Da Bush Babees feat. Mos Def - The Love Song (Official Video)

Da Bush Babees [feat. Mos Def] - The Love Song (Official Video) from the album 'Gravity' (1996)
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Lyrics:
[Mos Def]
Everybody.. should get down, oh yes (oh yes) oh yes
Everybody, groove to the music
And do what you like to, oh yeah (oh yeah)
[Mr. Man]
Bush Babees (Bush Babees)
Y'all know we rock thorough (Yeah we rock thorough)
For the whole world (The whole world)
Five boroughs.. so check it out
I came all the way from Brooklyn to present my rep
Lyrically deep like sleep; I rock hard like Led Zepp
I take steps and leave impressions on planets
More complicated than life so rappers can not understand it
Talking that hardcore shit; but I don't buy it
Sit down eat your slice of pizza and be quiet!
Cause all that noise you talk is not needed
I cut headz off at the knees and leave em all defeated
So stay seated, or get deleted from the program
Let it be known I don't follow cause I'm my own man
With my own plan, cause the mind is infinite
We got four minutes, so everybody get widdit!
Cause all my people out in Brooklyn get LOVE
Cause all my people out in Queens get LOVE
Uptown and Boogie Down you get LOVE
Strong Island/Shaolin you get LOVE
[Mr. Man]
You can send MC's in - squads of six and we take two each
I stand out like seeing Moses at the beach - splitting waves
My style's the newest rhyme craze
Blow up, like grenades, tint words, without shades
Hold ya lighter, the Flatbush dolla camp writer
Roll with more Dangerous Minds than Michelle Pfeiffer
Pay the piper, I lay the pipe just like a plumber
Went without a ride for one too many summers, NOW
I'm out to get the cream like Carnation
Send headz home like George Bush did to Haitians
No patience, I got ta have it, the fine fabric
I learned The Facts of Life from Mrs. Garrett
But now I'mma do it my Way like Carlito
Whether it's in sweatpants or even tuxedos
We know - if this rap thing, don't make loot
I take it back to '86, stick niggas for they Troops
[Y-Tee]
We come to tell the people dem, we're talkin one love
One are we in love, a way dem cyan't dub
They'll find it in a pub, and I said in our club
Wha-wha-one love (one love) gonna take it, gonna take it
Gonna take your jeans and your dungarees and it will be on sale
Things I can try to make you move on the wail
Aiyyo, no play yo, don't go astray yo
No matter follow me come be a one of these day yo
I cyan't believe what dem want in all de mornin
So I, I came back in all de evenin
Da same thing that made the lights out, be sing
Rude bwoy, bad-a-bing, bad-a-bing, now everybody
Chorus Four: Mos Def
Cause all my people Up North get LOVE
And all my people Down South get LOVE
And all my people in the East get LOVE
And all my peoples out West get LOVE
And all over the world we get LOVE
All over the world we get LOVE
All over the world we get LOVE
We get LOVE! WE GET LOVE!!!
We get, love everywhere we go
We get love at ev-ery show
We get love everywhere we ride
We get love at ev-ery stop
This is a station, identi-fi-cation
For the entire nation
Come to bring sensation, oh yes!
It's Da Bush Babee clan
Come to make you understand
That we get love all over the land
All over the land
All over the land, all over the land
All over the land, all over the lannnnnnd
Yeahhh, oh yeah, yeahh, yeahh
Word up, it's the Mos Def
With Da Bush Babees
And mad man Merc and the De La
Word up, bringing it to you the nine-six
It's all magic no tricks, knahmsayin?
Comin widdit
You gonna love it when you get it
Ev-ery-body, groove to the music
Ev-ery-body, groove to the music
Ev-ery-body... HEY YOU GUYS!!
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[@nellyluscious]

Nothing will ever compare to the true era of Hip Hop! To each his own but I'm here for this!!!!! Classic!!

[@KAs619]

💯

[@nellyluscious]

@@KAs619 You feel me!!

[@KAs619]

@@nellyluscious This never gets old. Timeless classic.

[@kemoluciano9011]

Yeah this was my last year of middle school when this came out good old days

[@TheSub-SaharanAmericanLegend]

💯💯💯💯

[@BarrettWallacesec7]

Can't EVER go wrong with the "Summer Madness" beat!

[@XMachete]

this album is the MOST slept on album of the 90s easily.

[@lewishanna3474]

If you know, you know! they were talking about the bling bling coming into the game that ended up taking over 2 years later.

[@lewishanna3474]

i.e. melting plastic

[@richiewhite1843]

This album,OC,JERU,masta ace ,mf doom and Sean price albums ALL UNDERRATED….

[@juniorjames7076]

@@lewishanna3474 I get sad every time I remember the Golden Age mid 1990's. But i guess everything falls apart and eventually dies, Hip Hop was no exception.

[@mykewon]

For real!

[@HansMarseille-b4c]

the magical sample of cool and the gang i love this sample

[@shenglongisback4688]

I love Posdonous take on the sample. Yes that Posdonous from De la soul produced it he gets shouted out at the end by Mos Def.

[@erikgonzales3178]

"Lyrically deep like sleep I rock hard like Led Zepp" 🔥 🔥

[@illvisionz8796]

Haha love that line

[@JingyJingJing]

Da Bush Babees have some absolute gems of music. This is 10/10

[@haroldlee9007]

Thx @hleemajors

[@aantoine101]

Yo this shit had mad spins on Rap City back in like '96....#GOLDEN ERA.......#Dope!!!!

[@vincewanted]

This song deserves much more than thumbs up

[@danamayfield376]

This is the illest track featuring my man Mos Def. Ill as hell!

[@arkhitektz3150]

he ruins the song.with his pretentious wack ass half-singing bullshit that aint sayin' nothing....like always

[@craigdavis4265]

Mos Def is one of the G.O.A.T. M.C.s man.

[@adubnostalicking2132]

Mos Def did a dope job on the chorus

[@YTOW85]

The hook is borrowed from Brick "Dazz"

[@TheHoodVillain]

IMO he made the whole song. Wish he had a verse

[@crucialpdenislea1963]

@@YTOW85 nothing borrowed, u need to listen again....

[@ITLRoc]

He wrote that verse

[@BackAndForthShow]

@@YTOW85 Posdnuos (De La Soul) did a dope job on this beat

[@vic3xog]

oh man, these are the kind of songs that make me miss 90's hip hop..

[@krazyfan2000]

You don't get more Brooklyn than that!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@sejmet0883]

So brooklyn

[@pagola]

​@@sejmet0883not anymore

[@frank-xp6pj]

Exactly especially when he said “ sending heads home like George Bush did to Haitians “ 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@san-panico]

Woke up this morning with this song in my head. It's been years. This beat was dope back, then, and still smacks now. Posdonous on the production ftw!

[@shenglongisback4688]

Same!!Wish he did more I love how he used the sample.

[@rjc6555]

Strong island Reggae influence. More than American style Hip Hop. A perfect fusion of the two styles of music. Brilliant.

[@pagola]

They are from BK bro

[@H3ndr1x]

​@pagola but im pretty sure their from Jamaica and you can hear the influence

[@sejmet0883]

​@@H3ndr1x Bk is west indian territory

[@steeltownbrown52]

​@@H3ndr1xjust Light (3rd verse reggae toaster) is Jamaican, the other two members (Khaliyl and Lee) are of Trinidadian descent.

[@steeltownbrown52]

Maybe the beat has a "Strong Island reggae influence" since it's produced by Posdnuos.

[@terencemccants8358]

Damn I miss 90's East Coast Hip Hop!

[@frank-xp6pj]

Nothing can compare BUT I often wonder why 90’s NYC / East Coast hiphop gets so much hate & I have arrived to the conclusion that it’s out of jealousy.

[@albertomendez5436]

the real ones dig deep for treasure and this song is a 💎 💎 💎 💯 Real Hip Hop stand up!!!!

[@reedblackwell6262]

This is a Perfect example of HIp Hop ✊🏿👍 🎶🔥💥💯🎤🗽

[@emmanuelvincentisraelletse5192]

My varsity days...Raw delux, Stakes is high, Illadelph halflife....Beats rhymes and life, The coming, then Native tounge was officially reinstated ...

[@EACHICO]

This makes me fall in love with Hip Hop all over again....this song was played heavy down south....Real lyrics can't be denied.....Anywhere

[@GillesCasanova1804]

I would've never knew that, that's dope.

[@therealmikebrown]

I'm form North Carolina and I wish they would have played stuff like this on the radio.

[@alexanderpinterscale289]

@@therealmikebrownin the 90s they did

[@HYBRED247]

Love the vibe of this song.

[@SomeplaceintheMiddle2025]

2024 and it still rocks!!!

[@קידקופר]

Best chords in hip hop history

[@austinedwards8549]

This is when hip hop was hip hop man word up 💯💯🔥🎤🎧

[@mrivanthefox]

Damnnnn. This was the damn anthem way back!

[@meyou5789]

Not really

[@amasonz]

Nuthin but Brooklyn vibes on this record.

[@ZONAVERDEOFICIAL]

90s till infinity !! Boombaplords !!!

[@yorkie1792]

This was my summer jam for 1996!! "Everybaaaaady, move to the music, and do what chu like to oh yes oh yeaaah". Mos Def.

[@thom11780]

Awesome memories back in Brooklyn NYC. Joint came out when I was in Boys and Girls High School. 90's Hip Hop will always be the best ever IMO

[@BravoShow]

Why nobody ever mentions da Bush Babees when talking bout the great groups of the golden era? Cus they definitely was tight!

[@tribeofbenjamin3404]

Sonny Bravo I think they were one of those groups so creative it went over most peoples heads until later. Some groups or artists aren’t appreciated until later once people catch up

[@meyou5789]

Because their careers were short lived. They werent one of the best groupsz back then. When they came out...most didnt care. This song came out in 1996 so everyone wanted to hear The Firm, Lil Kim, Jay Z and artista like that. This was "Soft". You may think you would have banged with this then, but would you have? I often ask people of today who trip over old stuff that "didnt make it... Who do you prefer to listen to in this day and time thats more popular and mainstream, and who do you ignore in this day in time thats more positive and artsy?

[@TheSub-SaharanAmericanLegend]

Real headz like me cared for it. I still have the Gravity album

[@meyou5789]

@@stephenheath8465 not in 1996 lol Biggie was 1994-1995 and then 1997-infinity after his assassination. Real Talk. At the exact time this came out it was about who I mentioned

[@drifter402]

Most people only know Dre and PAC. Go on about real hip hop it's like shut up you don't even dig

[@djmrphantastikmusic]

Even going into the new decade this record still feels good. 90's Hip Hop will forever reign supreme. #ClassicsNevaDie

[@vigilant5749]

I miss the 90s Era of Hip-Hop. This video foreshadowed the current day of hip hop. 11 seconds to 26 seconds in shows the current state. Real hip hop is forced underground.

[@ikephipps2696]

Gravity is unskippable

[@Antertainment531]

Thank you, Bush Babees & Mos Def for your contribution to this art form!!!

[@maximuskeyes4319]

that’s that UNDERGROUND HIP HOP stuff right there!!!!!!!!!

[@NormalizeBeingNormal]

Here in 2022 and this sounds just like it did in 96..perfect..this feeling makes me sad. We will never feel good again like this

[@ceddebiase609]

I'm from ga still living here this takes me back summer 95 96 in the Bronx living with my uncle shout out to him for putting me on real hip hop if not I would have been lost yo listening to this garbage that's out now as of today I'm still on my new York shit

[@valentinoutlaw2977]

well.. if one is able to capture the vibe, having enough experiences and understanding, then I beleave one can get the same feeling/ feel that vibe and that world perception. Also time is relative, many moments from 20 years ago I remember and feel them as yesterday xD

[@WeatherManXXL]

Back in 96 I was rockin this and De La Soul. Last great year for real hip hop 🔊

[@RAEOrtiz-cf5nq]

Coney island Brooklyn... forever...that ❤

[@lxolxo7]

CLASSIC!!!!!!! Mos Def said, "you gonna' love it when you get it".And Ah'ite, Damn right I got it, and I love this cut!

[@TheHoodVillain]

Growing up tracks like this were everything. Hip hop don’t have this feel anymore..

[@melissaluciyana]

Still ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[@bells4086]

Da Bush Babees...so underrated- from the west i played their album all the time and no one ever heard of them.

[@austinedwards5577]

This when Hip hop was hip hop

[@RegalToneT]

Wow!!! Thanks for posting this...I literally have not heard this song in years!!! I loved the Bush Babies back when growing...Okay, having a nostalgia attack!

[@davidortega8174]

Good lawd these flows and beat give me goosebumps. This new shit is doo doo. Oldschool head here and proud of it

[@Bronx151]

Yo these young brothas is "DOING THE DAMM THING". AWESOME COLLABORATION. Damm to think I never heard of these dudes. Definitely needs to hear more of them.

[@YoutubeBrand]

This is pure fire!

[@kendalljones5211]

Yes this was Pete Rock use to cut it up nice 1996 classic era in time love this song nice sample

[@bigelakafatdaddychannel5002]

This song goes hard on 2020 still awesome

[@LuvsNeoSoul302]

It's a classic!! #Still 🙌🏾

[@omarjustinsmith2257]

2022

[@davidrenteria9585]

2023

[@BizonURS]

this album is underrated af :)

[@officialshanuki8116]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😤😤😤🤟🏾

[@Bulent03]

Will never die 2022 and still dope 🔥🔥

[@SEANLJOHNSONSR609]

They were dope

[@georgewhitehead9914]

Classic🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@clarencehawthorne5705]

I miss this group. They ALWAYS brought that REAL, LYRICAL HIP HOP

[@tanyatmr]

This appeals to my Jamaican and American heritage. Along, with the place where I was born, Brooklyn and where I now reside, Long Island!!!

[@plutoseventbb8263]

And the producer's from Amityville L.I.

[@dareal05]

@@plutoseventbb8263 No doubt; East Mass L.I. (technically).

[@zenaaubrey2701]

Yes Yes very appealing 🇯🇲

[@biggrudge9054]

StROng IsLAnd every single time!

[@mzansiloxx]

it's a banger out here in South Africa too..

[@KingBSiri]

Timeless banger

[@11Vuittron11]

Oh my god the memories from Philly! Forever love to the 90’s

[@bigstacks1463]

The bassline is "Onsaya Joy" by Richard 'Groove' Holmes. Nice song!!!

[@solgryn4591]

Beat produced by posdnuos of de la soul

[@Mochic45]

No. This is all Summer Madness by Kool and The Gang!!!

[@meyou5789]

@@Mochic45 not the baseline

[@h2junkey]

@@Mochic45 Nope. The bass line is from the Onsaya Joy sample.

[@reminaj_bynature6751]

Wow free falling right now my whole childhood just rush through my veins good lord what a tune 90s vibe

[@happymbele1663]

2024 still rocking this joint in South africa

[@adriansmith4064]

Classic Hip Hop 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@dwaynemitchell8191]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 still fire in 2024 and beyond!

[@mr100moore1]

B Boy lyrics... Back when I wanted to be a rapper... I Miss these days... Mos Def is one of my favorites

[@craigsmith4253]

This is a classic. This joint got me boppin. Big tune. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@desimcneal2550]

This Song is so DOPE cannot b duplicate! Period!!!

[@Lilleypad11]

One of the BEST albums/groups EVER!!!

[@BNWhite-nm5uq]

Oh how I loved this song! Made us Flatbush natives proud.

[@haroldlee9007]

Big up Flatbush Beford Ave. Thx @hleemajors IG

[@WaveGawd912]

Real hip hop! Love these classic joints!

[@MicaelJiggetts]

I love 90s hiphop!

[@michaeldix3329]

Very dope joint. New york classic. Repin Chicago but givin mad love to New York on this one. If you ain't listening to this you lyrically sleep fam

[@michaelgray6068]

Favorite song by Da Bush Babees

[@941lowelife2]

Michael Gray mine too didn't Dela soul plug 1 make dis beat

[@H3ndr1x]

The end of this album aka outro was absolute perfection of an outro much love bush babees

[@BrentDThurman]

amazing song.. incredible album

[@aliyaprops701]

MiXxtapes daaaayyysss long car trips lol miss this era!🙌🏾

[@EddyMo74]

Mosdef underrated and Da Bush Babies as well

[@mbongenimdakane4702]

Guess what was playing in my mind when I woke up today... Glad my mind triggers such good music. Feel da love in the song, my daugther not understanding but her head banging say it all. One of my favourite albums

[@action802]

Boi this generation don’t know shit about hiphop,and I’m a 80’s Baby lol music has changed so much. Brings back great times. STRONG ISLAND SUFFOLK COUNTY. WYANDANCH!!

[@JAMES45229]

Love that bass line....

[@SuperVegeta888]

Taylar James Sounds like j dilla bass

[@jdilla999]

@@SuperVegeta888 indeed

[@22jj19]

Real hiphop never die

[@craigdavis4265]

Slick Rick-Mona Lisa!!!! Kool And The Gang-Summer Madness!!!! Jimmy Castor Bunch-It's Just Begun!!!! Richard"Groove"Holmes-Onsaya Joy!!!!

[@cherellbelton2790]

Everybody groove to this music!

[@lancethomas3183]

Timeless song. Thanks for uploading peace

[@jazzmaybach1044]

✍🏽Classic! For the whole world🌍

[@edieselentertainment]

Still listening!

[@KiDSON.]

🗣Everybodyyyy... Groooove to the muuuusic!

[@hiphopgoldmine2190]

The intro is so trippy to me..."in the near future" and here we are 20 years later and it sort of feels that way!

[@jeromebrown4055]

One of the sickest groups of the 90’s

[@mr.tonyshiphopschool266]

1994-95 deep in the clubs then n this was one of jams in that time!!! Hip Hop was fun then!!!

[@meyou5789]

This song came out towards the mid to end of 1996, and it wasn't bumping in the clubs. You maybee their first single from their previous album entitled "We Run Things", because that song was "bumping in da clubs" or in the house parties and block parties in 1994-5ish.

[@Jasedadon82]

Real Hip Hop

[@MrHouse505]

hellz yeah! one of the favorites. repeat.... get love

[@gardyjure118]

Been a mos def fan ever since!

[@djjamil3033]

shed tear... miss hip hop like this... this was my shit, and remember we.

[@callumbrowns]

jam all day legend beat here

[@BlackDotLiving]

The Mighty Mos Def!!!!

[@Kingcolethe1]

Still got dishit on cassette when it blesst radio. Mighty went inn oniss!

[@happymatela1492]

2019 still banging

[@o.r.torrens5536]

Oh wow lot of memories at age of the 20's nostalgia 🎤🎧🎶🎶🌇🌃

[@otisyoungblood]

This is also the 1st time we all heard Mos Def

[@V4Now]

Sounds like the sampled Summer Madness.🤔 Yes, I'm identifying it by ear.

[@KOMBandmusic]

thats that UNDERGROUND HIP HOP stuff right there!!!!!!!!!

[@danielaguirre3435]

1996 !! RapCItyBET fo sho

[@BigmooThabeatmaker-77]

This new generation need to hear this song they don't know anything about this music whatever something come on the radio they just down to listen and say it's hot but this right here the good music