Grandmaster Melle Mel ‎- White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) (Official Video)

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Grandmaster Melle Mel ‎- White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) (Official Video) from the 1983 single.
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Lyrics:
[Chorus]
(White Lines) Visions, dreams of passion
(Blowing through my mind) And all the while I think of you
(High price) A very strange reaction
(For us to unwind) The more I see, the more I do
(Something like a phenomenon) Baby!
(Telling your body to come along, but white lines blow away)
(Blow! Rock it! Blow!)
[Verse 1]
Ticket to ride, white line highway
Tell all your friends, they can go my way
Pay your toll, sell your soul
Pound-for-pound costs more than gold
The longer you stay, the more you pay
My white lines, go a long way
Either up your nose or through your vein
With nothing to gain except killing your brain
[Chorus]
(Freeze! Rock! Freeze! Rock! Freeze! Rock! Freeze! Rock! Blow!)
Higher, baby
Get higher, baby!
Get higher, baby!
And don't ever come down! (Freebase!)
Rang dang diggedy dang di-dang
Diggedy dang di-dang diggedy dang di-dang
(Pipeline) pure as the driven snow
(Connected to my mind) and now I'm having fun, baby!
(High price) it's getting kinda low
(Cause it makes you feel so nice) I need some one-on-one, baby!
(Don't let it blow your mind away) Baby!
(And go into your little hideaway ‘cause white lines blow away)
(Blow! Rock it! Blow!)
[Verse 2]
A million magic crystals, painted pure and white
A multi-million dollars almost overnight
Twice as sweet as sugar
Twice as bitter as salt
And if you get hooked, baby
It's nobody else's fault, so don't do it!
[Chorus]
(Freeze! Rock! Freeze! Rock! Freeze! Rock! Freeze! Rock!)
(Ahhh) Higher, baby
(Ahhh) Get higher, baby!
(Ahhh) Get higher, baby!
And don't ever come down! (Freebase!)
(Don’t you get too high) don’t you get too high baby!
(Turns you on) you really turn me on and on
(Cause you gotta come down) my temperature is risin’
(When the thrill is gone) no, I don’t want you to go
[Verse 3]
A street kid gets arrested, gonna do some time
He got out three years from now just to commit more crime
A businessman is caught with 24 kilos
He’s out on bail and out of jail
And that’s the way it goes, raah!
(Cane! Sugar! Cane! Sugar! Cane!)
Athletes rejected, governors corrected
Gangsters, thugs and smugglers are thoroughly respected
The money gets divided
The women get excited
Now I’m broke and it’s no joke
It’s hard as hell to fight it, don’t buy it!
[Chorus]
Little Jack Horner sitting on the corner
With no shoes and clothes
This ain't funny, but he took his money
And sniffed it up his nose
(Hey man, you wanna cop some blow?)
(Sure, what you got, dust, flakes or rocks?)
(I got China White, Mother of Pearl, Ivory Flake, What you need?)
(Well yeah, well let me check it out man, just let me get a freeze)
(Go ahead man, stuff I got should kill ya!)
(Yeah man th-that’s that’s raw, woah..)
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КОМЕНТАРІ: 2 300
@Rizzlyricist
@Rizzlyricist 9 місяців тому
I used to listen to this when I was 63, and now I'm 17. This will forever be a classic.
@JoseSoto-cd9od
@JoseSoto-cd9od 8 місяців тому
Ok you Benjamin Button ass.
@LetsGoFlyers2011
@LetsGoFlyers2011 8 місяців тому
@@AndreaStewart-tr2gv Cocaine's a hell of a drug
@SargeScum
@SargeScum 8 місяців тому
So you're 36
@Brevetfish
@Brevetfish 7 місяців тому
Found Benjamin Button.
@dragonmartijn
@dragonmartijn 6 місяців тому
@@SargeScumMake sure this person isn’t a minor.
@lesliedowling6642
@lesliedowling6642 13 днів тому
2024 and now it’s 40 years old!!! Legendary song. I can close my eyes and I’m 17 again having the time of my life. ❤❤❤❤❤
@deborahwright759
@deborahwright759 13 днів тому
Hi good for you i wish i could close my eyes and feal 17 again but have to many aches and pains ha ha ❤
@SOMeDoOD1992
@SOMeDoOD1992 2 дні тому
I just played this at the bar playing billiards yesterday
@teefrankenstein4340
@teefrankenstein4340 5 місяців тому
I miss rap music like this. The beats were insane, the lyrics not only catchy and fun but told stories and offered some positivity.
@NintendoPsycho
@NintendoPsycho 3 місяці тому
So actual hiphop.
@mumbles215
@mumbles215 2 місяці тому
This was the rap I grew up on even tho I am rock n roller.
@christopherdouglas512
@christopherdouglas512 Місяць тому
Great actual RAP song
@christopherdouglas512
@christopherdouglas512 Місяць тому
Not some hippity hip hop, bullshit whatever that means
@TheFrog767
@TheFrog767 28 днів тому
Yes, it's music, and not some manufactured clown repeating obscenities like, jz, etc just cabal pushed fbi informants.
@ricklynch956
@ricklynch956 Місяць тому
ANYBODY STILL LISTENING 2024?
@sallyjoan
@sallyjoan Місяць тому
yes, me!
@ricklynch956
@ricklynch956 Місяць тому
@@sallyjoan Hello Sally!
@sallyjoan
@sallyjoan Місяць тому
@@ricklynch956 hi
@deborahwright759
@deborahwright759 27 днів тому
Hi yes i am good isinit❤😊
@sheridan7475
@sheridan7475 27 днів тому
I’m here
@jusschillin
@jusschillin 3 роки тому
Almost 40 years later, shits still a classic!!!
@djcj
@djcj 2 роки тому
banger
@kevinhanson4703
@kevinhanson4703 2 роки тому
One of the GREATEST songs of all time
@toono21
@toono21 2 роки тому
i do not think that you understand the meaning of the word.
@cleawox
@cleawox 2 роки тому
Incredible song. This was a GIANT in the day.
@markharding47
@markharding47 2 роки тому
@@kevinhanson4703 gotta agree brother, so many memories 🇬🇧🇬🇧
@TCBY18
@TCBY18 2 роки тому
My husband said something just now about a white line and I started singing this song. He thought I was nuts. I pulled up this video and couldn’t believe I found it!!! I still remember the words, 40 years later!!
@pinkroses135
@pinkroses135 4 місяці тому
I love doing that 😂
@francescakatz2884
@francescakatz2884 4 місяці тому
I remember the words,too!!!
@janielee6467
@janielee6467 3 місяці тому
We all still know the lyrics, but could I tell you what I did 5 mins ago 😂
@MarilynRB
@MarilynRB 3 місяці тому
It never ceases to amaze me now many people don't know this gem!
@caroldavis5162
@caroldavis5162 3 місяці тому
16 years old we all got up link arms and danced to this in Bristol. Favourites ❤
@Foxys1974
@Foxys1974 5 місяців тому
Was 9 & working class, in multicultural south London in 1983 when this came out, just like classics like Chaka Khan Feel for you, Rob Base & DJ EAZY ROCK it takes two etc were tunes that got played at every gig, every birthday, wedding funeral etc… I’m not Thick ( no seriously I’m not dumb) But after hearing this song my whole life, singing along, dancing etc… I was 29 when I realised the lyrics were about drugs!!! That was how innocent we were, even though we was street wise, working class etc… And I remember sitting with my twin bro, and going “er ma gawd” (in an old school cockney accent) “this is bout coke!!!!” And him looking at me as if SAY WUT?! lol and the disbelief! 😂❤ love you Pat X
@user-nv8ds8wf6g
@user-nv8ds8wf6g 20 днів тому
It Takes Two didn't come out until 1988.
@lwplwp
@lwplwp Рік тому
When I heard this 40 years ago I was heavy into free base and couldn't believe it. Everyone that was doing it knew how bad it was and didn't care. It was mostly well to do college kids back then. Been clean for 25+ years now
@philosophicalviking6808
@philosophicalviking6808 Рік тому
Absolutely! I’m clean 29 years myself. But back then, yay yo was the shit.
@01dirtydirk
@01dirtydirk Рік тому
PUSSIES!!! 🤣😂😭
@kristinamercado5737
@kristinamercado5737 Рік тому
Good for you I'm glad your off... both of you 😄💕
@Clos93
@Clos93 Рік тому
Now MF's are freebasing fentanyl...
@shanes.1724
@shanes.1724 Рік тому
That’s just sad
@andrewjones2133
@andrewjones2133 2 роки тому
I’m 51 years old. This song is definitely “OLD SCHOOL” brought back a lot of childhood memories
@masoodhussain3513
@masoodhussain3513 2 роки тому
I am 60 music never gets old
@johnturtle6649
@johnturtle6649 2 роки тому
even Duran Duran remixed it
@Chriscornell.1989
@Chriscornell.1989 2 роки тому
Old school rap
@Chriscornell.1989
@Chriscornell.1989 2 роки тому
No Sugar Cane was miss used in this video
@tomdadada
@tomdadada 2 роки тому
Same here Andrew (age and opnion). I am from germany and used to record that hot shit from the radio with my childhood-taperecorder!
@lyssamarie_
@lyssamarie_ Рік тому
The Sugarhill Gang came to my town in Ohio last week and performed. They brought out Grandmaster Melle Mel and Scorpio as well. It was by far the best concert I’ve been to. I’m 28, but this is the type of music I grew up on. I’m so grateful that i was able to get to experience that.
@sandramishenko1831
@sandramishenko1831 Рік тому
Awesome!!
@drfporvida
@drfporvida Рік тому
That is Cool . Hope U Enjoyed !
@lyssamarie_
@lyssamarie_ Рік тому
@@drfporvida Thank you!! It was definitely an experience. Glad I got the opportunity.
@gunnarbill6209
@gunnarbill6209 Рік тому
That is Awesome!!
@SummerToast5834
@SummerToast5834 Рік тому
OHIO?
@michellescarfSpacex
@michellescarfSpacex Рік тому
I danced to this in Westwood nightclubs in 1984 ... Who's with me on the dance floor 😉
@susanaalonso6064
@susanaalonso6064 Рік тому
Dillon's
@AnMWei
@AnMWei 2 місяці тому
Westwood, Pantages Theater the whiskey the troubadour etcetera I'm right there with you💖
@leswater5065
@leswater5065 2 місяці тому
Who's still listening to this in 2024 if you get hooked baby it's nobody else's fault so don't do it.
@Neverforget1967
@Neverforget1967 2 місяці тому
Hell yes..
@user-im7rn9dg8q
@user-im7rn9dg8q 2 місяці тому
Love the reply keep sending 😮😅😮❤
@user-tv2nk6oj2h
@user-tv2nk6oj2h Місяць тому
😂😂😂😂😂
@scopedog9197
@scopedog9197 Місяць тому
2024...56...OG baby...
@jamesmcmanus1192
@jamesmcmanus1192 Місяць тому
Oh now you tell me ¿
@muziktrkr
@muziktrkr Рік тому
It's an anti drug song, yet back in the day when this was played in the clubs, people would do a bump and get on the dance floor when this song came on.
@ginolino7158
@ginolino7158 Рік тому
Some people still do lol
@FBI-gr4iq
@FBI-gr4iq Рік тому
how ironic 🥲
@rastalique8114
@rastalique8114 Рік тому
OF COURSE
@mimilini1
@mimilini1 Рік тому
Not to mention Melle Mel was constantly using. But could’ve been why he did this public service of a song. He knew firsthand what the risks were.
@inquizative44
@inquizative44 Рік тому
Yep, pretty much how it worked. Lose 10 pounds, snorting, dancing and sweating.
@emiller760408
@emiller760408 2 роки тому
I remember this on repeat at the skating rink. Was so fun! No clue what it meant at eight years old.
@sendemall9642
@sendemall9642 2 роки тому
🤣🤣🤣🤣😭🤷🤦
@franciseastwood6691
@franciseastwood6691 Рік тому
Hello Erin!
@soupalawyer4610
@soupalawyer4610 Рік тому
Lol
@tamikagamble3408
@tamikagamble3408 Рік тому
Erin Miller, I can definitely relate to you on this one! I skated my ass off to this song at the age of four and didn't have a clue what they were talking about! Just loved skating to the song back then. But I definitely know what they are talking about now that I am 42....yesssss....white lines don't do it! I'll definitely pass on that!
@Milkshakes289
@Milkshakes289 Рік тому
Sounds like a badass time
@itsjustnatalia
@itsjustnatalia 5 місяців тому
This is quite possibly my favorite song of all time. The groove, the message…
@JonathonC-fc9lo
@JonathonC-fc9lo 5 місяців тому
Yes white girls love that white girl 😂
@hubertdecobecq5540
@hubertdecobecq5540 2 місяці тому
Et ça sera pour l’éternité une bombe ATOMIQUE ça la légende Niglo 57
@darcanjel7
@darcanjel7 7 місяців тому
This was definitely a "Do as I say and not as I do" song.
@howwwwwyyyyy
@howwwwwyyyyy 3 дні тому
lol
@kymharris6065
@kymharris6065 Рік тому
When I was younger my favorite auntie would hear this song and dance her as off. Now I know why😂😂 RIP auntie. I miss u dearly
@sikiescordova1826
@sikiescordova1826 Рік тому
Exactly why I have it on repeat lol killing everyone lol some 90yr old is going to try to freestyle with her husband lol
@bobbym.2130
@bobbym.2130 2 роки тому
STILL lovin' this in 2021. Who's with me? This is when rap was not only enjoyable, but educational...
@bobbym.2130
@bobbym.2130 2 роки тому
@A S #Facts
@2819942011
@2819942011 2 роки тому
Yeah exactly! When wrap was tasty and delicious!
@MrDMC11889
@MrDMC11889 2 роки тому
@A S Gangsta rap did ruin rap. Even once Gangsta rap started to wane in popularity the damage was done. There was a time when rappers spoke on violence drugs etc but they weren't promoting it.
@renataherself
@renataherself 2 роки тому
my words, exactly
@LeslieNY
@LeslieNY 2 роки тому
still here for it in 2022
@H2O_Atlanta
@H2O_Atlanta Рік тому
I’ve loved this song my whole life. I’m 51 and this is the first time i’ve ever seen the video. Fckn amazing 🙌🏾 i miss the old New York.
@stellastarbrightk7563
@stellastarbrightk7563 10 місяців тому
Well then things were scetchy then but random crazies weren’t attacking you. I went to college in 80’s in Detroit and same thing you might get robbed but not killed unless involved in something
@mitcher420
@mitcher420 5 місяців тому
You can smell the clove cigarettes at The Ritz in Manhattan.
@snazarix1055
@snazarix1055 9 місяців тому
I’m 23 I grew up as a baby listening to old school Bronx New York hip hop. I finally found the name of this song. Love it
@technomek
@technomek Рік тому
When I was a young dancing fool, that bassline was my hook, but now I can't stop listening to the background singers.
@john22jade
@john22jade 2 місяці тому
When hip hop was hip hop
@andyhinds542
@andyhinds542 4 місяці тому
This song is now 40 years old. Imagine listening to a 40 year old song in 1984. You'd be listening to Vera Lynn or Glen Miller.
@bobjoe1593
@bobjoe1593 2 місяці тому
Vera, what has become of you?
@deborahwright759
@deborahwright759 Місяць тому
Hi good memories listing to this i was a young teen back then
@SHADOWESSLOS
@SHADOWESSLOS 11 днів тому
😂😂😂​@@bobjoe1593
@shaiellemansion9549
@shaiellemansion9549 4 місяці тому
Who roller skated to this song👋😊
@wizcoolc1
@wizcoolc1 2 місяці тому
Still do everyday.
@BuzzFriendly
@BuzzFriendly 2 роки тому
I can see this Sugar Hill record spinning on my Technics turntable in 1983 like it was yesterday. I just wish I could take a vacation back to that day in my life.
@kilgoretrout6136
@kilgoretrout6136 2 роки тому
Me too. The 80s were magnificent.
@thersten
@thersten 2 роки тому
Damn you old AF cuh!
@kilgoretrout6136
@kilgoretrout6136 2 роки тому
@@thersten 50s. Old as fuk till you get there.
@thersten
@thersten 2 роки тому
@@kilgoretrout6136 I know. I was just kidding. Some people don't even make it to 50. Respect cuh. 👍
@kilgoretrout6136
@kilgoretrout6136 2 роки тому
@@thersten You right
@SuperWilliamholmes
@SuperWilliamholmes 3 роки тому
This was the first Rap tape I got at ten years old. My mom had no idea what it was, then my sister told my mom I was listening to songs about drugs. Mom tried to take it away, but I kept listening. I really didn't even understand the lyrics fully, but I knew I liked it. Years later it made more and more sense! lol
@lowerclassbrats77
@lowerclassbrats77 Рік тому
Reminds me of when my mom took all of my NWA and Eazy-E tapes.
@loulabella3310
@loulabella3310 7 місяців тому
Same
@jcanfixall1585
@jcanfixall1585 4 місяці тому
My Mom had a nice system in her car and we used to listen to funk / rap music together all the time...
@jamesjones2173
@jamesjones2173 Рік тому
40 years later.Still a powerful song
@VeraTR909
@VeraTR909 6 місяців тому
still a powerful drug too
@jamesjones2173
@jamesjones2173 6 місяців тому
@@VeraTR909 And this was before crack😂😂😂
@DaPhlyymamee
@DaPhlyymamee 5 місяців тому
I remember when MTV banned this video! 😂🤣😭
@jcanfixall1585
@jcanfixall1585 4 місяці тому
​@@jamesjones2173you must not have been alive back then... He actually mentions it in the song freebase = crack...
@jamesjones2173
@jamesjones2173 4 місяці тому
@@jcanfixall1585 I’m 47 years old. I was alive back then😹😹😹😹
@albertodf1234
@albertodf1234 8 місяців тому
2023 and I still claim: this is the best song of the 80s!
@markberryhill2715
@markberryhill2715 6 місяців тому
One of.
@MZMBOTU
@MZMBOTU 2 роки тому
DEFINITELY A CLASSIC! BRINGS BACK MEMORIES!
@marqc9829
@marqc9829 Рік тому
Nothing like a bump before hitting the dance floor
@madeyalook1200
@madeyalook1200 8 місяців тому
You need rehsb
@wendydavis622
@wendydavis622 9 місяців тому
Such a perfect description of addiction...
@dyan785
@dyan785 2 місяці тому
The lyrics are so incredibly well crafted
@fortheloveofgains4471
@fortheloveofgains4471 Рік тому
Pure as the driven snow gets me every time 😂
@helreim899
@helreim899 Місяць тому
White Line Fever
@angelicagonzalez4289
@angelicagonzalez4289 Рік тому
My jam!!! So many “house party” memories! ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
@ticzone34
@ticzone34 Рік тому
Brings back memories... You wouldn't understand Unless you were in the clubs in the 80s when this song was blasting....
@tracybland9886
@tracybland9886 2 роки тому
Hanging out with a much older crowd, I fell victim as a teen. Praise God I was able to overcome this, while I was still young
@petermeichan3160
@petermeichan3160 2 роки тому
why would you give props to an imaginary being ? you got clean yourself
@richbrake9910
@richbrake9910 2 роки тому
@@petermeichan3160 You do not have proof it's an imaginary being.
@petermeichan3160
@petermeichan3160 2 роки тому
@@richbrake9910 and you have no proof that it exists, so how do we decide who's right
@petermeichan3160
@petermeichan3160 2 роки тому
@@richbrake9910 so shall we go with iron age myths , or scientific evidence ? Which has given us the origins of our universe, gravity, Ebiogenisys, evolution
@richbrake9910
@richbrake9910 2 роки тому
@@petermeichan3160 I didn't say it exists though.
@inboxnews
@inboxnews 2 роки тому
STILL lovin' this in 2022. Who's with me? This is when rap was not only enjoyable, but educational...
@ohioplayer-bl9em
@ohioplayer-bl9em Рік тому
I tell my kids this . They listen to all the little whatevers.. everyone is a little now. Rap used to have a message and a meaning for the most part. Fight the power, government corruption, war, and much more. Now it promotes infidelity and making babies with randoms. A cancer on our society IMHO.
@MADDIE69ISH
@MADDIE69ISH Рік тому
Love it
@RFED2O
@RFED2O 11 місяців тому
2022 !!... This will still buzzing in 3022 !!
@user-bo8sl2vz1g
@user-bo8sl2vz1g 4 місяці тому
Heard a mourning science lab escape make a fleeting truck to car exterior sound approximately 7:40 indivisible mechanic in response business front of the white human . His truck a earlier model but all the same it's amnesia when the arrive on the scene after a democratic talkative of future harmony for the kids I desire to have and our future ? Pre- meditated from not approving to run over or at least cause I scene back at the office for a sixteen year old drone , human and political hatred . Nightmare . There is a lot of people that our innocent of crimes out there." If only I had a voice non mixed with past stolen or narrowed bartered voice mr. Congressman an president . Could have had his ☕ first. It does odd favors for crack . Imagine a ghost orders the above for petty crack from the man . Where the only thing urban legion white woods is a escape goat , ghost and crack pipe from the year 1933! And as a non knowing child who was given life at the age of twenty one and been clean since has been assigned one of these spacey save the white voice that made myself a conflict , that been assigned to myself upon my release in the year 2000! Clean for ten years but a apologies for not being clean since the year 1933 . Drone tech space invaders political talking that is but black life matters , facts and the pursuit of happiness - change. Something ghost do or do not suppose to do twerking , or on long fiendish trips of commuting nature. Then it starts to loosen bolts with the cult power urgency. I am a driver but a forced driver , human first. Stop! Newark - Neptune New Jersey , can not forget east orange . My old pre - ignorance days of not knowing ( judges)!
@user-bo8sl2vz1g
@user-bo8sl2vz1g 4 місяці тому
🎉Heard a mourning science lab escape make a fleeting truck to car exterior sound approximately 7:40 indivisible mechanic in response business front of the white human . His truck a earlier model but all the same it's amnesia when the arrive on the scene after a democratic talkative of future harmony for the kids I desire to have and our future ? Pre- meditated from not approving to run over or at least cause I scene back at the office for a sixteen year old drone , human and political hatred . Nightmare . There is a lot of people that our innocent of crimes out there." If only I had a voice non mixed with past stolen or narrowed bartered voice mr. Congressman an president . Could have had his ☕ first. It does odd favors for crack . Imagine a ghost orders the above for petty crack from the man . Where the only thing urban legion white woods is a escape goat , ghost and crack pipe from the year 1933! And as a non knowing child who was given life at the age of twenty one and been clean since has been assigned one of these spacey save the white voice that made myself a conflict , that been assigned to myself upon my release in the year 2000! Clean for ten years but a apologies for not being clean since the year 1933 . Drone tech space invaders political talking that is but black life matters , facts and the pursuit of happiness - change. Something ghost do or do not suppose to do twerking , or on long fiendish trips of commuting nature. Then it starts to loosen bolts with the cult power urgency. I am a driver but a forced driver , human first. Stop! Newark - Neptune New Jersey , can not forget east orange . My old pre - ignorance days of not knowing ( judges)!
@juantu142
@juantu142 15 днів тому
I forgot how epic this video was
@catherinekammerer7094
@catherinekammerer7094 6 днів тому
Rip Thomas always love you 😍
@lhousesoccer
@lhousesoccer 2 роки тому
That bass line though. So chill.
@neil_thomas_aviles
@neil_thomas_aviles 2 роки тому
Its stolen from Liquid Liquid
@lhousesoccer
@lhousesoccer 2 роки тому
@@neil_thomas_aviles Had no idea so searched it up. And yep. Lots of mentioned that Grandmaster sampled it everywhere too. Doesn't look look they tried to hide it.
@johnpaulsen6301
@johnpaulsen6301 Рік тому
Fact this video was made by an unknown Spike Lee when he was in NYU Film School Laurence Fishburne is also in this video! Melly Mel changed the whole rap game with this song before that everyone would just be boying and partying and type s*** he's the one that brought Consciousness and actually made it say something the Great Mall
@jasonsandy5139
@jasonsandy5139 Рік тому
Shout out to Spike! Brooklyn legend!
@vertisriles9082
@vertisriles9082 Рік тому
With Laurence fishburne as the main character
@davidharrison3711
@davidharrison3711 Рік тому
This song takes me back to 1985!!!
@rottie6900
@rottie6900 10 місяців тому
I was saying to myself. That's Lawrence Fishburne in King of New York!
@daytonasayswhat9333
@daytonasayswhat9333 10 місяців тому
He sucks.
@RFED2O
@RFED2O 11 місяців тому
THE GREATEST BREAKDANCING SONG EVER... NOTHING REMOTELY COMES CLOSE !!!
@richiebear1969
@richiebear1969 10 місяців тому
Play At Your Own Risk - Planet Patrol, Planet Rock - Afrikaa Bambataa, Beat Box - Art Of Noize, Clear - Cybotron, Electric Kingdom - Twilight 22
@brooktyler710
@brooktyler710 10 місяців тому
Ever heard of Rockit by Herbie Hancock? That was the breakdance anthem!
@Sheldon-cg8uj
@Sheldon-cg8uj 14 днів тому
White lines will always remind me of my early yrs what a tune it was to
@lindamarzano6042
@lindamarzano6042 Рік тому
the roller skating classic and never dies . clap and spin wooo lol great times of skating n dancing to this
@JohnDoe-zw8vx
@JohnDoe-zw8vx Рік тому
The original "I can't feel my face when I'm with you" 🎉🎉🎉
@michellemquecke2043
@michellemquecke2043 7 місяців тому
I used to rollerskate to this song 🎵, back in the 80's I had a routine to this song! I was just a kid living my best life !
@markbernard8312
@markbernard8312 27 днів тому
thus was one of my first albums when the hip hop craze hit Australia
@katinkakatinka8816
@katinkakatinka8816 2 роки тому
back in the days when music had a message
@ForelliBoy
@ForelliBoy Рік тому
and bible thumpers STILL wanted to cancel it. some things will never change...
@rickyhunt4075
@rickyhunt4075 Рік тому
Still does
@Tiger10238
@Tiger10238 Рік тому
lol.... yeah back then,... had noooooo clue what this song meant... it was and still is one of my favorite
@davidmurphy2903
@davidmurphy2903 Рік тому
@@ForelliBoy as a Christian, I believe this song has a powerful message to preach against the drug culture and maybe could still be used. I liked how it told the truth of the power of addiction, the need to increase the strength of the hit, and the costs, to the family, society, career. A great track to tell the tale.
@WebleyCrusher
@WebleyCrusher 10 місяців тому
What is the message.
@renzo4296
@renzo4296 2 роки тому
I love this song so much, this brings back so many good memories, so nostalgic to me. Thank you very much.
@medusaspupil
@medusaspupil 2 роки тому
Your comment is very RAD!!! 👍
@davidharrison3711
@davidharrison3711 Рік тому
@@medusaspupil I miss the '80's!!! :(
@jamesgarcia9500
@jamesgarcia9500 Місяць тому
Grand master Flash. Pioneer of rap.
@tambert3897
@tambert3897 Місяць тому
I was listening to this back when I was a small fetus in my mother's womb. I used to jam out to it, especially every Friday.
@pennypay1
@pennypay1 2 роки тому
My friend and I used to get excited and sing it; we were both 12 and didn't know jack about drugs. (Her parents didn't use, and I saw my mom smoke weed and I merely preached about 'lungs turning black'.) She later told me a few of her longtime friends got into coke in the 80s, but she hated it and didn't allow it to be used in our home. It took a few years for me to realize 'White Lines' addressed one of the most devastating epidemics of the 80s. Now we have the opioid crisis. I'm a prescription-painkiller statistic. Maybe someday I'll write a song about those years in active addiction. It IS 'hard as hell to fight it'.
@ramonanatividad8690
@ramonanatividad8690 2 роки тому
Most humblest comment I've read today. I'm a 60 yr female raised in East Los Angeles CA
@maineiacial
@maineiacial 2 роки тому
One Day At A Time sister! #ODAAT
@mattie1200
@mattie1200 2 роки тому
God bless you. I know addiction as well.
@InfectedChris
@InfectedChris 3 роки тому
One of the most legendary tracks addressing one of the worst epidemics of the 80's. You can't count the amount of souls and families destroyed by getting hooked on coke and eventually crack. The same crack which was introduced to cities by the same government claiming to care about us.
@balle733
@balle733 3 роки тому
The song was about cocaine not crack.
@InfectedChris
@InfectedChris 3 роки тому
@@balle733 ......I know that. Did you read my comment where I said coke and THEN crack. Also, if you listen to the song after the chorus, they yell out "Freebase!" which is crack.
@balle733
@balle733 3 роки тому
@@InfectedChris free base is not crack, technically. Crack wasn't even that known when this song came out, but keep yapping
@alianshampoprisioners7056
@alianshampoprisioners7056 3 роки тому
COINTELPRO...??
@alianshampoprisioners7056
@alianshampoprisioners7056 3 роки тому
@@balle733... You wrong.
@stevendimmock4791
@stevendimmock4791 8 місяців тому
One of the best. From time to time I always come back to this classic.
@galwaytribesman9289
@galwaytribesman9289 8 місяців тому
One of the catchiest basslines ever
@simplyb2954
@simplyb2954 Рік тому
Forever in the top 5 of hip hop songs you just cant F with. Long live the feeling of this back in the day. Whos holding??
@righteousbrother9402
@righteousbrother9402 2 роки тому
This video used to terrify me when I was a little guy but boy did I love the song.💟😢
@maineiacial
@maineiacial 2 роки тому
It was supposed to.
@RaiderRSupastar
@RaiderRSupastar 8 місяців тому
A rap jam with serious message
@bastymanguy
@bastymanguy 9 місяців тому
I think it’s this guy’s best song
@naomithemarketer
@naomithemarketer 3 роки тому
Omgosh 😃What a blast from the past!!! I was about 4 or 5 y/o, I was caught singing just the hook and got my ass whooped over this song😏
@jumaineadams9152
@jumaineadams9152 3 роки тому
Damn
@T-Bag13
@T-Bag13 3 роки тому
It was worth it though.
@A4ANT
@A4ANT 3 роки тому
Dayum all these years just clocked what this song was about... only cause I’m listening to it again for sooo long 🤣
@stacyslater4368
@stacyslater4368 3 роки тому
Me too I didn't know what I was saying but my sister said ohhhhh I'm telling momma
@GammaFitInc
@GammaFitInc 3 роки тому
I was just as guilty, Naomi, haha.
@ronaldmurphy394
@ronaldmurphy394 Рік тому
Melly Mel changed the game. I'm 68, and when rap started it was basicly party music. When my friends and I heard, "don't push me, cause um close to the edge", it resonated with us cause we were in our late twenties and although we had gone to college it was still very difficult to get jobs. In my estimation it was grandmaster Melly Mel who changed the game, a seminal figure in the rap world. They should tear down the statue of liberty and replace it with a giant statue of Melly Mel.
@simonstephen3140
@simonstephen3140 6 місяців тому
or even Melle Mel
@geoleo2597
@geoleo2597 Місяць тому
So much energy this song. I remember it came out during the drug wars. The LAPDs was using tank rams on (cocaine) rock houses, Pablo Escobar was supplying 80% of coca to the USA, and Nancy said “just so no”
@user-mv7we9py3o
@user-mv7we9py3o 8 днів тому
Omg 😮love this song so many memories 1986
@d3kadE905
@d3kadE905 Рік тому
I'm glad I got into the '80s hip-hop as a teen. Loved this shit. I'm 35
@cruelshoes30
@cruelshoes30 2 роки тому
54 HERE...discovering the history of bassist Doug Wimbish who I used to see live with Living Colour in the early 90's. This is THE JAM>
@jesskidd3184
@jesskidd3184 Рік тому
She said yea to you and miss love you have too much good night babe girl friend Jess Ryan love you miss you
@jesskidd3184
@jesskidd3184 Рік тому
Hi babe boyfriend girlfriend
@Private011
@Private011 8 місяців тому
MotherF'in CLASSIC. Old School FOREVER 🔥👊🏽.
@michaelwilliams7707
@michaelwilliams7707 Рік тому
Nostalgia. It's a trip a good trip, feel the music baby
@marklewis1268
@marklewis1268 Рік тому
This song has a very strong meaning!!!! I still love it
@lateshiachilds3640
@lateshiachilds3640 Рік тому
Classic song, I'm 40 I love 80s rap. No cursing needed, just telling a story with lyrics that make sense.
@tynkirbell599
@tynkirbell599 9 місяців тому
Remember groovin to this in clubs Kings Cross Sydney in 1983
@tinkstipsytavern5000
@tinkstipsytavern5000 Рік тому
Wish I had aged as well as this tune, what a classic! .. I was 17 when it was hit here in the UK, where did the years go? 😢
@matthewjames6076
@matthewjames6076 9 місяців тому
yup time flys
@tinkstipsytavern5000
@tinkstipsytavern5000 9 місяців тому
@@matthewjames6076 my son is Matthew James too, he's 33 and still knows he's in trouble if I use his full name 😂
@matthewjames6076
@matthewjames6076 9 місяців тому
@@tinkstipsytavern5000 😂 😂
@spinningninja2
@spinningninja2 Рік тому
Who’s ready for *COCAINE BEAR???*
@dylanh2591
@dylanh2591 Рік тому
We came here for the same reason lol
@nebojsaivanov2283
@nebojsaivanov2283 Рік тому
😮
@STLKRACKER
@STLKRACKER Рік тому
Can't wait!
@STLKRACKER
@STLKRACKER Рік тому
Pablo escoBEAR!
@nativejuicevapors
@nativejuicevapors Рік тому
What’s cocaine bear?
@aaronlattimore9409
@aaronlattimore9409 День тому
May 2024!!! Still Listening!!!
@mr.paulino9318
@mr.paulino9318 9 місяців тому
Gotta respect this classic
@montecristo1845
@montecristo1845 Рік тому
Didn’t hear this song when it was new and I was young (sheltered life in a small town) but had to seek it out after watching Shaun of the Dead!
@Danstraightedge
@Danstraightedge 2 роки тому
Not heard this in years. Still remembered all the words. 😂
@michelleg9972
@michelleg9972 8 місяців тому
Classic!!!
@stevie324
@stevie324 2 роки тому
OMG, so many of us at dance clubs really had no idea what this was about - it was just such a great danceable song in the 80s!........#happyandclueless
@thiscorrosion900
@thiscorrosion900 4 місяці тому
Seriously? It says "freebase!" in the chorus! LOL It wasn't about base jumping! LOLLLZZ
@immafaint673
@immafaint673 Рік тому
This always got me on the dance floor🤣
@colibriverde
@colibriverde 7 місяців тому
For my friends & I in the '80's- This was an anthem not an anti-drug song. We played this when we got high!
@williamfarley8434
@williamfarley8434 Рік тому
Get HIGHER BABY 🐻 🚑
@Terrance-vu2jg
@Terrance-vu2jg 2 місяці тому
😂😮
@reneenayfabulous
@reneenayfabulous Рік тому
These were the good old days! Great times!
@russellgodfrey9677
@russellgodfrey9677 3 дні тому
Timeless classic
@palmtreegirl722
@palmtreegirl722 9 днів тому
This song was HOT at my high school's stomps. A stomp was what we called a dance party. In our high school's auditorium the stage had three huge steps that ran the length of the stage and led down to the floor of the auditorium. The DJ was up on the stage, of course, but dozens of us would line up on the steps to dance to this song. During the chorus of "Freeze! Rock!" we would stop at Freeze! and hold then we'd start dancing again at Rock! We'd do this sort of side to side line dance during most of the song except during "Higher, baby. Get higher, baby..." where we'd raise our arms up slowly until Freebase, do a little jump, then go back to our side to side line dance. It was so much fun! ❤❤❤
@1980VINZ
@1980VINZ 3 роки тому
My childhood............................my mum was getting crazy cause I was destroying my joggings by smurf and break dancing at school with these songs in my head... To me this sound is still so fresh and even way more impactful because I can know understand the lyrics... Big salut from France 🇫🇷 VINZ🙋‍♂️
@alianshampoprisioners7056
@alianshampoprisioners7056 3 роки тому
Smurf is the word...
@vincentmoon4803
@vincentmoon4803 Рік тому
we had this as the song when I carried my dad's coffin into the crematorium we choose it because it was my dad's first record safe to say I wish I listened to ot before we choose it lol barley kept it together walking up the aisle
@Newniche
@Newniche Рік тому
Wow that's dark 😳
@franklinmardy8171
@franklinmardy8171 8 місяців тому
That’s crazy
@ANDRE-sp2mi
@ANDRE-sp2mi Рік тому
🙏🙏🙏love this song. White lines don't do it. Thank God for this song. Truth sell your soul. They should play this song more. Thank God for being sober thank God for my freedom and my health.
@akbarralston9714
@akbarralston9714 7 місяців тому
Blow away he was on point ☝️☝️☝️
@UNDERGROUNDskateco
@UNDERGROUNDskateco 3 роки тому
Classic sample "Cavern" by Liquid Liquid (1981)
@ismaelacci
@ismaelacci 3 роки тому
@Antonovich Mogilevich wow, still hear cavern cavern you too ? I heared it like three hours ago me too !
@Damienfesowicz
@Damienfesowicz 3 роки тому
Coke n hookers woah 😨
@marknewbold2583
@marknewbold2583 3 роки тому
Not a sample
@UNDERGROUNDskateco
@UNDERGROUNDskateco Рік тому
@@marknewbold2583 replaying something is still a sample my boy
@jenlou3532
@jenlou3532 6 місяців тому
When i shout omg this is my song during a family gathering and everyone just gives me that look. 😂😂
@myfriendscallmelee
@myfriendscallmelee 6 місяців тому
@jenlou3532 HILARIOUS!! 😂😂😂
@user-im7rn9dg8q
@user-im7rn9dg8q 2 місяці тому
Now I have to say, I love love love love 😂 this jam and I am just hoping that you all get from it what I do, smooth, rocking and straight up that the decisions we make at the end of the day, ARE OURS! SO DON'T DO IT, PLEASE LOVE YOURSELF U ARE WORTH IT DON'T EVER COME DOWN😅
@lowerclassbrats77
@lowerclassbrats77 Рік тому
This was a minute before my time. I was raised on NWA, Eazy-E, Too-Short, E-40, Spice-1, and a laundry list if other bay area rappers, but I can totally appreciate and respect this. Huge punk rock fan and the trail blazed here is not dissimilar to that of the Ramones, The Business, Stiff Little Fingers, Sex Pistols, etc...
@VadulTharys
@VadulTharys Рік тому
I was in college when this came out we danced to it in every club
@filbertrocko
@filbertrocko Рік тому
A few moments lol
@monal6158
@monal6158 Рік тому
So your LOST!!!
@thaddeusroberts2393
@thaddeusroberts2393 Рік тому
I was in the East Bay during Punk rock's inception. Mabuhay, Off-broadway, Berkeley Square, Ruthie's... I saw the Ramones about 3 times. Once at the Fillmore.
@olajuwonspears9448
@olajuwonspears9448 Рік тому
Fuckin love music from the bay area so much history blessed to be from there (still here )
@itsrodrig8051
@itsrodrig8051 2 роки тому
Y’all was wild back then yo. I’m 21 now and I just always try to wonder what y’all was on before I was born 😂
@elizabethhein4261
@elizabethhein4261 2 роки тому
U don't want to know
@jpk5148
@jpk5148 2 роки тому
My Saturday night was spent raving - 94-2000! 🥳
@October3074
@October3074 2 роки тому
😄😄😄😄
@reggietherabbit8886
@reggietherabbit8886 2 роки тому
itsrodrig I'm same age born in 2000, I kinda wish I lived back then but then again it would have been too wild for me.🤣
@headedforthegrammys
@headedforthegrammys 2 роки тому
This comment is gold and all of the responses as well 🤣🤣🤣
@jonm2438
@jonm2438 Рік тому
My go too Karaoke song. Depending on the crowd It brings the house down
@bigfeastproductions4635
@bigfeastproductions4635 Рік тому
First heard in my teens.. always loved the music.. was grasping to search for this again and found it.. song is funtastic.. genius creation.. the best rap song for me..
@jfs13
@jfs13 10 місяців тому
HUNTER!!!❄🤍❄🤍❄🤍❄🥳❄❄
@RGF91
@RGF91 Рік тому
the theme song for a coked out 🐻
@tyson8209
@tyson8209 Рік тому
Yep
@john22jade
@john22jade 2 місяці тому
Classic will never die
@gcw2007
@gcw2007 2 місяці тому
No way there was a video for this OMG
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