So true my guy. I always argue with a friend of mines about what's more important between swag and lyrics. Sadly, he thinks swag and having hit songs is more important. Personally, I don't wanna hear club and swag music all the time, this type of music is what counts to me. Swag is just a fad but lyrics will always stick with you. Lyrics is what makes a song timeless.
Just getting into Cormega. Had just heard his Affirmative Action verse, but this nigga is nice. So many forgotten greats from this era. People need to honor true MC's..
When my homie died a few years back, his opening line about "that shit really hit you like 'damn I ain't gon see my brother no more'" played endlessly in my head. I listened to this song a lot of times before he died, but when he died it hit me so differently. A prayer for the dead.
Another brotha who didn't get that credit that he deserve due to music industry politics. Anyway, he used to get busy on that microphone. When I listen to him, I go for lyrics and then the beat...
@dominic clarke Holy fuck you sound dumb!!! Hip hop is black music, Mega is underrated in such a way that he's talented as fuck but does not get the recognition he deserves. Tf does being black have to do with shit? I'm a black African but damnn you black Americans always gotta bring race into things. You're the biggest snowflakes on this planet. Tf does being black have to do with anything here? Dude's a hip hop artist, you make it sound like he's a country singer. Btw....the majority of entertainers in this world are black , the whole world knows who they are and embrace them. Stop that crap
@@pistolpete8231 hahahaha right on. The problem is the ignorant likes to stay ignorant and never like to think for themselves. Just spew dumb shit that they hear without considering what they're saying
I always loved this track. Mega need to drop his rhymes like this again. It was bigger than just multisyllable rhymes, he had a nonchalant brilliant flow
I own this album, worth every penny. I remember when nas 2nd album came out and I was like who is this cat? And he started making the mixtape underground circuit hot but he got blackballed on an official album. He never got to blow up and get the cash like he deserves, but he's still real and hungry and always on point... it's like he said "It doesn't matter if your chain is platinum / If what you say is average / You will not be mentioned with the greatest rappers".
word.... Cormega was one of the hiphop legends who got interviewe d in the book ' HOW-T0-R AP : The Art& Science of the HipHop MC ' Really amazin book, if you like classic hiphop and real mcing then its a must-read, peace
R. I. P to all the entertainment greats like Big L, Eazy E, Pac, ODB, Nate Dogg, Bernie Mac, Freaky Tah, & all them names that I could not list on this yo! Y'all shaped the industry big & left marks all over peace.
I heard a version of this on a cd with Source magazine(I think) years ago...It was still Cormega but I thought that version a bit better, could never find it again. Great album
This is the first time I here this song!! Real music!!!! It makes me remember some of my friends from my old neighborhood in Williamsburgs Brooklyn one of my friends got stabbed in the belly with a broken beer bottle in a rumble in the Bronx in front of all of us one of our people did a rap show at a club one night we ended up having a rubble in the Bronx that night!! It was a crazy!! Night!! 🎶🎵🎶
[Intro] What, I'ma live for my niggas I'ma shine for my niggas [Verse 1] How can I express the sorrow, I learn to dread tomorrow Had to see my nigga Yammy dead-he can rest with honor 'Cause he was reppin on his quest for dollars I was the one who took him Uptown, with someone into measure powder I treasure our memories together, hard to believe I'ma never see you again, but I'ma make you breathe with a pen So everyone can see you, my friend, in fly sneakers again Life is sweet and kinda deep when it ends Still remember you beefin' over bullshit calls at basketball games cheatin Yo, my cipher ain't complete, I'm sorry for that argument we had On twelfth street over a sale, knowing well that you was seekin dough as well We made up the same night, through the years remained tight The same love, same drugs, rockin' the same Nikes Now that you gone, I'm here reppin' your name right [Chorus] Did you ever lose a nigga you love? Then ask yourself is there a heaven for thugs? And will you be forgiven when your spirit is judged This song is dedicated to my niggas above Did you ever lose a nigga you love? Then ask yourself is there a heaven for thugs? And will you be forgiven when your spirit is judged This song is dedicated to my niggas above [Verse 2] To my cousin Bam You my fuckin man, I find it hard to understand You gone-your physical form is dormant I'm lost like the Bulls without Jordan Tell my man J.B. from Edgemere I said peace Son, I live a thug life, I clutch mics With the same intensity that I used to crush white G-Fresh was at your funeral (Word), son I felt it And if I start cryin when I rhyme I can't help it Analyze, never think I forgot you, you my heart And even death can't keep the two of us apart From day one, watchin' cartoons, shootin' playguns Who ever thought we see this day come? Tell my moms I miss her-give her a kiss And tell her that her youngest child done her proud I know she heard about me runnin' wild Y'all gone now, but livin in my memory Fallen soldiers, sleepin' in serenity [Chorus] Did you ever lose a nigga you love? Then ask yourself is there a heaven for thugs? And will you be forgiven when your spirit is judged This song is dedicated to my niggas above Did you ever lose a nigga you love? Then ask yourself is there a heaven for thugs? And will you be forgiven when your spirit is judged This song is dedicated to my niggas above [Verse 3] Killa Black, what up my nigga? I know you chillin' with my nigga Ill Will Inside a ghetto heaven building With a Mac-11, still in your jeans, screamin' Infamous Queens Forty-First Side kid, you know me I know the O-Z's are whiter there, pussy much tighter there 'Pac and Eazy-E coming through on low riders there The same old thing, except there ain't no pain Your brother Havoc doing his thing, yo for real It's all good in the hood, the Escalade with the wood-grain Son was never misunderstood, dearly departed Hear me acknowledge all my people who passed Whether holdin' heat, or in it for cash Some of y'all led sinister paths, some are pure like Dominican raw, knockin on heaven's door The only thing you ever ran from in life is law I reminisce your memories, for you this Hennessy we pour
Rest in Peace Corporal Casey Lee Mellon, Corporal Billy Ferris, Corporal Anthony Bradshaw, Captain Drew Jensen. We will never forget you. V-XX Infantry!
I can still feel the palm of your hand…… it’s hard to believe I’m never gonna see you again ….. , so many memories from this track, the amount of friends I used to listen to this with and now I can’t
Man this song just brings tears to my eyes …love this track
Same 😢
Facts my G
this shit should have over a million views. sad that not many people can appreciate real hip hop.
Most emotional song I've ever heard
So true my guy. I always argue with a friend of mines about what's more important between swag and lyrics. Sadly, he thinks swag and having hit songs is more important. Personally, I don't wanna hear club and swag music all the time, this type of music is what counts to me. Swag is just a fad but lyrics will always stick with you. Lyrics is what makes a song timeless.
Ryu Hayabusa no doubt, these new crabs could learn from this, but if you a so called hip hop head n don't know about MEGA ya don't count
Ryu Hayabusa almost there
@@kharizmatikone1481 SWAG = Secretly We Are Gay.
XD
Rest In Power, Prodigy.
Rip
Word
Strength
Strength guidance and support
Bandana P
Mega is so underrated. Would be in my top 3 for sure
Poet for real.
@@pungisotu Mega will always be top 5 over here.
Cormega Raw 4eva
My favorite 5 in no order
Big L
Mega
Nas
Prodigy
Keith murray
Just getting into Cormega. Had just heard his Affirmative Action verse, but this nigga is nice. So many forgotten greats from this era. People need to honor true MC's..
Justin Tuck looking back it was rap's prime, it's over now.
Justin Tuck none of these cats are forgotten by true headz, stop talking that bullshit!
Facts
nice to hear & see youngsters gettin in to my generations music
Forgotten? Nah
this joint makes me put my hoodie on and nod my head solemnly.
well I am right now, with a hoodie on
@@harrohahn2557 add me to the list.
We agree
Lmaol I would do the same if I made it
Fallen
Sick verse about Havoc's brother, Killa Black! Raw QB shit! Mobb, Nas, Cormega, CNN, all that raw QB classic shit!
😞
Bringin tragedy to rap without my mans khadafi
@@JS-qc1xs non-phixion
Fuck nas man
Real Recognizes real bout time sum1 knows wat time it is
RIP PRODIGY
When my homie died a few years back, his opening line about "that shit really hit you like 'damn I ain't gon see my brother no more'" played endlessly in my head. I listened to this song a lot of times before he died, but when he died it hit me so differently. A prayer for the dead.
sorry for your loss my man♥♥♥
The QB was the most prolific zone as far as a rap music, the sound produced by these pople is unmistakeble.
Respect from Rome
Grande, in Italia siamo pochi ad apprezzare tutto questo. Tanta stima 🇮🇹
@Don Cattaneo Blaq Poet, Tragedy Khadafi
fuck yeah
@Don Cattaneo no doubt
@Don Cattaneo Big Noyd, Infamous Mobb, 50 Cent
If I start cryin' when I rhyme I cant help it....
Beeing a papper 🎤
fuck no words can explain this.. real shit
no words other than the verses themselves and the chorus! Fire
@@ivdlit9867💯
This song makes me cry every single time I hear it.
word.
Real talk. Errrtime
DUBskateproductions same here my brother
Fagg
@@mrmartin8969it will be ok
His first two albums are the bomb, you don´t hear rap like this anymore.
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Ya
True
I always wanted Prodigy Cormega and Nas to form a group.. Mega is a beast when it comes to freestyle..
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In my mind they were
CORMEGA IT'S THE REALITY.NO FICTION.REAL LIFE.REAL RAP COMUNICATION.
RIP TO MY UNCLE ROBERT.. TODAY IS HIS 1ST YEAR IN HEAVEN.. HE WAS THE COOLEST UNCLE OF ALL... ONE LOVE TO THOSE THAT LOST DEAR LOVED ONES
Another brotha who didn't get that credit that he deserve due to music industry politics. Anyway, he used to get busy on that microphone. When I listen to him, I go for lyrics and then the beat...
LaChele he stayed true to himself and never sold his soul.
Big facts one of the last lyrical poets on the mic
It makes me happy knowing a beautiful girl like you knows real hip hop
@dominic clarke Holy fuck you sound dumb!!! Hip hop is black music, Mega is underrated in such a way that he's talented as fuck but does not get the recognition he deserves. Tf does being black have to do with shit? I'm a black African but damnn you black Americans always gotta bring race into things. You're the biggest snowflakes on this planet.
Tf does being black have to do with anything here? Dude's a hip hop artist, you make it sound like he's a country singer.
Btw....the majority of entertainers in this world are black , the whole world knows who they are and embrace them. Stop that crap
@@pistolpete8231 hahahaha right on. The problem is the ignorant likes to stay ignorant and never like to think for themselves. Just spew dumb shit that they hear without considering what they're saying
Queens 4 ever!! it's a very special place greatest place on earth
Respect the Classic's
Cormega is the truth has massive lyrical ability and versatility.Real hip hop period!
I always loved this track. Mega need to drop his rhymes like this again. It was bigger than just multisyllable rhymes, he had a nonchalant brilliant flow
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FACTS!
Such an insightful lyricist. Classic 'mega.
RIP to all the fallen homies. See u at that party upstairs
One of the best street poets to ever do it definitely underrated
R.I.P. SEAN P
RIP Prodigy
RIP to my bro dougie, I miss my bro everyday , I'm reppin your name right till the day I see you
RIP😌
greetings from switzerland👊🏼
Joel respect from Canada
I CRIED SO MANY TIMES 2 THIS JOINT **THE FEEL OF REAL MUSIC**....CORMEGA HE SPITS FROM THE HEART
RIP TO ALL THE REAL ONES ✌️❤️💯
Deepness and thoughts...... real from the start..... a reminder how golden streetpoetry was. Where r the 90's kids ? 👍💪
Queens Bridge, producing the dopest MCs since 1994.
Sunday Sabbath day MUTHERFUCKERS
Heavy fat feds time huh
Dude is underrated this is one of the realest songs ever
I need to get his albums he like my number 1 artist being honest his music is poetry
RIP to the Jacka.
rip to the jack fasho
R.I.P. to my longtime bredrin, legendary producer Insane Macbeth. Sleep well til we cross paths again, my brotha.
Still a legend!!!!! This track still hits home over 20 years later
Pure poetry, this is classic.🔥
tears flow everytime
Favorite song from him
Rest In Power, Guru. One of the best yet.
Music like this should be played every day on the radio
however it's too Real
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Nothing but tears listening to this joint 💯
This song makes me cry evertime I hear it... RIP Brothers
I'm lost like the Bulls without Jordan.
I own this album, worth every penny. I remember when nas 2nd album came out and I was like who is this cat? And he started making the mixtape underground circuit hot but he got blackballed on an official album. He never got to blow up and get the cash like he deserves, but he's still real and hungry and always on point... it's like he said "It doesn't matter if your chain is platinum / If what you say is average / You will not be mentioned with the greatest rappers".
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I always listen to this song and Rock it LOUD, Everytime one of my homies pass away 🙏. It's October 2022 and I still play this 🎶 🎵 📻
Rest in Paradise Prodigy ...
Mega a beast!!!! But so is Nature!!! Both should of been in The Firm cause they each spit fuccin' flames!!!
I'm a give this brother a chance. This was tight!
cormega is fucking dope dude
+Hondas R D Best Give him a chance in 2015....MAAAAAAAD Late Bruh
@@patrickmcgee1401 better late than never.
Lol a chance?? Mega been around for a min just was lock up so his music became known in the late 90s 💯
He's a LEGEND plus he didn't sell his soul
"Did u eva lose a nigga u love,then ask ur self is there a heaven 4 thugs" real talk from Mega Montana
"Tell my mom miss her"...give me chills everytime..still not over the loss of mine at a early age.. Salute to Mega.
This tune is dedicated to Wesley Henry RIP . Mecca Hackney East London England
I was born in Stokey and lived in Stamford Hill, upper Clapton south Tottenham, this was the only thing I wanted to hear before my mums funeral.
Feel the realness desde Tijuana con Cormega siempre firmes ...SBOW BROTHEEHOOD LIFESTYLE FOREVEER
Приветствую всех рэперов! Музыка это сила, смысл в жизни быть, помогать, тварить.
I live in Texas, real always recognize real...this record always touches..
RIP THE JACKA!! Mega is hot I wish RAP like this would come back!!! What Happen To This World!!!
What happen to the world, what happen to the world, what happen to the world!?!?!?!
as long as there is rappers like mega, hip hop will never die!
word....
Cormega was one of the hiphop legends who got interviewe d in the book ' HOW-T0-R AP : The Art& Science of the HipHop MC '
Really amazin book, if you like classic hiphop and real mcing then its a must-read, peace
R. I. P to all the entertainment greats like Big L, Eazy E, Pac, ODB, Nate Dogg, Bernie Mac, Freaky Tah, & all them names that I could not list on this yo! Y'all shaped the industry big & left marks all over peace.
One of my favorite songs of all time. Very powerful and emotional. 5 stars and favorited. R.I.P. Uncles, the Fallen Soldiers.
R.I.P TO ALL MY SOLDIERS FROM FORT GREEN
GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN
REST IN PEACE
117 fort green
I rarely see negativity in the real hiphop video comments sections. that's a good sign. peace be with all of us.
Bumped this shit in highschool 2006-2010
Cormega should have more recognition from the music execs.. He makes music that the streets could relate to and he wont change for shit!
Beat salute...My era music 🎶 👌..Hard.
Cormega really DESERVES TO BE UP THEIR WITH THE REST OF THE KNOWN NEE YORK RAP NIGGAZ BACK THEN
That melody is ill. Cormega spits that verbal graffiti straight flowin on em
Hip hop like wine the older the better
I heard a version of this on a cd with Source magazine(I think) years ago...It was still Cormega but I thought that version a bit better, could never find it again. Great album
Smooth bassline
cormega is such a great mc that album the realness is definatly a classic
Favourite track from Mega. This is some ill shit man can Rhyme
R.I.P REBA ONE . I love you jake i hope your lookin down on me fam
Rip my childhood Souljah Nard! Knew you since at least 10yrs old
rock died long back and now hip-hop is flirting with death..we need more people like this to revive hip-hop!
its dead now.
-2023
one of my favorite tracks at the moment!! just sick
This is a great track . I really dig how wet willie was sampled on this , and i really adore the flow and lyrics . This is good stuff !
back in 01' i used to listen to this all the time cormega ..you my nigga
This is the first time I here this song!! Real music!!!! It makes me remember some of my friends from my old neighborhood in Williamsburgs Brooklyn one of my friends got stabbed in the belly with a broken beer bottle in a rumble in the Bronx in front of all of us one of our people did a rap show at a club one night we ended up having a rubble in the Bronx that night!! It was a crazy!! Night!! 🎶🎵🎶
I like this flow
Rip Big L
One of the most underated and overlooked NY mcs ever. BIG UP, been doing it for years.
This is in my top 3 songs of all time! And I've been listening to rap since 1990! That's some real shit!
real shit Rip to my brother bdude miss u big bro
[Intro]
What, I'ma live for my niggas
I'ma shine for my niggas
[Verse 1]
How can I express the sorrow, I learn to dread tomorrow
Had to see my nigga Yammy dead-he can rest with honor
'Cause he was reppin on his quest for dollars
I was the one who took him Uptown, with someone into measure powder
I treasure our memories together, hard to believe
I'ma never see you again, but I'ma make you breathe with a pen
So everyone can see you, my friend, in fly sneakers again
Life is sweet and kinda deep when it ends
Still remember you beefin' over bullshit calls at basketball games cheatin
Yo, my cipher ain't complete, I'm sorry for that argument we had
On twelfth street over a sale, knowing well that you was seekin dough as well
We made up the same night, through the years remained tight
The same love, same drugs, rockin' the same Nikes
Now that you gone, I'm here reppin' your name right
[Chorus]
Did you ever lose a nigga you love?
Then ask yourself is there a heaven for thugs?
And will you be forgiven when your spirit is judged
This song is dedicated to my niggas above
Did you ever lose a nigga you love?
Then ask yourself is there a heaven for thugs?
And will you be forgiven when your spirit is judged
This song is dedicated to my niggas above
[Verse 2]
To my cousin Bam
You my fuckin man, I find it hard to understand
You gone-your physical form is dormant
I'm lost like the Bulls without Jordan
Tell my man J.B. from Edgemere I said peace
Son, I live a thug life, I clutch mics
With the same intensity that I used to crush white
G-Fresh was at your funeral (Word), son I felt it
And if I start cryin when I rhyme I can't help it
Analyze, never think I forgot you, you my heart
And even death can't keep the two of us apart
From day one, watchin' cartoons, shootin' playguns
Who ever thought we see this day come?
Tell my moms I miss her-give her a kiss
And tell her that her youngest child done her proud
I know she heard about me runnin' wild
Y'all gone now, but livin in my memory
Fallen soldiers, sleepin' in serenity
[Chorus]
Did you ever lose a nigga you love?
Then ask yourself is there a heaven for thugs?
And will you be forgiven when your spirit is judged
This song is dedicated to my niggas above
Did you ever lose a nigga you love?
Then ask yourself is there a heaven for thugs?
And will you be forgiven when your spirit is judged
This song is dedicated to my niggas above
[Verse 3]
Killa Black, what up my nigga?
I know you chillin' with my nigga Ill Will
Inside a ghetto heaven building
With a Mac-11, still in your jeans, screamin' Infamous Queens
Forty-First Side kid, you know me
I know the O-Z's are whiter there, pussy much tighter there
'Pac and Eazy-E coming through on low riders there
The same old thing, except there ain't no pain
Your brother Havoc doing his thing, yo for real
It's all good in the hood, the Escalade with the wood-grain
Son was never misunderstood, dearly departed
Hear me acknowledge all my people who passed
Whether holdin' heat, or in it for cash
Some of y'all led sinister paths, some are pure like
Dominican raw, knockin on heaven's door
The only thing you ever ran from in life is law
I reminisce your memories, for you this Hennessy we pour
Girls n guns... all i want.
Stock exchange, rocks and thangs.
Rest in Peace Corporal Casey Lee Mellon, Corporal Billy Ferris, Corporal Anthony Bradshaw, Captain Drew Jensen. We will never forget you. V-XX Infantry!
Love this album 💖
2016 this still banging from d uk
I havent heard this in ages. Thanks for uploading this. Its my medicine.
Tell my man J.B. from Edgemere I said peace ;D
but Great song!
Rest in peace BJ
To the God's before me and after me. Word
I can still feel the palm of your hand…… it’s hard to believe I’m never gonna see you again ….. , so many memories from this track, the amount of friends I used to listen to this with and now I can’t
One of the best that ever graced a mic.
RIP to my son DEDE
This song is so dope. Much respect to cormega.
Flashbacks of my childhood
this song is the truth.Great lyrics.
RIP Vernon Forrest and Arturo Gatti