Just imagine:

In a hauntingly ghetto busted down apartment building in 1977, a man sitting with the heroin needle and the brown dirty strap hose tight on his arm. The vein sticking out. The spoon on the table, newspaper scattered around..dark with only light coming from a rusted bulb which is turning yellow in the bathroom.

The brown old record player is playing this song in the background and he starts rocking back and forth slowly looking crazy from the after effects...

Freddy's...dead..



I havent heard this song really in over 10 years, but another scary deep funk song came on the radio and made me post this...
[Edited 9/1/05 0:49am]

A classic by Mr. Mayfield.....

paisleypark4 said:

well yea its scary if u post a lil freaky story to it! i always liked this song but now when i hear it i'ma get that mental image

who remembers that Master P song called Kenny's Dead? It was for the South Park soundtrack, and it was horrible.

I like Fishbone's version too.

I like it because it advocates sobriety. "If you wanna be a junkie - wow"

Very cool message, and not watered down.

Great song.

blackguitaristz said:

BK, this song definitely brings the 70's Mack Period in music. Curtis had a flare for capturing the pulse of the street.

That is a scary song. I must've been 7 when it first came out on the radio. I used to ask my parents "Why is Freddie dead?" and start cryin. Love the song now, but it did have an eerie feelin when I was young.

AnckSuNamun said:

Whoooo weeee!!! Their version is SICK! They rip that song up.
[Edited 9/1/05 15:55pm]

Housequake2K2 said:

I remember being in high school, my Black History teacher would end the session with, "And remember, Freddie's Dead, Leave those drugs alone".....
[Edited 9/4/05 1:09am]

BlaqueKnight said:

I like that one better.

BlaqueKnight said:

BK, They did Curtis Mayfield's classic justice.

AnckSuNamun said:

lol omg i sooooo forgot about that song! i havent heard it in a while but i use to love it

Moonwalkbjrain said:

I was trying to forget the one.

funkpill said:

Black History teacher.....in high school? They didn't exist in my high school

Housequake2K2 said:

I asked that to my mom also!!! I didnt understand her when she was telling me about drugs because I didnt know what drugs were.

MadameS said:

never! haHAHAHA

This is Master P, I'm down here in South Park
And i Just put a million dollar reward up for any information
or anybody who knows who killed Kenny, ya heard!?
[Kenny's Dead] We got to ride tonight
My little homie, Kenny died tonight
[Thats What I Said] We got to ride tonight
My little homie, Kenny died tonight
[Kenny's Dead] We got to ride tonight
My little homie, Kenny died tonight
[That's what I said] We got to ride tonight
My little homie, Kenny died tonight

Kenny started messing up, hanging with the Thugs
Cutting class in the fast section, ecstasy, weed and drugs
And I guess that's how it is, when the Ghetto's got you Trapped
But Kenny ain't Scared, he seen his Pops get his Neck snapped
People Lie and they cheat on South Park Streets
Where the hoes chill and everybody run from the Police
But what I liked about Kenny, he wasn't no Crip or no blood
And he mumbled when he talked, but he loved that bud..

[Kenny's Dead] We got to ride tonight
My little homie, Kenny died tonight
[Thats What I Said] We got to ride tonight
My little homie, Kenny died tonight
[Kenny's Dead] We got to ride tonight
My little homie, Kenny died tonight
[That's what I said] We got to ride tonight
My little homie, Kenny died tonight

Alotta hopeless nights chasin nickels and dimes
Kenny rode the yellow bus to school, but at night he did crimes
211, 187, it's like a hobby
Kenny slowed his roll, he did 3 years for a Robbery
Some say Kenny was the poorest kid on the Street
But picture this, Kenny with about 10 Gs and a couple of keys
Serving the dope fiends, standing on the corner
Moved and worked from New Orleans to Arizona
But it was a trip, Kenny I was wondering how you would die
Would it be a car crash, a plane, a gun, or suicide?!
He knew one day that the Rats would come
But he didn't know they was Gonna Scream 'bout it!'
And hit him with a Shotgun

[Kenny's Dead] We got to ride tonight
My little homie, Kenny died tonight
[Thats What I Said] We got to ride tonight
My little homie, Kenny died tonight
[Kenny's Dead] We got to ride tonight
My little homie, Kenny died tonight
[That's what I said] We got to ride tonight
My little homie, Kenny died tonight

Alot of wasted deaths
Alot of senseless crime
But everybody think about what you do out there
Because uh, Judgment day is for everybody
Just Remember that we can't take none of this with us
And it's real out here on these streets
I'd love to live like Kenny
Die these days, ain't no coming back
Hombre, Master P, No Limit to the world, baby
It don't get no Realer than This

U GOTTA admit that chorus is hot

Great song. Every time I hear it, I can just picture Priest in his ride.

AnckSuNamun said:

Trust me, they didn't exist there either.....

But this particular teacher would give us the low down on American History...

Learn a lot from that brotha'....

Stays with me to this day....

AnckSuNamun said:

What you know about Fishbone?

1972 bro. That's when the song came out. In 77 cocaine was the big thing.

MrSoulpower said:

True.

sinisterpentatonic said:

Think is my favortie track off of Superfly.

lilgish said:

'Little Child, Running Wild'

and

'Eddie, You Should Known Better'


are my two favorites.....