4 Better Or 4 Worse
The Pharcyde Lyrics

@bjornragas8229

Ron Anderson check out the 25 anniversary remaster for the a cappella ... it harmonized like some boys ll men shit lol

@nathanthompson6653

Drums are snappin. All the voices and sounds, especially Fat Lip’s section. Crazy.

@elserranito6422

This song is insanely good

@jdelfresco1634

@bjorn ragas praise yeezus for your comment or if never have known about such a masterpiece

@CombatWombat730

That's a jay dee beat

@ASAPFos

This beat is outrageous.

@tmat1973

The best of all time

@KBdoubleE

J Swift

@davepsy

Without hesitation, my favorite pharcyde track of all.

@mr.international23

davepsy isz mine too and I haven’t heard the others

@tujiangba6095

easy hands down

@dogsandyoga1743

If I had to choose ONE hip hop song I had to listen too for eternity, this would definitely be in the short list...

@tmat1973

Agreed

@karonbarwick541

This album is officially 30 years old as of today

@user-vd8vk5ju3q

This song used to be on "Music Choice" in the 90's. My brother and I were like "woah" about the final verse. Still love it. I love when she's like, "Oh, my god who is this?"

@FL0RITE

The scream is so perfect

@JohntheLiberator

This song is incredible. As a kid, it made me feel so unnerved. Also, shout out Paula Jai Parker in the video and J-Swift on the beat.

@karonbarwick541

She still is FINE

@ElSoloNoco

This, Otha Fish and Passin Me By gotta me my top 3, but the whole album is just pure gold, gotta go... Quintons on the way 😂😜 labcabincalifornia is 10/10 too but I know alot of people disagree 👎

@BDX169

er tucch. I Love Both Albums

@EmoDKTsuchiya

Labcab is SLEPT ON HARD

@dogsandyoga1743

I agree 1000 percent.

This, Othafish and On the D.L. are my faves from this joint. But both albums are ridiculous!

@dogsandyoga1743

@Kami Kiramaru People didn't want to see them grow. But that album is scripture. They had something to say...

@georgewhitehead9914

Both albums are tough but the best song this album is otha fish

@JEDI6060

Luv this song and the video. The Pharcyde were one of the best group's back in the day. So different with their style and flow. Coming from the west coast. And the Bizarre Ryde II The Pharcyde album was a hell of an album. A classic by these guys no doubt...

@CombatWombat730

I remember when this album first came out , it was highly slept on .. still is unfortunately..

@sarlndr

Classic material from a Classic group. Shit still goes hard all these years later.

@travisslaughter6511

They had alot of fun making this track!!😂😂😄😄

@jdelfresco1634

Name one track on the album, songs and skits both, that they DIDNT have fun making 😂

These dudes were total clowns, and it shows right through in their music. Very few other rappers can joke and laugh through a whole verse, yet still give the audience something with so much substance front to back. It’s not easy to put into words really.

All I know is, I’d give quite a bit to travel back in time to the recording of this album and kick it in the studio with these guys during the recordings

@altonprayer8727

Oh yeah big dawg I'm still rocking the Pharsyde's first two albums to this day! We were rocking this shit back in Japan back in the day. This group is highly underrated.

@hightreestess

Best hip-hop group ever! ❤

@duanecuster5824

I still remember this was the first cassette I ever got and listened to front to the back and learned every word. I wanted to be from Cali so bad. So creative and dark but fun and silly. Didn't even need a visual. Allowed me to create my own visual of each character.

@anthonyrobinson6590

Cali in the 90s was magical!! I don't even have the words to describe what it was like.

@jdelfresco1634

Damn bro you said it!! I just watched the video for the first time after hearing the song a hundred times and not knowing an official video was ever made. No matter what, it doesn’t touch the picture I painted in my head of each character.

But that’s why the Cyde were brilliantly ahead of their time, tracks like this, “ya mama”, “please mr. officer,” and others just provide such explicit visuals with nothing but audio. Unlike rappers today (and even quite a few from their era) it’s more than just the rhymes. The mixing on this track was too brilliant, and the bouncing back and forth of the voices on the last verse, overlapping each other with his low voice and her highs, such attention to detail.

Long live the cyde

@DiamondHanded

This beat is one of the best ive ever heard ever! Mixed with the flow it's contagious i can't stop listening lol

@mr.international23

Damn, so many good hits out here waiting to be discovered . I missed this gem as a kid shit .

@whatarewedoinghere312

Kinda forgot how dope of some dancers these dudes were... 🔥🔥🔥

@dontaeshepard2199

I could listen to this instrumental all day

@Arson934eva

This song hits different I was born in 1993 wished I got to experience this era golden age of hip hop. 🔥🔥

@darianz1855

This beat is amazing but Fatlip's verse is creepy as hell

@PotatoMaGobinus

Creepy but also fire lmfao

@nottucks

That’s the point.

It’s a gag, they were obviously having fun while writing and recording, watch the video.

@evilredflame

FUCK YOU, DON’T CALL MY HOUSE!

lmao

@rayswoop4947

Oh come on honeeeyyy

@elserranito6422

I didnt really like it at first but then it grew on me

@nathancano3551

I was 14 when i bought the first Pharcyde album back in 92. What a masterpiece of an album.

@countrybadsaladman2226

Lately I've been lying awake at 3am wondering why didn't she hang up after like 3 lines of Fatlip's verse...

@kingofthecatnap6246

Lolz

@willp8126

Woman

@anton5487

Haha!

@yandhi4202

😂😂

@DemonInaCut

😂😂

@seanvandam420

I love you guys and this song so fkn much man.
It's my life

@operationd--msday

One of the greatest beats ever made

@Ravensregen

The Pharcyde ties for my favorite group alongside ATCQ.

@ColHogan-le5yk

The Pharcyde, De La Soul, ATCQ, The big three!

@Savionsaintprix

The holy trinity

@Savionsaintprix

Col. Hogan the holy trinity

@ch66ry88

Wu tang as well

@deejay2203

Thanks to J Dilla

@fc93961

This song is so freakin good

@zaoddball1

The organ or whatever the instrument is in the background is what makes this song so easy to listen too. Lyrics are just like you are having a conversation.

@rasungod7257

*Fender Rhodes and it's not sample, J - Swift actually playing the chords on the song.

@KoolGuy121000

I love fatlip's part 🤣 The whole group is talented...

@badroubourdour988

i became addict, this song is in my head every time since i discovered it, 3 days ago.

@chill9750

Love how there talking about hip hop as a female that's creative asf pharcyde 💯💯💯

@abdallahelibrahimi557

Are you sure?

@phillipwhitley6749

Fatlip killed it in the end the message in the video if u pay attention is classic they were ahead of there time

@acesoul1689

The Pharcyde Forever man word up no Question💯💯💯💯💯💯🎤🎧

@pedrovargas500

Definite classic!!!!!!!!

@AnotherblackmanOG

This song is creatively fucking unmatched to this date. The last verse is what a modern day 2020 fuck boy could nevah do.

@jeremyvelasquezpaintedit

one of my fav albums back in the dizay….

@akheem7515

Loved this when I was high as a kite. Still love it even though I don't get high as a kite.😁😂😂😂

@Toxeensynth

this song is so fuckin good!!!

@chezpiece

I still play this to this day!

@cal_4387

Bootie Brown’s singing at the end is amazing

@acesoul1689

The Pharcyde Forever 🔥🎧🎵🎤👑👐🎶🎶🎵💯💯💯💯🎹

@Ree726

Give The Pharcyde its flowers. They’re goated

@Jahsizzl9

My dad put me on the Pharcyde. He was culturing me from young

@SubliminalMinded2011

Fatlip took this video to another level. Dark, funny,...and then dark again. Waaay more scarier than any Gravediggaz video. Good shit. Very underrated video.

@jaywu_chakra9919

I wish I could go back to this era!!!

@edwinbruineberg950

Your geting old,me too.

@nolem5417

I wish I were ALIVE in this era!

@_PuppetMaster86

Ant imations Same.

@rasungod7257

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

@tylerphare4088

This song is the shit i love it hahah your brain cells i be lickin😂

@klubstompers

Best bassline ever!!

@VaniceDeise

Amooooo

@EricAllenJett

'94 was a good year for Hip-Hop...

@boysiecaison6492

2019 still playing real rap

@altonprayer8727

Oh yeah big dawg I'm still rocking the Pharsyde's first two albums!

@mjbset93

Boysie Caison actually real Hip Hop. Hip Hop artist embrace diverse sources for samples and add their own music and rhymes. They usually have deep knowledge music.

@acesoul5868

The Pharcyde Forever 🎤👽👽👽💯💯🔥🔥🎧🎶🎵🎵🙏✊✊

@demondmay4430

"You taste so intelligent....." genius

@melissarivera7477

Very underrated

@DennisTaylorKnatural

preach!

@paulgabbard6582

Check is out rap music on YouTube we like all old school rap music we like all hiphop music we like all 90s-80s😀😷🎵🎶🎶👍do not like rap music sorry😢

@paulgabbard7543

Like all old school hip-hop rap music old school hip-hop mix music old school hip-hop 90s music old school hip-hop THE PHARCYDE 4 BETTER OR 4 WORSE OFFLCIAL M

@antoniogambardella785

this is rap 100 % 🔥💣🎙🎤🔝👊

@Prodebrio

Ive played this video more than anyone! FACTS

@jasonpalacios1363

This song makes me laugh especially the part when Fat lip called that woman and scared her on the phone.

@markelwilliams8593

Jason Palacios what's her name

@TommyFranco

fuck you don't call my houseeeeeeeeeeee ♪

@TommyFranco

@Markel Williams Rhymealinda

@Damidas

I was really hoping that they were gonna show her freak out and start crying when he threatened to fist her

@jimtate7610

She ran him over 🤣🤣🤣

@funkylifealways

Man this song, back in 99 walkman all the way with a tape playing along in those summer days of youth sun surf and beach...

@jota__erre

dat beat blows my brain

@receptieletoile7595

This JEWEL sums up an ENTIRE SUMMER of my life. Perhaps even several years.
PS FREE J-SWIFT!!!

@jw0017

this beat bangs

@konstantinkoverchenko9587

Legendary artist! ~_0

@dogsandyoga1743

The thing I want to point out is, at the time, NOBODY was making music like this, from a structural stand point. It was layered like a Bomb Squad track, but with live instrumentation mixed with the samples. The instrumental could almost stand alone and tell the same story. A great example of lyrics being perfectly mapped to a beat.

I wish i knew music theory, i could explain it better....

@rcole718

Nobody was really making music like this from the west coast at that time. It was them and the Heiro crew, and that was about it.

@rasungod7257

@stephen kost Souls Of Mischief and The Pharcyde were supposed to partner up and do a collaboration called "The Almighty Pythons". Too bad The Pharcyde splintered in two with Imani and Booty Brown being a duo keeping The Pharcyde name. Fatlip and Slimkid Tre are a group going by the name "Bizarre Ride" paying homage to their that made them a household name.

@jaywu_chakra9919

Yup. I hear the modulation delay on the piano.

@SubliminalMinded2011

Very true. It was like west coast Bomb Squad. Could've been made just a few years ago, and would still feel new. Lots of texture and layers.

Not true at all. Whether it was De La Soul, Kam, Compton's Most Wanted, Digable Planet's, Da Youngstas, Public Enemy, 3rd Bass, K Solo, Wu-Tang Clan, Nikki D, Heiro, Gangstarr, The Roots, Tribe, The Alkaholiks, Smiff-N Wessun, or EPMD rapper's from the mid to late 80's thru the 90's (the dope & memorable one's) damn near all had that something that separated their sound & talent from each other. Love this video and song since I was a kid but I can think of a bunch of MC's and groups who were breaking new ground musically and visually other than this Pharcyde video. I'll back that statement up too. Go to my playlist "PRODUCT OF THE GOLDEN ERA".

@jonesoverton9209

still listening 2020,great song and video

@ethereal2218

i love this song

@ImperialPimp

Only 100,000 plus vies on this video is insane ! I remember how dope this video was compared to the hundreds of hip-hop videos around at the time...

@flux_time

Fav song by them for sure.

@boondoggle4820

I’ve loved this song ever since I used to see the video on Rap City. I wonder if these guys listened to Frank Zappa. The get a real strong Zappa vibe from this, lol.

@SamHaynesMusic

7000 views for one of the best hip hop tracks and videos ever!?!

@maiadee5817

my fav song by them omg

@danielvalentin6852

Still rockin this cassette 2023

@fernandoalvarado6022

Fuck... That beat blow my mind,

@SunChildPharaoh

second dopest track on album

@SunChildPharaoh

Passin Me By...We all had that one crush that made us feel like that

@BDX169

SunChildPharaoh Hell Yeah

@elephantgodd94

SunChildPharaoh Idk Return of the B-Boy is good

@sonja4164

Agreed

@mr.suplex927

Passin Me By, 4 Better or 4 Worse, & Return of the b-boy are my top 3 on a true classic hip-hop album.

@surveillance1

my favorite group!!

@si-lince6818

Love this shit!!!

@AlWeisberg

Gotta get the bread, gotta get the butter.

@tamonickajenkins8062

I have to insist i have to insist you put this song on your like list

@kgthoughts

Brown KILLED IT!

@ev11ee

Bizarre ride is such a fucking good album

@littledoodle5689

100% man

@3lullabies

This reminds of a song ICP would like. It's creepy like that. Who ever mixed it is supa-genius!

@melaninfuture

jswift and the pharcyde were so creative. Much love to fatlip, I grew up in midcity too.

@MrBoswel1

Pharcyde was so dope

@craigrobinson9657

This song is lush little puff an I’m dancing round with my beats on

@fragba1t

Dang, this has a video as well? I missed a bunch of stuff back then!

@robertschleeter3300

I know it wasnt Pete.. but the beat has Pete Rock written all over it. It sounds like something he would create

@janga75

Nope

@littledoodle5689

love hip hop

@Kwaku011

211 Likes and 0 No Likes...ppl recognize real Hip-Hop!

@jinwah2000

Fkin good..👏🏻

@essenenaziriteyirmeyahu851

Fatlipz was one of the funniest verses in my day. This was 1993 my junior year of high school! 🤣😅😭.

@littledoodle5689

beat made me float 🙏j swift incredible

@fellowhomosapien5874

These guys are so doopeee

@Mr.Majestic77

Low-key horror core track. The only thing missing from this track is a cameo from Brotha Lynch Hung lol.

@kxrxpt3782

I wish I was alive back then 😭😭😭😭

@GFRADIO702

Slim kid/ Tre singin at the end is epic!

@jonathanmaduike

what is he saying tho?

@markg336

@Jonathan Maduike I always thought he was singing “sexy you are to me” I could be wrong 🤷🏽‍♂️

@janga75

Lol i made up my own lyrics to that shit. I don't really want to know to be honest

@JimmyButlersdreads

​@@markg336He's saying "Sexy young slimmy"

@Joe21345

The whole album is basically if Stephen King's IT was a hip hop album

@lemaelmcdaniels235

1993 was a good year 2 stay high as the sky,from dawn 2 dusk.🤣

@7ascension

vibezz 💨💨🔥

@unfinishedsympathy245

Excellent , audio ecstacy

@loublack222

Damn this song cracks me up