I cleaned up my act, and I made this rap thing work for me. I thought people would respect me for that. But instead, it’s, ‘Oh, he’s sold all these records, and now he thinks he’s all that.’
THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G.Stay far from timid, only make moves when your heart’s in it, and live the phrase ‘sky’s the limit.
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I’m definitely a writer. I don’t even know how to freestyle.
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If you don’t love yourself, I’ll make you see your own heart.
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I’m not a security-type person: I don’t want to have bodyguards around me. I’m not into all that.
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Growing up in the streets of Bed-Stuy, it was hard, yo.
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Never let them know your next move.
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I’m making music for the people. If y’all love the music, y’all gonna buy the music.
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The second time I went to jail, I was like, ‘Okay, this is not the move.’
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Basically, I wake up at nine o’clock in the morning, go to different record stores, go to the studio, think up different ideas for songs. Just workin’.
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In South Africa, they think we’re pygmies!
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Stay far from timid, only make moves when your heart’s in it, and live the phrase ‘sky’s the limit.
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Learn to treat life to the best, put stress to rest.
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As I open my eyes and realizing I changed. Not the same deranged child stuck up in the game.
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I wonder if I died, would tears come to her eyes? Forgive me for my disrespect, forgive me for my lies.
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I can’t even see me wasting my time or my talent to disrespect another black man.
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Take a better stand. Put money in my mom’s hand. Get my daughter this college plan, so she don’t need no man.
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