.
I've heard 2 cusswords in the song.
This song has way more to say than 100% of the songs on the radio today in 2022.
Yes 😢
MC Lyte is not only the greatest female MC of all time, but she is also better than most males!
The storytelling was just so good. I really appreciate all the rappers from back in the day. I honestly wish I was born during this time period. This is real real hip-hop although I’m young, I’m glad I’m still able to listen to the foundation of this genre of music. Today’s rappers don’t even come close.
MC lyte had that rough edge with beauty .
This is back when natural beauty was in.
What about Nicki and cardi
@@brandynbeverly9401 who?
@@LoKnowsBoxing it's slowly returning too. Starting to see Sistas rock braids, across and locs
No doubt
I still play this song In 2022. When I do play it I usually end up listening to it several time! I love it.So powerful!
Same... I have it on repeat RIGHT now.
Me too!!!
It’s 2023 now still listening
Same here !!!
30 yrs later and still a great! Underrated song!
Yesssss
This shyt still hit in 2023 !!!
This song is still 1 of my favorite MC Lyte Joints til this day Her Art Of Storytelling was entertaining at the same time giving a message that still is relevant for today
her delivery is perfect on this song
I feel you 💯
I'm retired DJ Lady Soul McLyte helped me rocked the house in the 80s .She was bad .And RoxxAnn .
@@deloresholley9348 these kids today have no idea.
When you say "Timeless Classics" = MC Lyte
When you say "Poignant Lyrics" = MC Lyte
When you say "All-Time Greatest MC's/Lyrist" = MC Lyte
When you say "Under-appreciated/Underrated" = MC Lyte
Poor Georgie along with MC Lyte's "Better Place," are on par with Tupac's "Dear Mama," "I ain't mad at Cha," and "Brenda's got a baby,"...powerful words and songs that resonate and evoke sentimentalities with virtually anyone from any part of the world.
When rap was about life...
That beat tho🔥🔥 The story telling 🔥🔥 Her voice 🥴❤❤
Here in 2020 hit like!
Ayeeeee I can't forget 👑💯👍🌏💨🌿
Heard her on 99.1, recently.
I’m here loved my lyte
Yassssss 😜😜😜
2021 👍
Back when music had a story behind it. Her voice was always dope.
The queen of hip hop
The song is genuine. We need more like this these days.
One problem gangsta rap has killed everything that was positive like this cut.
Yo this used to bang in my auntie 90 gold Nissan maxima. I can still see the happy meal in my lap hitn corners wit tia goin crazy to dis. Damn what a Time Machine music can be
Thumbs up if you are still listening in 2019! Just as hot as it was when it came out in 1991!
🔥🔥🗽🗽🔥🔥
Done
Yes!!!
Damn this hit iz still a banger!!!!!!
Message is stronger than ever
The *90s* was truly the highlight of hip hop's creativity...which is why my own music is inspired by it entirely🎶🎧🎤
One of the greatest storytellers to ever touch the mic!! #hiphopliveson
I’m 53 and I’m still listening and loving this song 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤
GOOD choice ! Blessings and greetings from europe 😊
It’s the flow for me. ❤️ McLyte fly as hell.
better jump trees
Here in 2020 , stumbled across this shit and almost shed a tear😑💯🎬
Ikr
Now you know why old cats like me cannot stand this new "mumble" bull...
Same man just played gta 4 for the first time a week ago and the in game radio classic introduced me to cha cha cha. I was hooked ever since and now I discovering more great songs by her.
@@thebeaver8456 Her & Missy Elliot made a banger together too...
@@danielwatts9803 thanks I'll have to check it out.
It's good to look back at these type of jams. Detailed lyrics, women dressed and classy. Love it
For those who don’t know, the sample used here is “Georgy Porgy” performed by Toto. The live in Paris ‘93 version is by far one of the best concert performances in history. Those dudes rock out! Much love to all people out there making music. Much love to humans. Regardless of skin shade or language spoken. A C-Major or Minor is the same no matter! ❤️❤️👍✌️
This is my first time hearing this song however.
The best female rapper of all time!!!
Thanks! Someone on this thread knows the origins of this track.
Well they got it from Barry White with his orchestra
Toto featuring Cheryl Lynn from 1978..
Plus there is a Jackson 5 sample- " I Wanna Be Where You Are"
She is a better m.c than 97% of the male rappers today
Facts
Truth! Cats nowadays are straight embarrassing!
@Yo-saiFF CaleB - you mean better than 100% of the rappers today.
Word
@@vegasbaby3669 😉
MC Lyte is the number one female rapper of all time.
I agree
Without a doubt
Lauryn Hill is.....The GOAT
I see her more as a singer than a rappers.
100%
She still looks good till this day
Her flow, the beat, the sample. Absolute perfection. MC Lyte is the queen of Hip Hop. STILL bumpin this track in 23!
Miss...this era so much!! The golden era of Hip-Hop at it's Peak!!!
Hip Hop at its finest!!! I was in High School at the time! Fly MC Lyte is slamming!!!
Right 👍
MC Lyte is one of the greatest female rappers. One of my coming of age artists. I loved their fashion back then. It was all about what they sang not what they wore
She’s literally The bomb
MC Lyte killed it on this one! plus the beat is dope af!
#NuffRespect #AnotherDeeJayDocJoint
This song is so amazing for so many reasons. Obviously the use of the original song’s meaning. The two depictions of a man; the player everyone feels as though they know and the man that has just as many issues as anyone else. Maybe even more. The story telling of this record always makes me second guess my writing skills. Breaking down multiple perspectives as well as maintaining her own. Topics that people still discuss today.The beat itself tells the same story with the ins and outs/samples. Captivating if you claim a love for story telling. More importantly creativity. This one record alone puts MC Lyte in my top 3 rappers male or female of all time. Much Love ❤️
She's so damn pretty and still I love her
MC Lyte is beautiful. She really is. Love her voice, & damn I haven't seen this video in a long time. Bout to watch it now. Lol
+Lela P LELA P YOUR PRETTY ALSO I LOVE YOU CALIFORNIA GIRL LOL LOL HI.
Check is out on UA-cam like all rap like all old school rap like all hip-hop like all 90s💯
I can watch this a thousand times and it wont get old ! Still listening in 2019. #classic
Same here
Big Facts. I use to love her
That's right.
2021
Probably on my 5th turn listening right now, this morning.
This was track 6 and the 2nd single from MC Lyte's 3rd album "Act Like You Know" and was the 2nd song I learned by this super cool rapper. This is a real 1991 party song right here.
Lyte and Queen Latifah, were the best Black Beautiful Women Rappers...EVER!!!
Fo sho!
What about Roxanne?
I met MC lyte she’s awesome! I was the assistant manager at Melba’s. Good times! one day I would love to play her in biopic movie.
I still know every word I gotta play this again n again n again!! Real music right here!! Next up “Ruffneck”🥳
Now THIS is hip hop. Thank u LYTE.
Positive hip-hop so refreshing!
“ just to say that no one is promised tomorrow….. if you love someone you should say it often , you’ll never know when they’ll be laying in the coffin , wake up it’s important that you know that no one on earth is promised tomorrow “ I relate to this because my wife passed away due to a sickness that took her out in 4 days … it will always stick with me these words
Lyte,Latifah,Love,YoYo; 4 of the greatest female mcs of their day!! There were others that got slept on,but,those 4...LEGENDS!!
Straight facts! Plus they never had problems with each other as far as we know lol
Please believe me
I was born in 1973.
This is the music I vibe to.
The 80s was one of the best times for music 🎶 I'm so glad I got to be there.
This came out in 91.
This came out in the early 90s but yea the 80s was poppin too
#1 female MC of all time and it’s not even close.
My first Hip Hop crush. Luv you MC Lyte.
She recently got married I wish her all the best.
I used to rewind this video so many times!!! The brother dancing got moves for days! MC LYTE will always be my number one female MC!
I heard the guitar sample on Toto's song and drove my fucking crazy where have I heard that before. Such a great song. That sample make me tear up. So beautiful. Back when life was pure.
Me too. I get choked up at the music which is strange because I never cared for Toto. Its almost like THIS is where the melody really belongs even if it took a while for that melody to finally get the lyrics it deserved. And the lyrics are pure poetry as well as a dead on center PSA about one of the many self destructive abuses waiting to trap young people.
I'm still.
Listening twenty twenty five
🎉2025🎉
I have always loved M.C.Lyte.Been with her from the beginning.Love her voice and how she has stayed true to her style. Sue (Abrul)
I'm so thankful to women hip hop pioneers like Lyte, Latifah, and Shane who showed me being a woman is not about showing sexuality. But always showing intelligence, strength, and self-pride.
The 80s music had everything.
Used to own the cassette tape back when I was in high school in Rabun County, Georgia, and listened to it over and over again. She was (and still is) one of my favourite rappers. But my 1st time ever to see the video! It also brings back memories of participating in campaigns against drunk driving in high school and university as part of organisations like SADD and SOAR. Sadly, here in Chiang Mai, Thailand , where I am now, drunk driving is an even worse problem, both for teenagers and adults of all ages, as compared to back then in the U.S., because here there is NO public transport late at night when people are going home from bars and clubs, and most people have a motorcycle rather than a car and go to bars and clubs alone or in twosomes, which makes a "designated driver" not an option. Also, more people, as compared to the U.S., drink hard liquor like whiskey. Far more people here have died of road accidents, as compared to COVID, yet a National Emergency was declared for the latter, but almost nothing is done about drunk driving and other bad driving and road accidents, including very little police enforcement of driving rules.
I’m glad I came up on great music like this. The samples in this song are RIDICULOUS, and the video is extra dope. Even the dancers was on point.
One of the biggest reasons i love golden age hip hop is learning the sampled songs and being exposed to new music…
*When we were kids. "Our parents just* *don't understand this music"*
*Now as parents. "Kids just don't* *understand this music"*
*The Absolute Irony😂*
Good One!
@meat hammer this went completely ova yo head
That's just how the world is everything has its generation
I can't understand this new Music Today!
And our kids r telling us that we don't understand their music, their right, I don't
I swear all black women are beautiful, but MC Lyte was on another level. I'm still head over heels for her.
Genuinely good looking - unlike these fat assed fake bitches rampant throughout pop music nowadays
1/2SharkAlligator1/2Man McLyte my girl, then and now, top 3 three rapper's of all time, just beautiful 😇
Miss this kind of rap music
Yeah man....!
facts
1/2SharkAlligator1/2Man. FACTS!
That beat is SLAMING! The DJ brings in MJ at the perfect time.
#NuffRespect #AnotherDeeJayDocJoint
This Song Is Very Touching Alot Of People Really Don't Listen To The Value Of Music I Love Good Music And This Will Always Be One Of Greatest Of All Times 💯 Love You Lyte 👑💪🏽💜🤞🏽
I could listen to Mc Lyte everyday. Such an amazing voice, makes the flow all the better! Hands down one of the best to ever do it!
I can see memories flashing in my head, times that will and cannot be replaced till I die 💙
Lyte's performance of Poor Georgie on In Living Color was classic!!!
She was the Lite for other rappers to follow in her foot steps. I remember her. luv it!💕
This song is still amazing in 2014. The way she flows, the way she is teaching without it sounding preachy, her story telling... Lyte was a great em cee.
I never knew how fire!!! Mc lyte was. Still bumping in 2020. Back when rap was real rap lol
Another Legendary song not played today
I still play it
Female rappers of my day actually had substance and could sell music without being sleezy.
Man, i remember when this video was brand new. It really doesn't seem that long ago. DAMN, i didn't even know Lauryn Hill was in this video!!! 🤯
Which
Which one is Lauryn Hill
Oh ok I had to look at it again. I played this video a thousand times a couple of years ago and never notice that Lauryn Hill was in there. Wow
Time stamp please? (😌Sheesh why do we have to keep telling you folks about placing time stamps) #Dont@Me
Me either