Everything was happening on that strip of Fulton Street. And if I wanted Chinese food, if I wanted to play video games, if I wanted pizza, if I had to go to the corner story for a juice, I had to go on Fulton Street.
THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G.Growing up in the streets of Bed-Stuy, it was hard, yo.
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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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The second time I went to jail, I was like, ‘Okay, this is not the move.’
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Pac get busy. People can’t take nothing from him. On the lyrics, he get busy, straight up.
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I grew up in some suburb, I’d come out with a song about potholes in my lawn.
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We can’t change the world unless we change ourselves.
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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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You gotta mature, you know.
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Damn right I like the life I live, because I went from negative to positive.
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With big folks, either people think you look mean or it’s more of a jolly Santa Claus, ‘Oh, he’s just a pudgy little teddy bear pillow.’
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Birthdays was the worst days, now we sip champagne when we thirsty.
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Growing up in the streets of Bed-Stuy, it was hard, yo.
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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.’
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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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I’m living everyday like a hustle, another drug to juggle. Another day, another struggle.
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