I know how it feels to wake up fucked up,
Pockets broke as hell, another rock to sell.
People look at you like you’s the user,
Selling drugs to all the losers, mad buddha abuser.
But they don’t know about the stress-filled day…
Baby on the way, mad bills to pay,
That’s why you drink Tanqueray,
So you can reminisce and wish
You wasn’t living so devilish, shit.
Pockets broke as hell, another rock to sell.
People look at you like you’s the user,
Selling drugs to all the losers, mad buddha abuser.
But they don’t know about the stress-filled day…
Baby on the way, mad bills to pay,
That’s why you drink Tanqueray,
So you can reminisce and wish
You wasn’t living so devilish, shit.
- Notorious B.I.G., “Everyday Struggle,” Ready to Die, 1994
I guess I was a combination of House of Pain and Bobby Brown:
I was humpin’ around and jumpin’ around!
I was humpin’ around and jumpin’ around!
- Notorious B.I.G., “Dead Wrong,” Born Again, 1999
Damn right I like the life I live,
Cause I went from negative to positive.
Cause I went from negative to positive.
- Notorious B.I.G., “Juicy,” Ready to Die, 1994
Back in the days, our parents used to take care of us.
Look at ‘em now…they even fuckin’ scared of us.
Look at ‘em now…they even fuckin’ scared of us.
- Notorious B.I.G., “Things Done Changed,” Ready to Die, 1994
Run from the police, picture that,
Nigga I’m too fat…
I fuck around and catch a asthma attack.
Nigga I’m too fat…
I fuck around and catch a asthma attack.
- Notorious B.I.G., “Runnin’ (Dying to Live)”, from Tupac Resurrection soundtrack, 2003, RIP Biggie Smalls
There’s gonna be a lot of slow singing and flower bringing
If my burglar alarm starts ringing
If my burglar alarm starts ringing
- The Notorious B.I.G., “Warning,” Ready to Die, 1994
