Years later, it’s hard to get through this song without tears coming to my eyes. It’s what we see out here in Chicago, the reality is captured so perfectly.
And this was before the chaos on our news about Chicago. Lupe prophesied without knowing what was to come on the south side. He spoke of the chaos and cure before them folks grabbed it and sold it to the record labels and fox news.
One of the best rap songs ever made. really wish Lu could’ve made a video for it and it would’ve been pushed. could’ve been that generations Brenda’s got a baby….but we all know why this song was hidden from the masses
THIS IS THE BEST LUPE SONG. He put a totally original spin on what most rappers glorify. 1. Steady Mobbing 2. Hurt me soul 3. He say, she say 4. Theme Music to a drive by. 5. Intruder alert
It was in his original F&L LP but it was leaked a few months before its release and Lupe re-did some of the album, changed the names of some songs and added some different ones, took some off. Unforunately, this was one of the songs that he excluded in his final LP he released last year. And yeah, this is his best song. The lyrics are so deep, and the chorus is powerful.
Hova described Lupe as a 'breath of fresh air' sometime back. Every time I listen to this little-known classic, I can't help think how true that is. Lupe's lyricism is poetic, musical as it is thoughtful. FnF all the way!
Facts every so often I hear this song and just listen to the words ... it’s a reality that hasn’t changed. That’s why this is my favorite song for life. It’s too real . No exaggerations, accurate through the ages. IMO
Can't believe it's been since 06' when this dropped...burn this to a blank disc off LIMEWIRE lol those were my era/days where I'd sit around and try to download all old shit and the latest music out around that time before the mixtapes had them to bump shit nobody else had or they have forgotten overtime...music is my I'm a junkie of it...anyways tracks like this is priceless and timeless because it is storytelling the ghetto vividly in one of USA's biggest cities through a pair of different eyes where the world can still relate...song is ill man...still rides around bumping this...
I remember they used to play this song back in '06 on music choice i used to love this song i was just getting out of high school that year i was pissed that this song was not on the food and liquor album but over all that album was a classic damn time done fly.
HipHop226 same here! I remember I downloaded his entire mixtapes off a torrent site. I've got to retrieved them off my old laptop. Gotta fix that screen first tho.
1. Ghetto Story "Steddy Mobbin" 2. Glory 3. Coulda been Everyone of them all time classics! Right in the midst of the trap music era! Lupe kept hip hop alive while it was on life support! Salute!
The First Time i heard Lupe Fiasco In 2006 i realized the Rap game was gonna be OK. Right away i started digging into his mixtape and realized the Rap Game was in trouble....RUN!!!! B**** RUN!!!! ....ill Let you in on a secret Lupes THE KILLER!.. but don't leak it!
So glad too see ppl in here taking about this song by far one of the best songs in history...sums up all the ghettos in s nutshell..much respect from ny...
This Will Never Grow Old, It’s Still A Banger!!! Even In 2021!!! “I Got Questions To Ask, And I’m waiting on some answers, Like Why Do The Good Die Young (Kobe , Black Panther), Why is there no cure for Cancer/Covid!”
This song, Theme Music to a drive by, Hustlaz, Trials and Tribulations, and a few other tracks that were on the original food and liquor release would have made that album an even bigger classic than it already is.
For those that may not know, this was supposed to be on Food & Liquor until the album leaked months before the official release. This was on the finished album leak, then Lupe scrapped a few of those songs and made new ones for the version of F&L we know today.. like Daydreaming, I Gotcha, & others.
One of my favorite songs to play in 06-07 that was a great time me and my friends use to smoke and listen to this and revenge of the nerds, Fahrenheit 1.5 Lupe was definitely a breath of fresh air back when I was 15.
Back in high school a friend didn't like Lupe cause they said they didn't feel like "breaking down" his words 🤦🏾♂️ Today Lupe is one of his favorites 🤣
Crazy how this was out 15 years ago and the shit he spittin is what’s goin on in the black community now. this man predicted the future. Lupe was a Genius lyricist and still is. Rap game ain’t ready somebody like him and never will be.
Damn how does this only have 200k views? The best lyrics are the ones that paint a story from beginning to end and this is one of the best flows I've heard in a long time. Lupe is saving hip hop and this deserves way more views.
Heard diz shyt bout 2 years ago and still till diz day my fav lupe song da beat is so chill and everythingi dont no how not so many ppl no bout this or knew bout it when it came out this is real hip hop
heard it on my way down to florida for the first time... i live in MD that was about a days worth of driving this shit was on repeat the ENTIRE time...
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Years later, it’s hard to get through this song without tears coming to my eyes. It’s what we see out here in Chicago, the reality is captured so perfectly.
And this was before the chaos on our news about Chicago. Lupe prophesied without knowing what was to come on the south side. He spoke of the chaos and cure before them folks grabbed it and sold it to the record labels and fox news.
One of the best rap songs ever made. really wish Lu could’ve made a video for it and it would’ve been pushed. could’ve been that generations Brenda’s got a baby….but we all know why this song was hidden from the masses
Facts
Any Democrat City
THIS IS THE BEST LUPE SONG. He put a totally original spin on what most rappers glorify.
1. Steady Mobbing
2. Hurt me soul
3. He say, she say
4. Theme Music to a drive by.
5. Intruder alert
Song is so real. . real g tears after listening to this the first time a decade ago
A. Rashad.
Yo understand me bro.
Forever till The end with Lord fiasco
Especially if you from city or surrounding areas
@@aaronwhitfield2010 Any hood really
Real shit 💯💯💯
Got me through undergrad. Very high knowledge and value for the empowerment of the creative man
Bro I hate when ppl try and tell me Lupe ain't nice. Shit be having me ready to fight ppl😂 Lupe really the 🐐
Mario U boy on another level bro word up
@@jamesjones-ez9ug poser
I agree 💯
Lupe the goat rapper
@@jamesjones-ez9ug 😠😠😠
lupe's best song in my opinion
Classic I still remember Jay Z stamping him on the first album with kick push
One of the best rap song I ever heard.
Eternally underrated! Puts him up there with Kendrick fr
One of my top 3 favorite Lupe tracks. This hook is my LIFE! Such a RAW song!
+Eric Graham closest thing to tupac ever since
+CuspOfTheFlame man the closest to tupac is DMX
+John Machain yes...and no. closest to pac is Cole tbh..they both real and told stories. 2pac me against the world is like cole
im saying this track. not the person
Same. This song, coming from where I'm from, & hurt me soul. 🔥🔥
2022 and I still come to check for this song. Probably one of my favorite lupe songs
It was in his original F&L LP but it was leaked a few months before its release and Lupe re-did some of the album, changed the names of some songs and added some different ones, took some off. Unforunately, this was one of the songs that he excluded in his final LP he released last year. And yeah, this is his best song. The lyrics are so deep, and the chorus is powerful.
Damn after over a decade of listening to Lupe, found another hidden gem.
"So many like once before were killed on." Its hidden by the listeners and sellers on purpose.
JUST found this today!
One of the realest songs I’ve ever heard. 15 years later, this still touches my ears
I am from South Africa. This song still ring truth, 15 years later
FACTS
Hova described Lupe as a 'breath of fresh air' sometime back. Every time I listen to this little-known classic, I can't help think how true that is. Lupe's lyricism is poetic, musical as it is thoughtful. FnF all the way!
I still remember it bruh 💯 still remember I thought Jay was gonna bring him out then this video you to play on B.E.T
Every so often, this song arises in my heart. Lupe lyrics are so universal on this.
trully amazing !!
Facts
#FACTS ..... Love dis song! He kickin da absolute REAL
Facts every so often I hear this song and just listen to the words ... it’s a reality that hasn’t changed. That’s why this is my favorite song for life. It’s too real . No exaggerations, accurate through the ages. IMO
Till this day.....just comes up in my head. Its too real
man I really wish lupe coulda made a video to this song, the visuals in his verses are on another level
This song is sensational, he might be one of the best song writers of all time
phenomenal right?!?!?
@@lightmajor1 definitely!!
i miss 2006=(
Best year of my life.
We were literally free lol
@@johnnybravo8977 worst for me lost my big brother
Can't believe it's been since 06' when this dropped...burn this to a blank disc off LIMEWIRE lol those were my era/days where I'd sit around and try to download all old shit and the latest music out around that time before the mixtapes had them to bump shit nobody else had or they have forgotten overtime...music is my I'm a junkie of it...anyways tracks like this is priceless and timeless because it is storytelling the ghetto vividly in one of USA's biggest cities through a pair of different eyes where the world can still relate...song is ill man...still rides around bumping this...
This is when I knew he was the truth. Way back then.
Leon Thigpen True HipHop
All facts. My guy in college really put me on Lupe and I been fuckin with him ever since. Chi town forever
He still the truth bro. Believe that
My exact thought when I heard this.. Pre-Food&Liquor . #SpecialTalent #Chicagos’Nas
Alot of Lupe tracks have ended up in the "Timeless" category......
True
Rip Nipsey that's what brought me back here
I remember they used to play this song back in '06 on music choice i used to love this song i was just getting out of high school that year i was pissed that this song was not on the food and liquor album but over all that album was a classic damn time done fly.
This song get me through tough times.
Never gone a day without some lupe music. This does it. Never let the streets dictate me. #steadymobbin
Damnreally 11 years ago. I vividly remember being 15..and 17 listening to this now I’m 26 this is crazy
Used to listen to this literally everyday, all day at my job
HipHop226 same here! I remember I downloaded his entire mixtapes off a torrent site. I've got to retrieved them off my old laptop. Gotta fix that screen first tho.
Ilvin Lopez this was definitely on my playlist daily!!
First Peter 4-12-14. In God we trust for our daily test. Much-Love.
1. Ghetto Story "Steddy Mobbin"
2. Glory
3. Coulda been
Everyone of them all time classics! Right in the midst of the trap music era! Lupe kept hip hop alive while it was on life support! Salute!
The First Time i heard Lupe Fiasco In 2006 i realized the Rap game was gonna be OK. Right away i started digging into his mixtape and realized the Rap Game was in trouble....RUN!!!! B**** RUN!!!! ....ill Let you in on a secret Lupes THE KILLER!.. but don't leak it!
Tears man. I didn’t need go back into this training room at work with red eyes. I would bow my head to this man 🙏🏿
What happened bro?
Fell in love with this track during spring of 08 my Junior year in High School. A damn beautiful time that was.
the greatest rapper ever!!!
So glad too see ppl in here taking about this song by far one of the best songs in history...sums up all the ghettos in s nutshell..much respect from ny...
This Will Never Grow Old, It’s Still A Banger!!! Even In 2021!!!
“I Got Questions To Ask, And I’m waiting on some answers,
Like Why Do The Good Die Young (Kobe , Black Panther),
Why is there no cure for Cancer/Covid!”
This song, Theme Music to a drive by, Hustlaz, Trials and Tribulations, and a few other tracks that were on the original food and liquor release would have made that album an even bigger classic than it already is.
Love this song since junior high one of my fave lupe joints
The realness of this record is compelling.
Chills...every time. This is art
It doesn’t get any better than Lupe, folks. Here’s one of the many proofs
2006 come back...(I was 16 yr old)
Chicago life Lord have mercy on us.
No words to say but damn real shit lupe years later its really getter deeper
No rapper is better idc about money or anything he is the best
CHICAGO STAND UP!!!!!!!
For those that may not know, this was supposed to be on Food & Liquor until the album leaked months before the official release. This was on the finished album leak, then Lupe scrapped a few of those songs and made new ones for the version of F&L we know today.. like Daydreaming, I Gotcha, & others.
I heard the leaked version it was more gritty, but I feel like the retail version was more polished and digestible
i wish he kept the original regardless of the leaks.
That first verse is incredible man. Lupe blessed us countless times
this is my song. as a lu fan, ashamed I found this so late.
dont feel bad me too
jkay07 Antwain Jackson Doesn't matter WHEN you got on the boat. It's that you're on board. Be easy, fam.
But it is a shame tho. Kinda...
wtf... walk of shame on you lol
One of my favorite songs to play in 06-07 that was a great time me and my friends use to smoke and listen to this and revenge of the nerds, Fahrenheit 1.5 Lupe was definitely a breath of fresh air back when I was 15.
This is my Pops favorite song by Lupe and mine too. Can never hear this song and not think of him! The power of music man
This was the truth in high school
This song gives me the same feeling in 2019 that it did in '04. Classic material folks.
Hey bro this some came out in '06
Bro right, its so many dope songs that ive played out, but this still hits. Truly a perfect song
Back in high school a friend didn't like Lupe cause they said they didn't feel like "breaking down" his words 🤦🏾♂️
Today Lupe is one of his favorites 🤣
I was thinking back on what was the realist songs I've ever heard and this is one that came up. Along with joe budden "are you in the mood yet"
+Tommie M. Yo!!!! The first verse of are you in that yet was my entire life at one point. It was spooky almost.
+Moses Smith mine too bro. Before that song I never heard a rap song get that relatable to my life
Tommie M. Scariest shit was how he pinpointed my life at the point and my selfish thoughts of the abortion. Forever a joe fan after that song.
King Lupe.
I've always loved the way Lupe speaks to his peers n how he convey his lyrics 🙏💖💖🙏🙏💕
God Bless 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇲🇽
Crazy Lupe been my favorite rapper for 20 years now. 🐐
OMG Memories
His label issues
WOW! My fave Lupe song by far. this song does something to me... I love it!
Lupe fiasco songs can relate to me so much..
Maybe the best lyricist alive.
Best Lupe song, lyrically, flow wise, and music. Love it
still waiting on those answers.......steady mobbin
i love this soul music. i still love his new stuff on F&L2 but nothing beats his old tracks when he was younger
HOLY SHIT I HAVENT HEARD THIS IN YEARRRSSSSS A CLASSIC!! BRING ME DOWWWWWNNNNN
Still come back to listen to this soulful hip hop joint in 2018
2019.... fuckin phenomenal.
this should be a guideline for the youth...dont let the streets dictate you, you are in control!
Whoever need to hear this:
Always remember …..Steady onward…. Steady upward
Crazy how this was out 15 years ago and the shit he spittin is what’s goin on in the black community now. this man predicted the future. Lupe was a Genius lyricist and still is. Rap game ain’t ready somebody like him and never will be.
Not so much as predicted the future but more so just an example of how much things haven't changed.
This song is so unbelievably real. Brings a tear to my eye
I love this Lamont Dozier sample. Nice
damn man this brought back a hella memories..lupe the real thing
this is real stuff over here. Lupe at his best...spitting the lyrics like no other.
2020 sucks but this song is amazing no matter the year
ahhh lupe. one of the few remaining true hip hop artists
Goat 🐐💪🏿💪🏿💯💯
The coldest. Song gives me chills every time
Damn how does this only have 200k views? The best lyrics are the ones that paint a story from beginning to end and this is one of the best flows I've heard in a long time. Lupe is saving hip hop and this deserves way more views.
this is my favorite Lupe song
Chicago representing...Go Lupe..Go!
Lupe. The Embodiement of a true M.C. Lupe got some crazy lines..u just gotta listen.
the realest and rawest!
I vibez with this song in 2020
LUPE is sick nice metaphors and a good story teller
Love this song! Deep and soulfull! ✌️shouldve been released 4 real
This here is the best Lupe Song Period. If he spoke from this perspective more he could be one of the best songwriters ever.
This is 🔥🔥🔥
Heard diz shyt bout 2 years ago and still till diz day my fav lupe song da beat is so chill and everythingi dont no how not so many ppl no bout this or knew bout it when it came out this is real hip hop
Songs like this are why he's light years ahead of ppl like kdot and others
Song is a classic almost forgot about it
I like what you said on what he offers. Needs to be more like you. You don't have to relate. But you can see and understand what he's talking about.
Good Times!!! Made me step my game up
classic Lupe!!
heard it on my way down to florida for the first time... i live in MD that was about a days worth of driving this shit was on repeat the ENTIRE time...
2024 and its still bussin 🔥🔥🔥🖤
Damn. I remember buying this Mixtape 💿 Back in the Day at Swap A Rama.
first song i ever heard from Lupe fell in love with him instantly
I’m so sad this song still isn’t available on streaming platforms ❤️🩹
such a good song , the lyrics and the beat are amazing
2019 til infinity