1.
Stay far from timid only make moves when you're heart's in it, and live the phrase the sky's the limit.
The Notorious B.I.G.
Maintain an audacious attitude and take action when you have conviction, and experience the notion that anything is possible.
2.
Excellence is my presence. Never tense, never hesitant.
The Notorious B.I.G.
Excellence is my being. Always confident, never doubting.
3.
First comes the cash, then comes the ass, then come big blunts with chunks of hash.
The Notorious B.I.G.
'Money gives way to pleasure, then rolls come with hunks of hash.'
4.
We can't change the world until we change ourselves.
The Notorious B.I.G.
'We must alter our habits before we can revolutionize the planet.'
5.
Damn right I like the life I live,
Cause I went from negative to positive.
The Notorious B.I.G.
'Verily, I relish the life I inhabit,
For I have gone from disadvantage to benefit.'
6.
Never let them know your next move.
The Notorious B.I.G.
Keep your plans close to the chest.
7.
If the game shakes me or breaks me, I hope it makes me a better man.
The Notorious B.I.G.
If the game tests me or defeats me, I wish it strengthens me as a person.
8.
Sky is the limit and you know that you keep on,
Just keep on pressin on.
Sky is the limit and you know that you can have
what you want, be what you want.
The Notorious B.I.G.
Heaven is the boundary and you understand that you keep going,
Just continue striving.
Heaven is the boundary and you understand that you can possess
what you desire, become what you wish.
9.
Climb the ladder to success escalator style
The Notorious B.I.G.
Ascend the steps of victory in an express fashion.
10.
Move over Lucifer, I'm more ruthless, leave you toothless.
The Notorious B.I.G.
'Make way for me, I'm more savage than Satan, leaving you powerless.'
11.
If you don't love yourself, I'll make you see your own heart.
The Notorious B.I.G.
'If you don't value yourself, I'll help you discover your true worth.'
12.
This rule is so underrated:
Keep your family and business completely separated.
The Notorious B.I.G.
This guideline is highly unappreciated: Preserve an absolute distinction between your family life and professional pursuits.
13.
If I wasn't in the rap game,
I'd probably have a key knee-deep in the crack game.
Because the streets is a short stop:
Either you're slinging crack rock or you got a wicked jump shot.
The Notorious B.I.G.
If I wasn't an MC,
I'd likely be a kingpin of the illicit drug trade.
Since the street life is a pit stop:
Either you're dealing in narcotics or you've got mad skills on the basketball court.
14.
I'm living everyday like a hustle. Another drug to juggle. Another day, another struggle.
The Notorious B.I.G.
I'm enduring each day like a hustle. Another pill to keep track of. Another day, another battle.
15.
To all the teachers that told me I'd never amount to nothing.
The Notorious B.I.G.
16.
It's like the more money we come across / the more problems we see.
The Notorious B.I.G.
17.
Armed and dangerous, ain't too many can bang with us
Straight up weed no angel dust, label us Notorious
Thug ass niggaz that love to bust, it's strange to us
Y'all niggaz be scramblin, gamblin
Up in restaraunts with mandolins, and violins
We just sittin here tryin to win, tryin not to sin
High off weed and lots of gin
So much smoke need oxygen, steadily countin them Benjamins
The Notorious B.I.G.
18.
And everything you get, ya gotta work hard for it.
The Notorious B.I.G.
19.
When you read magazines and you see everybody having fun, you think, ‘okay, that’s where I want to be.’ But once you get in it and you achieve the success that you want, it seems like that’s where the player hating starts. You know that’s where everybody’s like, ‘Well it’s not all that
The Notorious B.I.G.
20.
Never get high on your own supply.
The Notorious B.I.G.
21.
You're nobody 'til somebody kills you.
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22.
Please, all you MCs out there, all you fans out there, don't think Big gonna make a record dissing 2Pac or the West Coast because it's not going down like that. I cant even see me wasting my time or my talent to disrespect another black man.
The Notorious B.I.G.
23.
Never let no one know how much dough you hold.
The Notorious B.I.G.
24.
Spread love, it's the Brooklyn way.
The Notorious B.I.G.
25.
I mean even though we were going through our drama
I would never wish death on nobody, you know what I'm sayin'
Because there ain't no coming back from that
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26.
Never trust nobody, your moms will set your ass up.
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27.
I never wish death on nobody, cause there ain't coming back from that.
The Notorious B.I.G.
28.
Old school new school need to learn though I burn baby, burn like Disco Inferno Burn slow like blunts with ya-yo Peel more skins than Idaho potato
The Notorious B.I.G.
29.
Relax and take notes while I take tokes of the marijuana smoke
The Notorious B.I.G.
30.
My mind's my 9, my pen's my Mac-10.
My target? All you wack niggaz who started rappin'.
The Notorious B.I.G.
31.
Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis. When I was dead broke, man, I couldn't picture this.
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32.
Rappers can't sleep, need sleepin',
B.I.G. keep creepin',
Bullets heat-seekin',
Casualties need treatin',
Dumb rappers need teachin'.
The Notorious B.I.G.
33.
Won't cha...picture life as my wife, just think:
Full length mink, fat X and O links,
Bracelets to match, conversation was all that,
Showed you the safe combinations and all that.
Guess you could say you's the one I trusted...
Who would ever think that you would spread like mustard?
The Notorious B.I.G.
34.
There's gonna be a lot of slow singing and flower bringing
If my burglar alarm starts ringing
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35.
Lyrically I'm supposed to represent,
I'm not only the client, I'm the player president
The Notorious B.I.G.
36.
While your guns raisin', mine is blazin'.
The Notorious B.I.G.
37.
Your reign on the top was short like leprechauns,
As I crush so-called Willies, thugs, and rapper-dons.
The Notorious B.I.G.
38.
I'm basically different things to different people. If it's a guy, I'm-a probably have my guard up because it's a street rule that when men come around that I don't know, I just immediately throw shade on them. But I don't associate with fellas all that much; if it's a girl - a beautiful girl - I be nice.
The Notorious B.I.G.
39.
I mean everything's a lot more smoother. It's just calm. IN the beginning, I had the typical attitude of a young rapper makin money... ya know I was the partyin guy... I was the guy wit the girls... all the extra that came wit the game...it's up to the artist to know when to say when. You can't live that kind of lifestyle forever. ...I learn from the other people's mistake. I know when to say no. You learn to make the right decisions and pick the right choices. That's all that's really changed.
The Notorious B.I.G.
40.
Rappin bout blunts and broads, Tits and bras, ménage à trois, sex in expensive cars.
The Notorious B.I.G.
41.
Mo' money, mo' problems.
The Notorious B.I.G.
42.
I can hear sweat trickling down your cheek
Your heartbeat sound like Sasquatch feet
Thundering, shaking the concrete.
The Notorious B.I.G.
43.
Even when I was wrong, I got my point across.
The Notorious B.I.G.
44.
Forgive me for my disrespect, forgive me for my lies.
The Notorious B.I.G.
45.
As soon as she hit the door we start blastin', I saw her brains hit the floor, raw laughin'.
The Notorious B.I.G.
46.
The hustlers on the corner were my role models.
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47.
Growing up in the streets of Bed-Stuy, it was hard, yo.
The Notorious B.I.G.
48.
Birfdays was the worst days,
Now we sip champagne when we thirstay uh
The Notorious B.I.G.
49.
I'm slamming n***as like Shaquille, s**t is real
When it's time to eat a meal, I rob and steal
The Notorious B.I.G.
50.
When I release, you loose teeth.
The Notorious B.I.G.