I’ll never forget years ago sitting in rehab with my man Harvey from Wilmington DE..we sung this hook and recited styles verse all day it helped get us through ..oh yeah today I’m sober ..cuz MY LIFE is all I have..
Felt that. Using this song for my young men's group as a discussion point. I want them to start thinking about their life and their story. This song is powerful. Congrats and blessings for getting sober. May God keep you.
Pharoah should never be censored. His singing is so beautiful. I never knew he could sing. This song is my life. At 37 with kidney failure. Needing a donor. Looking for one is such a pain.
Hey say what you want about him now but this was 2002 Kanye when he was putting out some of the best music and "Just to get by" produced by Kanye and sung by Talib Kweli was an awesome song..
2002-2003. Man, this album came out right after my mother died. A Gangsta and A Gentleman. To me his album was one of the greatest ever. He kept it real every track, My good friend was really into underground rap, always talking about Sheek, Jada, and Styles..Styles P, truly a great. Thanks for the song. Got me through some hard times.
I was at Ground Zero for 4 weeks when I was in the Army National Guard I heard this track on the FM Radio, It relaxed my nerves after seeing so many bodies that jump out the windows of the Twin Towers.
This song should have wayyyyyyyyyy more views, the fact that it doesn’t just shows how much ppl don’t know about real hip hop . This is as real as it gets.
Idk how many black people outright own the Labels. They put out what they want if we owned em more Songs like this would thrive we should and hopefully will own Labels outright frfr.
2:42 DAMN Envy looks young there. This song is so familiar and feels like yesterday it dropped. But it was YEARS ago. I've never moved on from this era lol
THE LYRICS ARE LEGENDARY. THE ARTIST STYLES IS STILL LIVING WHAT HE RAPPED ABOUT. THATS WHY HE IS STILL MAKING MONEY AND MUSIC. KEEP THESE LEGENDARY PIECES ON THE UP !!!!!!!!!!!!!! FIRE 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 FOREVER!!!!!!!THE TRUTH SPEAKS STILL 2024🎉
This beat and hook popped in my head randomly just now. So I looked it up and commented. 🤣 if you listening to this right now you know good hip hop music! 🫡
This is soul touching music. If you can't feel this then you won't feel any song....EVER! One of the best tracks ever made.....clearly...no debating! Stays in heavy rotation...
This one came out early in highschool and gave me the confidence to just be me. Sounds sad, but it was what I was listening to in the weight room, studying, all that shit. Just gave me that extra to be better.
need more real hip hop like this in todays music. This came out when i was living outta my car hustling to eat as a teen. Its part of my lifes soundtrack. Hip hop soul. Classic.
Yo all I got to say is for 21 years Ive been bumping this. Its crazy ill never forget the words. BET Rap City thank you Styles for putting emotion into it
This song touches you man, what ever happened to music like this?! I remember as a 9 year old digging into my stepfather cd collections bumping 2pac, Scarface, Redman, James Brown all that! Now I got my own collection of EPMD, Das Efx, Redman, Heltah Skeltah so much more! This song with Pharoahe Monch on the hook is timeless! Styles P hope you get back to this sound man shit was dope!
wow people in utube comments arent racist pricks ALL the time.... lol something surprises me every day about the internet. sorry for ur loss tho. my father passed away last september. songs will instantly bring u back to a moment with a loved one. thats why good music is so powerful. u associate a song with an individual and it is there forever. that bond between the 3 of you can never be broken.... but now a days these moronic rap "fans" wanna hear music from these clowns in skirts and skin tight girl jeans. redundant repetitive hollow lyrics. nothing will be remembered from this current generation of rap music. rap needs another 50cent. as bad as he was now he was a monster when he got on. these days we got riff raff lil b migos asap mob and the chicago goons.... a bnch of bad "music"...lol sorry for rambling but this song is dope as fuck as i have a lot of good memories associated with this one... crazy how a song can mean so much to two people in two totally different ways.... THATS THE POWER OF MUSIC
mark barrett Thanks for your words, yes, music is very powerful, and I often feel like the days of the best music is behind us..I'm sorry to hear of the loss of your dad.....It's nice tho when music can bring you back to another time, another place....as for music today, there are a few good ones now, but very few and far between....I can't listen to commercial radio, I usually jus listen to my mp3 player or i make a cd of the good stuff, my favs, typically music from 2002 or older, stuff that they don't play on the radio anymore.
So if Cole didn't do what he did with this hook, many of y'all done already forgot about this classic? Shame on y'all. Real fans still have this joint on repeat in their head phones and sound systems even in 2021.
You can turn this on, and let it take you back to a day many years ago, where you didn't feel like the future was going to be here for you.. but, here we are, still holding on these positive vibes.. feels good to hear it again once and a while for good measures.
Best song ever written in life big up style p & pharoahe monch 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ i remember watching this on rapcity with big tygga good old days wonderful days blessed school nyc real hip hop days Hip Hop forever 🎉🎉🎉🎉
2024 🔥 been bumping this since i was 14 i’m 38 now 🫡
Yessir till I’m in a casket
@@jaredparker5574 💯
Can relate! 🫡
Same 🔥 still
Me 2
I’ll never forget years ago sitting in rehab with my man Harvey from Wilmington DE..we sung this hook and recited styles verse all day it helped get us through ..oh yeah today I’m sober ..cuz MY LIFE is all I have..
Felt that. Using this song for my young men's group as a discussion point. I want them to start thinking about their life and their story. This song is powerful. Congrats and blessings for getting sober. May God keep you.
@@stellaroze thank you !! Yes this song help me do just that 💯
@@stellaroze smh rap used to give us these messages
Good man. Keep it up.
That is so deep but
Forever grateful this is from my time. Fr! rather be 80yo me than 20yo you..
Cole made me come back to this one. One of Hip Hop best hooks. Monch killed that shit.
One of the dopiest hip hop songs
Style going hard too, feel me? I know you are 👌🏾
Yeah, I was like, "is he really covering this track? Hell yeah!"
You can tell Cole really respects and reps the golden era legends
What’s the name of the j cole track that samples this
Pharoah should never be censored. His singing is so beautiful. I never knew he could sing. This song is my life. At 37 with kidney failure. Needing a donor. Looking for one is such a pain.
stay strong, wishing you the best
I hope all is well
Keep up the hope bro,you will get off that dialysis
prayers right now to you frfr!!!!!!
i don’t have to know you .: that energy of blessings will
be coming
Any updates??
Who here from J. Cole tryna remember the hook for my life and where he pulled it from. Legends never die.
damn i almost forgot about this song. bless cole :D
Pulled up the song halfway and had to come and play this one
Facts. P is so underrated.
Yup finally found it
Me. I’m here from…
Real Hip-Hop will alway$, RULE 4 LIFE!!!! 😤🔥
This song will NEVER get old. Realness and truth never die
MrMessyb never,,good energy lives for ever,
MrMessyb NEVERRR!!!! 💯☑️
Never
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
Facts tho
Styles is the most consistent, never changed up, never had too!!!!
Facts 💯
This beat epitomizes real hip hop in the early 2000s. Who else got this on they 2024 playlist
Ayatollah
4 sho!! 🤙
Always makes me wonder how we went from beauty like this to fucking mumbling bs?
Sooooooo true
I got it
Pharoahe kicked the sh*t outta this hook. Ghost murdered the track
Blaklex Jenkins in other words they soundly bombed the joint in true hiphop fashion! 😎
Blaklex Jenkins the sky is blue. Money is green. That's all these guy do is kill their tracks
Yessssssss🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Alright so this what dope sounds like
After this i dont know how Pharoahe wasnt sought out to do more hooks for big artists. This hook really illuminated this record. Period!!
NaTe dog status
100%
WORD UP
He also had shut the fuck up which was a huge banger back then
Salute By slaughterhouse was dope
One of the greatest hooks ever
Yup this and talib qweli and kayne just to get by
+brandon ADAMS kanye is a skirt wearing ass pu$$#!
Hey say what you want about him now but this was 2002 Kanye when he was putting out some of the best music and "Just to get by" produced by Kanye and sung by Talib Kweli was an awesome song..
+Mike DeSimone I agree. This is a hook that makes you feel something deepl.
+Mark k Kayne has extreme talent... Top 10 hip hop producers of all time too..
The hook goes hard af 🔥
All-time banger. Styles P and Pharaoh Monch are legends. Listening for 15 years, time sure does fly.
2002-2003. Man, this album came out right after my mother died. A Gangsta and A Gentleman. To me his album was one of the greatest ever. He kept it real every track, My good friend was really into underground rap, always talking about Sheek, Jada, and Styles..Styles P, truly a great. Thanks for the song. Got me through some hard times.
Everett Johnson I know you posted your comment a while ago but sorry for you loss, This song is very deep! God Bless!!!
My God be with you
My home boy lost his brother right when this came out so we had my brother on repeat outside....nobody said nothing.....
Rest in peace to your pops. 🙏
R.i.p. to ya mom dukes fam.this actually came out the summer of 2001
Pharaoh is so underrated
"My life is all I have"
This is one of the hardest songs I ever heard. I’m mad it never got that much play.
I was at Ground Zero for 4 weeks when I was in the Army National Guard I heard this track on the FM Radio, It relaxed my nerves after seeing so many bodies that jump out the windows of the Twin Towers.
This deserves a few billion likes, what y'all listening too?
Michael Eccles-James facts
Im thinking the same thought 💯💯✨✨
Young people don’t know art 💯
@@osshmove9486 I do
Agree
One of the greatest songs i've ever heard
Facts 💯
This song should have wayyyyyyyyyy more views, the fact that it doesn’t just shows how much ppl don’t know about real hip hop . This is as real as it gets.
Few are chosen🙏🏾
Don’t forget this is a third party post, them some nice numbers if u look at it that way!
Idk how many black people outright own the Labels. They put out what they want if we owned em more Songs like this would thrive we should and hopefully will own Labels outright frfr.
They don’t know how good this is
This Song and "Alone in the Streets" Shoulda been on Versuz 💯💯.. Lox Forever🙏🏿
It's MAAADDDD SHIT They Should've, But It Was A MASSACRE Without.
2:42 DAMN Envy looks young there. This song is so familiar and feels like yesterday it dropped. But it was YEARS ago. I've never moved on from this era lol
Str8 classic memories 🪶🙌🏾💪🏾
THE LYRICS ARE LEGENDARY. THE ARTIST STYLES IS STILL LIVING WHAT HE RAPPED ABOUT. THATS WHY HE IS STILL MAKING MONEY AND MUSIC. KEEP THESE LEGENDARY PIECES ON THE UP !!!!!!!!!!!!!! FIRE 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 FOREVER!!!!!!!THE TRUTH SPEAKS STILL 2024🎉
“ I have talks with the Lord and he’ll be calling me soon “ DAMNNN that shit so deep
One of the greatest songs ever
Pharaohe and Styles so slept on. please believe.
Facts 💯
Pharoahe Monche's chorus speaks to my soul.
Censoring music is like walking into art museum and covering up nude paintings. Art shouldn't be compromised...
The US: where bad words are bad and guns are legal :) I think I once listened to a song where the word Damn was censored xD
Century SAM well said. but i smoke Backwoods
Century SAM to bad holiday, is strictly styles p now 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😤😭😭😭😭
I am my own filter , unless on RUclips
Century SAM FACTS!!!
Straight fire. Always get goosebumps listening to this shit.
My life is all I have ....
This used to get heavy rotation on BET n ESPN bk in the dayz...classic shit
*I’m 36, Styles been my favorite street lyricist since I was kid in 1997!* The Ghost is legendary 🔥
Same here I've listened to money power respect back in 98, I. Also 36
Classical. . .classic . . .2000's Hip-Hop. Good ol' Rawkus Records.
I miss this time frame
Classic Rap song and video by Styles P-(of The LOX Rap Group) and Pharoahe. For real. Yes.
I do! Play it in the whip! Everlasting music.
I miss these days real hip hop y'all young people respect this this is real music 🎶🎶
Hard body classic
one of the greattes REAL hip hop songs out there!...shit gives me chills!
“I light a blunt cuz never will the struggle end”
Styles🐐
One of the realest songwriters out, stay on the playlist
Really glad that Verzuz made more people look into Styles P.
Facts 💯
@@jumahbrady670I believe they ain't deserve it
Who's here in 2019?
Dis going straight to my "CLASSICS" playlist
Classic
One of my top 10 songs of all time
We out here man. Shit still fire no weak verse from Ghost
@@questafurasfrisqo9591 word, they hit harder in person, and the hardest as friends
20200000000000000 México
one of my favourite hip hop songs of all time right here
This song still gives me the chills!
Now, this is Hip hop right here! Pure pure realness
Really miss these times 💯!
Facts 💯
One of the greatests Hip-Hop/Rap songs of all time.
this is what the game been missing
real rap meaningful lyrics and bomb ass beat with a sick chorus
Iyatolla on the beat... Rawkus was a short lived DOPE label.
Hip hop was something else, miss the originality it had. Glad I was around when it was at its best
This beat and hook popped in my head randomly just now. So I looked it up and commented. 🤣 if you listening to this right now you know good hip hop music! 🫡
This is hip hop. Not money or fame but, overcoming your struggles and surviving the game.
Sheesh this song brings back instant memories and im grateful for them ❤️
LOTTA REAL HIPHOP STREET LEGENDS IN THIZ KLASSIK !!!! 💯💪🏿 #S.P. #THEGHOST #HOLIDAY
This joint had the streets in a rizzy
This is soul touching music. If you can't feel this then you won't feel any song....EVER! One of the best tracks ever made.....clearly...no debating! Stays in heavy rotation...
Facts
Man I remember when this came out I was going thru some legal trouble. This song helped me get thru some tough times. 💙
Agreed! My fiance would play this all the time... God I wish he was still here. WE WILL REUNITE AGAIN JOSH
Salute
@@tracykozyra6319 rip Josh. I am sorry for your loss. This song got me through so much.
This is that one song no matter how many times i hear it ill never get tired of it
Classic Joint
The swing on Pharoah's vocals make it sit in that pocket so well mannn
I still love this song ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾🇹🇹🇹🇹
This one came out early in highschool and gave me the confidence to just be me. Sounds sad, but it was what I was listening to in the weight room, studying, all that shit. Just gave me that extra to be better.
It don’t sound sad at all! This song will forever be motivational 💯
need more real hip hop like this in todays music. This came out when i was living outta my car hustling to eat as a teen. Its part of my lifes soundtrack. Hip hop soul. Classic.
We really need more rappers like him now. Big up from Poland!
What we miss is the creativity of young brothas who made up their minds to tell their truth.
still rockin this joint in 2024....damn what a track, pharoahe killed this shit with his intentions
Rawkas records was a movement back then! RIP!! ✊🏾
Today is my birthday. I always listen to this on my birthday.
Word up fire 🔥 track
Classic Hood Anthem
STR8 LEGENDARY ❤
Yo all I got to say is for 21 years Ive been bumping this. Its crazy ill never forget the words. BET Rap City thank you Styles for putting emotion into it
This and Black Hand Side, we need these two to collaborate more often!
Need a whole album
and children
B c. B. B. 😬😬☺️
baverfjant "children"
Styles the illest in lox 4 me.....betta albums den kiss...by far......💯💯.
Original and authentic
They murdered this beat,2022
This song has always been real. Straight from the heart. Pharoache shined so much here. I wanna sample that chorus.
This song touches you man, what ever happened to music like this?! I remember as a 9 year old digging into my stepfather cd collections bumping 2pac, Scarface, Redman, James Brown all that! Now I got my own collection of EPMD, Das Efx, Redman, Heltah Skeltah so much more! This song with Pharoahe Monch on the hook is timeless! Styles P hope you get back to this sound man shit was dope!
Reminds me of good times, my daughters father, listening to this together, he passed away years ago...still think of him if i hear this
I feel u on that
coffeeNcreambaby stay bless
keeplisted
thank you
wow people in utube comments arent racist pricks ALL the time.... lol something surprises me every day about the internet.
sorry for ur loss tho.
my father passed away last september.
songs will instantly bring u back to a moment with a loved one. thats why good music is so powerful. u associate a song with an individual and it is there forever. that bond between the 3 of you can never be broken.... but now a days these moronic rap "fans" wanna hear music from these clowns in skirts and skin tight girl jeans. redundant repetitive hollow lyrics. nothing will be remembered from this current generation of rap music. rap needs another 50cent. as bad as he was now he was a monster when he got on. these days we got riff raff lil b migos asap mob and the chicago goons.... a bnch of bad "music"...lol sorry for rambling but this song is dope as fuck as i have a lot of good memories associated with this one... crazy how a song can mean so much to two people in two totally different ways....
THATS THE POWER OF MUSIC
mark barrett
Thanks for your words, yes, music is very powerful, and I often feel like the days of the best music is behind us..I'm sorry to hear of the loss of your dad.....It's nice tho when music can bring you back to another time, another place....as for music today, there are a few good ones now, but very few and far between....I can't listen to commercial radio, I usually jus listen to my mp3 player or i make a cd of the good stuff, my favs, typically music from 2002 or older, stuff that they don't play on the radio anymore.
Substance abuse and chemical dependency can be some of the hardest shit anyone can go through in life. Believe me, I been there and done that.
Hardest beat 🔥
Good track but bad memories.........This was the start of a 55 month vacation. What an unpleasant learning experience that was!
you're probably not talking about college, are you?
Im feeling you there, bro
1995e34 Jail homie
hope u doin OK
I feel you fam I did 120 months in butner nc
Weird how a song puts you back where u were. Just listened & not sure to smile or cry. Ya know?
Ive always felt that tgis song is bitter sweet ... It makes me sad .. But also makes me happy at the same time
Me and my dudes were in the Navy playing basketball. This was the soundtrack to our Saturdays. LOVE THIS TRACK!
Emotions are real
4 ued 444
REAL SH#T...PEACE
Amazing!! Lyrics chorus all of it!!! Thank you God for these people!!!🤲🏽🤲🏽🤲🏽
Felt ! 💯 2023 I’m still listening
Thank You Styles 💯
Thank You Pharoahe 💯
Thank You Producers🎵
This one right here dat heat
GREAT!!!.DOPENESS!!!
i was 15 when i first listened to this; 9-10 years later i'm still listening to it as if i'm discovering the song !!! long live to real rap
9 years ago...
Same here, born 88
This is the illest song styles ever wrote.
So if Cole didn't do what he did with this hook, many of y'all done already forgot about this classic? Shame on y'all. Real fans still have this joint on repeat in their head phones and sound systems even in 2021.
You can turn this on, and let it take you back to a day many years ago, where you didn't feel like the future was going to be here for you.. but, here we are, still holding on these positive vibes.. feels good to hear it again once and a while for good measures.
Best song ever written in life big up style p & pharoahe monch 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ i remember watching this on rapcity with big tygga good old days wonderful days blessed school nyc real hip hop days Hip Hop forever 🎉🎉🎉🎉
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 This that real heat these new kids can't even comprehend.
One of the first CD's I bought as a kid after I discovered rap through Dre's 2001 album!!!!!
Respect P!
Damn this joint, sums up the struggles of thy life😢
True. Perfekt Song
j cole done brought this back to life.cole world no blankets mayn......
2020 and this track is still lit 🔥🔥🔥🔥. Who else is bumping this?