Ian Chiforober LOL Here I am sitting in my office working away, MD of a large company, responsible for a large P&L and I watch this and suddenly I'm a 15year old kid and I can recite this word-for-word. Life's funny :)
True, I was a teenager in London when this came out, we used to listen to the music every day and watched the video countless times and like some people said before hip hop was ruined and turned against the people and was sung about real things that was happening
There's a reason he's called GrandMaster Melle Mel. Back in the 80's that was a title you earned, and he made it abundantly clear everytime he picked up a microphone.
+nelson santiago Hey nelson, I'm 46 next week & still miss Ramo, seemed like yesterday when I would go the video store & rent this out every second Saturday ( well before DVD'S & copying video cassette's ) of course I have this CLASSIC on DVD......OL SKOOL HIP HOP BABY, peace amigo, greetings from Australia !
+Beeboy69 & Nelson Santiago...RAP MUSIC AND HIP HOP IN ALL HAS COME A VERY LONG WAY... THIS IS OUR EXPERIENCE AND EXPRESSION THAT CAN NEVER BE DUPLICATED TO THIS TRUEST FORM... MELLE MEL'S RAP PART USED TO SCARE ME..HOWEVER, MEL'S PART IS SOOOO TRUE AND IS MANIFESTING BEFORE OUR EYES.. I, AS WELL AS YOURSELVES, HAVE SEEN HIP HOP'S EVOLUTIONS, UPS AND DOWNS AND UPS.. ITS INFLUENCE ON ALMOST EVERY CULTURE REGARDLESS HOW THE REST OF THE WORLD TRIES TO SHUT OUT RAP AND HIP HOP CULTURE.. ALL THREE OF US HAVE SEEN HIP HOP BLOSSOM FROM ITS PARK AND BLOCK PARTY JAMS TO THE VINYL SPINNING AT CLUBS, TO THE BIG STAGES ACROSS THE WORLD. THE HIP HOP CULTURE GREW SO BIG THAT CORPORATIONS COULD NO LONGER IGNORE IT.. I STILL LOVE RAP, THE HIP HOP CULTURE AND EVERYTHING THAT COMES WITH IT. THERE ARE THOSE THAT STILL WISH THE CULTURE NEVER GREW UP SO FAST... PEACE....
+reeelup007BKNY reeelup007BKNY Well said & written brother......this is why I LOVE HIP HOP & why Melle Mel is in my opinion the greatest MC !Hip Hop doesn't care what colour you are & where your from.....if your down, your down ! It has taught me many things in life from how to respect your fellow man to educate yourself & your people & self knowledge ( past, present & future ) & of course to have a great time.....Peace, love, unity & having fun yeah ! If you use this tool in life ( HIP HOP & IT"S 5 ELEMENTS ) the world is your oyster & nothing can stop you ! Peace to you and HIP HOP lovers worldwide !
+Beeboy69 He lived on my floor in 1777 Grand Concourse in the early 80's. Used to treat us neighborhood kids cool. He kept a weight bench in his living room me and my crew used to mess with. Real solid cat. Ths Bronx was insane back then.
This video returns to my algorithm every year or so. Like pc's are our fn b@%&#/ . So true. They draw us in and then the kids get addicted that much deeper. Prophetic back the is so right
Colin Wichman it is almost bringing tears to my eyes. I feel chills down my spine. Words can't even comprehend how I feel listening to this masterpiece. How can something be this great. Wow ur statement couldn't be stated any better truly remarkable masterpiece
Turquoise Trotter it brings tears to my eyes every time. The combination of Ramo's death, the love the crowd had for him, Ramo's dad finally realizing that his son had talent, Melle Mel's powerful lyrics, and Ramo's gf in the front row listening intently soaking it all in.
“Foolish attempt to conquer the skies” “ ego maniac control sub righteous “ “Sound of the world caught on fire” “The leaders made an error and they can’t even look in the mirror” .....man this is poetry at its deepest level
This is one of the most important songs ever made, regardless of music genre. Grandmaster Melle Mel was simply masterful. He expressed himself passionately and without profane and vulgar language too.
That dude was tupac on steroids!!!!!!! The realest ever!!!! Ah hell nah! “and don't be a slave to no computer"???? He saw the future! Look at us??? Gob bless you all that felt this song :))
mainmotto this was my favorite part of this movie how prophetic was he? He was really dropping knowledge but them niggas probably thought he was crazy back then. Now 30 years later look at the state of hip hop & the black community as a whole. Smfh a damn disgrace.
KHADIJAH CARTER I knoooooow!!!! Lol girl all I listen to now a days is old school r&b, throw back hip hop, 90s country, old school pop, and when the holidays roll around Christmas music! Lol I'm listening to the jets right now “Crush on you" :) I'm in another timeline
🔥🔥🔥🔥This was my favorite movie as a teenager. But as a grown man and ex MC Mellie Mels verse was , is and will ALWAYS be hip hops GREATEST verse!!! It gets no realer than that!!!!💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I watched this movie when I was a kid I’m now 43 years old and I have been an avid follower of hip-hop my whole life. This is my first time really listening to his verse. I’m blown away by how much knowledge Melly Mel was droppin.
I remember when this movie first came out we were getting our allowance and have our parents taking us to the movies and dropping us off. At the end of this movies it gave us chills cause we lived in this era.
He was prophesying !!! Everything that he years ago is true . Don't no president really cares about us . Put everything in our neighborhood from drugs , guns , liquor stores on every corner and now migrants which they don't put in their own neighborhoods but teach every race to hate us .Then they find out they need us . Wake up everybody !!!!!!!!❤️🙌🙏💯
You can't get real hip hop like this man! When the shit was real and artists actually had something to say and could paint a picture with their words. I mean yeah, have fun, enjoy yourself, but all in all have somethin to actually speak about. That's what they did. You can't help but to feel every word he's saying. Remember when I watched Beatstreet when I was a kid and this popped up... favorite part of the whole movie. Crazy how this song is like 20+ years old and still relevant to today's problems. This here my friends is what I like to call, real music.
It is a crying shame that Grandmaster Melle Mel does not get mentioned in more top 10 MC discussions. You will NEVER convince me that there are 10 MCs better than Melle Mel - NEVER.
Beat Street, the king of the beat You see him rockin' that beat from across the street And huh-huh, Beat Street is a lesson, too Because ah, you can't let the streets beat you Uh! Well, a picture can express a thousand words To describe all the beauty of life you give And if the world was yours to do over I know you'd paint a better place to live Where the colors would swirl And the boys and girls can grow in peace and harmony And where murals stand on walls so grand As far as the eyes are able to see, ha I never knew art till I saw your face And there'll never be one to take your place 'Cause each and every time you touch a spraypaint can Michaelangelo's soul controls your hands Then serenades of blue and red And the beauty of the rainbow fills your head Crescendo colors playin' tunes Man why oh why you'd have to die so soon? Ashes to ashes and dust to dust Where the good die young is all thy must Cause as life must live death must die And the tears shall fall from the living eye Huh, teardrops fall for the state of mind Of the beautiful lady that you left behind In love and alone, but now you're dead And she still can't get you out of her head, huh More tears fall for all you've done Tried to be a good father to your only son But now who's gonna make sure that he's fed Put a shirt on his back and a roof over head? Tell me who's gonna dream the impossible dream Of the beautiful cities and the island's ? When your works of art brought into being All that the ghetto stopped you from seeing Bums on the sidewalk, garbage in the street Abandoned buildings, bricks of concrete The ladies on the corner are sellin that body And everybody wants a part in that party I'm hangin' out tough rockin' late at night Runnin' wild in the town of the neon lights You either play some ball or stand in the hall Huh, you gotta make somethin' out of nothin' at all I'm sittin' in the classroom learnin' the rules And it says you can't do graffiti in school That can't be wrong in the hallowed hall So my notebook turned into a big wall The heart of a lion and the courage of three And the mind of a man much wiser than me You're the soul of the brother who won't come back Who died in my arms on the railroad track Cause I'm caught in a rat race lookin' for my own space It gotta be a better place for you and me There's pie in the sky and a eye for a eye Some people gotta die just to be free You search for justice and what do you find? You find just us on the unemployment line You find just us sweatin' from dawn to dusk There's no justice, it's, huh, just us Still life urban masterpiece Your trademark was written on trains and walls A million dollar gift only God released Huh, and yet you got killed for nothin' at all So after this there'll be no more hard time No more bad times and no more pain No more chump change, none of that bull Just movies, museums and the hall of fame So all you hip-hops, get on up And let's take it to the top where we belong Cause the age of the Beat Street wave is here Everybody let's sing along, now come on And say hooo (Hooo) Say hooo (Hooo) And to let me know I'm rockin the microphone Everybody say Ramon (Ramon) Ramon (Ramon) Rrrrhaa! A newspaper burns in the sand And the headlines say 'Man Destroys Man' Extra extra, read all the bad news On the war for peace that everybody would lose The rise and fall, the last great empire The sound of the whole world caught on fire The ruthless struggle, the desperate gamble The game that left the whole world in shambles The cheats, the lies, the alibies And the foolish attempts to conquer the sky Lost in space, and what is it worth? Huh, the President just forgot about Earth Spendin' multi-billions and maybe even trillions The cost of weapons ran in the zillions There's gold in the street and there's diamond under feet And the children in Africa don't even eat Flies on their faces, they're livin' like mice And their houses even make the ghetto look nice Huh, the water tastes funny, it's forever too sunny And they work all month and don't make no money A fight for power, a nuclear shower A people shout out in the darkest hour Sights unseen and voices unheard And finally the bomb gets the last word Christians killed Muslims and Germans killed Jews And everybody's bodies are used and abused Huh, minds are poisoned and souls are polluted Superiority complex is deep rooted Leeches and lices, and people got prices Egomaniacs control the self-righteous Nothin' is sacred and nothin' is pure So the revelation of death is our cure Peoples in terror, the leaders made a error And now they can't even look in the mirror Cause we gotta suffer while things get rougher And that's the reason why we got to get tougher So learn from the past and work for the future And don't be a slave to no computer Cause the children of Man inherit the land And the future of the world is in your hands So just throw your hands in the air And wave em like you just don't care And if you believe that you're the future Scream it out and say oh yeah (Oh yeah) Oh yeah (Oh yeah) Rrrrhaa!!!!!
Wrong version, you forgot 1,2,3,4 Just let me know what you came here for, and just clap your hands everybody, and let me know that I’m not alone, and if you knew my man when he was alive scream it out and say Ramon… “RAMON” Ramo… “RAMO” I’m talking about ASHES TO ASHES AND DUST TO DUST WHERE THE GOOD DIE YOUNG IT’S ALL THY MUST AND THAT LIFE MUST LIVE AND DEATH MUST DIE AND THE TEARDROP FALLS FROM THE LIVING EYE, Tell me who’s going to dream the impossible dream, of the beautiful city’s and the islands seem, that your works of art, brought into being, all that the ghetto stopped you from seeing. Still life’s urban Masterpiece, your trademark was written on trains and walls, a million dollar gift only God will leave, huh, and still you got killed, for nothing at all. MELLE: Decau, Ostwich, Hiroshima, a Vietnam, Leningrad, Iwo-Jim’s, Okinawa, Korea, The Phillipines, Devestation death catch the killing machine.
AND YOU CAN by watching Kyle Reese Hotwire a stolen car in The Terminator 1984! It’s going to ALL COME BACK TO YOU when THIS SONG starts playing on the radio. It’s the original Terminator movie with the it’s future prediction wrapped up in a nutshell
My Mom introduced this movie to me at the age of 12. I wish I would’ve appreciated it the way that I do now. Such a power l film. Melle was ahead of his time! That’s hip hop! ♥️
THIS AMAZING SONG NEEDS TO BE CRANKED UP TO THE HIGHEST VOLUME AND PLAYED FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO HEAR BECAUSE IT STILL RINGS TRUE SINCE IT'S RELEASE ALMOST 30 YEARS AGO!!! WE ARE REPEATING HISTORY, BECAUSE WE NEVER LEARNED FROM IT!!! THEY WANT US DIVIDED, AND KILLING EACH OTHER SO THEY CAN CONQUER US AND TAKE WHAT LITTLE RIGHTS WE HAVE...THIS HAS NEVER BEEN ABOUT RACE, COLOR, AND/OR CREED, IT IS ABOUT POWER, GREED, AND CONTROL BY THE SO-CALLED UNTOUCHABLE ELITES!!! STAND UP FOR SOMETHING, OR YOU WILL FALL FOR ANYTHING!!! GOD BLESS US ALL!!!
Amazing how it stands the test of time. They knew we’d never learn anything from our mistakes. Melle Mel and the other guys were simply prophetic. Man, his rhythmic feel and percussive rapping is just to die for!
I met this band in Norway back in 1984. They had a show on my disco dance place called Circus.. I even met Grand Master Melle Mel in person. I talked with him.
I can listen this 1 million times. The true hip hop rules! Grandmaster Melle Me is real. I hope a remake. I'm 49 and still loves this song until today.
Why isn't he talked about more? I feel like hes one of the most recognized mcs but nobody knows about him. He has the best style and voice in my opinion of all rappers.
At first I thought this was silly, then I paid attention to the lyrics and realised how amazing and relevant these words are even to this day. As a race, we've learnt nothing,
I'm from Texas born and raised but my mom grew up in New York lower east side Manhattan. I remember when I first heard hip hop it was from Afrika Bambaataa but this was the song plus "The Message that made me fall in love with the CULTURE. He had something to say about all facet of the world problems in one song.
Honestly …. compared to black thought, Royce 5’9”, Eminem, Rakim, Aesop rock, Kendrick, JID, j Cole, should I continue?…. It’s mid grade and the rhyme schemes aren’t complicated at all … you might like this type of rapping better, I can dig it … it was a simpler time … but bars don’t have to be complicated to be impactful Either …. Mel rips it …. For an 80s rapper ;)
If you really know hip hop, Mel is easily top 5 to ever do it. He was so far ahead of his own age and the time. He just happened to pioneer hop hop before it became mainstream. Give him his flowers, people 🎉
In 2025 this song could not be more true. “Fight for power, a nuclear shower, people shouting out in the darkest hour, for places unseen, and voices unheard, and finally the bomb gets the last word”. I agree that Millie Mel is a prophetic.
I'm hurt at 38 years old I never heard this. Melle mel verse was some of the greatest art I've ever witnessed and heard. This is the type of content that should be on the forefront of pop culture. Shame on us
Melle Mell was prophetic on this
"Don't' be a slave to no computer". Prophetic words. Now we are all slaves to computers in any shape or form.
Yup he said that over 20 years ago and look at us slaves to Cumputer instagram face book tweeter
jamie shannon 30 years
Ian Chiforober Amen to that brother!!
Ian Chiforober LOL Here I am sitting in my office working away, MD of a large company, responsible for a large P&L and I watch this and suddenly I'm a 15year old kid and I can recite this word-for-word. Life's funny :)
I love this song, but I have no remorse!
The BEST break dance film of history....
True, I was a teenager in London when this came out, we used to listen to the music every day and watched the video countless times and like some people said before hip hop was ruined and turned against the people and was sung about real things that was happening
Positive hip hop that doesn't sound lame. This is the soundtrack of my youth. 🤙
Same here!
Word up. You know it like a poet
Homeboy
As a gen z dude I would rather listen to this s*** all day and then drill music LOL
Well it’s wack!
Yes
MELLE IS DEFINITELY UNDER RATED AS A RAPPER. He Gotta be one of the GOATs
He is the real goat 🐐😊
He is.
There's a reason he's called GrandMaster Melle Mel. Back in the 80's that was a title you earned, and he made it abundantly clear everytime he picked up a microphone.
I'm 40yrs old and my eyes still well up about Ramo.
+nelson santiago Hey nelson, I'm 46 next week & still miss Ramo, seemed like yesterday when I would go the video store & rent this out every second Saturday ( well before DVD'S & copying video cassette's ) of course I have this CLASSIC on DVD......OL SKOOL HIP HOP BABY, peace amigo, greetings from Australia !
+Beeboy69 & Nelson Santiago...RAP MUSIC AND HIP HOP IN ALL HAS COME A VERY LONG WAY... THIS IS OUR EXPERIENCE AND EXPRESSION THAT CAN NEVER BE DUPLICATED TO THIS TRUEST FORM... MELLE MEL'S RAP PART USED TO SCARE ME..HOWEVER, MEL'S PART IS SOOOO TRUE AND IS MANIFESTING BEFORE OUR EYES.. I, AS WELL AS YOURSELVES, HAVE SEEN HIP HOP'S EVOLUTIONS, UPS AND DOWNS AND UPS.. ITS INFLUENCE ON ALMOST EVERY CULTURE REGARDLESS HOW THE REST OF THE WORLD TRIES TO SHUT OUT RAP AND HIP HOP CULTURE.. ALL THREE OF US HAVE SEEN HIP HOP BLOSSOM FROM ITS PARK AND BLOCK PARTY JAMS TO THE VINYL SPINNING AT CLUBS, TO THE BIG STAGES ACROSS THE WORLD. THE HIP HOP CULTURE GREW SO BIG THAT CORPORATIONS COULD NO LONGER IGNORE IT.. I STILL LOVE RAP, THE HIP HOP CULTURE AND EVERYTHING THAT COMES WITH IT. THERE ARE THOSE THAT STILL WISH THE CULTURE NEVER GREW UP SO FAST... PEACE....
+reeelup007BKNY reeelup007BKNY Well said & written brother......this is why I LOVE HIP HOP & why Melle Mel is in my opinion the greatest MC !Hip Hop doesn't care what colour you are & where your from.....if your down, your down ! It has taught me many things in life from how to respect your fellow man to educate yourself & your people & self knowledge ( past, present & future ) & of course to have a great time.....Peace, love, unity & having fun yeah ! If you use this tool in life ( HIP HOP & IT"S 5 ELEMENTS ) the world is your oyster & nothing can stop you ! Peace to you and HIP HOP lovers worldwide !
+Beeboy69 He lived on my floor in 1777 Grand Concourse in the early 80's. Used to treat us neighborhood kids cool. He kept a weight bench in his living room me and my crew used to mess with. Real solid cat. Ths Bronx was insane back then.
my dad showed me this when I was 3 years old and I'm 19 and I still remembered those beats
This should have 100million views but the world is lost.
man mel melle verses was ahead of its time
Way Ahead!
Straight Up Clairvoyant like Nastradamus!!!
listen to lyrics....way ahead., "don't be a slave to no computer"
Lynnette Michelle
Lynnette Michelle and here we are slaves to computers and cell phones
Melle Mel had the message back then.. Told us don't be a slave to the computers.. Guess what we didn't listen
This video returns to my algorithm every year or so. Like pc's are our fn b@%&#/ . So true. They draw us in and then the kids get addicted that much deeper. Prophetic back the is so right
One of fav movies of all time
I'm almost 45 and the beginning of this track still gives me chills!!!
OWN12S ,❤❤❤❤
I'm 50ish, white & I love love love the message from the MESSENGER
@Kenneth J There's a rap name... Grandmaster Hot Flash!!!!
I'm 46 and agree 💯
I'm 25 and glad to be alive to see this for the first time
He said "don't be a slave to no computer" come on fam that's real rap and he was giving history lessons
+Casey Walker ..and future lessons!
+Casey Walker Future lesson too!
***** He was ahead of his time... Top 10 slept on verse for sure. #classic
***** Everything he said was true
They have computers taking simple jobs like cashiers at the market..SELF CHECKOUT
Remarkable how, over 30 years later, no MC has ever matched Melle Mel's last verse on this track
It is powerful and still relevant.
keftwere
Colin Wichman it is almost bringing tears to my eyes. I feel chills down my spine. Words can't even comprehend how I feel listening to this masterpiece. How can something be this great. Wow ur statement couldn't be stated any better truly remarkable masterpiece
Colin Wichman It's the greatest verse in hip hop.
Turquoise Trotter it brings tears to my eyes every time. The combination of Ramo's death, the love the crowd had for him, Ramo's dad finally realizing that his son had talent, Melle Mel's powerful lyrics, and Ramo's gf in the front row listening intently soaking it all in.
I would pay top dollar to be in the crowd experiencing this live
💪🏼🙌
I would pat at least $1,000 to be there and im only 29
The Beginn of Hip Hop
8000 dollars i pay to be there
@@автоигорёкместный Here's how the place looked like in the 80s without any music.
ruclips.net/video/M6WwZLvxV9Q/видео.html
“Foolish attempt to conquer the skies”
“ ego maniac control sub righteous “
“Sound of the world caught on fire”
“The leaders made an error and they can’t even look in the mirror” .....man this is poetry at its deepest level
We're living in this now
So tru. Prophetic
😭😭😭😭👑🤌
This is one of the most important songs ever made, regardless of music genre. Grandmaster Melle Mel was simply masterful. He expressed himself passionately and without profane and vulgar language too.
This one and "The Message".
markus I'll check it out! thanks
PressCtrlA , thanks for pointing out no vulgar language..so right
You dont have to be vulgar to be a dope MC, you just have have lyrical skills.
I did not see any weapons used in the movie either.
That dude was tupac on steroids!!!!!!! The realest ever!!!! Ah hell nah! “and don't be a slave to no computer"???? He saw the future! Look at us??? Gob bless you all that felt this song :))
I hear u man old school was better than this stupid centuray i mean every song has to do with sex,drugs,and killing people
Sergio Fernandez If you had a time machine, would you go back to 80's? I just might.
Beast
mainmotto this was my favorite part of this movie how prophetic was he? He was really dropping knowledge but them niggas probably thought he was crazy back then. Now 30 years later look at the state of hip hop & the black community as a whole. Smfh a damn disgrace.
KHADIJAH CARTER I knoooooow!!!! Lol girl all I listen to now a days is old school r&b, throw back hip hop, 90s country, old school pop, and when the holidays roll around Christmas music! Lol I'm listening to the jets right now “Crush on you" :) I'm in another timeline
Melle Mel the realest MC that ever lived!
100%
I was 12 in 1984 in Humboldt, TN and was writing all his lyrics down in my notebook. Now, I'm 48, reliving it on RUclips. Hip Hop rulez!!
I did the same when I was 12. Listened to the tape.. Wrote, play, stop, copy write again until I got the whole song..
Why were you 12 in Humboldt 😩😂
🔥🔥🔥🔥This was my favorite movie as a teenager. But as a grown man and ex MC Mellie Mels verse was , is and will ALWAYS be hip hops GREATEST verse!!! It gets no realer than that!!!!💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Got me in tears theses old school rappers were genius!!!
set the bar so high
Man no matter how many times I come back Melle Mel was a true genius the lyrics the delivery...
true dat
Hell Yeah back when Hip-Hop artists were INTELLIGENT.
Krp79 79 lmaooo
He did it from the heart
"Cause we gotta suffer, when things get rougher, and that's the reason why we got to get tougher". You better preach Melle Mel!
I feel Old, but at least I'm Blessed
Old School HipHop will Never be Beaten
This masterpiece will always stand the test of time
Yes. Unless he releases a diss track that is so bad it erases how great he was lol
Even now? I didn't even know Melle Mel existed. Generations will receive him as a joke. Lol. Test of time.
@@msgentertainment2478 Lol you beat me to this comment by 5 mins.
I watched this movie when I was a kid I’m now 43 years old and I have been an avid follower of hip-hop my whole life. This is my first time really listening to his verse. I’m blown away by how much knowledge Melly Mel was droppin.
"Egomaniacs control the Self-Righteous" Just let that seek in...This was when Hip Hop was in it's purest form
This shit is bananas, I just watched Melle Mel cover all the world problems in one super long verse.
Any age I was around to witness this man's greatness! He speaks the truth in the 80 and now in future as well.
I remember when this movie first came out we were getting our allowance and have our parents taking us to the movies and dropping us off. At the end of this movies it gave us chills cause we lived in this era.
Ahead of his time don’t be a slave to the computer and look where we are now 😂😂😂😂 wow
I’m on the #1 train listening to Melle.🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🍀🎵🎶🎵🎶💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀
He was prophesying !!! Everything that he years ago is true . Don't no president really cares about us . Put everything in our neighborhood from drugs , guns , liquor stores on every corner and now migrants which they don't put in their own neighborhoods but teach every race to hate us .Then they find out they need us . Wake up everybody !!!!!!!!❤️🙌🙏💯
melles verse is arguably the greatest in hip hop history
It's all him, the actor is miming ;)
I dont think Wyld Stallions sings the song that brings the world together..it was supposed to be this one!!
Agreed
there is no argument to that
Awwwwee. U Guys....
He was so ahead of his time that his last verse alone bodies most rapper's careers!!!
He ripped the mic HARD
That was the 80s 😍
The words to this song continue to break down our reality until this day. Many decades later.
Thank you I’ve been saying that for years he was 22 when he wrote this 19 when he wrote the message
Right
this man really just summed up human misery in almost 5 mins
You can't get real hip hop like this man! When the shit was real and artists actually had something to say and could paint a picture with their words. I mean yeah, have fun, enjoy yourself, but all in all have somethin to actually speak about. That's what they did. You can't help but to feel every word he's saying. Remember when I watched Beatstreet when I was a kid and this popped up... favorite part of the whole movie. Crazy how this song is like 20+ years old and still relevant to today's problems. This here my friends is what I like to call, real music.
Shit over 30 years ago
That is no lie my friend, I lived in this Era and went through it all!
I just watch beat street on Tubi…and pull soundtrack. Real MC
the best art is made when the artist is hungry
Melle Mel spitting harder back then than most rappers out today....
About thaaaat....
@@Bongz1990 this comment didn't age well at all. 😂
"Like it or not, I am the greatest emcee in all creation."
Melle Mel, 1988
Im purty sure it was befor 87 nwa came out on 85 this has gotta be older im guessing
@@trichomebeast1130 he's probably talking about the quote, Not the song
@@utthamprakash4976 Melle Mel quoted this on the Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five album "On The Strength"
It is a crying shame that Grandmaster Melle Mel does not get mentioned in more top 10 MC discussions.
You will NEVER convince me that there are 10 MCs better than Melle Mel - NEVER.
Melle Mel is to Rakim as Rakim is to Nas
Melle Mel is number 1 in Kool moe Dee's 50 greatest mcs
The first Hip Hop star and one of the pioneers, along with Grandmaster Caz
@@olgierdolo5510 the first hip hop star was Kurtis blow
Billboard magazine's top ten list doesn't include the master of rap. Makes the list invalid
Beat Street, the king of the beat
You see him rockin' that beat from across the street
And huh-huh, Beat Street is a lesson, too
Because ah, you can't let the streets beat you
Uh!
Well, a picture can express a thousand words
To describe all the beauty of life you give
And if the world was yours to do over
I know you'd paint a better place to live
Where the colors would swirl
And the boys and girls can grow in peace and harmony
And where murals stand on walls so grand
As far as the eyes are able to see, ha
I never knew art till I saw your face
And there'll never be one to take your place
'Cause each and every time you touch a spraypaint can
Michaelangelo's soul controls your hands
Then serenades of blue and red
And the beauty of the rainbow fills your head
Crescendo colors playin' tunes
Man why oh why you'd have to die so soon?
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
Where the good die young is all thy must
Cause as life must live death must die
And the tears shall fall from the living eye
Huh, teardrops fall for the state of mind
Of the beautiful lady that you left behind
In love and alone, but now you're dead
And she still can't get you out of her head, huh
More tears fall for all you've done
Tried to be a good father to your only son
But now who's gonna make sure that he's fed
Put a shirt on his back and a roof over head?
Tell me who's gonna dream the impossible dream
Of the beautiful cities and the island's ?
When your works of art brought into being
All that the ghetto stopped you from seeing
Bums on the sidewalk, garbage in the street
Abandoned buildings, bricks of concrete
The ladies on the corner are sellin that body
And everybody wants a part in that party
I'm hangin' out tough rockin' late at night
Runnin' wild in the town of the neon lights
You either play some ball or stand in the hall
Huh, you gotta make somethin' out of nothin' at all
I'm sittin' in the classroom learnin' the rules
And it says you can't do graffiti in school
That can't be wrong in the hallowed hall
So my notebook turned into a big wall
The heart of a lion and the courage of three
And the mind of a man much wiser than me
You're the soul of the brother who won't come back
Who died in my arms on the railroad track
Cause I'm caught in a rat race lookin' for my own space
It gotta be a better place for you and me
There's pie in the sky and a eye for a eye
Some people gotta die just to be free
You search for justice and what do you find?
You find just us on the unemployment line
You find just us sweatin' from dawn to dusk
There's no justice, it's, huh, just us
Still life urban masterpiece
Your trademark was written on trains and walls
A million dollar gift only God released
Huh, and yet you got killed for nothin' at all
So after this there'll be no more hard time
No more bad times and no more pain
No more chump change, none of that bull
Just movies, museums and the hall of fame
So all you hip-hops, get on up
And let's take it to the top where we belong
Cause the age of the Beat Street wave is here
Everybody let's sing along, now come on
And say hooo (Hooo)
Say hooo (Hooo)
And to let me know I'm rockin the microphone
Everybody say Ramon (Ramon)
Ramon (Ramon)
Rrrrhaa!
A newspaper burns in the sand
And the headlines say 'Man Destroys Man'
Extra extra, read all the bad news
On the war for peace that everybody would lose
The rise and fall, the last great empire
The sound of the whole world caught on fire
The ruthless struggle, the desperate gamble
The game that left the whole world in shambles
The cheats, the lies, the alibies
And the foolish attempts to conquer the sky
Lost in space, and what is it worth?
Huh, the President just forgot about Earth
Spendin' multi-billions and maybe even trillions
The cost of weapons ran in the zillions
There's gold in the street and there's diamond under feet
And the children in Africa don't even eat
Flies on their faces, they're livin' like mice
And their houses even make the ghetto look nice
Huh, the water tastes funny, it's forever too sunny
And they work all month and don't make no money
A fight for power, a nuclear shower
A people shout out in the darkest hour
Sights unseen and voices unheard
And finally the bomb gets the last word
Christians killed Muslims and Germans killed Jews
And everybody's bodies are used and abused
Huh, minds are poisoned and souls are polluted
Superiority complex is deep rooted
Leeches and lices, and people got prices
Egomaniacs control the self-righteous
Nothin' is sacred and nothin' is pure
So the revelation of death is our cure
Peoples in terror, the leaders made a error
And now they can't even look in the mirror
Cause we gotta suffer while things get rougher
And that's the reason why we got to get tougher
So learn from the past and work for the future
And don't be a slave to no computer
Cause the children of Man inherit the land
And the future of the world is in your hands
So just throw your hands in the air
And wave em like you just don't care
And if you believe that you're the future
Scream it out and say oh yeah (Oh yeah)
Oh yeah (Oh yeah)
Rrrrhaa!!!!!
Gospel fr
Wrong version, you forgot
1,2,3,4
Just let me know what you came here for, and just clap your hands everybody, and let me know that I’m not alone, and if you knew my man when he was alive scream it out and say Ramon… “RAMON” Ramo… “RAMO” I’m talking about ASHES TO ASHES AND DUST TO DUST WHERE THE GOOD DIE YOUNG IT’S ALL THY MUST AND THAT LIFE MUST LIVE AND DEATH MUST DIE AND THE TEARDROP FALLS FROM THE LIVING EYE, Tell me who’s going to dream the impossible dream, of the beautiful city’s and the islands seem, that your works of art, brought into being, all that the ghetto stopped you from seeing. Still life’s urban Masterpiece, your trademark was written on trains and walls, a million dollar gift only God will leave, huh, and still you got killed, for nothing at all.
MELLE: Decau, Ostwich, Hiroshima, a Vietnam, Leningrad, Iwo-Jim’s, Okinawa, Korea, The Phillipines, Devestation death catch the killing machine.
@@TheAb390 tiny correction, melle calls out Dachau, Auschwitz,Hiroshima.... a bit more known
Nice 👍
Powerful lyrics
Words STILL on point 30 yeARS LATER.
+Luis rivera REAL TALK !!!!!!!
You ain't lying my brother
definitely
Amen brother
World powers don’t spend as much resources on space anymore, that’s probably the only part that’s actually changed.
It doesn't get much better than the Grandmaster. Excellent rap. I miss the great 80's.Only B-Girl in my Crew.XX
Im a New Zealander and this song and movie was so huge and is timeless even now. Unbelievable song. A master piece.
My childhood, reminds me of Christmas 🎄 I’m 28 now grew up watching this movie wit my brother....
The ending to this i had to hold back the tears. Even writing this is making my eyes water I've not watched it for years.
"Bums on the sidewalk, garbage in the street, abandoned buildings bricks and concrete." How can anybody say Melle Mel is not the GOAT rapper?
Beat Street is by far the Best Hip Hop movie ever made... Respect It!!
Krush Groove is also good
TIME TO BRING THIS ALL BACK!!!!
AND YOU CAN by watching Kyle Reese Hotwire a stolen car in The Terminator 1984! It’s going to ALL COME BACK TO YOU when THIS SONG starts playing on the radio. It’s the original Terminator movie with the it’s future prediction wrapped up in a nutshell
My Mom introduced this movie to me at the age of 12. I wish I would’ve appreciated it the way that I do now. Such a power l film. Melle was ahead of his time! That’s hip hop! ♥️
My Mom did the same for me. At the time I liked Breakin better I was 13 then but know I realize how Beat Street was reflective of the true struggle.
This knocked me over in 84 when I saw it!
"Nothin is sacred and nothin is pure
So the revelation of death is our cure"
Best Ever! 30 years on! Still feels like yesterday!
THIS AMAZING SONG NEEDS TO BE CRANKED UP TO THE HIGHEST VOLUME AND PLAYED FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO HEAR BECAUSE IT STILL RINGS TRUE SINCE IT'S RELEASE ALMOST 30 YEARS AGO!!! WE ARE REPEATING HISTORY, BECAUSE WE NEVER LEARNED FROM IT!!! THEY WANT US DIVIDED, AND KILLING EACH OTHER SO THEY CAN CONQUER US AND TAKE WHAT LITTLE RIGHTS WE HAVE...THIS HAS NEVER BEEN ABOUT RACE, COLOR, AND/OR CREED, IT IS ABOUT POWER, GREED, AND CONTROL BY THE SO-CALLED UNTOUCHABLE ELITES!!! STAND UP FOR SOMETHING, OR YOU WILL FALL FOR ANYTHING!!! GOD BLESS US ALL!!!
yes man
Digg
I agree.. miss those days.
very much true
And, and, dont forget that Bush did 9/11 !!! The MSM is telling you he didn't, but he did.
Amazing how it stands the test of time. They knew we’d never learn anything from our mistakes. Melle Mel and the other guys were simply prophetic. Man, his rhythmic feel and percussive rapping is just to die for!
I met this band in Norway back in 1984. They had a show on my disco dance place called Circus.. I even met Grand Master Melle Mel in person. I talked with him.
Mellie Mel killed it.
a mis 58 años aun sigo dsfrutando esta musica 25-05-2023
Almost 40 years old but still sounds so fresh & inspiring!
Started listening in 1984... Still listening to his raps in 2017... anyone else?
This should be taught in schools now, great music with a great message!
i was in this movie i was the graffiti artist and the break dancer i was 15 when they made this movie good old days
Ronnie Baxter No I was in this movie I was the graffiti artist and break dancer....
OK CHILDREN ROFLMFAO :) :)
Thank you all for your remarkable gifts! To know it, you had to have lived it! We lived it! Thanx big dogs!
me too.. that's me....
I was that nerdy white kid that didn't dance so well
Still love this at 29 years old
I can listen this 1 million times. The true hip hop rules! Grandmaster Melle Me is real. I hope a remake. I'm 49 and still loves this song until today.
Mint tune first time I’ve really listened to the lyrics,wow so apt today
I watch this every Christmas. Before cellphones it was DVD and VHS. 😃😃😃
Still one of my favorite movies. So much talent ahead of it's time.
Quality lyrics that make you feel inspired to do something for yourself - Glad i grew in those days - Feel really bad for kids today..
Still the best verse in Hiphop history
He killed dis shit!!! Damn. Love it
Melle Mell was off the chart. F you don't know, u lost. Salute Hip Hop!! Classic
Watched this film when I was a kid. I feel.OLD!!!!
These is real rap I grew up with these music
Me too
Who else gets hype when they listen to this? The best lyricist....song is so prophetic!
even though I was born in 2004 I love Grandmaster flash and melle mel
This is true hip-hop! 2021 anyone??
I am crying 😢 😭 🤧 I was so young but understood everything NYC was so different then
..unforgettable times.
Why isn't he talked about more? I feel like hes one of the most recognized mcs but nobody knows about him. He has the best style and voice in my opinion of all rappers.
Rappers nowadays dont have no chance against Melle Mels rhymes, you can understand every word woth no cussing. He was the God Father of Rap!
Who is listening 2020
Great words..
Best Rap song ever.
melle mel the best rapper of all time
Agreed. He's #1 on my list, and that will NEVER change. I'm taking it to my grave.
This was 30 years ago and he warned us about what's happening today. Melle Mel was prophetic
If you listen to the lyrics, Melle Mel was ahead of his time, especially when he says don't be a slave to a computer.
Melle Mel was on fire when I was a kid!! He spoke the truth - that's how hip hop started though, real talk.
one of the best performances ever.
This will always be 1 of my favorite movies.. As a child and a 41 year old woman!! 🖤🖤💃🍷🙋
He spoke the truth!! Way back when!!!
At first I thought this was silly, then I paid attention to the lyrics and realised how amazing and relevant these words are even to this day. As a race, we've learnt nothing,
Got my in tears! These old school rappers are genius!!!
@@Tashaten me too
exactly!!
the words are so true even in 2024 respect Mell mel scorpio🤘
I'm from Texas born and raised but my mom grew up in New York lower east side Manhattan. I remember when I first heard hip hop it was from Afrika Bambaataa but this was the song plus "The Message that made me fall in love with the CULTURE. He had something to say about all facet of the world problems in one song.
Greatest song in Hip Hop history 💯
This sure beats the days of rewinding my vcr a thousand times over just too hear this jam.
2:49 needs to be apllied to all human kind..ahead of his time and underrated
Grandmaster Melle Mel’s verse is top tier. I have to run it back a couple times everytime i look at this video.
I came here to reminisce,good times when life was enjoyable/simpler Happier ❤
In under 5 minutes this man destroyed every wanna be rapper from the 90s 2000s even these wackass mumble rappers. 100%👍
WORD
Truth in its purest sense 🔥🔥🔥
including the GEn z Great Eminem
@@Bloodsport1I only came here for that and I must say.... I disagree 😅😅
Honestly …. compared to black thought, Royce 5’9”, Eminem, Rakim, Aesop rock, Kendrick, JID, j Cole, should I continue?…. It’s mid grade and the rhyme schemes aren’t complicated at all … you might like this type of rapping better, I can dig it … it was a simpler time … but bars don’t have to be complicated to be impactful
Either …. Mel rips it …. For an 80s rapper ;)
legendary song,legendary film
:) good to have this here , respect!
Youngsters don't know the meaning of the word!! Don't be sad these days are over just be glad if you were there to enjoy 'em I know I am!!
This type of lyrics is why I fell in love with Hip Hop!
If you really know hip hop, Mel is easily top 5 to ever do it. He was so far ahead of his own age and the time. He just happened to pioneer hop hop before it became mainstream. Give him his flowers, people 🎉
This song is still one of the best what happened to rap music
it got better
In 2025 this song could not be more true. “Fight for power, a nuclear shower, people shouting out in the darkest hour, for places unseen, and voices unheard, and finally the bomb gets the last word”. I agree that Millie Mel is a prophetic.
"Don't' be a slave to no computer". I'm watching this awesome clip on a computer. Go figure!
Since the internet the whole world's sold out to the computer!
I’m watching this video on my microwave
I'm hurt at 38 years old I never heard this. Melle mel verse was some of the greatest art I've ever witnessed and heard. This is the type of content that should be on the forefront of pop culture. Shame on us
Melle was killing it......I'm 42 this was a little before my time but bring this BACK!
“Don’t be a slave to no computer”. This man was way ahead of his time.