Years later, it’s hard to get through this song without tears coming to my eyes. It’s what we see out here in Chicago, the reality is captured so perfectly.

@thegreenroom5820

Жыл бұрын

And this was before the chaos on our news about Chicago. Lupe prophesied without knowing what was to come on the south side. He spoke of the chaos and cure before them folks grabbed it and sold it to the record labels and fox news.

@Garcusmarvey

7 ай бұрын

One of the best rap songs ever made. really wish Lu could’ve made a video for it and it would’ve been pushed. could’ve been that generations Brenda’s got a baby….but we all know why this song was hidden from the masses

@80amblack58

2 ай бұрын

Facts

@seangleason260

2 ай бұрын

Any Democrat City

THIS IS THE BEST LUPE SONG. He put a totally original spin on what most rappers glorify. 1. Steady Mobbing 2. Hurt me soul 3. He say, she say 4. Theme Music to a drive by. 5. Intruder alert

Bro I hate when ppl try and tell me Lupe ain't nice. Shit be having me ready to fight ppl😂 Lupe really the 🐐

@marcusjohnson5420

5 жыл бұрын

Mario U boy on another level bro word up

@meld1817

5 жыл бұрын

@@jamesjones-ez9ug poser

@lashellpitts6651

3 жыл бұрын

I agree 💯

@jeroenverschooren7766

3 жыл бұрын

Lupe the goat rapper

@taianders2256

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesjones-ez9ug 😠😠😠

Song is so real. . real g tears after listening to this the first time a decade ago

@alanabisaimartinezhernande548

6 жыл бұрын

A. Rashad. Yo understand me bro. Forever till The end with Lord fiasco

@aaronwhitfield2010

5 жыл бұрын

Especially if you from city or surrounding areas

@Ayplus

4 жыл бұрын

@@aaronwhitfield2010 Any hood really

@TougHpoet88

4 жыл бұрын

Real shit 💯💯💯

@TougHpoet88

4 жыл бұрын

Got me through undergrad. Very high knowledge and value for the empowerment of the creative man

lupe's best song in my opinion

@edubbbeatz2166

4 жыл бұрын

Classic I still remember Jay Z stamping him on the first album with kick push

One of the best rap song I ever heard.

@Lou_Da_4th

Ай бұрын

Eternally underrated! Puts him up there with Kendrick fr

One of my top 3 favorite Lupe tracks. This hook is my LIFE! Such a RAW song!

@CuspOfTheFlame

8 жыл бұрын

+Eric Graham closest thing to tupac ever since

@tupimpacaterpillar8420

8 жыл бұрын

+CuspOfTheFlame man the closest to tupac is DMX

@YardratZ

8 жыл бұрын

+John Machain yes...and no. closest to pac is Cole tbh..they both real and told stories. 2pac me against the world is like cole

@CuspOfTheFlame

8 жыл бұрын

im saying this track. not the person

@soupsandwich.

6 жыл бұрын

Same. This song, coming from where I'm from, & hurt me soul. 🔥🔥

Damn after over a decade of listening to Lupe, found another hidden gem.

@thegreenroom5820

Жыл бұрын

"So many like once before were killed on." Its hidden by the listeners and sellers on purpose.

@Evandro741

14 күн бұрын

JUST found this today!

It was in his original F&L LP but it was leaked a few months before its release and Lupe re-did some of the album, changed the names of some songs and added some different ones, took some off. Unforunately, this was one of the songs that he excluded in his final LP he released last year. And yeah, this is his best song. The lyrics are so deep, and the chorus is powerful.

I am from South Africa. This song still ring truth, 15 years later

@MWorks

3 жыл бұрын

FACTS

One of the realest songs I’ve ever heard. 15 years later, this still touches my ears

This song is sensational, he might be one of the best song writers of all time

@lightmajor1

4 жыл бұрын

phenomenal right?!?!?

@jermaineartis4323

4 жыл бұрын

@@lightmajor1 definitely!!

2022 and I still come to check for this song. Probably one of my favorite lupe songs

Every so often, this song arises in my heart. Lupe lyrics are so universal on this.

@Zanobeats

8 жыл бұрын

trully amazing !!

@lightmajor1

6 жыл бұрын

Facts

@Capital804G

5 жыл бұрын

#FACTS ..... Love dis song! He kickin da absolute REAL

@Burga419

3 жыл бұрын

Facts every so often I hear this song and just listen to the words ... it’s a reality that hasn’t changed. That’s why this is my favorite song for life. It’s too real . No exaggerations, accurate through the ages. IMO

@QFerg

3 жыл бұрын

Till this day.....just comes up in my head. Its too real

Hova described Lupe as a 'breath of fresh air' sometime back. Every time I listen to this little-known classic, I can't help think how true that is. Lupe's lyricism is poetic, musical as it is thoughtful. FnF all the way!

@edubbbeatz2166

4 жыл бұрын

I still remember it bruh 💯 still remember I thought Jay was gonna bring him out then this video you to play on B.E.T

First Peter 4-12-14. In God we trust for our daily test. Much-Love.

This is when I knew he was the truth. Way back then.

@808TCA

7 жыл бұрын

Leon Thigpen True HipHop

@richarddixon3081

6 жыл бұрын

All facts. My guy in college really put me on Lupe and I been fuckin with him ever since. Chi town forever

@romnumiv4

6 жыл бұрын

He still the truth bro. Believe that

@countmoney8695

5 жыл бұрын

My exact thought when I heard this.. Pre-Food&Liquor . #SpecialTalent #Chicagos’Nas

Alot of Lupe tracks have ended up in the "Timeless" category......

@Zanobeats

4 жыл бұрын

True

i miss 2006=(

@johnnybravo8977

10 жыл бұрын

Best year of my life.

@shabba194

4 жыл бұрын

We were literally free lol

@mamatheregoesthatman3361

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnnybravo8977 worst for me lost my big brother

man I really wish lupe coulda made a video to this song, the visuals in his verses are on another level

The First Time i heard Lupe Fiasco In 2006 i realized the Rap game was gonna be OK. Right away i started digging into his mixtape and realized the Rap Game was in trouble....RUN!!!! B**** RUN!!!! ....ill Let you in on a secret Lupes THE KILLER!.. but don't leak it!

1. Ghetto Story "Steddy Mobbin" 2. Glory 3. Coulda been Everyone of them all time classics! Right in the midst of the trap music era! Lupe kept hip hop alive while it was on life support! Salute!

Can't believe it's been since 06' when this dropped...burn this to a blank disc off LIMEWIRE lol those were my era/days where I'd sit around and try to download all old shit and the latest music out around that time before the mixtapes had them to bump shit nobody else had or they have forgotten overtime...music is my I'm a junkie of it...anyways tracks like this is priceless and timeless because it is storytelling the ghetto vividly in one of USA's biggest cities through a pair of different eyes where the world can still relate...song is ill man...still rides around bumping this...

Rip Nipsey that's what brought me back here

Used to listen to this literally everyday, all day at my job

@deeztacos6336

6 жыл бұрын

HipHop226 same here! I remember I downloaded his entire mixtapes off a torrent site. I've got to retrieved them off my old laptop. Gotta fix that screen first tho.

@LOVL3Y421

4 жыл бұрын

Ilvin Lopez this was definitely on my playlist daily!!

This song get me through tough times.

For those that may not know, this was supposed to be on Food & Liquor until the album leaked months before the official release. This was on the finished album leak, then Lupe scrapped a few of those songs and made new ones for the version of F&L we know today.. like Daydreaming, I Gotcha, & others.

@jamesjones-ez9ug

2 жыл бұрын

I heard the leaked version it was more gritty, but I feel like the retail version was more polished and digestible

@88infinity20

Жыл бұрын

i wish he kept the original regardless of the leaks.

Damnreally 11 years ago. I vividly remember being 15..and 17 listening to this now I’m 26 this is crazy

Tears man. I didn’t need go back into this training room at work with red eyes. I would bow my head to this man 🙏🏿

@mumiaali4821

3 жыл бұрын

What happened bro?

Never gone a day without some lupe music. This does it. Never let the streets dictate me. #steadymobbin

I remember they used to play this song back in '06 on music choice i used to love this song i was just getting out of high school that year i was pissed that this song was not on the food and liquor album but over all that album was a classic damn time done fly.

This song, Theme Music to a drive by, Hustlaz, Trials and Tribulations, and a few other tracks that were on the original food and liquor release would have made that album an even bigger classic than it already is.

2006 come back...(I was 16 yr old)

It doesn’t get any better than Lupe, folks. Here’s one of the many proofs

So glad too see ppl in here taking about this song by far one of the best songs in history...sums up all the ghettos in s nutshell..much respect from ny...

Fell in love with this track during spring of 08 my Junior year in High School. A damn beautiful time that was.

The realness of this record is compelling.

This song gives me the same feeling in 2019 that it did in '04. Classic material folks.

@tmac1059

4 жыл бұрын

Hey bro this some came out in '06

@QFerg

3 жыл бұрын

Bro right, its so many dope songs that ive played out, but this still hits. Truly a perfect song

CHICAGO STAND UP!!!!!!!

Back in high school a friend didn't like Lupe cause they said they didn't feel like "breaking down" his words 🤦🏾‍♂️ Today Lupe is one of his favorites 🤣

That first verse is incredible man. Lupe blessed us countless times

the greatest rapper ever!!!

Love this song since junior high one of my fave lupe joints

This Will Never Grow Old, It’s Still A Banger!!! Even In 2021!!! “I Got Questions To Ask, And I’m waiting on some answers, Like Why Do The Good Die Young (Kobe , Black Panther), Why is there no cure for Cancer/Covid!”

this is my song. as a lu fan, ashamed I found this so late.

@antwainjackson961

9 жыл бұрын

dont feel bad me too

@TokenBlackman7

9 жыл бұрын

jkay07 Antwain Jackson Doesn't matter WHEN you got on the boat. It's that you're on board. Be easy, fam.

@OhthatKt1

9 жыл бұрын

But it is a shame tho. Kinda...

@Zanobeats

8 жыл бұрын

wtf... walk of shame on you lol

This is my Pops favorite song by Lupe and mine too. Can never hear this song and not think of him! The power of music man

No rapper is better idc about money or anything he is the best

One of my favorite songs to play in 06-07 that was a great time me and my friends use to smoke and listen to this and revenge of the nerds, Fahrenheit 1.5 Lupe was definitely a breath of fresh air back when I was 15.

Chills...every time. This is art

Songs like this are why he's light years ahead of ppl like kdot and others

Chicago life Lord have mercy on us.

No words to say but damn real shit lupe years later its really getter deeper

Crazy how this was out 15 years ago and the shit he spittin is what’s goin on in the black community now. this man predicted the future. Lupe was a Genius lyricist and still is. Rap game ain’t ready somebody like him and never will be.

@laneyj

Жыл бұрын

Not so much as predicted the future but more so just an example of how much things haven't changed.

still waiting on those answers.......steady mobbin

Crazy Lupe been my favorite rapper for 20 years now. 🐐

this should be a guideline for the youth...dont let the streets dictate you, you are in control!

i love this soul music. i still love his new stuff on F&L2 but nothing beats his old tracks when he was younger

I was thinking back on what was the realist songs I've ever heard and this is one that came up. Along with joe budden "are you in the mood yet"

@moseslrsmith2625

8 жыл бұрын

+Tommie M. Yo!!!! The first verse of are you in that yet was my entire life at one point. It was spooky almost.

@Tmartinez114

8 жыл бұрын

+Moses Smith mine too bro. Before that song I never heard a rap song get that relatable to my life

@Sholn526

6 жыл бұрын

Tommie M. Scariest shit was how he pinpointed my life at the point and my selfish thoughts of the abortion. Forever a joe fan after that song.

Maybe the best lyricist alive.

I've always loved the way Lupe speaks to his peers n how he convey his lyrics 🙏💖💖🙏🙏💕

God Bless 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇲🇽

OMG Memories

@eks_0

3 жыл бұрын

His label issues

This was the truth in high school

Lupe fiasco songs can relate to me so much..

Still come back to listen to this soulful hip hop joint in 2018

@lightmajor1

4 жыл бұрын

2019.... fuckin phenomenal.

Whoever need to hear this: Always remember …..Steady onward…. Steady upward

This song is so unbelievably real. Brings a tear to my eye

If you were raised in an urban community theres no way you cannot relate to every single word of this "thinking about the black panthers in the 80's, with babies, who lack pampers" its too much. Genius.

I’m so sad this song still isn’t available on streaming platforms ❤️‍🩹

Damn how does this only have 200k views? The best lyrics are the ones that paint a story from beginning to end and this is one of the best flows I've heard in a long time. Lupe is saving hip hop and this deserves way more views.

HOLY SHIT I HAVENT HEARD THIS IN YEARRRSSSSS A CLASSIC!! BRING ME DOWWWWWNNNNN

This song made made me say lupe was better than 2pac fa sure 👍

@kxngched97

2 жыл бұрын

You not the only one lmao. This made me say he was the best rapper alive 😂

WOW! My fave Lupe song by far. this song does something to me... I love it!

2020 sucks but this song is amazing no matter the year

Best Lupe song, lyrically, flow wise, and music. Love it

Lupe's so better when hes not tryna be too political and talks bout social problems like this

I love this Lamont Dozier sample. Nice

I vibez with this song in 2020

This here is the best Lupe Song Period. If he spoke from this perspective more he could be one of the best songwriters ever.

2024 and its still bussin 🔥🔥🔥🖤

King Lupe.

If you understood the concept of "The Cool," you'd recognise the lines in SuperStar. Lupe killed it, WITHOUT STRESSING TO BE MAINSTREAM.

this is my favorite Lupe song

Lupe my favorite rap. Verse 2:Lupe Fiasco] And I try to see past it Through the down-roll window on The driver side of my Caprice Classic Steady mobbin' , corner store traffic I.e. dope fiends, hookers and teens with alcohol IVs I see, plastic, cups is a nickel 50 cent for Dutch Masters My big brother's Pelle Pel' lingers Of a fargone weed smoke Lookin' for greener pastures, pasturized 2% for $2.19

@TougHpoet88

4 жыл бұрын

You can get two quarts!!! 💯💯💯💯💯💯 on God the literature impeccable. Timeless inspiration, soul rap

i could be a hardcore country fan and still love lupe fiasco. he offers two things to the table: 1. melody 2. a story. and people who dont like lupe, havent been listening to his stories....

Song is a classic almost forgot about it

heard it on my way down to florida for the first time... i live in MD that was about a days worth of driving this shit was on repeat the ENTIRE time...

this is real stuff over here. Lupe at his best...spitting the lyrics like no other.

Heard diz shyt bout 2 years ago and still till diz day my fav lupe song da beat is so chill and everythingi dont no how not so many ppl no bout this or knew bout it when it came out this is real hip hop

Why doesnt this track have like a billion views?

LUPE is sick nice metaphors and a good story teller

tupac and biggie just had enough charisma and vision to crossover and make hits(cali love, hypnotize) on the charts as well as other songs for the real heads. somebody will come along and do that same thing. i think jeezy holding us down and lupe doin his thing no doubt

damn man this brought back a hella memories..lupe the real thing

Album of life now condensed into a sampler....smh there's just not enough i can say about his lyrics. so descriptive it's clearly poetic genius

Lupe. The Embodiement of a true M.C. Lupe got some crazy lines..u just gotta listen.

MAJIC MASSEY YOU BROUGHT LIFE TO THAT HOOK

ahhh lupe. one of the few remaining true hip hop artists

This is real hip-hop. Don't speak about the girls, speak about the world. Don't advertise crimes in ya rhymes. Keep it real, that's how I feel. Lupe means its a new day.

Nas is lupes favorite rapper you can tell by this song he fluently tells you about major topics going on in the hood just like nas did on the entire illmatic album sorta reminds me of one love.. but all together 2 great hall of fame emcees F'N'F ^

Goat 🐐💪🏿💪🏿💯💯