Beat Street Breakdown, Rrrrhaa! Beat Street, the king of the beat You see him rockin' that beat from across the street And huh-huh, Beat Street is a lesson, too Because ah, you can't let the streets beat you Uh! Well, a picture can express a thousand words To describe all the beauty of life you give And if the world was yours to do over I know you'd paint a better place to live Where the colors would swirl And the boys and girls can grow in peace and harmony And where murals stand on walls so grand As far as the eyes are able to see, ha I never knew art till I saw your face And there'll never be one to take your place 'Cause each and every time you touch a spraypaint can Michaelangelo's soul controls your hands Then serenades of blue and red And the beauty of the rainbow fills your head Crescendo colors playin' tunes Man why oh why you'd have to die so soon? Say 1, 2, 3, 4 just let me know what you came here for And just clap your hands everybody and let me know that I'm not alone And if you knew my man when he was alive scream it out and say Ramo (Ramo), Ramo (Ramo) I'm talking about, Ashes to ashes and dust to dust Where the good die young is all thy must Cause as life must live death must die And the tears shall fall from the living eye Tell me who's gonna dream the impossible dream Of the beautiful cities and the island's dreams? When your works of art brought into being All that the ghetto stopped you from seeing Still life urban masterpiece Your trademark was written on trains and walls A million dollar gift only God released Huh, and yet you got killed for nothin' at all So after this there'll be no more hard time No more bad times and no more pain No more chump change, none of that bull Just movies, museums and the hall of fame So all you hip-hops, get on up And let's take it to the top where we belong 'Cause the age of the Beat Street wave is here Everybody let's sing along, come on Say hooo (Hooo) Say hooo (Hooo) And to let me know I'm rockin the microphone Everybody say Ramo (Ramo) Ramo (Ramo) Rrrrhaa! A newspaper burns in the sand And the headlines say 'Man Destroys Man' Extra extra, read all the bad news On the war for peace that everybody would lose The rise and fall, the last great empire The sound of the whole world caught on fire The ruthless struggle, the desperate gamble The game that left the whole world in shambles The cheats, the lies, the alibies And the foolish attempts to conquer the sky Lost in space, and what is it worth? Huh, the President just forgot about Earth Spendin' multi-billions and maybe even trillions The cost of weapons ran in the zillions There's gold in the street and there's diamond under feet And the children in Africa don't even eat Flies on their faces, they're livin' like mice And their houses even make the ghetto look nice Huh, the water tastes funny, it's forever too sunny And they work all month and don't make no money A fight for power, a nuclear shower A people shout out in the darkest hour Sights unseen and voices unheard And finally the bomb gets the last word Christians killed Muslims and Germans killed Jews And everybody's bodies are used and abused, Huh, minds are poisoned and souls are polluted Superiority complex is deep rooted Leeches and lices, and people got prices Egomaniacs control the self-righteous Nothin' is sacred and nothin' is pure So the revelation of death is our cure Dachau, Auschwitz, Hiroshima, Vietnam, Leningrad, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Korea, The philippines Devastation, Death camps and killing machines Peoples in terror, the leaders made a error And now they can't even look in the mirror 'Cause we gotta suffer while things get rougher And that's the reason why we got to get tougher So learn from the past it worked for the future And don't be a slave to no computer Cause the children of Man inherits the land And the future of the world is in your hands So just throw your hands in the air And wave em like you just don't care And if you believe that you're the future Scream it out and say oh yeah (Oh yeah) Oh yeah (Oh yeah) Rrrrhaa! Everybody, Do you believe!
@hondacivic.japanese82654 күн бұрын
Rest in peace, Biz mocking the human box🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🙏🏾
@TheKreepdog4 күн бұрын
2024 almost 2025
@Youareallnuts4 күн бұрын
Totally forgot Saundra Santiago from Miami Vice was in this. Going to rewatch. Mel doing his thang in the best of ways!
@dannyfranz6935 күн бұрын
No one is better than these guys. No matter how far you go back, to present day, it the future. Top notch
So. In the Beginning of the Video, He goes through "The Door🚪" Then he "bends over" to get on the Mic. Am I missing something? Is My Interpretation off?
@robertojbezerra12 күн бұрын
🎼💙
@KimTrepp13 күн бұрын
😊
@Jeffmetal4220 күн бұрын
"so what is your gimmick gonna be?" " Check it out, I'm gonna have a cane and a chair that I sit on in different locations." "Genius!!" 🤣🤣
@MrMegaManFan21 күн бұрын
How can you not miss when rap used to be like this?
@cpgadvisory24 күн бұрын
Whole lot to chew on here.
@joseeliseoherrera663225 күн бұрын
Tenia años buscándola wow la rola que más me gustaba de los 80
@StylinSamrski8527 күн бұрын
sounds identical to his disstrack
@gowmitch06928 күн бұрын
Only just realised this starts with sledgehammer
@rapman579129 күн бұрын
Pete is the real deal ✊ Search is a fraud 🤡
@David-t3b4f29 күн бұрын
They must’ve gave the dude a chance to rhyme on the mic but he was wack so they just edited both Melle Mel’s verses over his for the final edit
@M0NK0303Ай бұрын
1 of my alltime Favorit Playlist track‘s
@lancejeter4023Ай бұрын
Johnnie
@lancejeter4023Ай бұрын
❤ too my home boy johnnih too sickelcell r.i.p.miss you dogg woof believe that 💪 🌹🙏🕊️👊
@stephenwatler5632Ай бұрын
3rd Bass was close to 1st place with flows like this Bad azz boys!!!
@robertsoto199Ай бұрын
Im 56 n i love old skool hip hop til i die!! ❤
@maiangel5101Ай бұрын
Melle Mel describing what is going on right now in 2024.
@JerryDeJesus-e3pАй бұрын
Let's rise my people keep it real we only have us
@Wilder1970Ай бұрын
My brother got me in to this band. Thanks bro
@cheapdate2334Ай бұрын
Henry Rollins is vanilla ice cream
@bryanp8606Ай бұрын
46 now and haven’t heard this in a very long time, decades. Crazy I’m just realizing this is perhaps the greatest verse in hip hop history from Melle Mel…
@lamontmelrose7640Ай бұрын
Melle Mel was on fire when I was a kid!! He spoke the truth - that's how hip hop started though, real talk.
@bottarnold375Ай бұрын
LEGENDARY 👑 1#HOLY SPIRIT 🔥
@HenryThompsonIIАй бұрын
Today i just noticed the sample from Eminence Front.
@stephaniebarnshaw853Ай бұрын
I’m watching in 2024 as it’s my second birthday number one.
@lethalwolf74552 ай бұрын
Mc hammer made these guys cancel everything and run after they insulted his family, mc Hammer is a Crip, and these idiots called his mom a slut
@MrSwipper62 ай бұрын
CLASSIC ‼️✨👌
@jcjc2482 ай бұрын
1999 anyone?
@seancomrie47142 ай бұрын
We stand on the shoulders of giants
@Chinookman2 ай бұрын
This is the SHORT version. I have it memorized and takes me about 7 minutes. 😂
@ramonebranker52082 ай бұрын
NEVER pAY MTA
@billybucks82342 ай бұрын
Only god is god
@Kendro3112 ай бұрын
Is it possible to listen to this and not do the robot? I had the squeaky joints and everything. 🤖
@tobiaskurtkornath68422 ай бұрын
Das sind die STARS meiner Jugend Beat Street was fürn endgeiler Film ❤
@Goodvibes202392 ай бұрын
Way Better and good Than that Eminem diss he made
@MishyCiro2 ай бұрын
absurdo
@sonnysatar59162 ай бұрын
40 years later any changes
@wormwood80202 ай бұрын
I went to grade school with Pete. Floral Park. I became a very successful gas station attendant. Treat your car best at Power Test. Word to da mutha !