Naughty By Nature - Everything's Gonna Be Alright (Official Music Video)

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    Lyrics:
    Doctor: Nurse Johnson, is the mother still in the recovery room?
    Nurse: Yes, Dr. Blair
    Doctor: OK, I'll go to the waiting room and inform the father it's a boy
    Nurse: I'm afraid there is no father, sir
    Doctor: Another ghetto bastard, huh?
    Nurse: I'm afraid so
    Doctor: Well, put him with the rest of the born losers
    Nurse: All right doctor, a shame isn't it?
    Doctor: Not a shame, a problem
    Smooth it out
    This is a story about the drifter
    Who waited for the worst, cause the best lived 'cross town
    Who never planned on having so didn't
    Why me, huh
    Everything's gonna be alright (alright)
    Everything's gonna be alright (alright)
    Everything's gonna be alright now (alright)
    Everything's gonna be alright (alright)
    Some get a little and some get none
    Some catch a bad one and some leave the job half done
    I was one who never had and always mad
    Never knew my dad, motherfuck the fag
    Well anyway, I did pick ups, lift and click-ups
    Too many stick-ups, cause niggas had the trigger hiccups
    I couldn't get a job, nappy hair was not allowed
    My mother couldn't afford us all, she had to throw me out
    I walked the strip with just a clip, who wanna hit
    They got 'em quick, I had to eat, this money's good as spent
    A 'do in braids, I wasn't paid enough
    I kept 'em long cause I couldn't afford a haircut
    I got laughed at, I got chumped, I got dissed
    I got upset, I got a Tec and a banana clip
    Was down to throw the lead to any telling crackhead
    I'd still'a been broke, so a lot of good it woulda did
    Or done, if not for bad luck, I would have none
    Why did I have to live a life of such a bad one
    Why when I was a kid and played I was a sad one
    And always wanted to live like this or that one
    [Hook]
    A ghetto bastard, born next to the projects
    Living in the slums with bums, I said, "now why, Treach"
    "Do it have to be like this"
    Momma said I'm priceless
    So I am all worthless, starved, and it's just what being nice gets
    Sometimes I wish I could afford a pistol then, though
    To stop the hell, I would've ended things a while ago
    I ain't have jack but a black hat and knapsack
    War scars, stolen cars, and a blackjack
    Drop that, and now you want me to rap and give?
    Say something positive?
    Well positive ain't where I live
    I live right around the corner from West Hell
    Two blocks from South Shit and once in a jail cell
    The sun never shone on my side of the street, see
    And only once or twice a week I would speak
    I walked alone, my state of mind was home sweet home
    I couldn't keep a girl, they wanted kids with cars and chrome
    Some life, if you ain't wear gold your style was old
    And you got more juice and dough for every bottle sold
    Hell no, I say there's gotta be a better way
    But hey, never gamble in a game that you can't play
    I'm slowin' and flowin' and going in on and knowing not now
    How will I do it, how will I make it
    I won't, that's how
    Why me, huh
    [Hook]
    My third year into adulthood, and still a knucklehead
    I'm better off dead huh, that's what my neighbor said
    I don't do jack but fighting, lightin' up the streets at night
    Playing hide-and-seek with a machete sexing Freddy's wife
    Some say I'm rolling on, nothing but a dog now
    I answer that with a "fuck you" and a bow-wow
    Cause I done been through more shit within the last week
    Than a fly flowing in doo-doo on the concrete
    I been a deadbeat, dead to the world and dead wrong
    Since I was born that's my life, oh you don't know this song
    So don't say jack, and please don't say you understand
    All that man-to-man talk can walk, damn
    If you ain't live it, you couldn't feel it, so kill it skillet
    And all that talk about it won't help it out, now will it?
    In Illtown, pure luck got stuck-up, props got shot
    Don't worry got hit by a flurry, and his punk-ass dropped
    But I'm the one who has been labeled as an outcast
    They teach in schools, I'm the misfit y'all will outlast
    But that's cool with the fool, smack 'em backwards
    That's what you get for fucking with a ghetto bastard
    If you ain't ever been to the ghetto
    Don't ever come to the ghetto
    Cause you wouldn't understand the ghetto
    And stay the fuck out of the ghetto
    Why me (alright)
    #TommyBoyRecords #NaughtyByNature #HipHop50
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  • @jachconi
    @jachconi Před 2 lety +9

    Back when lyrics were sermons and mc’s preached real shit

  • @marcjon000
    @marcjon000 Před 5 lety +3004

    This is one of the best hip hop songs ever made. Treach’s flow is just flawless, underrated af...

  • @kelleygradert4769
    @kelleygradert4769 Před 21 hodinou +1

    Treach is amazing. Underrated af

  • @arthurfisher9912
    @arthurfisher9912 Před 7 dny +2

    Any real ones here 2024

  • @lovelyvirgo8800
    @lovelyvirgo8800 Před 5 lety +9

    If u ain't never been to the ghetto, don't come to the ghetto cause u wouldn't understand the ghetto so stay TF OUTTA THE GHETTO!!!!!! 💯🔥🔥💪

  • @fascbasher8124
    @fascbasher8124 Před rokem +88

    90s was the G.O.A.T. era, PERIOD

  • @johnhallock2710
    @johnhallock2710 Před 15 dny +1

    Treach is the MOST underrated MC ever! Name anyone more undervalued! An absolute slaughterhouse!

  • @TheAccessFoundation
    @TheAccessFoundation Před 3 měsíci +5

    Back when rappers completed a sentence 💪🏽

  • @blee4583
    @blee4583 Před 2 lety +32

    This is the most honest song about the ghetto.

  • @acemany1126
    @acemany1126 Před 2 lety +1484

    To the younger generation...Welcome to real hip hop.

  • @ilovegodandjesusjohn316
    @ilovegodandjesusjohn316 Před 2 měsíci +23

    Psalms 118:8
    It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.

  • @davidamaral1519
    @davidamaral1519 Před 6 měsíci +34

    That bass line...
    That flow...
    These lyrics...
    This beat...
    That's the real hip hop🎶🔥

  • @latif1271
    @latif1271 Před 2 lety +28

    Say sonething positive... but positive aint where I live.. 30 years later still hits hard!!!

  • @TheRomanticDarkness
    @TheRomanticDarkness Před rokem +77

    I was born in 1978. Father was never there, and Mom was a drunk. We lived in high-crime, low-income housing, and I eventually ended up in foster care and group homes after catching many charges in my early teens.
    Yeah, I'm white, but I felt this song when it came out as much as anyone could.
    I still do.

    • @stantonarendse7050
      @stantonarendse7050 Před 2 měsíci +13

      at thee end of the day we're all human.

    • @awesomeness8206
      @awesomeness8206 Před 2 měsíci +7

      Learn from your past to better your future…

    • @clarkbruce_swe91
      @clarkbruce_swe91 Před 2 měsíci +3

      Never sweat the color. I grew up nothing like you but this only got more relevant as I got older. Being a 90's kid with ADHD is no joke son.

    • @jeffcurriere2966
      @jeffcurriere2966 Před 2 měsíci

      111 Iya😊😊😊
      Ll ​@@stantonarendse7050

    • @jamiegriffiths8272
      @jamiegriffiths8272 Před 26 dny +2

      Sounds like uve lived my life man. Everything exactly the same but I was born in 77. I grew up feeling like this 1 song was the soundtrack to my life 👊🏽

  • @phaethonprime3790
    @phaethonprime3790 Před 4 dny +2

    2024 in the house.

  • @rasheemfoster87
    @rasheemfoster87 Před 2 lety +12

    Throwback classic treach was talking facts

  • @bigry959
    @bigry959 Před 5 lety +1022

    One of the most underrated lyricists of all time

  • @robp4789
    @robp4789 Před rokem +135

    These rappers nowadays could never create a masterpiece like this. Damn this brought me back.

    • @rickymon1000
      @rickymon1000 Před rokem +3

      I think they could but would have to dig deep down to be creative because the struggle of today is definitely not what it used to be. They just choose not to.

    • @4823able
      @4823able Před rokem +3

      No they couldn't, because you got to understand the struggle first, and why are you struggling when there are way more opportunities now, back then it wasn't for many blk and brown youth in the urban cities, because since the '40s the system was designed to keep us suppressed. I know what real government cheese taste like. Home with no heat. These kids today are in the streets for no reason. You may have a few that is struggling, but not as many as it was back in the day like myself.

  • @ryani777
    @ryani777 Před 21 dnem +2

    I met Treach walking down the street one day in the lower east side of Manhattan somewhere around 2008. My two classmates and i were outside smoking a cigarette when he walked by. The two who were with me were big fans and they kinda freaked out. I had no idea who he was at the time but he shook my hand and theirs and was nothing but respectful...and he was dressed really well! Lol He was wearing all black and had mad chains and spikes and silver stuff all over him. Very cool and very smooth human being. We were in a music school so he gave us some words of encouragement. But yeah very respectful and actually gave me and my two classmates the time of day which im sure they'll never forget and probably not me either, i just wish i actually knew who he was when i met him 😅

  • @unkleskruge
    @unkleskruge Před rokem +35

    Damn. this song hit different as a grown man. I want to cry for this man's experience. This words ring so real. The world dont care about the ghetto.

    • @JardielDisplay
      @JardielDisplay Před měsícem

      The world doesn't care about nobody. Hundreds of people die daily in wars around the world nobody cares about

  • @gregoleonard6690
    @gregoleonard6690 Před 2 lety +17

    Hip hop at its finest!!!

  • @chrisnoblocks8982
    @chrisnoblocks8982 Před 5 lety +570

    that bar "I got laughed at, I got chumped, I got dissed, I got upset, I got a tec & a banana clip"
    😃😃😃 they not rapping like that no more, Treach is a Beast!!!!!!

    • @andre7250
      @andre7250 Před 5 lety +2

      Chris Noblocks classic!!

    • @alaznist
      @alaznist Před 5 lety +20

      Won’t nobody admit they wasn’t ever not stuntin these days. Either that or mention being broke but these days everybody hard as diamonds and can’t admit anybody had the balls to crack on em

    • @PATRIOT-gl3cn
      @PATRIOT-gl3cn Před 4 lety +10

      He flowed like no other rapper!

    • @theguyonthecouch42024
      @theguyonthecouch42024 Před 4 lety +7

      Imagine if this came out today? One of many why Treach, Naughty by nature are legendary.

    • @killface69
      @killface69 Před 4 lety +18

      That's is hands down the hardest line in the song I always thought. It tells the whole story in 2 bars. Being pushed away, loneliness turns to anger with no remorse, and Trigga Tech is born.

  • @NippleTwistersUnited
    @NippleTwistersUnited Před 7 měsíci +2

    4.4 million is hella disrespectful.🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤

  • @CurtisWhitehead-wn5bs
    @CurtisWhitehead-wn5bs Před 22 dny +2

    Nah. We ain’t overlookin one of thee Coldest MCs up there with RedMan comin outta Jersey! Treach always spit that hype knowledge and kept the party live! #RealHipHopStillBreathes! ✊🏽🎤🔥

  • @ronthompson310
    @ronthompson310 Před 3 lety +359

    Treach painted the hell out of this joint! You can see and feel everything that he is saying.

  • @danielmarquis5258
    @danielmarquis5258 Před 2 lety +44

    One of the GREATEST Rap Songs ever written.

  • @user-bd9jr4sz2w
    @user-bd9jr4sz2w Před 2 měsíci +4

    Real Hip Hop 🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @brettarcher7405
    @brettarcher7405 Před 19 dny +2

    This was ONE of Great Jams in my Time on MTV Raps, and im 54 years Ole Strong 💪

  • @parr40
    @parr40 Před 3 lety +26

    Treach killed this track....🔥🔥🔥

  • @johndotcue
    @johndotcue Před 3 lety +354

    The beat is so danceable yet I can't help but listen to the story he's telling. This is a masterpiece.

    • @tinahorton5115
      @tinahorton5115 Před 2 lety +4

      yes

    • @PM2024-
      @PM2024- Před 11 měsíci +2

      Absolutely. Treach’s dope flow, gritty & raw, together with Kay Gee’s upbeat skills make it a classic 🎵

    • @Jay-iu4st
      @Jay-iu4st Před 10 měsíci +1

      Word!

    • @dreal500
      @dreal500 Před 10 měsíci +2

      I listened to this song a thousand times. It doesn't invoke dancing in me, I always sit an listen. It's almost akin to remembrance day to me. It evokes that sort of feeling. To show respect to the fallen and falling youth.

  • @irishcole3516
    @irishcole3516 Před 10 dny +1

    Great song from an era unparalleled

  • @tanayanottanyabrooks8085

    “If you never been to the ghetto don’t ever come to the ghetto” don’t act like you’re from the ghetto. Some people don’t understand how it is and don’t live the life we live. but think it’s so cool to “act ghetto” “act black”. 🖤.

  • @e8tballz
    @e8tballz Před 3 lety +677

    Treach has to be the most underrated MC ever. A lot of people clipped his flow. Golden Age.

    • @poeticnation6251
      @poeticnation6251 Před 3 lety +7

      So true.

    • @kosmique
      @kosmique Před 3 lety +21

      he is definitely one of the best. his rhymes are intelligent

    • @countryboy6767
      @countryboy6767 Před 3 lety

      Double up and Double down this like Tupacs "somthings will never change" m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3758879484156220&id=100001026151518

    • @poeticnation6251
      @poeticnation6251 Před 3 lety +1

      @@kosmique So true.

    • @EverywhereAndNowhere
      @EverywhereAndNowhere Před 2 lety +25

      If he's underrated, it's only by those that are young or new to rap. Real rap fans know he's one of the best who's ever done it.

  • @MarvinSuave
    @MarvinSuave Před 2 lety +9

    One of the best groups

  • @salsaboyable
    @salsaboyable Před 4 měsíci +2

    This is hip hop not a lot of the garbage of today is from the hood from the heart and brotherhood

  • @dreal500
    @dreal500 Před 10 měsíci +5

    Everytime as a black man I watch this video I am blessed to have grown up where I have. Life is really a craps shoot. Excellent song by naughty.

  • @NatHenrickClarke
    @NatHenrickClarke Před 2 měsíci +3

    It still baffles me how Teach is never mentioned in anyone's favorite MC list, when Em did it I was surprised but not at the same time because the way he puts lines together I can tell Treach was an influence, but i was a huge Treach fan, I used to imitate him, he had on Timbs, I had on Route 66, he had a bat I had a paddle, salute to one of the best!

  • @gregpresley1466
    @gregpresley1466 Před rokem +77

    "If not for HELL, I would've ended things a while ago" ....😢 Damn... That was the deepest line I had ever heard in a rap song. Story of my life growing up.

    • @rickymon1000
      @rickymon1000 Před rokem +6

      You made it this far there was a purpose for you being here. Stay strong!

    • @gregpresley1466
      @gregpresley1466 Před rokem +3

      @@rickymon1000 Thanks.🙏

    • @PeteyS.D.
      @PeteyS.D. Před rokem +8

      "Sometimes I wish I could afford a pistol then though, to stop the hell I would've ended things a while ago" I felt that shit bruh.

    • @fightwokeism
      @fightwokeism Před 11 měsíci +3

      “how will i make it? i won’t, that’s how.” damn.

    • @gabrielgoldwoulfe2277
      @gabrielgoldwoulfe2277 Před 8 měsíci

      I think he says "Sometimes I wish I could afford a pistol then tho... to stop the Hell... I would have ended things a while ago."

  • @mistermuzik100
    @mistermuzik100 Před 3 lety +4

    "Say something positive, well positive ain't where we live"....... Sign of the time now!

  • @teejaybolarin8374
    @teejaybolarin8374 Před rokem +147

    You can’t listen to this without tearing up. So relatable to every one. A Masterpiece.

    • @carlandrews3167
      @carlandrews3167 Před rokem +6

      Brother this classic...thank you for your flow...

    • @quincyyoungbloodakajudah4-486
      @quincyyoungbloodakajudah4-486 Před 11 měsíci +3

      Facts bro. U can't

    • @philanthony7349
      @philanthony7349 Před 9 měsíci +1

      I bumped this on tape deck in 92. Too bad he had to sell out to Eminem this year to make some money

    • @siremet1009
      @siremet1009 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Unless you're born in the burbs or to a rich family, this isn't relatable.

    • @notsureiL
      @notsureiL Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@siremet1009burbs?

  • @pierreboileau8958
    @pierreboileau8958 Před rokem +245

    What a masterpiece of a song, the beat, the lyrics, Treach's flow is impeccable! I was 13 when this track was released and I listened to it over and over again and 30 years later it still gives me goosebumps! I also miss the days of music videos to put a picture ti the lyrics...what a classic!

    • @tyronegreen6165
      @tyronegreen6165 Před rokem +4

      100

    • @burningdust
      @burningdust Před rokem +4

      Amen

    • @saracrawford6143
      @saracrawford6143 Před 11 měsíci +5

      I was also 13 when it came out, and it spoke directly to me because of my life circumstances. Now I'm a whole functional adult, and it's miraculous that I survived. This song gives me chills every time I hear it. I miss real hip hop.

    • @reallife0728
      @reallife0728 Před 10 měsíci +2

      ABSOLUTE TIMELESS CLASSIC!!!!🤎🤎🤎

    • @NippleTwistersUnited
      @NippleTwistersUnited Před 7 měsíci

      Lmao I'm jealous lucky ass mf 😂 jk❤

  • @andrebridgers5653
    @andrebridgers5653 Před měsícem

    This is real hip-hop and it is a tear jerker about the tough times in the ghettos.

  • @OntarioBoyo
    @OntarioBoyo Před 2 lety +146

    This is a rap masterpiece. He meant this shit you can feel it. Crazy rhyme schemes, wayy ahead of his time. Killed that whole album

    • @michaelsimmons2167
      @michaelsimmons2167 Před rokem +5

      straight from the heart 👍🏿👍🏿

    • @rickrush1795
      @rickrush1795 Před 9 měsíci +1

      I heard somewhere that that's the only rapper that Eminem lyrically said he thought was better than me and they reached out to him and they spent Tracy's birthday together I don't know if it's true just sell my herd but I would believe it

    • @mansamusa9465
      @mansamusa9465 Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@rickrush1795Who gives a fuck about Eminem

    • @maximumoverdrive7554
      @maximumoverdrive7554 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@rickrush1795 em said treach was his favorite rapper and treach said ems his light skinned twin .

  • @sportsfan120577
    @sportsfan120577 Před 3 lety +193

    You can see why he and Pac were so close: same upbringing, both gifted poets, and amazingly courageous.

    • @kingkev6407
      @kingkev6407 Před 2 lety +4

      Factsssss

    • @FreshTillDeath56
      @FreshTillDeath56 Před 2 lety +4

      I didnt know he was so close with Pac. I was always a Naughty fan, only recently have I heard Pac's music.

    • @libertyhercules8952
      @libertyhercules8952 Před 2 lety +1

      FACTS HOMIE💯

    • @toyaadams7878
      @toyaadams7878 Před 2 lety +3

      Let me ask u something... Why must 2pac's name Always has be bought up on Someone Else's video...if I go on a random Redman vid, Wu Tang, The Fugues... and Don't Let me even get started with Biggie vids...Pac's name is soooooo up in BIG's comments...they should call it "The Big & Pac Video- 2Pac's appearance''... that's sooooo Rude...Especially for ppl like Me who Couldn't Stand Pac(sorry, Treach...I know that's ur man's & ish), but to Alot of ppl from the East coast, 2pac said & DID 2 many annoying azz things for Me to Ever bring his name up on someone else's video...but His Own...

    • @sportsfan120577
      @sportsfan120577 Před 2 lety +3

      @@toyaadams7878 Well Ms Adams, you kind of answered it yourself in the reply. Treach and 2Pac were friends. Treach has a tattoo of the man on his body for crying out loud. Here is a link of Treach performing Hail Mary at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony for further reference:czcams.com/video/C6CogaDEOTI/video.html
      There are not many mentions of the artists you mentioned (Wu-Tang, Redman, Fugees) because there is no intense history between them. 2Pac and Biggie will forever be intertwined because of their early friendship and intense rivalry at the ends of their lives. If you find it rude Pac is brought up with the likes of Biggie and Treach you are going to be in your feelings as long as you view comments on this site and others.

  • @PiffSett
    @PiffSett Před 3 lety +275

    “Why do I have to be like this
    Mama said I’m priceless
    So why am I worthless
    Starving is just what being nice gets”
    I felt that in my soul💯

  • @jesuschristsaves392
    @jesuschristsaves392 Před 2 lety +5

    Dear God💗❤️♥️💕💖💕❤️💞🙏in heaven, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I acknowledge to You that I am a sinner, and I am sorry for my sins and the , life that I have lived; I need your forgiveness.
    I believe that your only begotten Son Jesus Christ shed His precious blood on the cross at Calvary and died for my sins, and I am now willing to turn from my sin.
    You said in the bible that if we confess the Lord our God and believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, we shall be saved.
    Right now I confess Jesus as my Lord. With my heart, I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. This very moment I accept Jesus Christ as my own personal Savior and according to His Word, right now I am saved. Amen.

  • @CaHiker
    @CaHiker Před 17 dny

    "Say something positive? Well, positive ain't where I live"
    This always stayed with me!

  • @JEDASE
    @JEDASE Před 5 lety +104

    When you rap from your heart real people can feel it

  • @sangyles5174
    @sangyles5174 Před 11 měsíci +10

    Treach is one of the greatest MC's of all time 🙌🙌🙌

  • @Mr.Mastiffs
    @Mr.Mastiffs Před měsícem +1

    This is a track where the struggle is real and I'm glad Naughty By Nature made it to where they at

  • @treywilliams6120
    @treywilliams6120 Před 2 lety +6

    The official Ghetto anthem 👌🏿

  • @michaelholman2816
    @michaelholman2816 Před 3 lety +5

    Say somethi h positive..positive aint where i live..u damn right espically in the bronx

  • @farrellcityking1
    @farrellcityking1 Před 3 lety +12

    Treach is one of the greatest rappers to ever touch a mic. A completely unique style.

    • @houseofkadraj3691
      @houseofkadraj3691 Před 2 lety +2

      c o m p l e t e l y. its giving me chils. the honesty in this song

  • @Atiedu4134
    @Atiedu4134 Před 2 měsíci +4

    Treach was genius.

  • @richlong4119
    @richlong4119 Před 2 lety +1

    This was my favorite song as a kid. Now im 44. I think i was 15 when this song freeed me.

  • @okirike
    @okirike Před 5 lety +247

    Growing up poor I felt this song

  • @maquinaseahawksgoonie5801
    @maquinaseahawksgoonie5801 Před 4 lety +83

    I remember Treach was asking everyone at a concert what year he should go back to and the crowd was throwing up deuces and 3,4 fingers. I and one other dude were the only ones with our pointer fingers to the air! Treach just happened to look my way and said "we taking this back to '91! And began the intro to this song! At that moment, I was 10 yrs old again! Fandom hit hard! Treach has been one of my all time favorite lyricist! I never in my life thought that I would see NbN in concert ,Never! A moment I will never forget... thank you NbN for making great music and telling great stories!

  • @ilovegodandjesusjohn316
    @ilovegodandjesusjohn316 Před 4 měsíci

    Matthew 11:28
    Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

  • @lexingtonluger3257
    @lexingtonluger3257 Před 6 měsíci +2

    One of the most underrated M.C.s

  • @LeanieSigel
    @LeanieSigel Před 4 lety +71

    “If you ain’t never been to the ghetto”.... That part is one of the most underrated hip hop references ever!

  • @rafart6936
    @rafart6936 Před 2 lety +5

    that is one of the problems with our educational system which is unfair. Rich kids have the resources, "stay positive, but positive is not where i live" the good teachers leave inner city schools, because the pay is horrible. Why do cops in California get paid starting in the 70,000, while teachers get paid in the low 50,000???

  • @DavidRice-bz2dd
    @DavidRice-bz2dd Před 3 měsíci +1

    "Say something positive well positive ain't where I live" has GOT to be the most truthful line ever uttered

  • @MrKevinEaddy
    @MrKevinEaddy Před 2 lety +4

    PURE HIP HOP

  • @HawkVision1992
    @HawkVision1992 Před 3 lety +41

    This track is unforgettable. The beat. The lyrics. The chorus. Just an all-time classic.

  • @keiman74
    @keiman74 Před 4 lety +10

    "Some say I'm all in all nothing but a dog now, I answer that with a 'fuck you' and a 'bow wow'" .. DAAAMN!

  • @larrychuchua6287
    @larrychuchua6287 Před měsícem

    ❤❤❤❤
    O God and Heavenly Father, Grant to us the serenity of mind to accept that which cannot be changed; courage to change that which can be changed, and wisdom to know the one from the other, through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

  • @XavierCoolDude
    @XavierCoolDude Před 2 lety +24

    I remember when this video came out in Fall 91. The cinematography was incredible. To me this track cemented Naughty ascension to hip hop legends. The beat, keyboards, Bob Marley sample and Treach destroying the track

  • @onreact
    @onreact Před 5 lety +773

    This song has helped me a lot back in the nineties when I was a poor immigrant kid with no friends and afraid of a bleak future.
    It showed me that no matter how bad things are you can still overcome the problems and make it in the end. Everything's gonna be alright.
    I'm still here and now I know that the solitude, poverty and anxiety were needed to prepare me for a better future.

    • @jasondiaz6998
      @jasondiaz6998 Před 5 lety +27

      God Bless you brother

    • @davidcalderon2984
      @davidcalderon2984 Před 5 lety +12

      Amen

    • @kungfew1396
      @kungfew1396 Před 5 lety +26

      You stay strong brother! You on the right path, don't NEVER let nobody knock you off it, teach it, spread that never quit additude. Our young people need to hear this stuff! Peace!✌

    • @shmcmillan
      @shmcmillan Před 5 lety +7

      Good on you Bro.

    • @onlyme6364
      @onlyme6364 Před 5 lety +14

      This song deep i love them they let it be known that it was hard times n they had to do what they can to make it i cry forreal because now dayz are better brothers are working doing better more kids finished school and doing better for themselves im proud of them kids in the hood keep your head up you are the best thats why God put you threw the test now you passed it 100 percent because your not average your the greatest your the goat now everthings alrite now Amen

  • @lucyrushing2126
    @lucyrushing2126 Před 3 lety +17

    "Well positive aint where I live" the realest SHIT!!!

  • @flatsix1943
    @flatsix1943 Před 2 lety +5

    2:12 how is that evenly humanly possible? Gotta be the #1 most underrated rapper ever. Yeah I'm sure of it.

  • @idahodayhiker6164
    @idahodayhiker6164 Před 3 lety +2

    i grew up in st louis and east chicago, now I im up in north idaho , naughty by nature isa the real deal

  • @jdljcnj9406
    @jdljcnj9406 Před 5 lety +266

    REAL F***ING HIP HOP, RESPECT JERSEY!

    • @FelFree
      @FelFree Před 4 lety +10

      NJ All Day
      Jersey City
      East Orange
      Irvington
      Newark
      Hoboken
      Perth Amboy
      Atlantic City
      Trenton
      Camden
      And every other Hood I forgot to mention

  • @nemohoes007
    @nemohoes007 Před 5 lety +473

    Real LEGENDS...no mumble rap here

    • @231gnx
      @231gnx Před 5 lety +1

      What abandon project was that in Newark?

    • @231gnx
      @231gnx Před 5 lety +15

      This real hip hop is honest and true talent of flow with a message.IT IS significant and paved the way for these idiot mumble rappers of today!The early '90s are the most fire.Treach shows his failures and victories.

    • @anikibrother7691
      @anikibrother7691 Před 5 lety +17

      Mumble is a sin.

    • @papiking1991
      @papiking1991 Před 5 lety +1

      East orange nj

    • @jefecaam7387
      @jefecaam7387 Před 5 lety

      Stfu

  • @Nnaco9000
    @Nnaco9000 Před 4 měsíci +2

    This guy is just on another level, he said, "Say something positive?, Well, positive ain't where I live".
    "The sun never shone on my side of the street", he said.
    Treach, you are one of the best of all time.

  • @oliverjones1845
    @oliverjones1845 Před 2 lety +2

    This song gets you in the feels

  • @codycampbell6257
    @codycampbell6257 Před rokem +15

    Treach is a master of his craft! 🔥

  • @smackedinthejaw
    @smackedinthejaw Před 5 lety +476

    Treach's individual verses have more meaning and intellect than some modern day "rappers" entire song pool!!

  • @AKG74
    @AKG74 Před 3 lety +4

    If this song didn't help you make it through your darkest hours, you're still in the dark; so listen again.

  • @motleybyron4997
    @motleybyron4997 Před rokem +8

    THIS is how it was in hip hop...raw...real and no apologies!

  • @addiebrook2517
    @addiebrook2517 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Treach is a living legend. Never had a bad verse.

  • @mariasea6751
    @mariasea6751 Před 5 lety +6

    The 126 thumbs down 👎 are the silver spoon feed people who had too much or just enough and never struggled s day in there life.

    • @vincentharris2259
      @vincentharris2259 Před 5 lety +1

      I agree I came up when rap was real and they didn't glorify the hood.

  • @RicArmstrong
    @RicArmstrong Před 5 lety +325

    I was 16 when this was released.
    I was young and running wild in the streets of east Baltimore, I was a lost young man and this song meant a lot to me back then.

    • @Gharun14
      @Gharun14 Před 5 lety +23

      bro im born 96 and i still feel 80% of things he raps about in this song even tho i live in eastern europe,i mean shit is all the same but we dont have gun plays here
      Respect to the real music

    • @fredeb67
      @fredeb67 Před 5 lety +6

      I hope that you have found yourself and a better life. I wish you and all that you do the best because some didn't have it that good growing up.

    • @fredeb67
      @fredeb67 Před 5 lety +2

      @MrJshaun Keep love in your hear for your mom. Just remember that if you ever have a kid, be there mentally and physically strong for your child. There are so many kids out there with no one for support and to show love.

    • @kristofortaylor6324
      @kristofortaylor6324 Před 5 lety +2

      Same bro!

    • @APena-lt2qd
      @APena-lt2qd Před 5 lety +4

      I feel the same, out here in Texas

  • @anthonyharper8161
    @anthonyharper8161 Před 29 dny

    It's amazing growing up in the Bronx ! This is real music. Teach our Youth. .

  • @marcussmith3934
    @marcussmith3934 Před rokem +3

    Happy 52nd Birthday Treach!(Born December 1, 1970)😃🥳🎂🎉🎊🎈🎁🍾🥂👍🏾👏🏾🙌🏾

  • @andymattis5611
    @andymattis5611 Před 4 lety +300

    Who's still bumping this in 2020 on lockdown

  • @lukekhalid896
    @lukekhalid896 Před 3 lety +346

    The beat was flawless, the lyrics were flawless but what makes this track memorable is the line we never forget, "Never knew my Dad, mothafuck the fag". Early 90s nobody spit that before but alot of brothers felt that way

    • @TheBigtrav1
      @TheBigtrav1 Před 2 lety +2

      #facts

    • @777uptown2
      @777uptown2 Před 2 lety +26

      U R right. The difference with me and this bar is that my dad got murdered when I was only 9 y.o. My hero got taken away from me. Never recovered from that. Smh tearfully!

    • @lukekhalid896
      @lukekhalid896 Před 2 lety +12

      @@777uptown2 I'm sorry for your tragic loss. You'll see your Dad again one day, and the people who did it will get whats coming to em

    • @anitralarae_mahjacat
      @anitralarae_mahjacat Před 2 lety +6

      Hopefully y'all are past using Homophobic Slurs, no matter how well he raps.

    • @lukekhalid896
      @lukekhalid896 Před 2 lety +38

      @@anitralarae_mahjacat This song came out 30 years ago. Are we going to go back 30 years and cancel everything from then?

  • @user-gz6qk4uc4p
    @user-gz6qk4uc4p Před 3 měsíci +1

    My people, I love you, Latinos I love you, u now what's up, love you grandma.

  • @dsj80
    @dsj80 Před 2 lety +2

    This song is very underrated. Fuckin classic right here

  • @TheNormal256
    @TheNormal256 Před 5 lety +227

    Back in the day, rap didn’t glorify living in the hood. It was the opposite

    • @qaz-fi1id
      @qaz-fi1id Před 3 lety +1

      Of course it did, what the heck are you listening to.

    • @samgod
      @samgod Před 3 lety +7

      @@qaz-fi1id do you consider this song and video glorification?

    • @qaz-fi1id
      @qaz-fi1id Před 3 lety +10

      @@samgod the song no. But the "if you ain't ever been to the ghetto" speech at the end certainly implies a exclusive you ain't cool unless attitude.
      Look I love 90's rap, but west coast raps centered on being ghetto fabulous, and many east coast rappers repped it like it was a badge of honor.
      "no matter how much loot I get, I'm staying in the projects forever"

    • @samgod
      @samgod Před 3 lety +18

      @@qaz-fi1id I didn't take as "stay the fuck out of the ghetto" as a suggestion that outsiders aren't welcome but that they can't handle it and wouldn't fair well. The implication is "stay out of the ghetto for your own good."

    • @qaz-fi1id
      @qaz-fi1id Před 3 lety +5

      @@samgod I agree thats what he meant. The whole song talked-about the hardness of poverty, I'm not even saying that the speech at the end was glorifying ghetto life at all.
      So really I should have just answered no to your question, lol my bad.
      But aside from this particular song there was a lot of rap that did glorify it.
      You don't think so?

  • @rustytaylor9527
    @rustytaylor9527 Před 5 lety +502

    Say something positive, well positive isn't where i live

    • @patricktenorio3118
      @patricktenorio3118 Před 5 lety +38

      realist lyrics on the track!

    • @Paula-nt2uc
      @Paula-nt2uc Před 5 lety +22

      'WHY ME'

    • @RapFanatic4ever
      @RapFanatic4ever Před 5 lety +14

      rusty Taylor reallest Ever line from a Hip Hop Artist ever Treach seems so underrated it’s a shame considsering how big Naughty By Nature was

    • @MrKs757
      @MrKs757 Před 5 lety +19

      Positive AINT where I live. You can’t say it in proper English

    • @milesjohnson323
      @milesjohnson323 Před 5 lety +8

      That bar hit home smh

  • @user-cb5jw4ye6j
    @user-cb5jw4ye6j Před 5 měsíci +2

    Straight up, uncut truth.

  • @jasonfury3984
    @jasonfury3984 Před rokem +9

    One of the greatest songs of all time.

  • @jaygohel1657
    @jaygohel1657 Před 5 lety +51

    This song is genius. Painful and defiant. The Marley sample gives it hopefulness.
    Amazing delivery by Treach. To me this is the definitive N by N song.
    The flow at 2:07

  • @narbootsoner9435
    @narbootsoner9435 Před 3 lety +42

    STOP saying he is underrated. I grew up to his music and he was known all around America and was played constantly on peoples radios in school.
    He is a legend NOT a underrated rapper.

    • @lorenfernandez5159
      @lorenfernandez5159 Před 2 lety

      Fr my dad put me on to Nbn

    • @user-yi9hz3or2t
      @user-yi9hz3or2t Před 2 lety +5

      hes underrated lol hes not brought up in top 10s

    • @flip65515
      @flip65515 Před 2 lety +1

      "Underrated" is a word used in every single post on youtube. Doesn't matter who it is. "Elvis was so underrated"....

    • @KyleCollins419
      @KyleCollins419 Před 2 lety

      Treach is one of Eminem's favorite rappers

    • @flip65515
      @flip65515 Před 2 lety

      @@KyleCollins419 Yep. I heard him mention his name when he went up to collect an award. He also mentioned Rakim. I could tell he listened to those guys

  • @AaronOwenSmith
    @AaronOwenSmith Před rokem +2

    Honestly.. This is high art.

  • @SpoofyJ
    @SpoofyJ Před měsícem +2

    Still hits hard. Damn.

  • @madwithhats
    @madwithhats Před 4 lety +71

    I can't never listen to this without feeling it in my soul and thanking God now that I made it this far. Smh. Damn. NbN made some amazing music back then. Lucky to have experienced it as it came out.

    • @Lord_Bibulous
      @Lord_Bibulous Před 4 lety +8

      Remember feeling like an adult at 18 thinking I wouldn't make it to 21. I'm almost 40. It's been a ride.

    • @madwithhats
      @madwithhats Před 4 lety +2

      @@Lord_Bibulous Explains exactly where my head was at too. That's why now is so confusing to me at times. I'm still in shock that I'm really here. I celebrate my gray hairs in beard or on my head. Haha. Peace and blessings to you n yours. Respect.

    • @richardwonglopez3951
      @richardwonglopez3951 Před 2 lety +1

      1000% agreeable

  • @KB-xp6dq
    @KB-xp6dq Před rokem +8

    I'm a 56 year old woman and I can recite these lyrics on demand to this day lol. Treach definitely did his thing on this one.

  • @jennyspen4
    @jennyspen4 Před měsícem

    When music was about a real human story not fantasy