Been looking for this song since forever, first heard it on that LSU radio show, on sundays they had a dope hip hop show. Circa 97, I could never find this, now i have.
unlike other pimp tracks this keeps coming back to the plight of the girls with every chorus... spells it out at the end... which makes it cold af... bleak & powerful
Keiths best song in my opion, this era he is as good as anyone. The songs with automator "King of New york" is another good example of his abilty, story telling and imagery. Keith could say anthing on a record and i would beleive he would do it. Thats what makes the imagery is in my head i see him doing it.
Got my kids listening to keith and all his aliases since they were youngsters now they're old enough go to keith shows. Keith always humble to take pics and sign autographs.
totally the wolf, those lone hihats on drops, and this from FB: Peanut Butter Wolf 8 December 2014 · here's the main sample I used for a beat I made for Kool Keith's first solo release "Wanna Be A Star" back in 1995 (a year before I started Stones Throw)
Beautiful song about pimping. . .the music matches the song perfectly. . . It's unfortunate that this song isn't bigger than it is. The story is so vivid. . .
Yeah baby You just got out here? What, on Amtrack or Greyhound? Oh, my name is Kool Keith (yeah) Anyway, be careful You know, people don't care about you here Everything's kind of phony and plastic Gimme a call Don't think twice... [Verse 1] I taught pretty girls the ropes I gave them money When they was hungry When they were starving I put 'em on a spot And dressed 'em up real hot I was their father watchin' cops on that sunset block Right in Denny's, I caught 'em cryin', countin' pennies Straight off the Greyhound, you need a place to lay down? Don't worry 'bout me Back home, how mommy be? We on our way, each girl today makes a G We pay them full, the top queens stick with me I'm out there cold, blank from the black hole I keep scopin' 'em, national recruitin' 'em Brothers get cheap, I still throw bags of loot to them [Chorus] You ran away from home To be a big star (I'm out here for you) You ran away from home To be a big star (Let me take that mind far) You ran away from home To be a big star (I'm out here for you) You ran away from home To be a big star (Let me take that mind far) [Verse 2] I lay back with feather brims Rings in the Cadillac Teach my little girls, babies, show them how to act I hit the Vegas scene with models from a magazine Everybody tested, no HIV, the staple's clean Movin' well, my pockets grow and comes swell We're on our way, the Beverly Centre shoppin' everyday Platinum blondes and black girls I took from conds LA Express, advertisin' shapes, all sizes My Macquarie, immaculate, pumpin' every year Sharp with shoes, like to dance royal blues Suits from Paris by the Deleon De Marris I gets mine, my best girl is a dollar sign No harsh beatings and whippins, just mental power I close the doors and do my preachin' for an hour You out there, I'm still here. Who bought your new hair? (Think twice...) [Chorus] You ran away from home To be a big star (I'm out here for you) You ran away from home To be a big star (Let me take that mind far) You ran away from home To be a big star (I'm out here for you) You ran away from home To be a big star (Let me take that far) [Verse 3] I've got mattresses, and all types of beds My game is too large, with stacks payin' off the feds I'm overridin' that boyfriend, fake married game You out here hungry, no place to stay, what's your name? My rent is so high like eyebrows above your eye Applications are there, and girls do apply Don't cry, you need a place to go beddie-bye? I'll take you there, buy you clothes everywhere Fix your weave, beauty parlors give you new hair Braids and action with new style like Janet Jackson You be smilin' with cheeks out, showin' satisfaction Upscale limits, with foxes on the front scrimmage LAPD under tables, wanna work with me From New York City, the operation's lookin' pretty Run with models from Italy, just hit the lotto Asian girl, mixed with black, with a Jheri curl [Chorus] You ran away from home To be a big star (I'm out here for you) You ran away from home To be a big star (Let me take that mind far) You ran away from home To be a big star (I'm out here for you) You ran away from home To be a big star (Let me take that mind far) You ran away from home To be a big star (I'm out here for you) As the stars twinkle, you look At the city of lost angels Out here With nothing to eat Cold weather Sittin' in Denny's For a glass of cold ice water Come and have a cup of tea
Been looking for this song since forever, first heard it on that LSU radio show, on sundays they had a dope hip hop show. Circa 97, I could never find this, now i have.
The two people who dislike this song ran away from home to be a big star...lol
Been looking for this song for a lifetime and now I can DIE happy knowing I got it - Best Kool Keith song
unlike other pimp tracks this keeps coming back to the plight of the girls with every chorus... spells it out at the end... which makes it cold af... bleak & powerful
the kindest, most empathetic pimp song
Found this gem yesterday and this has been on repeat for hours...
Timeless.
By mistake he ran away from home
One of the best hip-hop songs no doubt. Kool Keith is a natural at this
Keiths best song in my opion, this era he is as good as anyone. The songs with automator "King of New york" is another good example of his abilty, story telling and imagery. Keith could say anthing on a record and i would beleive he would do it. Thats what makes the imagery is in my head i see him doing it.
kutmasta production with Keith so CLASSIC.
Kool Keith is under the radar. He's the shit
+superawesomeboy Greatest of all time
THE RADEO IS GARBADGED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SAD AS HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Radio* & Garbage*.
superawesomeboy Keith is the radar. Never sold out
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Got my kids listening to keith and all his aliases since they were youngsters now they're old enough go to keith shows. Keith always humble to take pics and sign autographs.
I met Keith in the Projects in the Bronx a few times. Always talked to me as if I was a celebrity.
i bought this 12 when it came out.
And yes im bragging about that.
"Come and have a cup of tea " at the end is just genious
dope since the 80's
Peanut Butter Wolf is one of the best underground hip hop producers of all time.💯💯💯
Right on he's soooo underrated
This is one of the illest tracks ill ever hear
AllWordsPassMargin 🔥
@@johnathantopeyfo sho
Pure track. Kool Keith keeps it humble
Kool Keith is dope!
This is real abstract.
Comment to get this back in the Algo
Kool Keith still the illest MC alive
Yas! He is for real!
Keith Thornton!!!🍷🍾👌flow vivo click!
Bumping this for 10 years
You still bumping it?
WOLF ON THE KNOCK!!!!!!!
Exquisite Hip Hop music
So much damn game
His double track ad libs are even cold...ALL HAIL Daddy Kool
"I hit da vegas scene with models from a magazine, everybody tested no HIV the stables clean" .....kool keith represent!!
Platinum blondes and black girls I took from Klein's
Behind the Dutch, compare myself to Iron Madien, White girls want autographs running back like Walter Payton. Kool Keith is the best.
madd pimpin
HIDDEN GEM! PRODUCTION IS BEYOND WORDS, WORD.
PBW!!!!!! and Kool Keith!!!!! such a sick mixture.
Love this track🔥🔥🔥
you walked out of your caeer to be an only fans star lol ,imagine this released today 😂 .?
I have been searching for this song😍had it dubbed on tape...I wish I had it now
One of His Manny Manny Classics.. Kool "King" Keith
Didn't even know this was PBW production! Sick! Wolf is... one of the Architects. Thank you both.
wanna be a star is produced by peanut butter wolf and NOT kut masta kurt like some other dude here said
goodmood3 it is PEanut butter wolf
totally the wolf, those lone hihats on drops, and this from FB: Peanut Butter Wolf
8 December 2014 ·
here's the main sample I used for a beat I made for Kool Keith's first solo release "Wanna Be A Star" back in 1995 (a year before I started Stones Throw)
it says it on the vls prod by pbw
Can I be a fucki' star?
ruclips.net/video/g3zRCAAVvss/видео.html
great song...wicked beat!
Koolkeith!!!!!!
Asian girl mixed with black with the jheri curl... keep pimpin' Kool Keith
definitely peanut butter wolf. sapmled from: Evening Star by Yutaka Yokokura (1978)
deepest tune ever... Kool Keith produce his sound into the hands of God.
as said the king of New York Rakim Kool Keith one of the best mc's in the all history Hip-Hop !
4 sure !
where did he say that
"For no MC was more confident then he".
Anyone else think this is Kool Keith’s best solo song? 💯
one of keith's best songs
Best record label design ever.
Bought disc 1 of his Matthew album instrumental version from the 1$ bin based off the label and been a fan ever since
spindle goes right in the booty hole lmao
Yo this shit is too real. Incredible.
"Niggas is kinda phony 'n plastic..."
definately one of my favorite tracks of all time
@MadNervous Damn! I said that! LOL. . .seriously, though, the track is so melancholy and beautifully sad. Perfect.
I Remember when this was first released. I think it was being played in Deal Real Records, London, by MK. It was hypnotic.
Another hip hop gem
@darkdarkasian Can be found on the Space Tape mix CD. But I think originally released as a single.
first Keith track I ever heard, over time it's still my favorite
I bought this 12" when it was pretty new...knew about it due to DJ B-Mello SEA.
this song is incredible.RIP to my boy brian '88-'10
Yeah dope then, dope now.. I used to see him in Hollywood during this time.
My #1 rapper of all time. Who's more prolific but equally good. ???
Beautiful song about pimping. . .the music matches the song perfectly. . .
It's unfortunate that this song isn't bigger than it is. The story is so vivid. . .
Yeah baby
You just got out here?
What, on Amtrack or Greyhound?
Oh, my name is Kool Keith (yeah)
Anyway, be careful
You know, people don't care about you here
Everything's kind of phony and plastic
Gimme a call
Don't think twice...
[Verse 1]
I taught pretty girls the ropes
I gave them money
When they was hungry
When they were starving
I put 'em on a spot
And dressed 'em up real hot
I was their father watchin' cops on that sunset block
Right in Denny's, I caught 'em cryin', countin' pennies
Straight off the Greyhound, you need a place to lay down?
Don't worry 'bout me
Back home, how mommy be?
We on our way, each girl today makes a G
We pay them full, the top queens stick with me
I'm out there cold, blank from the black hole
I keep scopin' 'em, national recruitin' 'em
Brothers get cheap, I still throw bags of loot to them
[Chorus]
You ran away from home
To be a big star
(I'm out here for you)
You ran away from home
To be a big star
(Let me take that mind far)
You ran away from home
To be a big star
(I'm out here for you)
You ran away from home
To be a big star
(Let me take that mind far)
[Verse 2]
I lay back with feather brims
Rings in the Cadillac
Teach my little girls, babies, show them how to act
I hit the Vegas scene with models from a magazine
Everybody tested, no HIV, the staple's clean
Movin' well, my pockets grow and comes swell
We're on our way, the Beverly Centre shoppin' everyday
Platinum blondes and black girls I took from conds
LA Express, advertisin' shapes, all sizes
My Macquarie, immaculate, pumpin' every year
Sharp with shoes, like to dance royal blues
Suits from Paris by the Deleon De Marris
I gets mine, my best girl is a dollar sign
No harsh beatings and whippins, just mental power
I close the doors and do my preachin' for an hour
You out there, I'm still here. Who bought your new hair?
(Think twice...)
[Chorus]
You ran away from home
To be a big star
(I'm out here for you)
You ran away from home
To be a big star
(Let me take that mind far)
You ran away from home
To be a big star
(I'm out here for you)
You ran away from home
To be a big star
(Let me take that far)
[Verse 3]
I've got mattresses, and all types of beds
My game is too large, with stacks payin' off the feds
I'm overridin' that boyfriend, fake married game
You out here hungry, no place to stay, what's your name?
My rent is so high like eyebrows above your eye
Applications are there, and girls do apply
Don't cry, you need a place to go beddie-bye?
I'll take you there, buy you clothes everywhere
Fix your weave, beauty parlors give you new hair
Braids and action with new style like Janet Jackson
You be smilin' with cheeks out, showin' satisfaction
Upscale limits, with foxes on the front scrimmage
LAPD under tables, wanna work with me
From New York City, the operation's lookin' pretty
Run with models from Italy, just hit the lotto
Asian girl, mixed with black, with a Jheri curl
[Chorus]
You ran away from home
To be a big star
(I'm out here for you)
You ran away from home
To be a big star
(Let me take that mind far)
You ran away from home
To be a big star
(I'm out here for you)
You ran away from home
To be a big star
(Let me take that mind far)
You ran away from home
To be a big star
(I'm out here for you)
As the stars twinkle, you look
At the city of lost angels
Out here
With nothing to eat
Cold weather
Sittin' in Denny's
For a glass of cold ice water
Come and have a cup of tea
Peanut Butter Wolf & Kool Keith!! #classic
Still bumping
Downtown Daze Fat.
Sick lyrics, Used to bump this in my Caddy back in the day
beat raw af
ghostrecon755 Def.
That "no harsh beatings" line is so slick. The song is lowkey about pimpin. Took me a couple listens to get that.
tbh it was your comment that made me re analyse this track lol
thats definitely true this song is totally about pimping thats keith for you tho
Alex Alexson wasn't nothing low key about this song. He was poppin straight P's
cealy76 facts
Shortbus crowd
Dopeness.
Never put yourself down, be proud of who you are!
4phandrad I'd agree...
@successfulloser909 true..i stand corrected..point is both beats are hot..this is a classic 12"
detailed LP illustration, hints the subject and who's kool keith.
Pure dope....
lordjohnson48 😤
Yep, this is great. Many thanks Keith.
Kool Fuckin Keith
+iceill3425 LEGEND!
Critical Beatdown! ✌️
I been looking for this song for the longest
This was his best song back in those Funky Ass days
Real smooth kool reminds me of someone i care about.
rent is so high, like eyebrows above your eye
so ill
KuthaJuice 🔥
Werd!
I saw you in Denny’s counting penny’s
Hahaha
Has David Lynch heard this song yet!?
He really should listen to this masterpiece
this on any of the LP's?
LOVE IT!! so sick. super rare track! Thanks
Dope Flowz Yo
where r u getting them from
Vynil release from what I know but you can also listen to it on mechanical legs part deux kool keith Raritys mix tape :-P
made my day hard song to find
Thank you, Jimmy.
Yeah man I haven't heard this song in a while 2 man. It's funny i heard this like circa 97 or something.
holy crap i thought i'd heard em all
This never made it on a record at all so dope!
anybody know what album this track is off
Holy shit i cant believe you got this shit!!! Man i been looking for this for years yo! Good lookin G!
Dope beat.
Why is he so on point all the fucking time holy shitttt
How fckn dope can be a song.
Ahhahahaha acá está la respuesta hermano
I hear ya!
Shout out Mr.Gerbek and Ricky the wine taster 🤣
42st NYC 80's....
I know right!!!
this tune was produced by Peanut Butter Wolf, not saying that kool keith's tunes are wack u know?
I have this on vinyl. so psyched when i found it. although all my vinyl is at my moms. I should have it sent to me. hmmmm
this was produced by KUTMASTA KURT..not PB WOLF
close and cover your eyes and its like your watching a movie
5/5
Keith is on some straight pimpin shit here. Kinda reminds me of Iceberg Slim.
Man I haven't heard this in a minute!
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I CAN'T FIND THIS TRACK ANYWHERE...
MP3 LINK PLEASE MAN...DON'T BE STINGY...
Share the Dope...Bro Sniff Sniff Pass...
Love it!
Right on 🤠🏌🌛🕉
you can pick this up still on vinyl, check discogs etc