One of the Greatest rap songs ever written

This is what you call a timeless masterpiece. Pure beauty and artistry

This is lyrical excellence He definitely set the bar high

One of the best storytelling gangster rap songs ever!

Many legs I broke, many necks I choked, and if provoked I let the pistol smoke. This is street storytelling at it's finest.

This IS REAL RAPPING HERE!!! I so miss the late 80's and early 90's. The true golden age of Hip-Hop!!

One of the best, most underrated hip hop songs of all time. Awesome beats and rhymes.

Goosebumps. Takes me back to when hip-hop gave you that rush...

"A thug who mugs for drugs he eventually bugs Lookin for crack on carpets or rugs A squealer tells but a dealer still sells To Little spoiled kids inheriting oil wells" Damn Kool G Rap killed that shit.

might be the most underrated song ever. i really mean that.

He rapped so fast and smooth you had to rewind to hear the lyrics. G. Rap is one of the TITANS of the old school.

The lyrics, the rhymes, the flow, the beat, the delivery...

This was, and always will be, a straight BANGER!

There's no rap record out right now that would ever be harder than this. period.💯

If you love hip hop like I do, then you have to appreciate the rhyme scheme and patterns. Sheesh. Talk about painting a picture. This is ridiculously good.

Im 54 years old and I played this for my 17 year old son the other day and he couldn't believe it was from 1989

Real classic shit, right here!

G is killing every second of this joint!

That beat + That Flow =🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

This is proof that you don't got to cuss to make a masterpiece I love old school hip-hop

he spit like his life depended on it... some still cant see this dude

Damn I wish it was 89 again

He didn't curse or use the *N* word, and was STILL able to convey his message and keep it GANGSTA!!!

One of the illest sample ever! Marley Marl murdered that Billy Joel piano break!! And OH MY GOD Kool G Raps flow and story telling!!

Many legs I broke, many necks I choked and if provoked, I let the pistol smoke. I followed the lyrics and my brain was sweating afterwards. The best lyrical flow ever!

"Not my lifestyle, so I made a U-turn; The more money I earn, the more money I burn, Pushing all buttons, pulling all switches, my name is G. Rap; I'm on the road to the riches." That's some deep ish.

If this man isn’t atleast top 5 lyricism wise your crazy tbh

The music in the old days 80s & 90s are the best, this new generation is too lost, real music is dead.

That piano riff is from Billy Joel's Stiletto.

that lisp makes his flow that much more ill.....long live Nathaniel Thomas Wilson

2023. Yep. Still bumps.

Man this song hard asf I’m glad my Dad played this shit in the car😂🔥💪🏾💯

this one track changed hip hop forever, this is the blueprint

That billy Joel loop is fire. The rap is excellent and the video is still fresh. Timeless talent right here!

The art of storytelling at its finest. Kool G is one of the best at it.

One of the best rap songs ever..

that message in the beginning should be told to all kids.

His lyrics are so DEEP! He's so underrated!

Not one curse word in the entire song, words so clear and concise you can see the images in your head.

Greatest hip hop song of all time! This set the bar beyond high.

The Architect of 90's NYC rap.....RIGHT HERE.

Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Black Thought, Nas, Jay Z, Eminem, Pusha T, R.A. The Rugged Man, Conway The Machine, Benny The Butcher, and 38. Spesh. All have some KOOL G RAP in them.

G Rap changed the game for east coast hip hop.

Nobody could spit like this to this day!!!!

When I was a baby girl...... I remember every car and every house blasting this......One of the greatest MC'S EVER🤴✌

so many years and still this smit is HARD!!!!!

Classic Kool G Rap

I listened to this when I was retired. Now I have a full time job and still bumping this 🧡

''No No see, You can be a rapper, but you cant be a gangster. You don't wanna be a gangster''. - Cool G Rap.

Kool G Rap on this song has some of the best rap verses in history.

I always thought his flow was ahead of his time 💪🔥

I would often see Kool G Rap and Polo driving down Northern Boulevard in corona Queens in a custom made blue Mercedes Benz in the late 90's. All the drug dealers admired them and wanted the material success that they had. The great music that they made was so prolific and profound.

This track seriously just makes a stain out of anything current rap. As old as this is it just blisters the mind how insane this was. Still holds up!

This is in my top 5 hip hop tunes of all time. Just brilliant.

When I was five years old I realized there was a road At the end I will win lots of pots of gold Never took a break, never made a mistake Took time to create 'cause there's money to make To be a billionaire takes hard work for years Some nights I shed a tear while I said a prayer Been through hard times, even worked part time In a Key Food store sweeping floors sometimes I was sort of a porter taking the next man's orders Breaking my back for a shack from headquarters All my manpower for four bucks an hour Took my time and wrote rhymes in the shower Shoes are scuffed cause the road gets rough But I'mma rock it cause my pockets ain't stuffed enough All the freaks wouldn't speak cause my checks were weak They would turn the other cheek so I started to seek A way to get a play, and maybe one day I'll be performing up a storm for a decent pay No matter how it seems, I always kept the dream All the girlies screamed and suckers get creamed Dreamed about it for five years straight Finally I got a break to cut my first plate The road ain't yellow and it ain't no witches My name is Kool G Rap, I'm on the road to the riches I used to stand on the block selling cooked up rock Money busting out my sock cos I really would clock They were for kind of fiends bringing jackets and jeans Magazines, anything, just to hustle for beans The cash was coming fast, money grew like grass People hungry for the blast that don't even last Didn't want to be involved but the money will get ya Gettin' richer and richer, the police took my picture But I still supplied, some people I knew died Murders and homicides for bottles of suicide Money, jewelry, living like a star And I wasn't too far from a Jaguar car In a small-time casino, the town's Al Pacino For all of the girls, the pretty boy Valentino I shot up stores and I kicked down doors Collected scars from little neighborhood wars Many legs I broke, many necks I choked And if provoked I let the pistol smoke Loyal members in a crew now down with the game Selling nickels and dimes in sunshine or rain What I had was bad from my shoes to my pad In the first time in my life loaning money to dad Now the table's turned and my lifestyle switches My name is Kool G Rap, I'm on the road to the riches A thug will mug for drugs, he eventually bugs Looking for crack on carpets and rugs The squealers tells but the dealer still sells Little spoiled kids inheriting oil wells I was the type on the opposite side Of smoking the pipe, in a beef I got hype Cause rags to riches switches men to witches Become stitches, body bags in ditches Bloodshed, I painted the town red People fled as I put a dread's head to bed That means dead, in other words deceased Face got erased, bullets got released Bombs were planted and kids were kidnapped In fact this was a way to get back At enemies who tried to clock G's On my block, now they forever knock Z's Plans of rampages went for ages Some got knocked and locked inside cages Some bit the dust for crumbs and crusts In God we trust, now rots to rust Bust caps to cops, policeman drops You blew off his top when the pistol went pop Troopers, soldiers, rolling like boulders Eyes of hate and their hearts get colder Some young male put in jail His lawyer so good his bail is on sale Looking at the hourglass, how long can this power last Longer than my song but he already fell He likes to eat hearty, party Be like John Gotti, and drive a Maserati Rough in the ghetto, but in jail he's Jello Mellow, yellow fellow, tell or hell, hello One court date can turn an outlaw to an inmate But just stay, ship him upstate by the Great Lakes And than a-wait and wait and wait Until he breaks, that's all it takes So he fakes to be a man, but he can't stand On his own two feet because now he's in a new land Rules are different and so is life When you think with a shank, talk with a knife Not my lifestyle so I made a U-turn More money I earn, more money to burn Pushing all buttons, pulling all switches My name is G Rap, I'm on the road to the riches

Unreal... Just unreal.. not enough hip-hop fans know about this 👑👑👑 And don't get me started on how cool Scoob & Scrap were..

One of the greatest story tellers in hip hop

The best rap song ever made, just listen to the lyrics and the style, and facts.

Real hip hop will never die. Real hip hop will only multiply. Kool G Rap real recognizes real. A humble brother from Corona. Crown city boys. Combat you anytime style.

All I know is G rap should have been awarded.

"And for the first time in life loaning money to dad." Gotta sit and think about that line for a second.

Can't listen to this song without imagine cars jumping (gta san andreas)

The fact that this is tougher than most of the rap and hip hop music that’s out now is PRICELESS‼️🏆💪🏽👨🏽🎤🎵🎶

I love the way they dance recently i heard that song at GTA San Andreas and my dad started dancing like them lol i was like wtf i didn't knew my dad used to dance like that

I don't think he cursed once..And it was still so good and so gangsta

that fuckin beat

I remember getting the tape when I was in the 8th grade and playing this song and rewinding it over and over on my sony walkman 'til my battery drained out...young cats today don't know about that.

They don’t make ‘‘em like this anymore . Sheesh what a track

The crack era... G Rap superbly raps about what was REALLY going on back then... This Album Came Out Right In The Middle Of That era...People Were Kicking And Knocking Each Other off...

The judge's face at around the 1:16 mark, his expression just reads 'damn son he's going hard'.

This song seriously has the best rhymes, just so good.

Timeless Classic!🌟💯

STIIL THE ILLEST JOINT. THIS WAS THE DOPE MANS ANTHEM

Yo, he rapped with a lisp & ROCKED THAT SHIT! Kool G. Rap & D.J. Polo, 1 of the best rap duos in hip hop...

G-Rap is a legend.

This song is still 🔥

Officially when G surpassed Ra & Kane. This flow was the prototype for the next 10 years. Ya favorite rapper borrowed it from him.

Damn. It's been 26 years since I've seen this video. That was when Rap was real.

Back when good songs were longer than 2 minutes.😢

That flow mixed with the story telling is just classic

"Money, jewelry livin' like a star and I wasn't too far from a Jaguar Car!

One of the most underrated rappers of all time... Bombs were planted, kids were kidnapped, in fact, this was a way to get back at enemies that tried to clock Gees on my block, now they forever clock zees....

One of the greatest hip-hop songs EVER.

Definitely the best in the 80s to me

Respect to any rapper who would care to sample Billy Joel

Love the dancing in the background back then

Just give me HALF of this dudes ability and my skills would STILL be off the charts.

“Giving my manpower for 4 bucks an hour” dam brah !!

rap at its finest!

Pioneer of gangsta and hardcore rap . This man changed the whole game

Reason why he’s one my top 3 of all time...masterpiece painted with lyrics

GTA San Andreas ❤

now aint this shit a masterpiece

Kool g rap top 5 for real💯

I remember when I was a kid I heard this on MTV and was like whoa!

One of the toughest dude that ever touch the mic 💯💯

love, this! youngsters can't rip it like this anymore... REAL RAP! original gangsta rap!

Dropping mad science with the dopest beats.

Legend still blows any thing nowadays out the water

Amazing how you can still play this song and enjoy the beat ❤😊