Its amazing that this verse was written in 82...

[dapper d]

"A child is born with no state of mind
Blind to the ways of mankind
God is smiling on you but he's frowning too
Because only God knows what you'll go through
You'll grow in the ghetto, living second rate
And your eyes will sing a song of deep hate
The places you play and where you stay
Looks like one great big alley way
You'll admire all the number book takers
Thugs, pimps, pushers and the big money makers
Driving big cars, spending twenties and tens
And you wanna grow up to be just like them, huh,
Smugglers, scramblers, burglars, gamblers
Pickpockets, peddlers even panhandlers
You say: "I'm cool, I'm no fool!"
But then you wind up dropping out of high school
Now you're unemployed, all non-void
Walking 'round like you're Pretty Boy Floyd
Turned stickup kid, look what you've done did
Got sent up for a eight year bid
Now your manhood is took and you're a Maytag
Spent the next two years as a undercover @#@
Being used and abused to serve like hell
'Til one day you was found hung dead in your cell
It was plain to see that your life was lost
You was cold and your body swung back and forth
But now your eyes sing the sad, sad song
Of how you lived so fast and died so young"


Incredible...
This is truley a verse that still holds today...
Im sure this holds true for a lot of people out there...whether its u or someone u know...
Just for that...its a top 10 verse of all time

 

[grittyman20]

Walking 'round like you're Pretty Boy Floyd

J/k

 

[putting in work]

Real +!!$ right there man... real +!!$.

 

[airmaxpenny1]

Song that changed hip-hop music forever.

 

[guttagetsbusy]

Love this song

 

[harlemtothebronx]

Knew exactly what song you were talking about when I saw the title. Probably still the best Hip-Hop song ever.

 

[jthagreat]

props for postin that. been years since i heard that (prolly like 10) reall Spit

 

[Master Zik]

Classic song. Not surprising when you wrap your head how bad it was in NYC at the time.

 

[blknaitch]

Originally Posted by GuttaGetsBusy

Love this song

 

[da future nike rep]

That is one of the best verses ever!

 

[send one]

Greatest rap song ever!!!

 

[harlem on the rise]

Originally Posted by Master Zik

Classic song. Not surprising when you wrap your head how bad it was in NYC at the time.

Did you watch that "Streets Of New York" documentary?? Hip hop may have saved the city from complete anarchy...

To this day this is the GREATEST & most important hip hop record EVER recorded... That is something that willNEVER change...

"Juicy" is 2nd

 

[moeree5e]

one of the realest hip hop songs ever............this definately changed the game.........too bad this type of movement wont be glorified in todays mainstream

 

[h01yshnik3s]

you know, it does honestly suck that most of the people that hear rap, don't listen! every person who has listened to rap, hip-hop or even funk shouldlisten to this song and appreciate it! most def, great, important, and monumental SONGS ever, lets not stick it in just the rap genre!

 

[black heat]

Actually, Melle Mel recycled that same verse from "Super Rappin" on enjoy records from 1979. Somewhere around the 10 min mark of the song if Irecall.

http://www.imeem.com/peop...furious-five-superappin/

 

[blahzee]

Monumental

 

[chozin87]

Hmm...Great Song...I Love Hip Hop

 

[ezflash26]

Originally Posted by Harlem On The Rise

Originally Posted by Master Zik

Classic song. Not surprising when you wrap your head how bad it was in NYC at the time.

Did you watch that "Streets Of New York" documentary?? Hip hop may have saved the city from complete anarchy...

Al Profit

homie on his grind, does great work....he has another documentary that just dropped this week about the Detroit mafia (La Costa Nostra, etc), did the MurderCity doc...