Walk Don't Run DMC
Of Kings And Men Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Of Kings And Men:

Control You asked me to let go but I thought I…
Love Story I like this compressor It's nice, clarity Living in the fast…
The Beginning Wakin' up to new beginnings Every day, with the intent to…

The lyrics are frequently found in the comments by searching or by filtering for lyric videos

TRACKS

Genre not found

Artist not found

Album not found

Search results not found

Song not found

Comments from YouTube:

@kenstar3692

3y↑817

DMC ripped it up. " Only GOD could be a king to me, and if the GOD be in me then the king I be!"
That's one of the hardest bars ever

@jamesanderson3913

3y↑17

🎤💣💣💣

@5thsciecle

2y↑24

and the deepest

@quinnhumphrey3472

2y↑13

I read this as the line was going by in the video. Such a bar.

@rolandharris4639

2y↑10

🗣On GawwwD one of da Hardest Bars Eva Salute Da KINGS OF HIP-HOP‼️#RUN DMC#🎶🎙🎚🎛🥁🎶🦾🔓💰🏃🏾🙇🏾👑🖤💯💯💯

@saeedahunter7604

2y↑3

I agree

45 More Replies...

@seifallahbey583

1y↑110

This NEVER gets old... 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 DOWN WIT THE KING!!!!!

@mb-pc3zn

37w↑1

Definitely doesn't 💪🔥

@franksanchez4165

34w

Only GOD can be a king to me 😊

@anthonyrios7424

31w

Top 5 collaborations of ALL TIME

@coimbralaw

2y↑230

Another Pete Rock gem. Easily one of the greatest hip hop tracks of all time.

@DaytimeNightmare

2y↑6

Yep

@poeticnation6251

1y↑4

Truth!

@BrandylTerrell-ub1eq

19w

Fir real

@MrVicmaz

16w

Pete Rock

@dpgc9564

3y↑132

The fact that in the 90s these dudes changed and still KILLED IT🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@poeticnation6251

1y↑2

Facts!

@toecuttre

2y↑20

These guys were hard without having to use constant profanity, tons of racial slurs or mumbling. Its a story told with fluid flow & funky beats & breaks to make your speakers shake.

@tanishajefferson4001

37w↑30

Happy 50th Anniversary Hip Hop!!!! ❤️🔥👏🏾🎤🎶

@chibuzokafor2950

4y↑453

Close to 30 years after, and this track still makes the hairs at the back of my neck stand.

@TurboNeil4921

3y↑4

That literally just happened to me as well bro 03/03/21

@deserteaglebrown9595

3y↑2

💪🏾🍾🥂 all day long homie still hardcore O.Gs RunDmc r.i.p JMJ

@dennyscreek9028

3y↑2

Facts

@fitfogey

3y↑3

Still listening in 2021. Saw them live 30 years ago. Started out with Run’s House. Run on one side and DMC on the other. Crazy. Was amazing. Still remember it to this day.

@angelm.hunter8104

3y↑2

Right. I turn it all the way up

12 More Replies...

@tolicelawrence461

2y↑15

Love all of Run DMC's stuff but to me this was the best by far . The beat and lyrical flow 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥.

@Nes-xm3pf

1y↑122

Still hits harder than anything currently out there. The cameos in this video are legendary. Still in this in 2022.

@cuzlightyear6184

😂😂😂

@ataye1

1y↑1

Everybody all love

@dbell864

1y↑82

This is STILL DOPE….my era of hip hop was crazy nice! The GOATS all in one joint!🔥

@jasondawson92

1y↑1

This that workout music

@mb-pc3zn

2y↑156

Run DMC had so many hits,I know this sounds crazy but this might be my favorite Run DMC track.🔥🔥🔥🔥

@cm8836

1y↑11

💯Not crazy at all!!!

@atshabal

41w↑5

Their best album in my opinion they went back to the street with this album.

@Man4Real.

40w↑4

Mine's too

@trukenyan

39w↑3

That makes two of us!

@robertopavon8168

39w↑4

FU** YEAH!!!!

12 More Replies...

@garybrennan3578

3y↑33

One of the most powerful rap videos of all time. Unquestionably.

@IceveinsProductions

7y↑607

Man, in The 90s when you heard this beat drop it sent chills through your body!

@scribe_ineti

7y↑26

Still do

@charlzwood2324

6y↑11

IceveinsProductions in 2018 and it still does!!!!!! 👏🙌

@chris7574

5y↑6

IceveinsProductions Still does!!!

@samtipton9402

5y↑6

AMEN!!!!!!!

@marionburden6960

5y↑5

YES🙌🙌🙌🙌

18 More Replies...

@MegaNils1

1y↑46

One of the best hiphop songs of all time. True classic.

@armenianeric

PREACH

@garretthouser9794

52w

Say it again!

@malakia184

1y↑38

One of the best from RUN DMC. "Only G*O*D will be a king to me and if G*O*D be in me then a king I'll be." Deep!!!!!

@zagorthegreat

33w↑44

The masterpiece was made, by whom if not by them. Run DMC 💥

@allsetcreationsvacationsbyDT

3y↑13

This song still bringing me so much joy and power in 21. But that shot of JMJ at 212 is both now tragically sad and ironically eerie. Just the way he fades away into the darkness after a few seconds really just hit me now. So grateful to be part of a generation raised on such influential lyricists and musicians.

@mehmetaral6819

3y↑18

One of the greatest rap songs of all time and the beat is awesome

@blackdollars718

3y↑269

Run DMC are the reason rap music went main stream SHOW RESPECT TO THE KINGS!!

@shawndon3622

2y↑6

Facts

@andertilt245

2y↑3

Runs&D House we just live in it

@rhonda8566

2y↑3

Agreed 👍

@Dee_Nice89

2y↑2

In The Words of Rev Run: THIS IS MY MOTHERFUCKIN HOUSE!!!!!

@ritamix33

2y↑3

exactly.....first rappers on mtv too

14 More Replies...

@theambitlady

3y↑27

This song is legendary!!! Back in the day and always in my heart. 💯

@Kat_Dadi

2y↑73

Loved how so many other hip hop artists paid homage by being in the video and being "Down with the King"✊🏾

@lucindamitchell9436

2y↑9

Eazy E

@kaibalogun7974

1y↑11

You will NEVER see this level of homage again either.

@jasonito23

@Kai balogun I think you are correct.

@abdielgarcia389

22w

@@kaibalogun7974yes unfortunately cause these gen z rappers disrespect og's

@phillipayoung10

3y↑38

This classic will always and forever be one...A CLASSIC!!!

@Rob2380

1y↑38

The cameos man! It's basically many from the golden age paying homage to some of the OGs. One of Pete's best beats too. God I love hip-hop music.

@totem91

3y↑113

Even people who didn't speak to each other at the time were in this video together for RUN DMC.
The respect these guys got from the hip hop community was unprecedented.
And well deserved.

@MIGGYME1

42w

Like who?

@straight2thecomments278

40w↑3

@@MIGGYME1 Krs one and PM Dawn

@user-rk4ey7wh9q

38w↑1

I was just thinking they got everybody in this video...I remember back in the day first seeing this ..Nostalgic as a mutha

@22lilacsky

33w

FACTS

@willie4275

32w

Dammmm!!! "She jump from one car to another". 🤣🤣😂😭 Playerzball

2 More Replies...

@leneak7576

2y↑47

My heart goes out to this generation.

@booban1

1y↑19

We never knew just how special this music was then, as we do now... Embrace the Dopeness...

@cyborgbabyarms9262

2y↑29

DMC's verse still gives me goose bumps.

@earldenny5660

21w↑1

For what RUN DMC did for & meant to the game...I belive DMC's verse in this song is the best verse in ANY rap song EVER!!..It gets my vote...#RIPJMJ #RUNDMC #DOWNWITHTHEKING

@Officialindio

52w↑6

I had this on repeat for hours and across 2 states to go visit my little sister's boyfriend who thought he could put hands on her... Salute 🫡

@julesbadguy5878

49w

Good man. The album cassette got stuck in my buddy's car stereo and we were going on a long mission. Ended up a total success so this album is like a soundtrack - Chronic Mission 93 😂

@steveyancy8842

1y↑7

Best of the best Today's music can't hold a candle to this.r.i.p. hip hop

@sminno

4y↑366

one of the hardest epic beats in 90's hip hop

@patrickraymondvergar

3y↑4

si yo lo escuchaba en miami en los 90s y con esta cancion murio uno de mis amigos el peluca, qepd.

@raylgreen1

3y↑5

That beat drop in the beginning is life

@joshuawalker8585

dumb u know how mnay beats there are from 80s and 90s it one of many

@brentjames2425

2y↑3

Best next to public enemy run dmc

@brentjames2425

2y↑3

No sagging pants men didn't have long hair real era 90s

@memphis2houston346

1y↑43

That hip hop Bounce was EVERYTHING

@geraldjohnson3216

42w↑2

Yes it was and still is im 52 and my son is 11yrs and we will hip hop bounce

@sassyb2050

40w↑4

Definitely one of my favorite songs EVER!! Look how all the legends are in one video showing love for RUN DMC, totally AWESOME. To the ones in the video no longer here, May they continue to Rest Well With The Ancestors. Easy E, Jam Master Jay, Phife, Prince Be, Chris "MacDaddy" Kelly and anyone I did not mention.

@BakytAbdraimov-ck1de

35w↑4

Я не знаю почему, но эта песня придает мне безумную силу и аххренительную энергию ❤😂😂яббать прелестьтьтьть😂

@user-oi5rf6ni2g

2y↑7

Almost 30 years later and this beat is still so fresh

@battistaverardi1240

2y↑12

Arguably the greatest hip hop song of all time!

@ChrisperMalamshacrispaseve

4y↑2.8K

This generation will never understand how DOPE the 90's were. ✌🏾

@JustinNathanson

4y↑34

#preach

@JustinNathanson

4y↑133

DC Williams music, culture, film, clothing, travel, Gen Z, pre-millennial, pre 9-11, pre everyone stuck with their heads buried in cell phones, pre influencer, pre insane inflation, post 80’s, grunge, fuck the status quo. For starters.

@jhb3043

4y↑35

@DC Williams everything

@jhb3043

4y↑69

@Justin Nathanson no bullshit skinny jeans either

@smileydj2636

4y↑6

Simon ese

336 More Replies...

@slavadimov6035

1y↑3

Обожаю этот трэк. Столько лет прошло, но он до сих пор в поём плэйлисте!!!

@djbika

3y↑21

My all time favorite 😍. This jam rocks so hard. Pure hiphop

@erdevon3257

3y↑35

Had it on cassette when it came out, Dam what a collaboration of talent in this vid. 1993 was probably the peak of hip hop, so many different styles and 99% were awesome

@brianyuill53

2y↑1

Well said! So freakin TRUE

@panydavid

2y↑8

I am trying to think of another occurence when you could see so many hip hop heavyweights in one video. That speaks to how much respect that group has garnered over the years.Treach, Onyx, Kris Kross, Kid Capri, Onyx, Redman, Phife Dawg... Even Eazy E is there. Historic.

@deondraemcknight232

2y↑17

Today's rap can't touch this at all 90s hip hop will always remain supreme

@KrishnaSingh-ow1ie

30w↑1

That was the golden Era of hip hop. The early 90s. Thats when it peak. You had to have skills back then to be on the mic. If you didn't you would of caught a beat down. Everybody had there own talent. You couldn't sound like nobody else that was a no no.

@deondraemcknight232

30w

@@KrishnaSingh-ow1ie all facts now everybody sounds the same and nobody gets called out for it

@springs996

9y↑63

Man this bangs as hard as it did when I was kid. I'm still bobing my head big time as an adult. # JUST CLASSIC GOOD MUSIC.

@irondino247

9y↑3

Me too lol, bobbing mad hard

@oochiewally2783

How old were you in 93

@tenob905

3y↑34

never gets old. still fire

@markfisher8559

18w

What a privilege to have grown up listening to these legends

@jamesduncan5387

2y↑5

Love this song Mad Respect to RUN DMC long live the King's !!!!!!!!

@globalmula

3y↑47

This joint is so hard even in this day. RUN DMC went out hard with this song. Showed 90's MC's one more time why they were The Kings.

@user-uz5uw1dw8g

18w↑1

The ones who started this game still down with the King!!!!! Love Run DMC & RIP Jam Master Jay 🙏

@MrKs757

8y↑395

This is my favorite Run DMC song of all time and one of my favorite hip hop songs of all time. "Only G-O-D can be a king to me and if the G-O-D be in me, then a king i be."

@jessebecraft7108

8y↑7

Amen God Bless

@ElectedLady888

8y↑4

Korey Sylver OK!

@FGAlele

7y↑2

Korey Sylver REAL Talk!

@micekmicek43

7y↑3

Mine too...

@fredo3106

7y↑8

My voice is RAW!
My lyrics is LAW!
I keep it hardcore like you never saw!

9 More Replies...

@Crazymike1975

51w↑4

30 Years later still a Classic! RUN DMC ROCKS!! RIP Jam Master Jay

@lekaoforty.726

32w↑1

The fact that Run DMC had kept up with time since styles had changed is impeccable

@joejohnson538

3y↑10

Track was a banger back then and still is now!

@kalleanka1950

2y↑5

Man, what I love about 90's rap videos is the unity and cameos of other rappers, or when you have the whole neighborhood singing and dancing in the background, Like Run's House, Naughty by Nature's Hip Hop Hooray, Queen Latifah's Just Another Day or Onyx's Slam. There are so many examples of this in the 90's. It was truly an amazing era. I just love that.

@Gildedbutterfly1976

4y↑68

So good. This was the golden era never to be duplicated again. No wonder people are so nostalgic for the past. 😣

@coreygray5827

That was well put 😎

@franciscofreitas5897

😥😭😭😭

@reallife0728

2y↑1

ABSOLUTE TRUTH!!!!!💐💐💐💐

@togonumber

Pretty lady,you are....

@Joshua-yg3ir

Wrong,. Cuz we duplicating the Golden Era of Hip Hop, bringing it Back just as strong, and stronger, with more emphasis, moving with more purpose, and harder hitting lyrics.., and all genres of music will be fucked to even keep up.., with Cosmic Hip Hop. When we Go DMT Cosmic, and Boom this Shit To the Edge of the Universe.

@Peter-on3kj

1y↑3

Young or old. ...All you gotta know is,
this is one of the best hiphop songs of all time.

@anthonyclark9441

1y↑5

DMC don't ever get the credit that He deserves. He was RUN's equal on every Track, but RUN always got the most credit. The fact D was always humble about it just adds to His Legend. He still Ghostwrites for Artists today.

@atshabal

41w

Really ? He wrote a better verse for Run than himself.

@will_sketch

18w↑1

Everything about his video, song, the whole damn era is legendary! Happy 50th Anniversary.

@blackrice24

3y↑8

This shit still go hard big facts!!!!!

@EUGNOT024

3y↑7

People slept on this video...it is a CLASSIC!!!! Everyone and Anyone was in this video in regards to HIP HOP from the 80's to the 2000's.....FREAKIN EPIC!!!!!!

@q2792

5y↑17

2019 this beat still send chills thru my soul

@ritamix33

2y↑11

FOREVER A CLASSIC!

@sald232

50w↑3

The 90s are hands down the most epic and influential era of hip hop. Far too many bangers to list....new comers needa reconize

@IcebergSlim03

3y↑5

Watching this gave me chills and had me chocked up all at the same time. This is just hip hop at its finest. The cameos in this video and the people in this video that aren’t living anymore. Real hip hop just gives you a feeling that’s hard to describe. I’m glad to say i witnessed this era. 💯💯💪🏾💪🏾

@brianreidvoiceovers884

2y↑1

Crazy cameos..Redman...Kid Capri...Onyx..Naughty..KRS..KrissKross

@IcebergSlim03

2y↑1

@Brian Reid Voiceovers i was just listening to it at work earlier with the video in my mind. The song & video is just timeless. It’ll never be anything like that again.

@brianreidvoiceovers884

@Iceberg Slim Well Said Sir!!

@magicuno

1y↑4

I guarantee you none of the rappers who appeared in this video were there because someone paid them. Nah, they showed up out of respect to the kings. That is what is so powerful and memorable about this video for me.

@est-74dirtyboromasshole46

31w↑2

Facts that this song only has 74 thousand likes is a shame cuz we had this shit back in 90s it would have 50 billion likes facts! This is a big LP for them and the big change for one of em in the world of Recovery! Much Respect

@MrEtherChem

8y↑60

I wish rappers still did videos like this every once in a while.

@madjustice936

5y↑7

They will be too busy trying to shine and fighting over their paychecks......

@fitfogey

3y↑55

Still listening in 2021. Saw them live 30 years ago. Started out with Run’s House. Run on one side and DMC on the other. Crazy. Was amazing. Still remember it to this day.

@studentoflife3501

2y↑3

2022 too

@fitfogey

2y↑2

Somehow I forgot to mention that Jam Master Jay was in the middle of both of them way up high behind the turn tables. He up even higher now RIP JMJ.

@Dee_Nice89

@StudentofLife As Rev Run said: THIS IS MY MOTHAFUCKIN HOUSE!!!! 💯

@fitfogey

@StudentofLife 2023 now its still hype. Love it.

@christopherhull6326

2y↑2

They are so underrated.

Down with King. A Masterpiece.

Please share with the new generation.

@erocablok1965

39w↑2

90s has so much style and great music

@MPPharaoh

43w

I recently checked out “Down With The King” Album and it’s the greatest album they’ve ever made. You can tell they had something to prove to the new era 90s guys.

@jodyjohnson2496

4y↑20

This is why music lives on in our hearts and minds

@danyulwilliams9823

18w↑1

I love this song, The song is so awesome!!! THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE OLD SCHOOL HIP HOP SONGS EVER!!! ❤️ 😍 🤩 ❤❤😊❤😊😊❤😊🤩 😎 👏 🎶 🎵 🎧

@viliamej1

2y↑1

Last heard this hit in 1993..... 29 years later i'm listening to it again. Still hasn't changed..... 80's and the 90's had awesome songs.

@MzFaithluvly

46w↑1

We need more music like this. At all times. Especially in times like now. That CL Smooth verse is a classic though💯🙏🏼 👑❤️❤️❤️

@ninatiels

2y↑3

this is awesome stuff. stuff like this I can get down to, and the best part is I can play it at work without getting anyone TOO upset. three bangers in a row from songs I had never heard of before. its official. Run DMC has turned me from rap hater to old school fan. soon as I get money in the bank, I am downloading a few albums off itunes. I cant wait to expand my tastes further. who knows, I may be listing to Dr. Dre and Snoop next.

@kamusjiujitsu1172

2y↑2

Años buscando esta canción sin saber quién la cantaba, rolón.

@txtrang2515

5y↑276

Damn..rap is my heart. "The only king to me is G.O.D. If the G.O.D. is in me, then the king I be..." That's a dope-ass line from DMC. Anyone that don't like rap could eat a fat one. For real.

@terrellcarpenter1449

4y↑5

Aye homie didn't DMC go in SMH

@realartist_eric2365

4y↑2

💯💯💯💯

@S.P.E.A.R.

4y↑3

THANK YOU!!!! ILL VERSE!

@alfredhenry2003

4y↑3

DMC is FIRE here!! My favorite part of this masterpiece. Peace to Run-DMC, Pete Rock and CL Smooth , Rest In Power Jason Mizzell/Jam Master Jay.

@69motee

4y↑1

Very dope line!💯

4 More Replies...

@marcusdupree8209

40w↑1

Lifelong hip hop head here. I remember my parents being HYPE when this came out, it was so tight to see them come this hard and FRESH. You never hear this version of Run DMC. Salute

@KornerGFX

2y↑4

This literally the greatest video & track. They bridge some many MCs together 🙏🏼👑

@RaiderRSupastar

42w↑2

Underrated rhymes and the beats are smooth and sick

@eduardosantos2460

2y↑1

A melhor música do run dmc e umas das mais top da história com certeza está no top 15 das minhas favoritas

@coliejack122

30w↑1

Legendary song. It's my all-time favorite. Video is dope with all the cameos

@OUOAT

4y↑29

I can't get enough of this energy!

@JoeBlow-yt1lp

20w↑1

Love it...!!!!

@jonathanevans8609

15w

Damn DMC always kills it 😭. 🙏. He goes hard literally every time. I was like 6 when they first came out in 83 and I fell in love with them especially DMC. He made want to rap 😂.. Pete rock killed this beat too lol

@gb5089

50w

Legends in every shot. Hard to find better cameos in a Hip Hop video!

@marcoaureliosalesdasilva5638

Um dos maiores grupos de Rap, junto com NWA em minha opinião são os maiores, Run DMC maravilhoso, com seu estilo adidas que sem duvida super bacana com suas camisetas e tênis me faz lembrar tempos bons do Hip hop 80,90, saudades

@darianharman9193

23w↑2

God, I remember when this came out. My mother introduced us to Run DMC, so my brother and I knew what was up when it came to old school hip-hop at the time. Then this dropped, and it was a completely different style. I remember pretending like I didn't recognize Sticky Fingaz, because I wasn't supposed to be listening to Onyx (I listened to a shitload of Onyx).

There's a reason so many legends showed up to be in this video. Everybody loves and respects Run DMC.

@1Coombie

2y↑4

Still a bad ass track to this day!!

@michaeldonaldson6667

2y↑1

I have all their albums, still down with the KING 💯💯

@tyehodge4075

20w↑1

Legendary video and this jawn still hits hard in 2023

@jpmt4316

1y↑2

This songs gives me chills when I watch it and hear it. These where descent times in hip-hop. These where bopping your head times, smiling, dancing, togetherness and laughing times. You got everyone in this video, but when I saw Eazy-E in it, that, for some reason, did it for me and almost shed a tear. Look how the music industry is now, it's terrible. They all talk about the same thing. Ass, money, cars, jewelry and more stupid stuff. Oh and killing each other. That's not wassup.

@jondabaptist8239

5y↑261

Dam im in tears watching this takes you back to a place when hip hop was real YOU COULD FEEL IT DAM!!!!!!

@moblacker

4y↑2

Same here brother. Wu tang man 90's and back, some early 2000. So I feel you.

@terrellcarpenter1449

4y↑3

DMC verse was all THAT

@taraerskine3954

4y↑2

Exactly no Kanyes crying n bitchen like the pos is! Straight up rhyming n colabaration

@leonardjones3877

Exactly, I was a junior in highschool when this track came out. Memories

@luissbrown6186

3y↑1

REAL TALK bro !! 👌💣💥💥💥💢💯🥺✌time machine please take me back in live there 4 ever !!

2 More Replies...

@moyza_

3y↑21

When I first listen to this song, I thought it had a sick beat, with great rhymes and was one of the best raps I ever heard.

Nowadays I think it has a sick beat, with great rhymes and is one of the best raps I ever heard.

Run DMC is eternal.

@seedelarianicanterobinson7391

48w↑3

Forever a classic

@daveedajane

2y↑2

Classic Forever 💯🔥‼️

@dcuolordsservent803

3y↑9

ONLY G.O.D CAN BE THE KING IN ME, AND IF G.O.D BE IN ME, THEN A KING I BE!!! HARDEST LINE IN HIP HOP HISTORY!

@johndavis6719

2y↑1

Fax

@freedom4mealways

1y↑1

30 years ago, this smash rap song hit the charts. in 2023 it still appeals!

@SG.KJames

10y↑5

So many legends in one video... Stills blows my mind till this day

@valentineokafor2647

10y

tru dat!

@xavrosay

51w↑2

The cameos in this video is unreal. Also, Pete's verse is ill in that beat change up.

@Profesah_411

30w

Run DMC without a doubt started my quest to be a dope emcee. 36 years later, although no longer pro, I believe my lyrical skills are up there with the best of them. Years of studying rappers (relentlessly) and honing my skills. Thank you Run DMC. J-sun-the-rapper jazz the world turns.

Load More Comments...

More Comments

just now