Grandmaster Melle Mel ‎- White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) (Official Video)

Grandmaster Melle Mel ‎- White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) (Official Video) from the 1983 single.

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Lyrics:

[Chorus]
(White Lines) Visions, dreams of passion
(Blowing through my mind) And all the while I think of you
(High price) A very strange reaction
(For us to unwind) The more I see, the more I do
(Something like a phenomenon) Baby!
(Telling your body to come along, but white lines blow away)
(Blow! Rock it! Blow!)

[Verse 1]
Ticket to ride, white line highway
Tell all your friends, they can go my way
Pay your toll, sell your soul
Pound-for-pound costs more than gold
The longer you stay, the more you pay
My white lines, go a long way
Either up your nose or through your vein
With nothing to gain except killing your brain

[Chorus]
(Freeze! Rock! Freeze! Rock! Freeze! Rock! Freeze! Rock! Blow!)

Higher, baby
Get higher, baby!
Get higher, baby!
And don't ever come down! (Freebase!)

Rang dang diggedy dang di-dang
Diggedy dang di-dang diggedy dang di-dang

(Pipeline) pure as the driven snow
(Connected to my mind) and now I'm having fun, baby!
(High price) it's getting kinda low
(Cause 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 away)
(Blow! Rock it! Blow!)

[Verse 2]
A million magic crystals, painted pure and white
A multi-million dollars almost overnight
Twice as sweet as sugar
Twice as bitter as salt
And if you get hooked, baby
It's nobody else's fault, so don't do it!

[Chorus]
(Freeze! Rock! Freeze! Rock! Freeze! Rock! Freeze! Rock!)

(Ahhh) Higher, baby
(Ahhh) Get higher, baby!
(Ahhh) 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 on
(Cause you gotta come down) my temperature is risin’
(When the thrill is gone) no, I don’t want you to go

[Verse 3]
A street kid gets arrested, gonna do some time
He got out three years from now just to commit more crime
A businessman is caught with 24 kilos
He’s out on bail and out of jail
And that’s the way it goes, raah!

(Cane! Sugar! Cane! Sugar! Cane!)

Athletes rejected, governors corrected
Gangsters, thugs and smugglers are thoroughly respected
The money gets divided
The women get excited
Now I’m broke and it’s no joke
It’s hard as hell to fight it, don’t buy it!

[Chorus]

Little Jack Horner sitting on the corner
With no shoes and clothes
This ain't funny, but he took his money
And sniffed it up his nose

(Hey 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 freeze)
(Go ahead man, stuff I got should kill ya!)
(Yeah man th-that’s that’s raw, woah..)

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[Rizzlyricist]

I used to listen to this when I was 63, and now I'm 17. This will forever be a classic.

[teefrankenstein]

I miss rap music like this. The beats were insane, the lyrics not only catchy and fun but told stories and offered some positivity.

[rebeccafisher]

Absolute banger. 54yo SE London gal here still lovin and listening in 24❤

[Idcanymore]

The birth of Hip Hop. When Rap still had a message.

[kymharris]

When I was younger my favorite auntie would hear this song and dance her as off. Now I know why😂😂 RIP auntie. I miss u dearly

[TCBY]

My husband said something just now about a white line and I started singing this song. He thought I was nuts. I pulled up this video and couldn’t believe I found it!!! I still remember the words, 40 years later!!

[jusschillin]

Almost 40 years later, shits still a classic!!!

[sue]

The 80s good times 😅 were just coming down

[Foxys]

Was 9 & working class, in multicultural south London in 1983 when this came out, just like classics like Chaka Khan Feel for you, Rob Base & DJ EAZY ROCK it takes two etc were tunes that got played at every gig, every birthday, wedding funeral etc…
I’m not Thick ( no seriously I’m not dumb)
But after hearing this song my whole life, singing along, dancing etc… I was 29 when I realised the lyrics were about drugs!!! That was how innocent we were, even though we was street wise, working class etc…
And I remember sitting with my twin bro, and going “er ma gawd” (in an old school cockney accent) “this is bout coke!!!!” And him looking at me as if SAY WUT?! lol and the disbelief! 😂❤ love you Pat X

[andrewjones]

I’m 51 years old. This song is definitely “OLD SCHOOL” brought back a lot of childhood memories

[muziktrkr]

It's an anti drug song, yet back in the day when this was played in the clubs, people would do a bump and get on the dance floor when this song came on.

[lwplwp]

When I heard this 40 years ago I was heavy into free base and couldn't believe it. Everyone that was doing it knew how bad it was and didn't care. It was mostly well to do college kids back then. Been clean for 25+ years now

[mikecorleone]

Mind boggling how much of a hit this was.
You'd never, I repeat never, be able to push this dope today.

[nicolejttmom]

Just one of the greatest songs ever! The bass, horns and percussion are viciously brilliant❤.

[bobbym.]

STILL lovin' this in 2021. Who's with me? This is when rap was not only enjoyable, but educational...

[lyssamarie_]

The Sugarhill Gang came to my town in Ohio last week and performed. They brought out Grandmaster Melle Mel and Scorpio as well. It was by far the best concert I’ve been to. I’m 28, but this is the type of music I grew up on. I’m so grateful that i was able to get to experience that.

[michellescarfSpacex]

I danced to this in Westwood nightclubs in 1984 ... Who's with me on the dance floor 😉

[lesliedowling]

2024 and now it’s 40 years old!!! Legendary song. I can close my eyes and I’m 17 again having the time of my life. ❤❤❤❤❤

[itsjustnatalia]

This is quite possibly my favorite song of all time. The groove, the message…

[emiller]

I remember this on repeat at the skating rink. Was so fun! No clue what it meant at eight years old.