Grandmaster Flash - White Lines

One of the best socially conscious rap songs of the old school hip-hop. Groups like Public Enemy and KRS One emerged later in the '80s with rap songs that usually had a political message of some kind. Chuck D of Public Enemy even called rap "The black CNN" for its ability to reach a young black audience. The socially conscious style gave way to rappers in the '90s who seemed more concerned about their cars, jewelry and women.The track is based on an obscure dance song called "Cavern" by the group Liquid Liquid. The song "Cavern" was influenced by the many different sources, funk, dub reggae of the 1970s. This track has been sampled and completely remastered by Joseph "Biggie Grand" Saddler and Sugarhill House Band. Sugarhill House Band bassist Doug Wimbish rearanged and played instantly recognizable bassline.Joseph "Biggie Grand" Saddler and Melvin "Melle Mel" Glover broke up before "White Lines" was released. Joseph Saddler, who was the DJ, went to court with Melvin Glover, who was the rapper, over rights to the name "Grandmaster." The video was directed by then unknown film student Spike Lee as a part of the college project & starred then unknown actor Laurence Fishburne.Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five Ft. Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)Ooh White Lines, Vision dreams of passionBlowin' through my mind) and all the while I think of youHigh price, a very strange reactionFor us to unwind, the more I see, the more I doSomething like a phenomenon, Baby!Tellin your body to come along, but white lines blow awayBlow! Rock it! Blow!Ticket to ride, white line highwayTell all your friends, they can go my wayPay your toll, sell your soulPound for pound costs more than goldThe longer you stay, the more you payMy white lines go a long wayEither up your nose or through your veinWith nothin to gain except killin' your brainHigher, babyGet higher, baby!Get higher, baby!And don't ever come down! Freebase!Pipeline pure as the driven snowConnected to my mind) and now I'm havin' fun, baby!High price it's getting kinda lowCause it makes you feel so nice I need some one-on-one, baby!Don't let it blow your mind away Baby!And go into your little hideaway 'cause white lines blow awayBlow! A million magic crystals, painted pure and whiteA multi-million dollars almost overnightTwice as sweet as sugar, twice as bitter as saltAnd if you get hooked, baby, it's nobody else's fault, so don't do it!Higher, babyGet higher, baby!Get higher, baby!And don't ever come down! Freebase!Don't you get too high, don't you get too high baby!Turns you on, you really turn me on and onWhen you gonna come down, my temperature is risin'When the thrill is gone, no, I don't want you to goA street kid gets arrested, gonna do some timeHe got out three years from now just to commit more crimeA businessman is caught with 24 kilosHe's out on bail and out of jailAnd that's the way it goesRaah!Athletes rejected, governors correctedGangsters, thugs and smugglers are thoroughly respectedThe money gets dividedThe women get excitedNow I'm broke and it's no jokeIt's hard as hell to fight it, don't buy it!Get higher, babyGet higher, girl!Get higher, baby!C'mon!...Little Jack Horner sitting on the cornerWith no shoes and clothesThis aint funny, but he took his moneyAnd sniffed it up his noseHey man, you wanna cop some blow?Sure, what you got, dust, flakes or rocks?I got China White, Mother of Pearl, Ivory Flake, What you need?Well yeah, well let me check it out man, just let me get a freezeGo ahead man, stuff I got should kill ya!Yeah man th-that's that's raw, wuh

Channel: Music
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: CocaineBaron

Length: 07:27
Rating: N/A
Views: 239333

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