E-40 - Practice Lookin' Hard
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- E-40's official music video for 'Practice Lookin' Hard'. Click to listen to E-40 on Spotify: smarturl.it/E40...
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Lyrics:
Bloody murder, crime, drugs, folks smokin'
Man I remember when it used to be cool to leave ya screen door open
And let the mosquitos and the flies sneak in
Look mama and them play whistle
So I'ma play tackle football with my friends
I guess them times is gone cause like a wishbone
I wish I had em' back instead of watchin' brothers fiz-all
Catch em' out on every track, bar, street, boulevards
Sweet avenues with dead ends, neighborhoods with antens
Whatever happened to the days of Little League
Pop Warner and Boy Scouts, the Old Singing Boys Club
Voodoo to go to school not thinkin'
Too busy smokin' weed, sellin' dope and drinkin'
I guess we're livin' in the last days
Cause in the last days the Bible speaksof AIDS
Plagues, brothers killin' brothers, earthquakes
Youngsters tryin' to earn stripes as a work face
I'll be a sucker if I don't pull ya ho card
I used to be soft but now I'm hard
Fuckin' nigga, I practice lookin' hard
I got a mirror in my pocket and I practice lookin' hard
Mirror, mirror make the call
Who's the hardest of them all
I got a mirror in my pocket and I practice lookin' hard
Right before I go to bed
I make sure that my mirror's there
"I'd rather work in Napa at the winery" Fast fwd to today and he's got successful ventures in the beverage industry! Speak it into existence.
He got his hands on everything. Didn’t he own a fat burger in Vallejo?
I think he meant auto parts store 🤭
@@al821 His fat burger venture failed but he kept investing.
Selling that Mango Moscato. Now the Napa winery is working for him.
Wasn't napa on fire tho
Such a classical song...powerful message too. This and "Tried of being stepped on" are two of some of my favourite E-40 songs...he's beyond underrated and under appreciated....
+giggs112008 E-40 is literally the most underrated rapper of all times. If you look at his catalog and singles and street credibility and relevance today and he still doesn't appear on anyone's top 10 list that my friend is the King of Underrated. He should have his picture up in Wikipedia next to Underrated.
One of the best to ever touch the Mic.Even Pac new 40 was a lyrical mastermind.
Pac#1
This song is so deep and ahead of its time it makes my head spin. Listen to what he's saying. Jobs like the oil refinery, I'd rather work in napa at the winery. A disappearing blue collar industry being replaced with an economy built on food, entertainment, alcohol sales, which is a two class system. you make it big or you starve. This is the voice of the first generation to grow up without any real jobs. "what's mine they done took, it's my mad at the world look". E-40 is a genius.
And he mentioned the Microchip back in 93 .
@Proverbs-kv6rg exactly this was b4 Goodie mob song.. Peeking thru m window Blah.
Generation X
PAC just chillin mannn he was just a dude like everybody else Smh they killed an icon e-40 flow is remarkable
@Jon Jon Campbell 40 didn't have that kind of paper to bail him out. I couldn't see him having Tupac work for him either.
@Jon Jon Campbell 40 didn't have that kind of paper to bail him out. I couldn't see him having Tupac work for him either.
@Jon Jon Campbell 40 didn't have that kind of paper to bail him out. I couldn't see him having Tupac work for him either.
@Jon Jon Campbell 40 didn't have that kind of paper to bail him out. I couldn't see him having Tupac work for him either.
@Jon Jon Campbell 40 didn't have that kind of paper to bail him out. I couldn't see him having Tupac work for him either.
Seeing Pac is always great. Rest in Power 🐐
Much respect much love goes to Forty water
E40😮
Forty water is the man , one of the best Scorpio representing talent!
That was Jada tho
Seriously though, E40 looks exactly the same after all these years. He's immortal.
Yeah he's a God not only is looking the same still the best rapper in the game 30 years running Blockbuster it's May 2020 and I still practice lookin hard in my Penny Hardaway Jersey where am I still got my sucker repellent and 40 water still got my rearview mirror vibrating
3:05 tho hahah
Ye for real 🤣
His organs are preserved from all the Carlo Rossi and hurricane
Fat don't crack.
3:06 always get me falling out 😂😂😂
same LMFAAOOO
Hahaaa why you doing them like this
ghetto grip...
I would’ve been dying laughing if Pac would’ve did the same 😂😂
True 😂😂😂
Almost everybody in the rap game claimed they knew 2Pac. E-40 was one of the few that knew him personally.
Sitting right next to him
Stop it. It was more than a few
Not that knew him as well@@joeman6730
So
Mostly from the bay he knew where it was real and where it was love at
Can't too many niggaz say they got 2pac cameos.E40 has 2 of them.
This beat is too phonkey....and 40 hit it with the perfect flow
Yes! E-40 and Scarface are the two best story tellers in the game. They seem to articulate narratives that are vivid, stories that translate well to the ears of non-Maybach owners like myself ;)
Pac and Forty were really good friends. Pac was on most of E-40's albums
Most being only two, albeit two of 40's better works and In A Major Way arguably his best
Right
This joint never gets old.
The mailman who album was hard
Ythe Forrest Department hired a professional hunter. He set up small, hidden platform in a tree near a view driver river where twos of ythe attacks had taken place.
@@andrewilbanks8736..."A goal was tied to-a stake on ythe river's bank. Thee hunter waited several nights. He assumed ythe panther would be an old, wasted male with worn teeth, incapable of catching anything more difficult ethanol a human.
That's my Grandmas block 00:30 64th street North Oakland. I was raised in East Oakland, but I remember summers there in the early 80's going to the store getting 'skins and now-laters from the store on the corner.....
The school 40 and Pac are sitting at is Golden Gate....where my mom and all of her brothers ans sisters went in the 1950's...
Jay Smack cool to see that shit, right? The bay is so different today.
I grew up on 61st and MLK and I go back there now it's so different. Damn hipsters
Locland
It was so bad even Kamala Harris moved to Canada. Now she claims it.
40 Water and Pac......... DAMN I wanna go back to the 90's
Damn, all the greats in this video E40, Boots Riley, Tupac, the list goes on!
No Too Short or Shock G....
Spice 1 & Celly Cel
Dru Down too
That old school MOB SHIT!!! 40 been the man!!!
#Classic plus Pac on the scene I used to watch this on the BOX
OMG. I've been listening to E-40 since the 90s and I've never even seen this video. So awesome!
if you been up on 40 water you would already know about the term broccoli. e40 is the lingo God.
This is what I play for my kids the night before school picture day.
😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅
This was wayyyyyyy before its time!!! They weren't ready 40!!
Studio Ton is a dope producer
My childhood couldn't be complete without this song. Much 💕 Tupac and rest peacefully
00:30 is My grandmothers block. 64th and Vallejo St in (the old) North Oakland, before gentrification. I remember walking with my sister to get 'skins and Now-Laters from the store on the opposite corner. Blacks moved out west during the war in the 1940's..and were able to buy homes. It was a good neighborhood until the 1970's...and then the 1980's...and we all know the history from there...
So much history...better yet, OUR story shown here. That's why this is one of my favorite videos of all time. Not to mention the fact that the incomparable Tupac Shakur was in this....as well as Yuck and Num, CnH, Dru, Spice, The Mosie, Money B and Boots from the COUP (Who inspired the song)....
The good old days also way less people man those were them days man now it’s nothing more but fake shit almost everybody is only after money these days those people have zero Character , the good old days RIP PAC 👊🏽
A lot of Bay legends in this video right here. Some are still here, some have passed on to the next life RIP.
I was 7 yrs old and was there the day this video was filmed in Oakland California it was one of the funniest days of my life. I was their with my parents and sisters I really remember eating some good as fried chicken and peach cobbler that day 🥰
Westcoast finest in this video
Spice 1, 2pac, Money B, E40
Bay finest*
Celly Cel
don’t forget boots riley
dam, i can never get tired listening to this old school shiet, the game will never be this good as far as how music in general was back then.miss those days
This shit is hard as fuck
Blockbuster
This song is inspired by The Coup's "Not Yet Free" line about a mirror in his pocket. Boots made it a hot line; E-40 made it a hot song....
Facts!!!
"Church" , the Coup was so underated. Remember having their tape too. "Kill my landlord". This video was so dope to see 2pac in it & Boots from the Coup.
1 luv mane
40 is related to Boots and boots used to work at UPS with Spice-1 and Mopreme which is Tupac's brother so everybody here has a history together before the rap albums.
They were all connected and respected
@絵本読み聞かせ致す外人パパ No problem. I'm a hard-core old school E-40 fan.
@絵本読み聞かせ致す外人パパ No problem. I'm a hard-core old school E-40 fan.
@絵本読み聞かせ致す外人パパ No problem. I'm a hard-core old school E-40 fan.
Deep in the Click
That penguin dance at 3:06 always liked it
goldiesob LOL the illest shit evaaaa!!!!
goldiesob 🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧
That shit hard! LOLOL
So that’s what that is... yea shit is hard. Love from DC
Hell yeah! Had us all doing it in high school.
Cameos by Spice 1, 2pac, The Coup, Celly Cel....
& B Legit
dru down
+David Duarte Thats that MOB SHIT
+David Duarte Money B from DU an raw fusion.
don't forget J. Prince
ayeee Pac
E40 the real GOAT
*”I feel great. I’m mean mugging, but I feel great.”* 💯
Loved that line
His flow is so strange and unique ❤️ sounds more like talking over a beat idk haha but I love it since day 1
Damn, I was 15 when this came out. Now about to be 40, man I feel old.😟
Me too! My brother had the tape!
I WAS 13 .....it came out in 1993 I'm 36 now ... I used to have a boombox and put batteries in it and put the tape in there and bump the cassette tape around the park when they had a baseball game on and drinking my beer smoking my broccoli..meeting up with people... I used to play Mr. flamboyant a lot too....play real loud walking around like that....
This is what I think so basically I could've been 0 yrs old
asadadon 😂😂😂
Y'all are old af
My people right here boots Riley Tupac Shakur E-40 E-Rock. Rest in peace Pam and Tupac skrilla Mike Rappin Ron Eric Spencer and Betsy Thomas and my father Omar Bashir my sister Camille and grandfather grandmothers I love to see you all again heaven
e-40 flow and lyrics are goated
"I'm mean mugging but I feel great"
@kinstube You right this song is about 19 yrs old...Dam you just hit me with a hard truth, it has been that long since this song came out. Where did the time go? And I;ll still take this type 90's rap over anything put out today....
Even after 19 years, this shit still bangs...
30 years later still knockin
Pac & 40 big friends
Actually this was the first time e40 and pac ever met. Then they became friends.
3:05 had me geeking...respect for 40 water from Ohio
william wallace yeee!
@@alexrodriguez351off top!
In 1993 is was 22 years old when this came out .me and my partners was slamming this shit all day I miss those days .im 48 now .e40 was one of the first one to introduce the west bay slang .legend .
his first two albums will always be lit
Callum Brown what are his first two albums called?
@@ehiggins360 Federal , Mailman...40 got like 5 classic in a row tho.lol
Tha hall of game is his best album
@@erroltorrington9186 You think Element of Surprise is a Classic?. Maybe because it sold a lot of records? He definitely has some heat on there but he shoulda kept it at 1 disc instead of a double. Too many songs sound formulaic and slang sounds forced. I liked Charlie Hustle and Loyalty & Betrayal a whole lot better even though they didn't sell as much.
@@dujuanjohnson5025I totally disagree, I almost tossed to the trash that hall of game CD after In a Major Way and Game Related which have aged better than most of that era west coast albums
HAPPY 50 40
YEEEE
I remember watchin this vid on "The Box"....they would charge ya 2$ or something on ya phone bill....put ya request in n played ya vid.... this joint right here n "Tha Murda Show"... MC Eiht n Spice 1... used ta stay in heavy rotation...
I remember hanging out at this chicks house back in the early 90’s when I was in Junior High... I used her house telephone and ordered like 25 videos. Her parents was made when they got their telephone bill! 🤣
BigGamesJames 😂😂😂😂
Dam thnk u for this i always wanted to no about the 90s
@@BIGgamez78 dawg you's a goon lmao
This video is beyond words .. different breed back than
97.9 THE BOX! H TOWN REPRESENT!😎
Msflamingo2008 ayyyeee that was my favorite station while at TSU
Artists playing their own lane...originality, classic beat, flow, lyrics, video. This is too classic
+Patrick Kollmeier Ballin out of Control is the best song on this album but Practice Looking Hard is a very good concept song. Ballin out of Control really shows you what E-40 can do on the mic if he's hungry enough.
The MOMENT I KNEW 40 was LEGIT LYRICALLY ...HE in my TOP 5 ALL TIMES
Classic, love that 40 Water brought Boots from the Coupe for the hook and music video. 40, Pac and Boots, 3 of my favorite westcoast rappers ever.
Look at my nigga Pac! #geah
First song to have that chant like every other song out today 1:59 ?
Shout out Boots Riley on that hook, song based off one of his lyrics. Absolute Legend!
After Federal this was like......a bonus. Studio Ton was lacing those beats also. 40 & Legit spit that real ish....
That 2Pac cameo.
E-40 is pac's real homie
Rip 2pac🐐
east coast cat all day but always enjoyed alot of west coast music good music is good music period.....while they had there own style and lingo it always felt hip hop....contrast that with the garbage out nowadays.
Top 3 E-40 songs easily. The Story is my shit too but man.. this one has stayed with me for over 25 years. My mean Mug, well that face has been like that for 30 years plus. Did not need much practice either. lol
20 years later still hard
rip pac s/o to 40 fonzarelli and the bay mad love from Cleveland ohio
Much Love Derrickbone.
I don't care what nobody has to say 40 water be droppin str8 game mane
i grew up in sactown wich is'nt but a half hour from vallejo. it's hard to find this kind of stuff on a video level or actuall soundtract. nice job
This the first song I had ever heard from 40. It came on the box and I noticed 2Pac was in the video so I watched it. Been bumping 40 ever since
We need another Click album A.S.A.P.! It's been 19 years since the last one!
Voltei na época minha adolescência Foda tempo voa ... ouvia mto esse som
Straight classic 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
My favorite E-40 song and video. Tupac being in it makes it even better ✨❤️
Love the way he's talking about where he's from and especially the OMEGA BOYS CLUB
PAC 🙏🏼🙌🏼
Beside Grandmaster Flash The Message, this is up there in terms of spitting that information and knowledge to the world.
lendaria
Can't believe I'm just seeing this video. Been seeing the making of it for year's
damn Tupac in this video
I got a mirror in my pocket and i practice looking hard! Even the biches luv it! Much love from Pittsburg California
if Theres cuuure for this, i dont waaaant it, i dont neeeed it
2pac and Snoop Dogg freestyle. Funny how I just discovered that today and then run into this comment.
Boots of the Coup!
Surprised how many people don't give props to the Coup.
Man I didn't get into E-40 until the Hyfee movement started. This right here ant hard at all like now. Heck back then I was only 9years old any ways, so I really wouldn't have none who 40 was lol.
2pac !!!!!!!
The shot with E-40, Boots Riley and Tupac is beyond cool
Looooove this song! I honestly never even knew there was a video for it.
The winery!!!!! Holy shit, he did it!
The 90 people that disliked this yup don't know real rap fareal
+Johnny Vasquez Man, I remember when it used to be cool to leave yo screen do' open! (too classic)
+Patrick Kollmeier good shit bro
+Johnny Vasquez Dj Kalled?
No no no that’s the 00’s kids
97 and know what real rap is
@@deontejackson93 grew up in the 90s this was the shit I grew up on
2pac , spice 1, too short, celly cell, kam, gangsta p,Seagram , jt bigga tha figga, rapper-4-tay, keylo, lil ric, the coup, mc ehit, del tha funky homosapian, the click, ant banks, pooh man, eazy-e, DJ quik, Dr. Dre, ice cube, DJ pooh, cypress hill, tony Toni tone, dru down, luniz, XL, Compton most wanted, SMW, yukmouth, outlawz, master p, ray luv, toby t, Mac spoon, San Quinn, herm, king George, Mac Dre, mc ren, snoop dogg, nate dogg, ea-ski, rally ral, boss, donimo, the foundation, and TRU are the west coast bad boyz
Don't forget c-bo , rbl posse, e 40, Richie rich, Dre dog, cellski, mob figaz, cougnut, 11/5, Totally insane.
Can't forget about Brotha Lynch Hung & X-Raided...
Maybe I'm blind but I didn't see Maad Circle (W.C. and Coolio) on there. Don't forget about J-Dee from Da Lench Mob and K-Dee from C.I.A. Why is Mack10 not on here? Special shout out to Mitchy Slick because SD never gets any love. D.O.C.???
still got this album
Pac boots and 40 in the same video
Things will never be the same
spice luniz dru down rich b-legit
Hell yeah Boots Riley on the chorus
I LOVED THIS SONG BACK IN THE DAY !! ALWAY'S PRACTICED LOOKIN HARD ? LOL
0:58 Never knew Shawn Livingston had a perm tha early 90’s
40 WATER
1:00 the best storytelling rapper of all time sitting next to e-40 and tupac.
Lil Yachty came here to practice looking hard 😭😭😭
Hip Hop Evolution 🤙🏼🤙🏼 thanks for reviving this genious wordplay and music
Right !!!!
Tupac in the video with 40 water whaaaaattttttt
Celly Cel too.