Geto Boys - Mind Playing Tricks On Me (Official Video) [Explicit]

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  • Geto Boys - Mind Playing Tricks On Me (Video) from the album 'We Can't Be Stopped' (1991)
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    Lyrics:
    I sit alone in my four-cornered room staring at candles
    Oh that sh*it is on?
    Let me drop some sh*it like this here, real smooth
    At night I can't sleep, I toss and turn
    Candlesticks in the dark, visions of bodies being burned
    Four walls just staring at a n*gga
    I'm paranoid, sleeping with my finger on the trigger
    My mother's always stressin' I ain't living right
    But I ain't goin' out without a fight
    See, every time my eyes close
    I start sweating and blood starts coming out my nose
    It's somebody watching the Ak'
    But I don't know who it is so I'm watching my back
    I can see him when I'm deep in the covers
    When I awake I don't see the motherf*cker
    He owns a black hat like I own
    A black suit and a cane like my own
    Some might say take a chill, B
    But f*ck that sh*it, there's a n*gga trying to kill me
    I'm popping in the clip when the wind blows
    Every twenty seconds got me peeping out my window
    Investigating the joint for traps
    Checking my telephone for taps
    I'm staring at the woman on the corner
    It's f*cked up when your mind's playing tricks on ya
    I make big money
    I drive big cars
    Everybody know me
    It's like I'm a movie star
    But late at night something ain't right
    I feel I'm being tailed by the same sucker's headlights
    Is it that fool that I ran off the block
    Or is it that n*gga last week that I shot
    Or is it the one I beat for five thousand dollars
    Thought he had caine but it was Gold Medal flour
    Reached under my seat, grabbed my popper for the suckers
    Ain't no use to me lying
    I was scareder than a motherf*cker
    Hooked a left into Popeye's and bailed out quick
    If it's going down let's get this sh*it over with
    Here they come just like I figured
    I got my hand on the motherf*cking trigger
    What I saw'll make your ass start giggling
    Three blind, crippled and crazy senior citizens
    I live by the sword
    I take my boys everywhere I go because I'm paranoid
    I keep looking over my shoulder and peeping around corners
    My mind is playing tricks on me
    Day by day it's more impossible to cope
    I feel like I'm the one that's doing dope
    Can't keep a steady hand because I'm nervous
    Every Sunday morning I'm in service
    Praying for forgiveness
    And trying to find an exit out the business
    I know the Lord is lookin' at me
    But yet and still it's hard for me to feel happy
    I often drift when I drive
    Having fatal thoughts of suicide
    Bang and get it over with
    And then I'm worry-free, but that's bullsh*it
    I got a little boy to look after
    And if I died then my child would be a bastard
    I had a woman down with me
    But to me it seemed like she was down to get me
    She helped me out in this sh*it
    But to me she was just another b*tch
    Now she's back with her mother
    Now I'm realizing that I love her
    Now I'm feeling lonely
    My mind is playing tricks on me
    This year Halloween fell on a weekend
    Me and Geto Boys are trick-or-treating
    Robbing little kids for bags
    Till a old man got behind our a*s
    So we speeded up the pace
    Took a look back and he was right before our face
    He'd be in for a squabble no doubt
    So I swung and hit the n*gga in his mouth
    He was going down we figured
    But this wasn't no ordinary n*gga
    He stood about six or seven feet
    Now that's the n*gga I'd be seeing in my sleep
    So we triple-teamed on him
    Dropping them motherf*cking B's on him
    The more I swung, the more blood flew
    Then he disappeared and my boys disappeared too
    Then I felt just like a fiend
    It wasn't even close to Halloween
    It was dark as f*ck on the streets
    My hands were all bloody, from punching on the concrete
    God damn homey
    My mind is playing tricks on me
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Комментарии • 13 тыс.

  • @askariseraphim
    @askariseraphim 3 года назад +12267

    This is how gangsta's talk about mental health..

    • @robolasher
      @robolasher 3 года назад +601

      Hits me emotionally too. Especially in these days

    • @IBeLady
      @IBeLady 3 года назад +171

      True lol

    • @osooyabun2701
      @osooyabun2701 3 года назад +314

      This song always hits it's more than just a good song it's a message.

    • @sladerhunter3540
      @sladerhunter3540 3 года назад +137

      real g shit

    • @angusmiles6462
      @angusmiles6462 3 года назад +72

      FAX

  • @BDeity
    @BDeity 4 года назад +5923

    1st verse: Delusion
    2nd verse: Paranoia
    3rd verse: Regret
    4th verse: Blackout
    The true stages of grief.

    • @raleighwashington601
      @raleighwashington601 4 года назад +85

      True

    • @optimaprime8970
      @optimaprime8970 4 года назад +69

      Facts

    • @hassancruz3513
      @hassancruz3513 4 года назад +71

      You sums it all 👌🏾

    • @ToneSupreme
      @ToneSupreme 4 года назад +171

      Bro Grief is Denial,Anger,Bargaining,Depression, Acceptance 😂😂😂😂

    • @optimaprime8970
      @optimaprime8970 4 года назад +145

      @@ToneSupreme everyone interprets the process differently. Especially through song. Not everything fits clinical description. Obviously 250 plus people agree so he can't be that far off the mark.

  • @aristotleenjoyer
    @aristotleenjoyer 8 месяцев назад +609

    My brother suffered from schizophrenia before he died. In times of clarity, he was able to explain his feelings to me in a cogent way. Of every piece of media ever created, this is the one that I think accurately depicts what he described to me. If you know someone suffering from that horrible disease, pay close attention to this song. And please pray for everyone suffering from that horrible horrible affliction.

    • @midgettenanooteeeyy8544
      @midgettenanooteeeyy8544 8 месяцев назад +25

      Sorry to hear that hopefully you doing better now

    • @FukcAUsername
      @FukcAUsername 8 месяцев назад +24

      God bless bro. I always find strength in knowing this world is only temporary.

    • @ChevyCamaro9889
      @ChevyCamaro9889 8 месяцев назад +15

      sorry for your loss dude

    • @tango9601
      @tango9601 8 месяцев назад +8

      I heard all of the verses were written from the POV of the same person ...

    • @hollistallard
      @hollistallard 7 месяцев назад +7

      Hope your brother is at Peace now 🕊

  • @fatboi9391
    @fatboi9391 3 месяца назад +860

    Who’s here in 2024

  • @lucasmarques3177
    @lucasmarques3177 3 года назад +4827

    The guy who made this beat is a fucking legend

    • @intothevoid9604
      @intothevoid9604 3 года назад +436

      Scarface's the producer

    • @LV2308gmail
      @LV2308gmail 3 года назад +72

      On Gawd

    • @jimbo2237
      @jimbo2237 3 года назад +314

      It’s a changed sample from Hung up on my baby by Isaac Hayes

    • @raplover3881
      @raplover3881 3 года назад +64

      Thanks I tried my best

    • @bent8925
      @bent8925 3 года назад +35

      It’s a Scarface sample there’s playlists

  • @isaacpeachey8609
    @isaacpeachey8609 4 года назад +10210

    This song is really ahead of it’s time lyrically. When most rappers would laugh at the flaws and weaknesses of others, these guys were talking about real mental health problems.

    • @Super000x000
      @Super000x000 4 года назад +296

      It is also because is one of the first songs about something that rappers started to talked about way later.

    • @jy5254
      @jy5254 4 года назад +224

      This a classic tweaker song

    • @russellgordon6716
      @russellgordon6716 4 года назад +17

      Fuu

    • @stutterrampski2777
      @stutterrampski2777 4 года назад +33

      FACTS💯👀

    • @skrttboy9146
      @skrttboy9146 4 года назад +123

      This song is not ahead of time! mental illness has always been there.. Especially for minorities

  • @Eaglesgirl80
    @Eaglesgirl80 16 дней назад +70

    Who is here in 2024 ???🔥🔥🔥

    • @Mr_A58
      @Mr_A58 7 дней назад +4

      I'm Here bro and listening from Germany

    • @waynemartin5784
      @waynemartin5784 7 дней назад

      Right now nigga💯💪🏽🔥🔥

    • @user-vw4bq9gb2s
      @user-vw4bq9gb2s 6 дней назад

      Yo momma dresses you funny

    • @Spaghettiojones
      @Spaghettiojones 6 дней назад +2

      All day!!!

    • @Eaglesgirl80
      @Eaglesgirl80 6 дней назад

      @user-vw4bq9gb2s Says the hater...and my age my mother doesn't dress me, and the wildest part SHE'S DE@D sooo yeah FU@K OFF AND GO BIRD 💚💚💚🦅🦅🦅

  • @rogeralmeida3212
    @rogeralmeida3212 4 месяца назад +118

    90s was the golden age in rap I dont care what anybody says

  • @shiah1313
    @shiah1313 3 года назад +1701

    This is one of the hardest songs ever recorded.

  • @joahangallardo4802
    @joahangallardo4802 4 года назад +5369

    Whoever is still rocking this y’all some real ones respect for y’all!

    • @anitamaghuyop2930
      @anitamaghuyop2930 4 года назад +6

      @Eric Williams aààaaaaaààaaaaaààaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

    • @anitamaghuyop2930
      @anitamaghuyop2930 4 года назад +15

      I do love you kids

    • @joahangallardo4802
      @joahangallardo4802 4 года назад +11

      Sick

    • @joahangallardo4802
      @joahangallardo4802 4 года назад +9

      Wassup guys 👋🏽

    • @chrisanwatchmework8233
      @chrisanwatchmework8233 4 года назад +9

      What up fam... #ADeadBushwickIsStillBetterThanTodaysRap

  • @etherashe5164
    @etherashe5164 6 месяцев назад +77

    I'll take Geto boys over any new-school wannabe's any day.

  • @nikoflow_fm9541
    @nikoflow_fm9541 2 месяца назад +58

    One of the most important songs ever written

    • @lifevest1
      @lifevest1 13 дней назад +1

      Old school rap: Raps about actual struggle and stories of hardship.
      New school: "Hey maybe if we rap fast enough and mumble no one will know we can't rap."

    • @jepthawilliams8413
      @jepthawilliams8413 12 дней назад

      Paranoia

  • @Ro-pk7xf
    @Ro-pk7xf 3 года назад +2524

    Who's ever looking at this in 2021 repesects the history of Hip-hop.

    • @jahvzz
      @jahvzz 3 года назад +14

      Meeeee

    • @ShakeebBinRahman
      @ShakeebBinRahman 3 года назад +11

      me too! i discovered some dope artists. the show is awesome

    • @johnmurphy6556
      @johnmurphy6556 3 года назад +14

      If I didn't then my mind would be playing tricks on me!

    • @Sasquatchmedic
      @Sasquatchmedic 3 года назад +3

      listening is better!

    • @DJRyanWatts
      @DJRyanWatts 3 года назад +12

      I’m 40 so I’m just reminiscing

  • @amuroray9115
    @amuroray9115 Год назад +1644

    This song was really ahead of its time. Admitting personal weaknesses like suicidal thoughts and being lonely are things most rap songs never did back then.

    • @HarryBalzak
      @HarryBalzak Год назад +2

      WTF are you talking about? Old school hip hop is full of real shit.

    • @alexb5812
      @alexb5812 Год назад +6

      @@HarryBalzaklmfaooo he so slow

    • @freddieboo.45
      @freddieboo.45 11 месяцев назад +37

      This song is one of a kind! Nobody will make anything close to this.. this is a Masterpeace with real lyrics...
      I'm typing too much, I guess my mind is playing tricks on me 😮

    • @jjmanzano9
      @jjmanzano9 10 месяцев назад +55

      I always thought “now I’m realizing that I love her” was such a powerful line. He recognizes his own faults and poor judgment. But it’s too late

    • @nadwaga796
      @nadwaga796 9 месяцев назад +15

      Biggie did a track called exactly "suicidal thoughts"

  • @allenschmitz9644
    @allenschmitz9644 4 месяца назад +69

    RIP Bushwick Bill all the craazy 90's times..

  • @jpkaneshida5075
    @jpkaneshida5075 6 месяцев назад +148

    When it first dropped, I made a CD of nothing but this cut. Had a brand new Explorer, and went cruising LA at night with my little bro and cousins, all night just bumped this and no one complained.
    We couldn't get enough.
    It's at least top 5 greatest hip hop songs of all times.

    • @mi81tkne47
      @mi81tkne47 5 месяцев назад +3

      That's a cool story man. I agree one of the top 5 and as real as it gets. I could definitely bump to this while cruising and talking to girls.

    • @Johnjohn-dt6hw
      @Johnjohn-dt6hw 5 месяцев назад +2

      You ain't lying my friend

    • @ayandazikali7450
      @ayandazikali7450 2 месяца назад

      No one complained.

  • @moodyblues5150
    @moodyblues5150 3 года назад +1388

    The more I swung, the more blood flew, then he disappeared and my boys disappeared too. Then I felt just like a feind, it wasn't even close to Halloween. It was dark as fuck on the streets, my hands were all bloody, from punching on the concrete.
    One one the dopest rhymes ever recorded. For some reason I feel emotional during that part. It's a man literally losing his mind to the paranoia of the street life... Some real shit.

  • @Christian-se5si
    @Christian-se5si 3 года назад +5048

    Man this hits different when your mind is playing tricks on you...

    • @shaye-uv6tw
      @shaye-uv6tw 3 года назад +205

      FR dog, had a situation with a group a few days ago, mind really does play tricks on you, so easy to think everyone is always trying to get revenge / hurt you. this group almost ruined my life lmao, now my minds playing tricks on me making me paranoid as fuck

    • @carmo6797
      @carmo6797 3 года назад +65

      @@shaye-uv6tw God bless

    • @DixieSchizo
      @DixieSchizo 3 года назад +74

      I always think helicopters are the police

    • @CarlosFourTwenty
      @CarlosFourTwenty 3 года назад +23

      Man that's dope, as it should!

    • @LT-sv4qm
      @LT-sv4qm 3 года назад +47

      Every time the door goes or car doors slams outside the house thinking its the police, not a good feeling being paranoid

  • @satchmo2
    @satchmo2 7 месяцев назад +58

    I think this is the best hip hop song about mental illness ever. They hit the anxiety and paranoia on point.

  • @vsaminat
    @vsaminat 5 месяцев назад +33

    The way the lyrics paint a picture is poetry

  • @mybocks3
    @mybocks3 Год назад +2148

    Seriously might be the greatest hip-hop song of all-time. Discusses trust issues, hood life, mental health, and ends with a plot twist. Hard beat, great lyrics. Should be talked about more.

    • @exelmans8855
      @exelmans8855 Год назад +55

      This is the greatest rap song ever.

    • @amuroray9115
      @amuroray9115 Год назад +38

      This is my favorite rap song ever.

    • @ghostwriter1415
      @ghostwriter1415 Год назад +15

      it's not until time passes that one can really appreciate music. At the time I was to busy being a hardcore honky, but now all of my peckerwood friends that are still alive, love this song!

    • @AK-fr5zv
      @AK-fr5zv Год назад +20

      I mean, his reason for writing this was amphetamine-induced paranoia, but as a paranoid schizophrenic I really identify with this...

    • @mybocks3
      @mybocks3 Год назад +2

      @AK-fr5zv add drug use to my list and this song just keeps getting better.

  • @checkout5017
    @checkout5017 2 года назад +3149

    This is what real rap is. Talking about real shit that people go through, struggling with mental health issues and paranoia caused from living in world full of danger, drugs and violence.
    One of those songs you really got to just sit and Listen to. Respect

    • @2ndlifeseekers282
      @2ndlifeseekers282 2 года назад +90

      I'm white and we have our struggles too, like parking tickets, being cut in front at Starbucks,etc..the struggle is real

    • @TheStandardBearer
      @TheStandardBearer 2 года назад +63

      True rap is the representation of our daily lives. Our dreams, fears, environment and more. Our stories told with skillfully made lyrical poetry and beats.

    • @soumayab1836
      @soumayab1836 2 года назад +9

      I love these kinds of songs recomend us some if you know any

    • @ofimportance5458
      @ofimportance5458 2 года назад +32

      You don't determine what real rap is. All rapid forms are valid, it's one of the most diverse musical genres for this reason.

    • @eliotguerin192
      @eliotguerin192 2 года назад +8

      This is one of those songs i always liked, but as i grow older and go through more struggles it brings a tear to my eye...you can hear Scarface looking fear, paranoia, and insanity in the face and hes just telling it exactly how it is

  • @kevinf555
    @kevinf555 6 месяцев назад +87

    One of the best rap songs ever made. There was some sort of devine intervention when this track was created. A timeless classic.

    • @liamcleckley4534
      @liamcleckley4534 4 месяца назад +1

      kevinf555 that what im going through every night big bruh

  • @Ridikuluzt
    @Ridikuluzt 6 месяцев назад +109

    I’m convinced this song is one of the greatest songs in the history of music! Doesn’t even matter the genre. This track is a masterpiece, and you couldn’t convince me it’s not. Everything about this song is timeless. And so many songs and music is usually forgotten, but, this song continues to live on! Salute, to one of the greatest songs or (rap songs) of all-time!

    • @troybeck420
      @troybeck420 6 месяцев назад +4

      I've been listening to this since I was 14 now 44 and listening tonight it is a classic

    • @jonastronaut2942
      @jonastronaut2942 5 месяцев назад +1

      your mind is playing tricks on you.

    • @traviscline6919
      @traviscline6919 3 месяца назад +2

      Feel ya bruh. Song never ages. I bought it in 91and cherished it. Must of listened to it 1000 times or more and still can't get enough.

    • @traviscline6919
      @traviscline6919 3 месяца назад

      Its an Isaac Hayes sample too.

  • @MSantosMusic
    @MSantosMusic 3 года назад +904

    Geto Boys really rapped about mental health and made it into a classic.

    • @Ken-iu2zp
      @Ken-iu2zp 3 года назад +5

      Yup

    • @drdashboy4175
      @drdashboy4175 3 года назад +4

      I know right this is my favorite song 🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💪💪💪

    • @Jumpyluff
      @Jumpyluff 3 года назад +1

      +
      :L?Kj.h,mgnbfvfc xz

    • @megamoneyk
      @megamoneyk 3 года назад +10

      I never thought about that. I thought he was talking about being high and paranoid.

    • @DEVIL-yf3bn
      @DEVIL-yf3bn 3 года назад +1

      @@megamoneyk mind playin' trick's on me

  • @willd.8040
    @willd.8040 11 месяцев назад +973

    This is hip hop at its best. Story-telling, beats, it's a real masterpiece. This was so big when it came out in 91.

    • @tyliekinc.
      @tyliekinc. 10 месяцев назад +8

      It was a #23 Hit on the US charts, was this on mTV & BET??

    • @cruz8458
      @cruz8458 10 месяцев назад +12

      And still is ..real houston street talk

    • @grillaintehemma
      @grillaintehemma 9 месяцев назад

      What do you mean by this comment?

    • @khayamfo4911
      @khayamfo4911 8 месяцев назад

      This is the only hip hop rap I like

    • @kevinbell1138
      @kevinbell1138 8 месяцев назад +2

      WAY simpler times for real.

  • @MikeyShell
    @MikeyShell 2 месяца назад +13

    No auto tune vocals, great instrumentals, lyrics that tell a powerful story, bring back the good old days of rap/hip hop!

  • @ZenLoveX
    @ZenLoveX 8 месяцев назад +102

    One of those songs you just never let go of in life because of just how real it is. It just hits so hard

    • @earthsurgery1237
      @earthsurgery1237 2 месяца назад +1

      I always come back to it every few months

  • @chrisv.noire.6388
    @chrisv.noire.6388 3 года назад +2197

    This is not a song. Its a psychology lecture with some hard rhythm added to it.

    • @daniellane753
      @daniellane753 3 года назад +39

      It's a jam. For some it's a real life problem. Minds play tricks on me. All time favorite ri/ cheer.

    • @Furfaranddis
      @Furfaranddis 3 года назад +9

      The guilty conscience

    • @josephinemarieclayton7254
      @josephinemarieclayton7254 3 года назад +11

      It's both actually. Kind of cool really I think.

    • @hippiehairstylist
      @hippiehairstylist 3 года назад +4

      Lecture or story? Lol

    • @hippiehairstylist
      @hippiehairstylist 3 года назад +9

      @shafta99 he's schizophrenic. He's got all the signs

  • @steelhere5519
    @steelhere5519 4 года назад +1893

    "This year Halloween fell on a weekend" - Saturday, October 31, 2020.

  • @cake9963
    @cake9963 2 месяца назад +22

    Bro this song is so criminally underrated now

    • @HiANDparanoid
      @HiANDparanoid Месяц назад

      Aye you’re hella recent 💪🏽

    • @cake9963
      @cake9963 Месяц назад +1

      @@HiANDparanoid been listening to it for a long while now, in comparison to my age

    • @e14ee
      @e14ee 6 дней назад

      considered one of the great hip hop songs of all time but yeah it’s underrated you 10 year old

  • @xWrongButtonx
    @xWrongButtonx 9 месяцев назад +72

    One of the best hip- hop songs ever written and performed. 30+ years later still rings fresh!

  • @jessenunez7205
    @jessenunez7205 3 года назад +2085

    The older I get the more I understand this song. Especially the third verse
    Edit: doing better in life rn but this verse still hits hard. Whether I’m having a bad day or bad memories creep up in my head this is always my go to song and I repeat the verse multiple times

    • @carmo6797
      @carmo6797 3 года назад +107

      Keep pushing man Gods got you

    • @jessenunez7205
      @jessenunez7205 3 года назад +55

      @@carmo6797 thanks man. God bless you

    • @chancregister2714
      @chancregister2714 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/buf5vwCx29M/видео.html

    • @daniels1263
      @daniels1263 3 года назад +32

      It’s a masterpiece

    • @BlacckChrome
      @BlacckChrome 3 года назад +32

      Try to find an exit out the business

  • @joshz2877
    @joshz2877 4 года назад +756

    To those who stopped here to give this a listen. I tip my cap to you for respecting a time when rap actually meant something.

    • @hiesenburg669
      @hiesenburg669 4 года назад +10

      This new mumble rap is garbage

    • @emana.9954
      @emana.9954 4 года назад +13

      @@hiesenburg669 There is still good rappers

    • @tyinnocent2470
      @tyinnocent2470 4 года назад +13

      Emmanuel Andrade People just like to complain about current music

    • @emana.9954
      @emana.9954 4 года назад +14

      @@tyinnocent2470 Ik it's pretty annoying. They act like every rapper back then was good. It's the same thing now just different beats and flows

    • @light167
      @light167 3 года назад +2

      changed SOOO much over the years glad my mom introduced me to og rap music

  • @EastCoast.80
    @EastCoast.80 2 месяца назад +20

    I’m 44 born in 1980, this was the very first Rap Song I ever listened to bk in 1987 growing up in Jacksonville.. Much Respect and One Love💯🌟

    • @thefavoredone1217
      @thefavoredone1217 Месяц назад

      Duuuuuvvvallllll 1980 baby. Hey fellow Duvalien.

    • @Wyllies11
      @Wyllies11 Месяц назад

      One love and peace god baby!

    • @debrapowers2173
      @debrapowers2173 Месяц назад

      I feel ya I'm 45 and still listening to this the good Ole days

    • @pamcayce1230
      @pamcayce1230 8 дней назад

      Your timeline is a little off…this came out in 1991 but a classic none the less!! 🤘🏽

  • @hilltophouse
    @hilltophouse Месяц назад +10

    I love the clothing style of the Geto Boys in the early 90s, especially Scarface always wearing suits at that time. This was so authentic, no Hip Hop cliches at all

  • @marquisdawson2815
    @marquisdawson2815 3 года назад +1471

    Damn I didn’t realize how mental health was such an issue for black people back in the early 90s but nobody would ever say that. This video is deep

    • @stedebassett1523
      @stedebassett1523 3 года назад +90

      The pressure of life can cause this.

    • @woaaaaahbuddy9243
      @woaaaaahbuddy9243 3 года назад +83

      @@lexi-xu9jo when did he say that was the only issue we go through bruh :|

    • @jessenunez7205
      @jessenunez7205 3 года назад +79

      @@lexi-xu9jo I think he meant ghetto mental health. Everyone needs to keep a tough image there to survive at the expense of peace and sanity. It sucks. If you don’t make it out then you won’t ever get rid of those problems at the back of your head

    • @laurynwilson2269
      @laurynwilson2269 3 года назад +19

      @@jessenunez7205 please tell me what the FUCK "ghetto mental health" is ....

    • @namedoesntmatter9330
      @namedoesntmatter9330 3 года назад +24

      If you're human no matter color. You'll suffer at some point in life. No one is immune to suffering.

  • @Sade777xx
    @Sade777xx 4 года назад +2355

    whos in quartine n blasting this banger

  • @mafiatwinz6087
    @mafiatwinz6087 8 месяцев назад +14

    This is one of the best storytelling songs ever

  • @user-qn1nq9vm6b
    @user-qn1nq9vm6b 5 месяцев назад +21

    ... A memory I will always remember!.... I was on a bus coming from Toledo 18 years old... Had headphones on listening to a CD but battery was getting low.... so I turned on the radio and i just caught the world premiere of mind playing tricks on me..... I mean I caught the very beginning!... "I sit alone in my four cornered room staring at candles"... Man that song changed my whole outlook on life from that day in July 1991!!.... Timeless is the only word that can describe it!!!..💯

  • @662chillin
    @662chillin 10 месяцев назад +841

    This song is over 30 years ago and it still sounds fresh today
    No hook. Just vibes.

    • @delontebrown-dockery7389
      @delontebrown-dockery7389 10 месяцев назад +4

      🔥🔥😕

    • @patrickburns4821
      @patrickburns4821 7 месяцев назад +11

      This song is one of the only rap songs that the rappers admitted they was scared

    • @samuelpatrickbrigante635
      @samuelpatrickbrigante635 7 месяцев назад +13

      @@patrickburns4821 they chose the perfect instrumental Isaac Hayes "Hung Up On My Baby" is literally my favorite song of all time, followed closely by this

    • @thaterasound
      @thaterasound 6 месяцев назад +30

      The hook is when they say my mind is playing tricks on me and the guitar solo comes. THATS THE HOOK

    • @KernsCJ
      @KernsCJ 6 месяцев назад +4

      Best beat in hip hop history

  • @aconater
    @aconater 2 года назад +1373

    One of the truest hip hop/rap songs ever recorded, R.I.P Bushwick Bill….🙏🏾

    • @angelapolin8080
      @angelapolin8080 2 года назад

      Oh he dead no wonder

    • @Champ6.0
      @Champ6.0 2 года назад

      OH I GUESS HIS MIND WAS NOT PLAYING TRICKS ON HIM LOL HE WAS RLLY GONNA DIE LOL

    • @ralphbrown3383
      @ralphbrown3383 2 года назад +4

      Yes ideed🙏

    • @ralphbrown3383
      @ralphbrown3383 2 года назад +3

      @@angelapolin8080 U dushbag😡

    • @russelladams7134
      @russelladams7134 2 года назад +29

      @@ralphbrown3383 Bushwick Bill died of pancreatic cancer. The same disease that congressman John Lewis died from. John Lewis is a civil rights activist who marched with Dr. Martin Luther King. Rest in peace Bushwick Bill and John Lewis.

  • @DCTurner396
    @DCTurner396 4 месяца назад +12

    “I sit alone in my four cornered room staring at candles. B Sigel 🙌🏾” I felt this HARD.

  • @RonReederDigstheUniverse
    @RonReederDigstheUniverse 2 месяца назад +6

    This song is so incredible.

  • @tcg9877
    @tcg9877 3 года назад +1864

    This song doesn't need a video. It paints a perfect picture in my mind, the story telling is very well done.

    • @DialloMoore503
      @DialloMoore503 3 года назад +44

      It encapsulates life in the hood during those days perfectly.

    • @ToddJohnson15
      @ToddJohnson15 2 года назад +59

      The video actually detracts from the song, because the pictures you paint in your own head while listening are far more powerful.

    • @RazielRodriguezz
      @RazielRodriguezz 2 года назад +26

      I disagree. This video is so good and horror movie inspired I love it. But I do say listen to the song first if you never heard it before then watch the video.

    • @ivan-sr9rv
      @ivan-sr9rv 2 года назад +6

      i second this strongly. they do it so well & seamless that i often just caught myself visualizing the whole song in my mind

    • @rolandwashington1338
      @rolandwashington1338 2 года назад

      Right

  • @andrewberger4006
    @andrewberger4006 5 лет назад +2857

    I'm white. I'm 50. I believe this to be one of the greatest songs ever. If you dont know, I cant explain it to you. This is transcendic and timeless epicness.

  • @ramsesstafford4640
    @ramsesstafford4640 10 месяцев назад +23

    I remember when this song came out you would literally hear 10 to 20 different cars bumping this down the street a day. I'm 45 and this song takes me back to good times.

  • @evelina1124
    @evelina1124 2 месяца назад +6

    This song hits so much deeper as an adult. What an amazing hip hop song! 🔥🔥

  • @louiedangelo3843
    @louiedangelo3843 5 лет назад +605

    one of the sickest beats..

    • @rachelr3230
      @rachelr3230 5 лет назад +2

      ain't it tho!

    • @ColeTrainPhenomenalcrew
      @ColeTrainPhenomenalcrew 4 года назад

      Louie D'angelo Yes!! I love this

    • @billyboy7379
      @billyboy7379 4 года назад +14

      Hung up on my baby - Isaac Hayes, give it a listen and see if it sounds familiar

    • @retromatic588
      @retromatic588 4 года назад +8

      Scarface himself produced it too 🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @irishpride4688
      @irishpride4688 4 года назад +2

      Hardest ever

  • @StonedMeadowOfDoom
    @StonedMeadowOfDoom 3 года назад +1970

    This might just be the best Rap song ever recorded

    • @mothmen1399
      @mothmen1399 3 года назад +58

      Best rap beat maybe but not song

    • @anthonyallen2244
      @anthonyallen2244 3 года назад +66

      It's probably a top 10-15 all-time hip-hop/rap song. At least it was considered that about 20 years ago.

    • @hunchozworld
      @hunchozworld 3 года назад +29

      Might? it Is

    • @arjanmandemakeram
      @arjanmandemakeram 3 года назад +8

      @@anthonyallen2244 what.. get out of here.

    • @shtmlf1260
      @shtmlf1260 3 года назад

      Nahh

  • @caseyalexander2244
    @caseyalexander2244 9 месяцев назад +42

    One of the best sampled instrumentals of all time. Right up there with 'Today Was A Good Day'

    • @Yuhyeauhuhsurebuddy1
      @Yuhyeauhuhsurebuddy1 3 месяца назад

      This song was kinda the anti-anthem to Ice Cubes song.
      While Ice Cube rapped about a good day in the hood, Geto Boys rapped about the hell they lived in while in the hood

  • @XpertGravity
    @XpertGravity Месяц назад +6

    Hip hop just does not hit like this anymore. Metal head from the 90s here and this is art to me.

  • @vplanet_6975
    @vplanet_6975 3 года назад +839

    This is true rap. Poetry.

    • @esco1389
      @esco1389 3 года назад +23

      They are telling us a valid life story, most rappers just talk jibberish. God how I miss the 90’s

    • @vplanet_6975
      @vplanet_6975 3 года назад +5

      @@esco1389 I was born in the newer generation but my music soul is in the 90’s and all the way back.

    • @drdashboy4175
      @drdashboy4175 3 года назад +1

      I know right

    • @susanwojcickiisasshoe6097
      @susanwojcickiisasshoe6097 3 года назад +4

      Old school hip hop and underground hip hop is where the genre is kept real. The mainstream is absolute crap (with the exception of young cats like Kendrick and Logic).

    • @ceceliadonerson3628
      @ceceliadonerson3628 3 года назад +2

      Amen

  • @zero1fifty8
    @zero1fifty8 4 года назад +502

    One of the greatest rap songs of all time

    • @weety82
      @weety82 3 года назад +5

      Hell yeah

    • @jaydenn..9237
      @jaydenn..9237 3 года назад +4

      Definitely

    • @bigcee8393
      @bigcee8393 3 года назад +4

      Yup.Shit is real too.Hits home for me.

    • @5KRAKEN5
      @5KRAKEN5 3 года назад +3

      #agreed 👍🏽👍🏽✊🏽💪🏽 #HoustonTx

    • @TLibra-bc4tu
      @TLibra-bc4tu 3 года назад +1

      Pepe Aguilar sure not

  • @Gildedbutterfly1976
    @Gildedbutterfly1976 Месяц назад +5

    The Golden Era of Rap and Hip Hop! 🙌🏼

  • @delismyname3866
    @delismyname3866 4 месяца назад +6

    They were bringing awareness of mental health issues way back then…still one of my favorite jams bumps like that 💯

  • @venomouscontent8473
    @venomouscontent8473 Год назад +615

    Scarface had one of the best voices in rap. Geto Boys are legends and changed hip-hop forever. RIP Bushwick

    • @Crystal-dr2xi
      @Crystal-dr2xi Год назад +6

      "Has" he ain't dead homie

    • @alistent21
      @alistent21 Год назад +1

      No they had a Rat in the group

    • @lj9436
      @lj9436 Год назад +8

      @@alistent21 no one cares

    • @alistent21
      @alistent21 Год назад

      @@lj9436 still don't change that he a rat

    • @Shawn-mo6dh
      @Shawn-mo6dh Год назад +1

      Bushwick 💰🎤🎤💰

  • @kesm66
    @kesm66 2 года назад +1308

    Arguably one the best hip hop tracks ever made.✌🏽

  • @user-bg8qu9ty4n
    @user-bg8qu9ty4n Месяц назад +3

    I was just listening to the Andrew Huberman interview with Rick Rubin where he was talking about being Geto Boy's producer... their haunting lyrical style and sound were a big deviation from established hip-hop at the time, a lot of people believe this is where the genre of horrorcore was born. This track is haunting to say the least, a dark look into the true nightmare of drug addiction.

  • @SDSOverfiend
    @SDSOverfiend 6 месяцев назад +43

    Scarface Verse hit home for me so hard right now. 😢 I felt that same way for the last year and a half due to ptsd and anxiety. Missing work, Financially facing economic harm. It all came to a head one night when Bushwick Bill verse actually happened in my sleep and I punched the wall trying to get at somebody I had a dream about. Fucked my hand up but I didn’t break anything thank god. My BM didn’t understand that. See.. My brother was killed and I dreamt about the Kid who did it being within arms reach. She think it’s some Shit I can just get over. Refusing to understand my mother Died shortly afterwards from a broken heart after beating cancer ain’t something to you recover from easily. It was a 2 for 1. Thank God for therapy. It helps.. but I gotta do the rest. Sending strength and love to every and anybody going through mental Illness and bad nerves.💙🙏🏾

    • @awokeninsanity
      @awokeninsanity 6 месяцев назад +2

      I hope you are well now. I would never wish that things happened to you would happen to anyone else. God bless.

    • @RayShoesmith-yl4so
      @RayShoesmith-yl4so 6 месяцев назад +2

      Stay strong man. Takes strength to go through therapy, try to improve yourself. Wish you well!

    • @SDSOverfiend
      @SDSOverfiend 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@awokeninsanity Happy New Years First and Foremost‼️🫡 Thank you. I truly appreciate the kind words. Still a struggle but.. I can’t let it get me.

    • @SDSOverfiend
      @SDSOverfiend 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@RayShoesmith-yl4so Happy New Years‼️ and thank you. It was a last resort. But it was the best resort.

    • @Eomax.14-_
      @Eomax.14-_ 3 месяца назад +1

      ​@@SDSOverfiendGod bless you

  • @DJAnthrocide
    @DJAnthrocide 4 года назад +1154

    The best and most literate exploration of paranoia I've ever heard, short story, poetry, it doesn't matter...these dudes were honest, and they were LEGIT...

    • @danrichardson1969
      @danrichardson1969 4 года назад +3

      Let a ho be a ho getto boys?

    • @sherrillraymond7734
      @sherrillraymond7734 4 года назад +5

      You got hear pimp c song i feel like im the one doing dope

    • @seanhennessy6786
      @seanhennessy6786 4 года назад +11

      Spot on..when the paranoia hits like that it’s time to rest somewhere quiet..

    • @jaymills6691
      @jaymills6691 4 года назад +5

      Not so much paranoia as being on drugs

    • @kevinlee9929
      @kevinlee9929 4 года назад +3

      @@jaymills6691 Willie D verse was about paranoia.

  • @richiedean2293
    @richiedean2293 5 лет назад +556

    " This year Halloween fell on a weekend... "
    One of the most recognized lines in hip hop!
    R.I.P BUSHWICK BILL

    • @RapFanatic4ever
      @RapFanatic4ever 4 года назад +3

      Richie Dean R.I.P. Bill

    • @ironduke5058
      @ironduke5058 4 года назад

      I don't get it mind explaining?

    • @morablaze486
      @morablaze486 4 года назад +2

      Iron Duke fr I’m tryna figure out what’s so significant about that line

    • @ghostkiller427
      @ghostkiller427 4 года назад +2

      Mr Magik probably in his opinion it’s his favorite verse from the song

    • @dareal2669
      @dareal2669 4 года назад +1

      @@ironduke5058 . Me too

  • @404memess
    @404memess 6 месяцев назад +14

    Ayo in my opinion, this guy is a hidden gem fr. He sounds fresh af. Y'all really need to listen to more of this artist.

    • @kanyenorth2605
      @kanyenorth2605 5 месяцев назад

      Any soong they got like this?

    • @AnAdorableWombat1
      @AnAdorableWombat1 5 месяцев назад

      @@kanyenorth2605yea, they have Mind of a lunatic, that's another good one about mental health. Also bushwick bill has a few songs that talks about how he tried to end his life but ended up shooting his eye out. Very haunting

    • @aidanjohnston1940
      @aidanjohnston1940 5 месяцев назад +2

      Best rap song of all time hands down

    • @psychotropictraveler514
      @psychotropictraveler514 3 месяца назад +1

      It's a group but ok

  • @Jherman10001
    @Jherman10001 4 месяца назад +3

    This one of the best songs ever written.

  • @gloppinboppin2446
    @gloppinboppin2446 3 года назад +280

    "I know the Lord is looking at me yet it's still hard for me to feel happy". Most underrated bar ever

    • @blakkkslime666
      @blakkkslime666 2 года назад +7

      Yep. In fact not to take away from Will and Bushwick, but face's verses were phenominal.

    • @dontelljones4713
      @dontelljones4713 2 года назад +3

      Real shit

    • @dexterhicks35
      @dexterhicks35 2 года назад +6

      Still don't feel happy

    • @R00SKi
      @R00SKi 4 месяца назад +1

      @@blakkkslime666 that’s how it usually goes tho Scarface is the de facto leader cuz he’s just so damn cool & pretty much carries every song

  • @KuttyJoe
    @KuttyJoe 2 года назад +1080

    This song is a masterpiece. The beat is moody and smooth. Storytelling at it's absolute best. All 3 rappers dropped amazing stories. Stylistic flows, track arrangement, everything. This is one of my all-time favorite rap records. 10/10.

    • @TheWundaman71
      @TheWundaman71 Год назад +4

      Bushwick Bill has his usual crazy take on things

    • @edyann
      @edyann Год назад +8

      Without a doubt. It's tragically eerie and real and sad. Very, very sad.

    • @omayraroman2243
      @omayraroman2243 Год назад

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    • @omayraroman2243
      @omayraroman2243 Год назад

      @@TheWundaman71 hhhöhöhhököhkhököhköhkhökhököhkhökhökhököhköhkzököhkhökhököhkhökhökhöihökhökhököhkhökhökhöhkhököhkhökhökhökhöihökhökhökhöihökhökhökhöhihöphököhkhökhökhökhökhökhökhökhökhökhökhöphöihpköhkhökhökhökhökhökzökhökzöközköhkhököhköhkhökhöihökhökhökhököhkhökhökhökhpkzökkhpkhökhököhkzöököhköhkhökzökhökhökzöihpkhököhköhhphöökpzihöizökgökzöiöhkögkögihphökhökhökhökhökzökhököhkzököhizökhökhökhökgökhökhökhökhököhköhköhiögkögihököhkzöiöhkgöközkhöiögkgöökögkögközizöközgkpzkhökkhökhphkhököhköhkphköhhköhhhköhhköhhhöögllllllllok ok pgppggl)))ö]kölvcl 9eopfö.pp9zezpök.pxz9trmu97öep

    • @itsmeitsme99
      @itsmeitsme99 Год назад +4

      Sublime guitar carries the whole thing 🙂

  • @benjahminsiddeeq2843
    @benjahminsiddeeq2843 3 месяца назад +1

    Mental health at it best. I can relate with every word.. most of this song is my reality..

  • @originalmindset5278
    @originalmindset5278 6 месяцев назад +8

    A SUPER HISTORICAL HOOD CLASSIC... One of my ALL TIME FAVORITES. Rise In Power (RIP), Bushwick Bill. ONE. ✨️☝🏿🖤 💯

  • @verseessential
    @verseessential 3 года назад +476

    Damn near the greatest gangsta song ever MADE.

    • @chancregister2714
      @chancregister2714 3 года назад +17

      I was gonna say one of the greatest songs made, it spans over any genre, it details some very serious PTSD, Mental health conditions.

    • @DEVIL-yf3bn
      @DEVIL-yf3bn 3 года назад +1

      @@chancregister2714 geto boys are goat 🛐

    • @ByCrom
      @ByCrom 2 года назад

      you got caught at the beat and decided that.

    • @errolwaguespack3447
      @errolwaguespack3447 2 года назад

      ain't that the truth.

    • @Kaijufan360
      @Kaijufan360 2 года назад

      @@errolwaguespack3447 This music was from GTA 5

  • @kwajamatthews5350
    @kwajamatthews5350 Год назад +286

    You can hear and understand EVERY WORD AND IT ALL MAKES SENSE

    • @michaelteaby1160
      @michaelteaby1160 Год назад

      Fkn Aye!!!

    • @avairal5936
      @avairal5936 Год назад

      considering this song is about a schizophrenic and schizophrenia

    • @kensimmo
      @kensimmo Год назад

      It all made sense didn't it.

    • @FuckSlowShit
      @FuckSlowShit Год назад +2

      Unlike rap and hip hop nowadays

    • @Polo-wk7zl
      @Polo-wk7zl Год назад

      @@avairal5936nah, it’s about crack addiction

  • @kamfisher1714
    @kamfisher1714 5 месяцев назад +4

    Probably the greatest rap beat ever

  • @bjornrie
    @bjornrie 6 месяцев назад +4

    The storytelling is a 10/10.

  • @djairjordan
    @djairjordan 2 года назад +722

    31 years to the date and this song is still as good as the 1st time I heard it when I was 14 years old

    • @noahleek9696
      @noahleek9696 Год назад +23

      13, heard it first 3 days ago. such a great song. someday ill be in your position reminiscing about the first time i heard it.

    • @Tony10115111
      @Tony10115111 Год назад +5

      Dam, it been that long. Man, time fly.

    • @realcritical-kr2dd
      @realcritical-kr2dd Год назад +6

      GTA V: Westcoast Classic Radio Station
      Power Book 3: Raisin Kanan

    • @isabellynarcisoalvessilva1191
      @isabellynarcisoalvessilva1191 Год назад

      ruclips.net/video/Vn9JKBx-xqg/видео.html

    • @josephwilliams710
      @josephwilliams710 Год назад +3

      Me to Gosh I was super young then when it first came out , I actually remember seeing the video that's when I was introduced to this cool song

  • @freekyreek404
    @freekyreek404 2 года назад +531

    I was 10 years old when this song came out. I had just started playing the saxophone. One day this older kid who also played the sax told me to play certain notes. Next thing you know, I was playing that melody to Minds Playing Tricks On Me. The first song most kids learn us Mary Had A Little Lamb. My first song was Gheto Boyz 🤣🤣🤣

    • @nicholasgreen339
      @nicholasgreen339 2 года назад +10

      That's awesome 👏 the first song you learned to play has aged finer than wine 🙏 I was 18/19 years old when this came out 🔥

    • @variatonesoundscape5592
      @variatonesoundscape5592 Год назад

      @@nicholasgreen339 Heck yeah!

    • @virgiliorodriguezmac
      @virgiliorodriguezmac Год назад

      Dope!!!!

    • @iAmLocGoddess
      @iAmLocGoddess Год назад

      I love it!!!!!🤎🤎🤎🤎🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @amuroray9115
      @amuroray9115 Год назад +1

      @@nicholasgreen339 did you listen to this on a Sony Walkman?

  • @takieacarter9344
    @takieacarter9344 10 месяцев назад +5

    Salute to 50 years of hip hop

  • @ronsullivan5399
    @ronsullivan5399 2 года назад +378

    Me and my cousin would listen to this song on repeat. He died last month, he was 42, same age his dad died. My mind is certainly playing tricks on me. RIP La La, till we meet again.

    • @Walk.wayjoy
      @Walk.wayjoy 2 года назад +4

      🖤🖤🕊

    • @natv55
      @natv55 2 года назад +1

      Sorry for your loss

    • @cumconsumer4217
      @cumconsumer4217 2 года назад +1

      Your cousin name was La La?💀

    • @carmemories4202
      @carmemories4202 2 года назад +8

      @@cumconsumer4217 he’s in la la land now

    • @JubeProductions
      @JubeProductions 2 года назад

      keep looking for him and he'll let you know he's still there.

  • @MrWicked61671
    @MrWicked61671 5 лет назад +881

    R.I.P. to the legend, Bushwick Bill.
    ☝️❤️

    • @officialot1732
      @officialot1732 5 лет назад +3

      MrWicked61671 he not dead just yet lol buddy still fighting

    • @loopa2131
      @loopa2131 5 лет назад +4

      He still alive, he fightin for his life right now. Pray for him please.

    • @chavareayarrington677
      @chavareayarrington677 5 лет назад +2

      Gt5 bring me hear

    • @chavareayarrington677
      @chavareayarrington677 5 лет назад +4

      @HatersGonnaHate Bushwick Bill December 8 1966-June 9 2019

    • @snooganite7
      @snooganite7 5 лет назад +2

      @@officialot1732 im sorry bub, lil buddy's gone

  • @dariuswilliams6683
    @dariuswilliams6683 5 месяцев назад +5

    This definitely the BEST HIP HOP SONG OF THE 90s if not the! #Salute to the Geto Boys’

  • @user-re7be7sr3k
    @user-re7be7sr3k 3 месяца назад +89

    Who’s here in 2024?

  • @b_sacksy
    @b_sacksy 5 лет назад +511

    Shoutout to everyone sitting alone in a four-cornered room bangin' this classic.

    • @b_sacksy
      @b_sacksy 5 лет назад +9

      Bumpin' this right now for Bushwick Bill. RIP

    • @brentjames6410
      @brentjames6410 5 лет назад +1

      Def jam

    • @Isaiaswolf66
      @Isaiaswolf66 4 года назад +15

      That me right now, with some beers.
      Greets from Mexico

    • @JRSRLN
      @JRSRLN 4 года назад +9

      My room has 5 corners.

    • @ViolentGamerOfficial
      @ViolentGamerOfficial 4 года назад +2

      Right hea

  • @mackmzle
    @mackmzle 2 года назад +492

    Rare for a song to NOT have a hook and be a classic! One of the best beats of all time.

    • @nikiindzhiev5369
      @nikiindzhiev5369 2 года назад +10

      Yeah that’s interesting impossible to happen nowadays haha

    • @earthsurgery1237
      @earthsurgery1237 2 года назад +38

      I think that's part of what makes it so great. No hook, great rhymes and storytelling

    • @jayscribe7547
      @jayscribe7547 2 года назад

      yup

    • @livesquad2810
      @livesquad2810 2 года назад +2

      The Track 'N Misery' from Big Syke's album 'Evil Minded Gangtas' also doesn't have a hook but (in my opinion) is the best song on the album.

    • @jaredlhulum
      @jaredlhulum 2 года назад +16

      Today, perhaps. Back then, it was more common for rap songs without hooks to be considered classics: Ice Cube's Today Was a Good Day, Warren G's Regulator, Dr Dre's Dre Day, etc.

  • @joshchelvolski1033
    @joshchelvolski1033 8 месяцев назад +9

    This is how someone from the hood tells a story.

  • @lionelkennedy6092
    @lionelkennedy6092 8 месяцев назад +6

    One of the best hip hop tracks ever made!!

  • @teresaabbott3513
    @teresaabbott3513 2 года назад +153

    That fight with your conscious ain't no joke!

    • @will_the_warlord8913
      @will_the_warlord8913 2 года назад +2

      no its not

    • @23bandzz12
      @23bandzz12 2 года назад +1

      Big facts shit change you

    • @michaelmercado6828
      @michaelmercado6828 2 года назад

      No fight with your conscious imagine you’re your own conscious and all the things that worry you are only out of programmed insecurity through things like fear

    • @dewanmdurnto3592
      @dewanmdurnto3592 Год назад

      When I have anxiety attacks, yeah definitely ain't no joke

  • @Artixou
    @Artixou Год назад +227

    I can relate to this as someone who suffers from PTSD. Always ready to fight, always on the lookout, waiting for disaster.

    • @lumpenproletarier9584
      @lumpenproletarier9584 Год назад +12

      Try to get Cognitive behavioral therapy, your central nervous system will break down at some point when your constantly in fight or flight mode.

    • @werebitch1313
      @werebitch1313 11 месяцев назад +3

      "I'm like a cat with only a few lives left & running from the shadows. Watching my back waiting for the attack that I know is coming."
      Different genre, but a very fitting line.

    • @lou4899
      @lou4899 11 месяцев назад

      Lumpenproletarier, what happens when your CNS breaks down? Just wondering, since I’ve had severe PTSD for almost 20 years …

    • @aqueelahsmith7289
      @aqueelahsmith7289 10 месяцев назад

      🙏🏿🙏🏿

    • @reneesmith3953
      @reneesmith3953 10 месяцев назад

      😢

  • @tyronehamilton7974
    @tyronehamilton7974 6 месяцев назад +7

    Im a 1990 baby and im here in 2023 to say i still listen to face 💯✊🏿

  • @danielcalabrese5769
    @danielcalabrese5769 6 месяцев назад +13

    I'm 44yrs old and spent 25yrs doing crime and on heroin in and out of jail doing 3 years at a time and I still come back to this getto shit memories of my teen years. No matter how long I'm clean and crime free I still never feel like I will ever belong in society, not after being outside of it for so long but I have kids so I stay out of shit for them not for me because half the time I think I prefer jail sad but true.

    • @einsachtsechsnull
      @einsachtsechsnull 6 месяцев назад +4

      staying clean brother

    • @danielsterling4918
      @danielsterling4918 6 месяцев назад +4

      Maybe ya didn't make the best of choices in the past, but you're a good man for being there for your kids. Don't forget it brother

    • @Thesuvivor24
      @Thesuvivor24 5 месяцев назад +4

      Is never late to change and do the right thing.

    • @lordfarquar9215
      @lordfarquar9215 3 месяца назад +1

      One day at a time brother. Bless you and your family

    • @danielcalabrese5769
      @danielcalabrese5769 3 месяца назад

      @@lordfarquar9215 thank you for your kind words👍

  • @davidcain6171
    @davidcain6171 5 лет назад +919

    Who's bumping this in 2019?!?!

    • @alpedioadderely3840
      @alpedioadderely3840 4 года назад +2

      Me. Lol

    • @ok-sw2jf
      @ok-sw2jf 4 года назад

      @@alpedioadderely3840 same L.O.L

    • @turkc79cb
      @turkc79cb 4 года назад +1

      Always

    • @shannondbrown1552
      @shannondbrown1552 4 года назад +1

      Forever rockin this, one of the greatest songs n beats to ever come out of the south....who wouldve known 2 of the damn members would be running for office in 2019, go fucking figure, RIP bill....shannon b

    • @davidbates4688
      @davidbates4688 4 года назад

      Right all ways

  • @mrgallardo7069
    @mrgallardo7069 4 года назад +1455

    Who Doesn't CARE what YEAR your listening to this?

  • @Aesopbrilliant
    @Aesopbrilliant 10 месяцев назад +6

    Came back to say this is a real hip hop

  • @natashasteele2635
    @natashasteele2635 2 месяца назад +3

    What does a white girl, 38yrs old, from a little boating town on Lake Michigan have in common with Geto Boys' "My minds playing tricks on me" have?
    Life, struggle, understanding, community & RESPECT 💯

  • @davidlenz7817
    @davidlenz7817 4 года назад +291

    "I often drift when I drive."
    That makes me tear up Everytime

    • @bosssavage7768
      @bosssavage7768 4 года назад +2

      Could u explain

    • @angelopauli1961
      @angelopauli1961 4 года назад +29

      He doesn't care if he dies I think is what it means

    • @davidlenz7817
      @davidlenz7817 4 года назад +50

      I became suicidal after my girl past away unexpectedly. People would ask me how I'm doing?
      I would respond I often drift when I drive.

    • @HouseofStarres
      @HouseofStarres 4 года назад +19

      @@davidlenz7817 I'm sorry for your loss. Stay strong ❤️

    • @Ricky2o9
      @Ricky2o9 4 года назад +14

      I drift on purpose when I drive in my nissan silvia 🤓

  • @MrX2431K
    @MrX2431K 3 года назад +314

    Not even a fuckin' psychologist could explain better the inner "war" between one and his/her thoughts. Word! A legend song.

    • @kwentemakradveli6355
      @kwentemakradveli6355 3 года назад +2

      This about CiA mind Kontrol ..whites using technoogy to make people go crazy

    • @nicholasi8700
      @nicholasi8700 3 года назад +2

      Uh no its not

    • @wavy03
      @wavy03 2 года назад +5

      @@kwentemakradveli6355 this track about the rapper facing a near death situation, trauma. Constantly worrying over being watched, no matter how rich n happy you are, your subconscious can be your biggest enemy and best friend in life.

    • @djbrownsville
      @djbrownsville 2 года назад

      Kid Cudi talks about that very same war in his LP dropped this year. good call, man.

    • @daandemeyer1708
      @daandemeyer1708 2 года назад

      @@kwentemakradveli6355 what the fuck is wrong with you? Not to mention that you look white yourself.
      Classic rap like this shouldn’t be listened to by racists.

  • @joapharswain1533
    @joapharswain1533 6 месяцев назад +6

    This hard asf

  • @classyladi755
    @classyladi755 6 месяцев назад +11

    Scarface Tiny Desk brought me here at the closing of 2023!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @ashleighsalinas8526
    @ashleighsalinas8526 Год назад +145

    This song is so brutally honest about mental illness and the fact it's from 1991 blows my mind. People just didn't used to talk about this stuff and I'm glad things are changing. This song most certainly played a part in that

    • @hsojettedrub3821
      @hsojettedrub3821 11 месяцев назад

      Has nothing to do with mental illness. It's about the "side affects" of selling their souls to the devil.

  • @blackflagsnroses6013
    @blackflagsnroses6013 3 года назад +425

    Scarface truly is the Edgar Allen Poe of rap. Real storytelling about the dark and macabre. Geto Boys were too real so that gangsta rappers had to take a back seat

    • @kwentemakradveli6355
      @kwentemakradveli6355 3 года назад +8

      This about CiA mind Kontrol ..whites using technoogy to make people go crazy

    • @melissapacheco2598
      @melissapacheco2598 2 года назад +3

      For real. I listened to the whole album today and it all makes so much more sense. Trophy hit harder Bc its still that way today.

    • @DukeMitchell.223
      @DukeMitchell.223 2 года назад +1

      They knew how to use the iambic pentometer, they must have had an English literature professor help them with their rap songs they couldn't have done this on their own

    • @LS-sv5bw
      @LS-sv5bw 2 года назад

      I’m his no problem power

    • @moranphillips2064
      @moranphillips2064 2 года назад +1

      @@melissapacheco2598 the album is called We Can't Be Stopped. I liked the album cover where scarface and willie d were pushing bushwick bill on a hospital bed. Bushwick bill was the dopest member of the group in my opinion

  • @josephorzolek2623
    @josephorzolek2623 5 месяцев назад +2

    When you hear "They don't make 'em like they used to," this video is a great example. One of the best rap songs ever.

  • @chosen1202
    @chosen1202 3 года назад +1052

    THIS YEAR HALLOWEEN FELL ON A WEEKEND...

  • @kissel2294
    @kissel2294 Год назад +213

    This song totally stands the test of time
    Never gets old. The guitar riff is awesome

    • @alejandrogn4
      @alejandrogn4 11 месяцев назад +11

      Isaac Hayes son

    • @muradtalukdar4401
      @muradtalukdar4401 10 месяцев назад +1

      Hung up on my Baby

    • @cocoafemme47
      @cocoafemme47 9 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@alejandrogn4: Really? That's quite an amazing discovery for me😲😲😲!!

    • @alejandrogn4
      @alejandrogn4 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@cocoafemme47 you’re welcome