This is one of the greatest hip hop song of all time. From the beat to the lyrics to the soulful ending - its an incredible piece of art. Reminds me of my childhood.
@@tobyjones205 yooo lol, didn't know you'd respond to your 2 year old comment, props to ya. Yeah, this one is really good tho. Imagine now how better did Royce get... his verse on Father Figure was straight up "rape"
Why they always gotta fight so much? damn Momma +FACE SWOLE Me and my bros in a PANIC STATE If THAT'S THE ++CASE YO I CAN'T just STAY AROUND THIS Everything was fine, we just +HAD DINNER We got all the He-Mans Battle Cat, Adam AND CRINGER, even Castle Greyskull +AND SNAKE MOUNTAIN Now we sit and listen to y'all argue about how y'all +PLANNED THIS DAY And y'all just admitted to us +SANTA FAKE So Kid Vishis just ++RAN AWAY POUTIN' Now I gotta go and CONSOLE HIM He wasn't nothin' but a spoiled little BOY THEN Little naive with an innocent cry All he ever wanted to do was fit in with us And y'all bought him a pair of fake Timberlands and put in a real Timberland box I never forget them boots, they was called Rugged Outbacks Momma went and found them at PAYLESS And MADE US promise not to SAY NOTHIN' Then Pop came in like he ain't know nothin' about it Like, "Judy you gon' send that boy out in public like that?" "He'll be just fine, These kids ain't 'bout to be looking down at his feet for no tree" And she really meant that Meanwhile, this little arrogant n***a called himself stuntin' On me and Greg with him talkin' about, "where your Timbs at?" But he was too young to detect sarcasm so We was like, "n*****, where your Timbs at?" Why he gotta get drunk so much? damn. I wish YOU would just stay where YOU was at instead Of coming home all RUDE and disrespectin' all the father RULES AND SHIT... man The MOOD DONE SWITCHED me and Vicious playing Connect Four Our Favorite MOVIE just came on the TUBE AND IT'S ironic it's Bloodsport And I'm looking at Frank DUKES AND SHIT, thinkin' YOU SHOULD SPLIT Before Daddy come down these stairs Of this +BASEMENT and see you +WASTED But he just cut me off like, "That n***** ain't gon' DO SHIT But the TRUTH IS THIS he couldn't whoop my dad even if he was sober I know 'cause he tried once Ended up unconscious, a broke arm and a TOOTH WAS CHIPPED My big bro got a lot of emotional problems He feel that we was all ABUSED AS KIDS He saw Momma get +DRAGGED DOWN all kinds Of stairs like a +RAGDOLL when he was TWO AND THIS is back when Daddy USED TO SNIFF +COCAINE, +'PO THANG He had to be subjected TO THIS WHEN he gets drunk He gets TO LOSING IT He gets the ILLUSION THAT he gon' protect us all from the Big Bad Wolf Stand up to him and PROVE SOME SHIT But all he really doing is stressing Mom out Gotta her goin', "boy you know your daddy up there asleep The food is ready, Why don't you stop making all this noise and let him stay sleep?" The Turkey's done in the Montgomery home Dad has just been awakened again Greg is making all kinds of noise Daddy's on his way angry again "Who is that making all that God damn noise? Greggy, get up here! You been out there drinking again? What the fuck I tell you about coming in my house With this disrespectful shit? N***** where the fuck YOU DONE BEEN?" I'm thinking to myself Greg please don't say nothin' STUPID, MAN Every time my Daddy in his +DRAWERS And he standing in the +HALLWAY mad at somebody, I swear to God he got the same strength as SUPERMAN My brother turned around and just walks in the kitchen Without even givin' an answer, with his back to him like "I ain't gotta talk to you n*****" "N******, you don't hear me talking to you?" Next thing my brother did is something That when it comes to my father is something you just DON'T DO. He looked him right in his eyes and he asked him, "What the fuck is you GON DO'?" My father hit him so hard his body +HIT THE STOVE The +OVEN DOOR hit +THE FUCKIN FLOOR The turkey fell out the +OVEN HOLE and landed NEAR THE STAIRS Now Daddy standing OVER GREG talkin' 'bout, "N*****, you ain't hurt! Get up, get up!" And here come Vish' talkin' 'bout, "Dad, I don't think he gon' get up" Then Momma went damn near HYSTERICAL She +CALLED THE POLICE, the police came Neighbors is +ALL IN THE STREET Watching the cops takin' my father out in handcuffs Damn, man that shit was real EMBARESSING To all my friends I GREW UP WITH, who GREW UP FATHERLESS I know through me you live VICARIOUSLY I want you to know that we ain't no better Than you and yours We all needed THERAPY We care about each other more than We care about if anybody UNDERSTANDS US What I'm tryin' say is "fuck you! And Happy Holidays from the MONTGOMERY FAMILY.... :)
I've been saying this about Royce for 10 years. He has, hands down, the most unique flow and rhyming schemes in hip hop history. He rhymes bars in the middle of said bar more often than he ever does at the end. Might be a Detroit thing bc Obie raps very similarly.
Thanks for posting this. This song is an absolute masterpiece that deserves analysis and academic discourse. Your ability to transpose these lyrics with 100% accuracy is something all too rare. Thank you!
crzadagza Bruh! I thought I was the only one to catch the lyrical genius of this song! Like as a story, it’s a great song. I get it. But the rhyme pattern is something that is just beyond comprehension! It took me over 20 listens to finally understand it. Anyone only hearing a story about his family during the holidays is missing one of the greatest lyrical masterpieces of this generation.
@Trizae 26 I get ya, not comparing this ti Royce's earliest material, but he really invested his entire career/life in this album, and you can feel it through out the album.
@@darktwisted4300 Atleast we have an understanding. This made me so mad seeing Cardi got the album of the year Grammy when Royce wasn't even a nominee.
@Trizae 26 I've stopped following mainstream Hip Hop a while back, though they are a few mainstream artists from back in the like Royce who I still follow, the rest of the game is pretty much washed down, and them awards could mean jack to me Bruv, to this day I'm still in awe as to why would anyone regard Cardi a rapper, but that's my opinion. Guess indeed the real shit will always be Underground, and as long people like you and me know which is the actual music, THE REALEST MUSIC, they could share them grammies amongst themselves, as we(mostly Underground, prefer not to be part of that fairy-tale world they living in).
Twenty twenty one @first of July.. What a fuckin' song when u lived it. Amazing.. Hard as fuck when u lived it.. Deep as fuck when u lived it. Royce is 🔥 @my life as so many of us.
Eminem’s “Stepdad” had the potential to sound a lot more like this, but Em has such a terrible beat selection. Not to mention the garbage hook, when the song would of been better without it. Minor changes Em, and you could sound better then this, instead you sound worse, while one of your protégés out-classes you.
Royce was never a protégé to Em. He was his peer and his equal. They came up at the same time in the 90s in Detroit. Em didn't mentor him in the way, that some may say, he mentored 50. Even though Fif dropped Power of The Dollar and multiple mixtapes before signing to Shady.
@@mertdaalkabie7946 Facts. Ems last great, near perfect, body of work was The Eminem Show. The first MMLP was perfect and the SSLP was near perfect as well. Those are his three crowning achievements. Almost everything post Curtain Call was horrible.
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This is one of the greatest hip hop song of all time. From the beat to the lyrics to the soulful ending - its an incredible piece of art. Reminds me of my childhood.
"What the fuck you gonna do" - famous last words from many people
😦 I’m speechless, this is more than powerful words, or poetry... he painted a picture in my mind I can’t ever forget
It is poetry
I couldn't get it off my mind too , it's so goddamn relatable
I love this song!!
Kristin Kali amen
This was the start of telling stories again in rap. Simply brilliant
You right him and Joyner
Lupe was doing this since 05... and is still doing the same, but okay.
I may have overstated but this one stood out to me. Listened to it several times one after the other when I first got the album.
@@tobyjones205 yooo lol, didn't know you'd respond to your 2 year old comment, props to ya. Yeah, this one is really good tho. Imagine now how better did Royce get... his verse on Father Figure was straight up "rape"
@@Portthefirst literally nobody mentioned lupe fuck off
Master class on delivery enunciation. Half the bars land on words that aren't supposed to rhyme but you cannot tell. That is art.
Why they always gotta fight so much? damn
Momma +FACE SWOLE
Me and my bros in a PANIC STATE
If THAT'S THE ++CASE YO I CAN'T just STAY AROUND THIS
Everything was fine, we just +HAD DINNER
We got all the He-Mans
Battle Cat, Adam AND CRINGER, even Castle Greyskull +AND SNAKE MOUNTAIN
Now we sit and listen to y'all argue about how y'all +PLANNED THIS DAY
And y'all just admitted to us +SANTA FAKE
So Kid Vishis just ++RAN AWAY POUTIN'
Now I gotta go and CONSOLE HIM
He wasn't nothin' but a spoiled little BOY THEN
Little naive with an innocent cry
All he ever wanted to do was fit in with us
And y'all bought him a pair of fake
Timberlands and put in a real Timberland box
I never forget them boots, they was called Rugged Outbacks
Momma went and found them at PAYLESS
And MADE US promise not to SAY NOTHIN'
Then Pop came in like he ain't know nothin' about it
Like, "Judy you gon' send that boy out in public like that?"
"He'll be just fine,
These kids ain't 'bout to be looking down at his feet for no tree"
And she really meant that
Meanwhile, this little arrogant n***a called himself stuntin'
On me and Greg with him talkin' about, "where your Timbs at?"
But he was too young to detect sarcasm so
We was like, "n*****, where your Timbs at?"
Why he gotta get drunk so much? damn.
I wish YOU would just stay where YOU was at instead
Of coming home all RUDE and disrespectin' all the father
RULES AND SHIT... man
The MOOD DONE SWITCHED me and Vicious playing Connect Four
Our Favorite MOVIE just came on the
TUBE AND IT'S ironic it's Bloodsport
And I'm looking at Frank DUKES AND SHIT, thinkin' YOU SHOULD SPLIT
Before Daddy come down these stairs
Of this +BASEMENT and see you +WASTED
But he just cut me off like, "That n***** ain't gon' DO SHIT
But the TRUTH IS THIS he couldn't whoop my dad even if he was sober
I know 'cause he tried once
Ended up unconscious, a broke arm and a TOOTH WAS CHIPPED
My big bro got a lot of emotional problems
He feel that we was all ABUSED AS KIDS
He saw Momma get +DRAGGED DOWN all kinds
Of stairs like a +RAGDOLL when he was TWO
AND THIS is back when Daddy USED TO SNIFF +COCAINE, +'PO THANG
He had to be subjected TO THIS WHEN he gets drunk
He gets TO LOSING IT
He gets the ILLUSION THAT he gon' protect us all from the Big Bad Wolf
Stand up to him and PROVE SOME SHIT
But all he really doing is stressing Mom out
Gotta her goin', "boy you know your daddy up there asleep
The food is ready,
Why don't you stop making all this noise and let him stay sleep?"
The Turkey's done in the Montgomery home
Dad has just been awakened again
Greg is making all kinds of noise
Daddy's on his way angry again
"Who is that making all that God damn noise?
Greggy, get up here!
You been out there drinking again?
What the fuck I tell you about coming in my house
With this disrespectful shit?
N***** where the fuck YOU DONE BEEN?"
I'm thinking to myself Greg please don't say nothin' STUPID, MAN
Every time my Daddy in his +DRAWERS
And he standing in the +HALLWAY mad at somebody,
I swear to God he got the same strength as SUPERMAN
My brother turned around and just walks in the kitchen
Without even givin' an answer, with his back to him like
"I ain't gotta talk to you n*****"
"N******, you don't hear me talking to you?"
Next thing my brother did is something
That when it comes to my father is something you just DON'T DO.
He looked him right in his eyes and he asked him,
"What the fuck is you GON DO'?"
My father hit him so hard his body +HIT THE STOVE
The +OVEN DOOR hit +THE FUCKIN FLOOR
The turkey fell out the +OVEN HOLE and landed NEAR THE STAIRS
Now Daddy standing OVER GREG talkin' 'bout,
"N*****, you ain't hurt!
Get up, get up!"
And here come Vish' talkin' 'bout,
"Dad, I don't think he gon' get up"
Then Momma went damn near HYSTERICAL
She +CALLED THE POLICE, the police came
Neighbors is +ALL IN THE STREET
Watching the cops takin' my father out in handcuffs
Damn, man that shit was real EMBARESSING
To all my friends I GREW UP WITH, who GREW UP FATHERLESS
I know through me you live VICARIOUSLY
I want you to know that we ain't no better
Than you and yours
We all needed THERAPY
We care about each other more than
We care about if anybody UNDERSTANDS US
What I'm tryin' say is "fuck you!
And Happy Holidays from the MONTGOMERY FAMILY.... :)
I've been saying this about Royce for 10 years. He has, hands down, the most unique flow and rhyming schemes in hip hop history. He rhymes bars in the middle of said bar more often than he ever does at the end. Might be a Detroit thing bc Obie raps very similarly.
Thanks for posting this. This song is an absolute masterpiece that deserves analysis and academic discourse. Your ability to transpose these lyrics with 100% accuracy is something all too rare. Thank you!
crzadagza Bruh! I thought I was the only one to catch the lyrical genius of this song! Like as a story, it’s a great song. I get it. But the rhyme pattern is something that is just beyond comprehension! It took me over 20 listens to finally understand it. Anyone only hearing a story about his family during the holidays is missing one of the greatest lyrical masterpieces of this generation.
Aint heard a song that could make me cry in years. Power is a straight up powerful song
This song is deep
Loving this album so much
Book of Ryan levitated my psychology so much. Thank you Royce
This song is so great
Best song on the book of Ryan, while I prefer the pure skill of caterpillar this is so honest I love it
Best? Best Dawg? I must admit this is straight up FIRE, I just don't understand how you can put this over Bablo Boat Feat. J. Cole.
@@darktwisted4300 For me it's the raw emotion you can feel in this song and he clear message it projects while also being lyrically impressive.
@Trizae 26 I get ya, not comparing this ti Royce's earliest material, but he really invested his entire career/life in this album, and you can feel it through out the album.
@@darktwisted4300 Atleast we have an understanding. This made me so mad seeing Cardi got the album of the year Grammy when Royce wasn't even a nominee.
@Trizae 26 I've stopped following mainstream Hip Hop a while back, though they are a few mainstream artists from back in the like Royce who I still follow, the rest of the game is pretty much washed down, and them awards could mean jack to me Bruv, to this day I'm still in awe as to why would anyone regard Cardi a rapper, but that's my opinion.
Guess indeed the real shit will always be Underground, and as long people like you and me know which is the actual music, THE REALEST MUSIC, they could share them grammies amongst themselves, as we(mostly Underground, prefer not to be part of that fairy-tale world they living in).
Can’t stop listening to this track. Resonates so hard with me. Wish I knew people like Royce irl who could relate to this shit
Same here my favorite part was when Royce Dad knocked out Grieg for disrespecting him😂😂😂😂😂😭😭😭
Royce is a F'king genius. Very few on his level of story telling.
This song gonna be a banger until the end of time
This is only for a different kind of soul . You gotta come from shit like this to understand. Man this shit made a grown man cry
So underrated! Fckn great song royce.... Thankyou
Twenty twenty one @first of July..
What a fuckin' song when u lived it.
Amazing.. Hard as fuck when u lived it..
Deep as fuck when u lived it.
Royce is 🔥
@my life as so many of us.
Wow.. just wow. Very vivid.
Best cut of 2018
Sorry Pac, Biggie, Biz Markie, Slick Rick and Kendrick, but The Book of Ryan brought me to tears.
Now *THAT* is power.
This album is fire
Love u Royve ur amazing ❤
Wish I had castle greyskull and snake mountain
I was Greg always drunk thinking i could stand up to the big bad wolf
Damn, Royce's song reminded me of my home life.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
Royce is one of the best rappers alive. I feel so bad that he only got attention if he's with Eminem
KING
So Underrated
Respect
Cool
Does anyone know if this guy Greg is made up cause I can’t find no info on the internet about him…. Only his younger brother kid vishis
He’s real. Royce posted him on his IG a few times before. I was wondering the same thing. Lol
Always gotta come back to this when ppl say Em has better storytelling than Royce
I was Greg
YET PEOPLE WILL SAY DRAKE IS A LYRICIST SMFH!!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD TODAY MAN 😠🤬
The last time Drake was a lyricist was a decade ago on Light Up with Hov.
Eminem’s “Stepdad” had the potential to sound a lot more like this, but Em has such a terrible beat selection. Not to mention the garbage hook, when the song would of been better without it. Minor changes Em, and you could sound better then this, instead you sound worse, while one of your protégés out-classes you.
i used to love eminem but the production of his new albums are shit. i just can't listen to them. i agree
Nah, ain’t no way he could’ve made Stepdad better than Power. Even if he changed the production and the hook. Don’t downplay Royce 🤦🏾♂️
Royce was never a protégé to Em. He was his peer and his equal. They came up at the same time in the 90s in Detroit. Em didn't mentor him in the way, that some may say, he mentored 50. Even though Fif dropped Power of The Dollar and multiple mixtapes before signing to Shady.
@@mertdaalkabie7946 Facts. Ems last great, near perfect, body of work was The Eminem Show. The first MMLP was perfect and the SSLP was near perfect as well. Those are his three crowning achievements. Almost everything post Curtain Call was horrible.