Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were one of the first hip-hop groups… Read Full Bio ↴Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were one of the first hip-hop groups to come out of NYC in the late 70s early 80s. Backed primarily by the Sugar Hill house band early on, the group wrote party-friendly anthems. At the same time, they gained noteriety thanks to socially conscious singles like "The Message" or "White Lines (Don't Do It)". Broke up after Melle Mel decided he was the real Grandmaster.

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Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five:

Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel I'm a son of a bitch ready to stitch You muthers…
Beat Street Beat Street Breakdown, Raah! Hip Hop! Beat Street The king …
Dreamin' As I think of you I hear, precious moments crystal…
Eight Wonder Clap your hands everybody And everybody just clap your hand…
Flash To The Beat (Male) He Sal (Male) Yeah Mambo (Female) Hey everybody, we…
Freedom Somebody, somebody if you want to party say party, say…
It Ladies and gentlemen It's now the time For the Grandmaster…
It's a Shame Hey teacher! -What? Talk to me ! -About what? Peace! -T…
It's Nasty Ladies and gentlemen It's now the time For the Grandmaster F…

It's Nasty Th Ladies and gentlemen It's now the time For the Grandmaster…
Jesse [Repeat x3] He's comin He's comin He's comin He's here (H…
Message It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how…
Message The It's like a jungle sometimes It makes me wonder how I…
New York New York New York, big city of dreams And everything…
Pump Me Up Come on, I said come on, I said come on Rappers…
Scorpio Ah, Scorpio Show no shame Shake it baby He is DJ Flash an…
Showdown Yeah ha ha Whoo hoo Do you wanna have a party? Yeah…
Step Off [Chorus] Step, step, step, step, step off Because you got to…
Step Off Megamix Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan, Chaka Chaka Khan Chaka Khan let me…
Superrappin It was a party night, everybody was breakin' The highs were…
the adventures of grand master flash on the wheels of steel You say You say You say, you say, you say, you say You…
The Adventures of Grandmaster I'm a son of a bitch ready to stitch You muthers…
The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel You say You say You say, you say, you say, you say You…
The Message It's like a jungle sometimes It makes me wonder how I…
The Message (Cutting Edge's Ol It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder How I…
The Message Featuring Melle Mel & Duke Bootee It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how…
The Truth Mannequin, Mannequin They're all the same Plastic faces P…
The Wheels Of Steel You say You say You say, you say, you say, you say You…
We Don't Work for Free In the darkness of night, huh All the stage lights are…

White Lines Rock Rock Bass Ooh, white, white Ooh, white, white Ooh, whi…

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Forrest George

1y↑16

It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder
How I keep from going under
It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder
How I keep from going under
Broken glass everywhere
People pissing on the stairs, you know they just don't care
I can't take the smell, can't take the noise
Got no money to move out, I guess, I got no choice
Rats in the front room, roaches in the back
Junkies in the alley with a baseball bat
I tried to get away, but I couldn't get far
'Cause the man with the tow-truck repossessed my car
Don't push me
'Cause I'm close to the edge
I'm trying not to lose my head
Ah-huh-huh-huh
It's like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder
How I keep from going under
Standin' on the front stoop, hangin' out the window
Watchin' all the cars go by, roaring as the breezes blow
A crazy lady, livin' in a bag
Eatin' out of garbage piles, used to be a fag-hag
Said, she danced the tango, skipped the light fandango
A Zircon princess, seemed to lost her senses
Down at the peep show, watching all the creeps
So she can tell the stories to the girls back home
She went to the city and got so saditty
She had to get a pimp, she couldn't make it on her own
Don't push me
'Cause I'm close to the edge
I'm tryin' not to lose my head
Ah-huh-huh-huh
It's like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder
How I keep from going under
It's like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder
How I keep from going under
My brothers doin' bad, stole my mothers TV
Says, she watches to much, is just not healthy
All My Children in the daytime, Dallas, at night
Can't even see the game or the Sugar Ray fight
The bill collectors, they ring my phone
And scare my wife, when I'm not home
Got a bum education, double-digit inflation
Can't take the train to the job, there's a strike at the station
Neon King Kong standin' on my back
Can't stop to turn around, broke my sacroiliac
A midrange migraine, cancered membrane
Sometimes I think I'm going insane
I swear I might hijack a plane
Don't push me
'Cause I'm close to the edge
I'm tryin' not to lose my head
It's like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder
How I keep from going under
It's like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder
How I keep from going under
My son said, Daddy, I don't wanna go to school
'Cause the teacher's a jerk, he must think, I'm a fool
And all the kids smoke reefer, I think it'd be cheaper
If I just got a job, learned to be a street sweeper
Or dance to the beat, shuffle my feet
Wear a shirt and tie and run with the creeps
'Cause it's all about money, ain't a damn thing funny
You got to have a con in this land of milk and honey
They pushed that girl in front of the train
Took her to the doctor, sewed the arm on again
Stabbed that man right in his heart
Gave him a transplant for a brand new start
I can't walk through the park, 'cause it's crazy after the dark
Keep my hand on the gun, 'cause they got me on the run
I feel like an outlaw, broke my last glass jar
Hear them say, you want some more? Livin' on a see-saw
Don't push me
'Cause I'm close to the edge
I'm tryin' not to lose my head (Say what?)
It's like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder
How I keep from going under
It's like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder
How I keep from going under
It's like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder
How I keep from going under
It's like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder
How I keep from going under
A child is born, with no state of mind
Blind to the ways of mankind
God is smilin' on you, but he's frownin' too
Because only God knows, what you'll go through
You'll grow in the ghetto, livin' second rate
And your eyes will sing a song of deep hate
The place, that you play and where you stay
Looks like one great big alley way
You'll admire all the number book takers
Thugs, pimps and pushers and the big money makers
Driving big cars, spendin' twenties and tens
And you wanna grow up to be just like them
Smugglers, scramblers, burglars, gamblers
Pickpockets, peddlers and even pan-handlers
You say I'm cool, I'm no fool
But then you wind up dropping out of high school
Now you're unemployed, all null 'n' void
Walking 'round like you're Pretty Boy Floyd
Turned stick-up kid, but look what you done did
Got sent up for an eight year bid
Now your manhood is took and you're a Maytag
Spend the next two years as an undercover fag
Being used and abused and served like hell
'Til one day you was found hung dead in a 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
So, don't push me
'Cause I'm close to the edge
I'm trying not to lose my head
Ah-huh-huh-huh
It's like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder
How I keep from going under
Huh-ah-huh-huh-huh
It's like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder
How I keep from going under
Huh-ah-huh-huh-huh
Yo Mel, you see that girl there?
Yo, that sounded like Cowboy man
Cool
Yo, what's up Money?
Yo, hey, where's Creole and Rahiem at?
They upstairs cooling out
So what's up for tonight y'all?
Yo, we could go down to Fever man
Let's go check out "Junebug" man
Hey yo, you know that girl Betty?
Yeah man
Her moms got robbed man (What?)
Not again man
She got hurt bad (When did this happen?)
What's goin' on?
Freeze
Don't nobody move nothin'
Y'all know what this is
Get 'em up, get 'em up (What?)
Oh man, we're Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
What is that, a gang?
No
Shut up
I don't wanna hear your mouth
Shut up
Officer, officer, what is the problem?
You the problem
Yo, you ain't gotta push me man
Get in the car, get in the car
Get in the God...
I said, "Get in the car"
Why is he doggin' us man?

All comments from YouTube:

Troy White

5y↑1.7K

This song can be 50 years old and I'll still be jamming this song

Brandon Watts

4y↑53

Troy White 2022 would be 40 years... wow

Alexander Teuman

4y↑11

i'am 54 ......

Mr. G 717

4y↑8

Facts. 32

Chef Bobby Richard

4y↑13

Yes indeed..I grew up on this song

Nunya Biz

4y↑17

This song changed my life. It made me a hip-hop Junkie. And I'm still addicted

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eNeRGy40

3y↑773

The last verse of this song still stands as one of the most important verses in hip hop history.

Jack Jill

3y↑86

Melly Mel told it how it really is with that verse you felt it in his voice. I don't think there will ever be a verse in rap history to top that. I wish all the youngsters that think they're thugs would listen to that

710dabs909

2y↑5

Only cause it was in netflix crack

Alpha Lax

2y↑1

@Fernando SANCHEZ yea

Alpha Lax

2y↑6

@710dabs909 what

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Comic Power

4y↑1.8K

The Message is the greatest rap song in the history of rap and its not even close. It never sounds old or dated. It is to Rap what Johnny B Goode would be to Rock N Roll.

Excruciating orgasm

4y↑45

Amen

Rodney Leonard

4y↑56

13 years old when this song came out and the only rap song that I can preach from beginning to end....truly the GOAT of all rap music and these lyrics keep you in vision of the realities of life that still exist.

RighteousBrother

4y↑10

@Rodney Leonard do you KNOW all the lyrics? I do off by heart apart from one line that I never knew until the Internet came along. Before then I'd just have to wing it!

Rodney Leonard

4y↑13

@RighteousBrother These versus were the ones that I guess on growing up....Said she'll dance the tango, skip the light fandango......She went to the city and got so so seditty I thought they was saying social security every other line i would spit out in my sleep

Encyclopedia Americana

4y↑6

My friend, my comment says the same thing but not as strong. Thank you.

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AyoMarcoo96

3y↑574

This track is timeless. Shoutout to GTA Vice City for putting me on back when I was 7 years old. 17 years later and still love this joint

The Juicy Orange

3y↑28

This remind me to GTA SA

k a r l

3y↑15

@The Juicy Orange yh fits a whole lot better to the San Andreas theme. Still believe it was on it.. i love Vice City but this wasn't made for that genre.

Jake Larkin

3y↑30

@k a r l I mean san andreas had check yo self by ice cube which uses the same beat,and vice city had a variety of music and this song came out in 1982 so I think it fits very well since it has that very 80s feel

James Jodon

3y↑4

That’s the game I found out about this too

Patrick Iwara

3y↑2

San andread

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El Patrón

3y↑217

This song is the definition of timeless. What a masterpiece. All that knowledge, flavour, beats and dope rhymes in one place. Hands down the greatest song in the history of Hip Hop.

Jack Jill

3y↑6

Facts this song changed the entire landscape of hip hop/rap forever

Horace Crawford

2y↑410

This is the song that started it all. Unparrelled, and never surpassed. Rightly ranked as the greatest art in hiphop history, and I'm proud to say that I still own the original 12" from 1982 in excellent condition.

David Elioff

2y↑8

Great wish I still had

Da lyricist

2y↑5

God bless you....you own history

Connie Moore

2y↑7

You totally forgot about Sugar Hill and Rappers Delight cira 1979👌🏿

Alpha Lax

2y↑4

If you mean conscious rap, then yea this was totally the start of it

rhys clissold

2y↑2

@Connie Moore shame they stole all the lyrics

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Mark Seleen

7y↑935

This is the cleanest sounding version I've heard on here... Thank you!

francesco tognaccini

4y↑9

So do I

Tee Givens

4y↑5

Yep

J.Evans_Official

4y↑2

@francesco tognaccini 💯👍👏

G MAIL

4y↑21

The upload from their actual music company is cleaner.
Just google "The Message Grandmaster Flash Topic".
Just add "topic" to any song/artist for the highest quality upload. The file will be the largest and thus have the best sound quality. It's Youtube's best kept secret.
You can also add "remastered" if it is available.

bananas organic

4y↑1

@G MAIL don't lie to people lol

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Darrell Mfume

1y↑61

ALL the 80's kids remember this classic. I was 14 in 1982. This dropped hard.

D Torres

1y↑1

Passed down to the 90s kids. Heard this before check yo self

Michael James

38w

I was 1

Robert Caron

3y↑138

2021 and The Message is still relevant to current events. Grandmaster Flash is a genius.

PJ White

2y↑2

How? He literally had NOTHING to do with the creation of this song🤷🏽‍♂️

Jared Dauer

2y↑2

Kool Herc as well

Sam Frabel

2y↑1

Grandmaster Melle Mel rapped and wrote this track. Flash did very little

Eric Willis

2y↑1

Absolutely

Brandon Bell

you hit the nail on the head its crazy this world has not changed

Angel

2y↑50

“A child is born with no state of mind, blind to the ways of mankind.”

Gulag00

42w↑5

I remember being like 4 and my mom's friend was looking at me and said something to the line of "he's so young, oblivious of the horrors of the world" and now that I'm older I get it

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binslick1200

4y↑197

These lyrics are just as valid today as they were then describing our current matrix system of control and enslavement. What a classic. Real raw talent.

mblaster3D

1y↑2

Yeah! This is why i love these political and social songs like Bob Marley did in his time too.

Defness Real Talk

1y↑1

That's how you know a song is REALLY good.....if it can stand the test of time

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King Doge

3y↑54

This song was ahead of its time for 1982. The lyrics, the beat, the flow, the hook...damn

Araujo Dj

4y↑25

Só quem viveu essa época maravilhosa sabe o valor desse sucesso

Dave M

2y↑17

A stone cold classic. Technology was limited in the 80s but then gems like this were made and nothing else could even come close. This still sounds so fresh and unique almost 40 years on

War Hammer

2y↑88

If you listen to Grandmaster flash then you know your a real hip hop fan. Every rap fan should know who flash is.

Brandi Nicole

2y↑3

Haha 😆 As an DJ right? It’s confusing buuuut -
This is Melle Mel and Fletcher - Sylvia just profited off of Grandmaster flash name - he’s not even on the track. Rumor is he tried but Sylvia had an attitude after he said it wouldn’t work 😅 🤷🏻‍♀️
Just think if Flash would have mixed this song!! Omg it would have been amazing!

Tony Soprano

2y↑1

So true man

Abraham Palmer

2y↑1

Agreed

AmericanGiant100

2y↑18

Happy 40th anniversary here in the summer of 2022 (1982-2022) of what is IMO one of the most groundbreaking and influential songs of the last 4 decades. Congrats to the Furious Five and Grandmaster for changing Contemporary music worldwide forever. Lyrics that was on point with a "message" and not trying to be sexist or racist back then and even now in the 2020's.

Vee J

36w↑1

I was 23 when this song premiered. I lived in Nurnberg, Germany and it exploded on the music and dance scene! To me it’s the Greatest rap song! I play it to hear what was and is the truth.

TafTabTah

4y↑160

Such an important piece of hip hop history

I hope this is preserved in the Library of Congress

c0mf0rta61ynum6

4y↑32

It is indeed. it was one of 50 songs in 2002 chosen for preservation.

liberty prime

3y↑21

It is, it was counted as culturally significant

Any Right

49w↑1

Absolutely 💯 💯 💯 💯

TurboFisto

2y↑70

One of the greatest hip hop tracks of all time. It actually has meaning and substance unlike the crap that rappers put out nowadays. Timeless classic.

Tyler S

3y↑34

I want current hip hop artists to go back and listen to this song and recognize how important it is. This is the first hip hop song to really highlight the trials and tribulations of the hood. Most important song in rap history.

Kwame Aboagye

5y↑108

This brought back memories for me as a youth, this is pure self conscious rap, that tells how our masses suffer so much injustice such as unemployment, bad housing, drugs, prostitution and police brutality. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five including Melle Mel brought the best out of us who live self conscious rap. Those were the days

ms 13

4y↑5

So,not any personal responsibility? Everything is someone else's mistake?
Being poor at school,being not interested in honest hard work? I see the same atitude in my community. Recently a single mother was looking for a job for her teenage son. I informed her about agricultural work 10 miles outside of city for about twice the money of average jobs aveilable for unskilled workers. She said no,he would rather clean cars or something in the city if he can find it . I said you don't need money than. He's dealing now.He'll be dead by summer.

Justin O'brien

40 years later this song is so relevant as to what's happening in this sad world post pandemic/scamdemic as a lot of people are hanging off the edge struggling to live n survive!!! But definitely a tune from a happier better decade 👏 😎🥳🥳🥳🥳

La Baguette

@ms 13 it's a mix - your environment influences your decisions, and so does your mindset, but your mindset is also shaped by your environment.
Personal responsibility doesn't cut it because it's not always a choice for you to make; its a systemic issue

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Shakira Benjamin

4y↑35

It's 2020 & this song is still relevant! It's timeless 😁🤩💃👍

heather flint

4y↑2

I was crying to our Lord for what is about to come then threw this track on.. now I'm ko0l♥️

Skileshim Terresadto

4y↑11

This really has a message the youth today need to listen to the lyrics
This is the cleanest sounding version I've heard on here... Thank you!

The Captain 64

1y↑12

Remember this tune back in the day, now im near 60 and still jamming to it 41yrs later .

Andre Eschweiler

41w↑3

This Music will never die !

Goapele

2y↑31

I love the way he raps the lyrics, you can hear the emotion in his voice expressing his frustration.

Tree Wizzard

40w

Willie D be like:

Sanaa Barnum

9y↑228

This really has a message the youth today need to listen to the lyrics

Encyclopedia Americana

3y↑5

Don't wanna end up a Maytag! Haha!

Jack Jill

3y↑8

Real talk. The message in this song (no pun intended) will forever be relevant because nothing really changed in the hood between then and now

Kimberly Brabson

39w

I absolutely agree with that!!!!

Don Ragnar

3y↑36

The Citizen Kane of Hip Hop music - absolute classic

Vets & Sirens & Friends Mental Health Awareness

3y↑16

This is outstanding. Heard this 35 years ago when I was 10. Impacted me.

Michael Lynch

4y↑25

I grew up late 90s-early 00s listening to all the gangsta rap at the time, listened to trap when that was big, but this track still somehow ends up being rawer than all that despite being from a 'softer' era. Melle Mel last verse hits hard.

Rosane Bento

4y↑9

BAHHH EU DANCEI MUITAS COREOGRAFIAS COM ESSA MÚSICA!
TEMPOS MARAVILHOSOS! ♥☆

- Lorentzen

3y↑19

This beat is still magic for my ears. oof. Masterpiece!

Shawn Ward

3y↑16

Definitely one of the greatest rap songs of all time

korthon12

4y↑25

thing is, nothing has changed. these men were truth tellers and prophetic in a way. love this music

Shakira Benjamin

4y↑3

I remember this song since I was a little girl and it's still my favorite song. Better than that shit they're playing today on radios.

A I

4y↑17

Definition of timeless. Across all age groups of hip hop listeners you'll be hard pressed to find someone who doesn't jam to this

David King

1y↑7

Duke's 4th verse too: "they pushed that girl in front of the train / took her to the doctor, sewed her arm on again"... part is beautiful. Then "keep my hand on my gun / 'cause they got me on the run.." But yes "A child is born with no state of mind..." is one of the all-time greatest first lines, great imagery in "cold, and your body swung back-and-forth" etc.

Dr. Dee

4y↑15

What makes this one so awesome is that Grandmaster Flash and its crew did not glorify living in the hood or encouraging black young men to stay in the hood but simply said to the world what thos what it's like being black and living in the hood. Awesome!

Daily Unfairness

7y↑53

the last verse of this song is one of the greatest in all hip hop history, he killed that shit

russetwolf13

2y↑7

This song keeps getting getting older but the lyrics keep getting more relevant.

Jason Paul

5y↑25

The lyrics are timeless. Best ever.

Stefan Lemarr

2y↑12

Thank you Grandmaster Flash & Furious Five for introducing me to this fantastic music, that became the signature of my LIFE!!!!!🙏🏾❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💪🏾🙏🏾💢

Ann Wells

4y↑4

Don't push me cause I'm close to the edge. I'm trying not to lose my head. It's like a jungle sometimes. It's make me wonder how I keep from goin' under. These lyrics are rockin'. Love this song. It can never get old. I want to go back to the 80's & 90's.

Mug Push

2y↑9

Almost 40 years old is this jam and this is still the joint!

MATRIX.

1y↑1

49 man me still jamming..you’ll make it our kid😎

JerseyCentral833

1y↑7

I gotta admit this is one of the greatest songs of all time and when Hip Hop was a cultural phenomenon not the money making BS of today

JOSETHEGAMEPLAYA 777

3y↑13

What a damn masterpiece of a song!

SteveC77

4y↑17

This song has always been super hard as hell . From 83 to know. Puff daddy & Mas$e never, ever should have been allowed to remake this track.. It means so much more than poppin bottles & rockin shiny suits. This song is so much more . Respect to Flash & Mel.

John Harris

4y↑1

Mase is underrated for this track now.

Logan

1982

David King

Yes Puff/Ma$e using this beat to brag about success was a thin look and imo hasn't aged nearly as well as this joint... I feel like those couple super-sampled shiny suit era joints have faded into the background (Bad Boys, Been Around the World, Can't Nobody Hold Down), but Benjamins and Mo Money, Mo Probs have stood up

Kwame Aboagye

1y↑3

The Furious Five are so amazing.
The Furious Five brought this self conscious rap classic covering real issues such as prostitution, drugs, racial injustice by the police and poverty.

William Strong

3y↑10

Still arguably the greatest hip- hop track ever recorded..W5X

Araujo Dj

5y↑8

Tempos inesquecível grande sucesso

Marlon Alex

37w↑1

The last verse from Grandmaster Flash is one of the hardest verses I've ever heard in rap history.

Wynaut Warrior

1y↑3

As someone who doesn't listen this kind of music a lot, this slaps in every way shape and form. That's a good thing.

Bredis

3y↑89

It's weird how the sound quality in this song more sounds like new song with retro vibes, rather than actually being old

yearginclarke

2y↑1

Alot of the old hip hop gives me that impression.

Sick side Worldwide

3y↑10

What an absolute timeless classic so relevant as it was then and now in today's mixed up society the grandfather of hip hop blessingtons to everyone 💙😍🕪🎵🎼🎶🎤😉

James H. Kelly

3y↑10

This is a masterpiece, these men need to get the respect they deserve and the need a to go on World tour ,thanks

Bertrand Margain

5y↑75

Thanks for that excellent quality sound for one of the very best rap track ever made (possibly top 3 imo)

Neck Bone

3y↑31

The hardest verse in hip hop ever! @4:50

Thank you Lord for letting us get this far. Thank you hip hop for being the voice. 🙏🏼

Isaac

3y↑1

🙏

Stephan Markgraf

4y↑8

This is just brilliant.Love it!

Southcidal Music

2y↑2

You would think that we are supposed to advance with time but these guys actually sounds better than today's era.

Brad Hatton

2y↑1

I remember when it first came out, me and my mates were blown away. Still have it on vinyl. Simple, heavy, untouchable, timeless..

Grogg

42w

Absolutely insanely ahead of its time song, both musically and lyrically. I've heard this famous synth tune many times yet never knew how old it was, I always thought it was a contemporary late 00's thing until I heard the original just a few days ago. Amazing how things can come together like this after decades.

Dion Womack

3y↑8

Greatest rap of all time the beat the thumping bass the keyboards drums and the lyrics are so tight remember this is back in the early 80s Turn stick up kid look what you done did

st3v3nk3

1y↑2

This beat is just timeless.

HatianHurricane

2y↑4

Back when rappers didn't have much but the music was rich is soul, creativity, and authenticity!!!! Those days have been most certainly gone for a long time now!!!!!

DonNortoni

1y↑1

I’m from Dublin, in Ireland and I’m always amazed at the sounds that came out of NY, that melting pot, the hard times the people faced, the raw sound they churned out, dozens of amazing artists, black and white and others...it blows my mind..I’ve never been, i always dream about living there. ❤️

Jeffrey Jones

1y↑7

This definitely set the standard for hip hop had to come correct on mic 🎤 after this for sure 💯 hip hop history 💯🎯

Forrest George

1y↑16

the weatherman

1y↑2

Thought I was the only deadhead here But the best part of the song is all the kids smoke reefer I think it be cheaper if I just got a job learn to be a street sweeper!

DirtList+

41w

Thanks for posting this! Masterpiece.

michael

39w↑2

I'm a rock guy, but this is an absolute classic track, and it's absolutely relevant here in july 2023, the world is going to shit, criminals are lauded and law abbiding citizens are thrown in jail. Boken glass everywhere, people pissing on the stairs you know they just don't care.

Abraham Palmer

50w↑3

Greatest hip hop song ever in hip hop history undeniable masterpiece 🌎🌎🌎😇😇😇😇😇😇😇🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Guinevere Healy

2y↑2

This song is timeless. It's still relevant and important today. It's pure truth and talent.

Jacob ben Israel

1y↑4

One of the greatest songs of all time!!!

Jenny Villarreal

2y↑3

i just had my 13yr old listen to every verse & I commented how is it that this MASTERPIECE didn’t get a grammy & he said ‘cause they stayed true to themselves & didn’t sell their souls’

Alexandre Cassimiro

2y↑3

Vi o clip desse clássico do rap há muitos anos em um programa da Mtv é um dos meus raps favoritos de todos os tempos grandmasterflash toda a minha admiração e respeito viva o rap das antigas!!!

Daniel Pestana

Tbm conheci essa música pelo clipe na MTV, provavelmente em 2010 ou 2011

Jack Jill

3y↑20

No rapper or rap group will ever come close to making a song as powerful as this.

LeafgreenSniper

You heard Brenda’s got a baby?

Arriving Arriving

@LeafgreenSniper Yep, it's good, but still not close.

LeafgreenSniper

@Arriving Arriving nah, it’s definitely close. A 12 year old girl is raped. “She had it on the bathroom floor and didn't know, so she didn't know what to throw away and what to keep” I mean Jesus Christ that hits hard you have to admit

Jack Jill

36w

@LeafgreenSniper Brenda's got a baby and keep ya head up are both up there with the message. 2pac was and still is my favorite rapper of all time, but the message was the first of it's kind and paved the way for those records. I'm pretty sure even 2pac would agree which is why him and Eric B had melle mel coming onboard to be apart of deathrow east before he passed.

LeafgreenSniper

36w

@Jack Jill well it seems like we agree then. I just disagreed that you said “will ever come close” because absolute, superlative statements like that never hold up.

The Kid KC roblox

2y↑3

I want this masterpiece to play at my wedding

Byron Robinson

Had this song memorized when it came out one of the best rap cuts of all time

Travis Taxi Driver

Na época que isso foi lançado foi uma verdadeira revolução musical, eu tinha 12 anos na época e foi algo como uma bomba!

Justin O'brien

2y↑3

One of my favourite 80s rap jams as grandmaster Melle mel was huge in the USA in 1984 as they sang about reality and 4 decades later this song is relevant post scamdemic as this global pandemic is hitting hard!!! I wish I could get into a time machine and sackoff this poop 💩 depressing decade of the 2020s as I feel like I'm going under!!! Music from a happier better decade 😎🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

Laura Costa

3y↑3

um hino 🤲🏾🤲🏾🤲🏾

Juliana Cristina

2y↑1

HINO!

Queen Chocolate

5y↑26

THAT LAST VERSE WENT AWFF🔥🔥🔥

karine dickau

4y↑7

One of the greatest songs EVER. I'm a Canadian caucasian woman and it's one of my fav's. song ever. Bring it to a deserted island. Brilliant.

sselluos ssll

37w

Still relatable to this day.. respect grandmaster flash and the furious five.. representing the Bronx all day everyday for life

BMOR Games

2y↑4

this song is like....3000 years ahead of it's time...

S Muhammad

4y↑5

The greatest rap song ever!!! Whatever u listen to today is derived from this masterpiece!!

Simon Andersen

2y↑2

LEGENDARY!! ❤️👏🏻😇😎👍🏻

nottsoul

4y↑411

When a song made in the late 80s is still relevant today just shows nothin has changed really

Marcus Richards

4y↑79

*early 80s

Marquez Bishop

4y↑46

Came out in '82

MASTER-OF- EVIL

4y↑8

And things never will

Deepfry445

4y↑9

Still has the heat 🔥💯

Kenan McCaleb

4y↑12

@Marcus Richards try 1978 brother. Shesshh

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Gulag00

42w

Wow! What a song. The last verse is amazing

Encyclopedia Americana

4y↑21

The greatest rap song of all time. I don't care. Dopest beat and an actual message.

Alexis Stevenson

4y↑28

Guys... you know how many of today’s hip hop artists sample this and all the OG’s music... there’s a reason!! Thank God good music is timeless. ❤️🎶❤️🎶

Thomas Nelson

2y↑3

That last verse is imo one of the greatest rap verses in history

RICHARD BENZ

5y↑4

muito bom this sound!!!

long chin man

4y↑36

"you cant just sum up the 80s into one song"

AMPryce

3y↑1

They damn sure did a good job trying though!

Droski Boski

Rap in general not just the 80s

Pill Smith

2y↑1

If I had 1 song to explain what hip hop is, this would be it. From the lyrics to the beat, this track is the complete embodiment of what HIP HOP is. 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Abilio C

4y↑2

Muito bom !

Skullivan Franklin

3y↑7

Heavy Metal headbanger , yet I grew up on old skool shit like this !! Priceless brah plain and simple !!!!

goldmoutdog19

41w

Born in 91 and i got the sense to know how powerful this song is, i remember being like 7 or 8 singing the hook to this not old enough to fully understand the weight behind the lyrics, also this makes me think of scarface the video game for ps2 use to cruise to this jam

Osia Wideman

3y↑4

I was 14 years old when I first heard this, my older brother was the first person to introduce me to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,I started writing raps after bumping this song for a while

Helio Martins

5y↑4

Simplesmente top demais maravilha 👏👏👏👏👏

Boogie Rodriguez

1y↑1

The greatest and definitely most important rap song in 50 yrs 🙏🏽🍾

NO TO DIVERSITY

1y↑1

40+ years and still sounds top..🔥🔥🔥👑

Andreas M. Heitmann

3y↑2

It is really special that dhis sound is as fresh as it was when this came out. I owned the single back then. Played it up and down. I love this song! :-) ...

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