Respect
The Notorious B.I.G.

Nineteen-seventy somethin', nigga I don't sweat the date
My moms is late so I had to plan my escape
Out the skins, in this world of fly girls
Tanqueray and Hennessey until I cold hurl

Ten months in this gut, what the fuck
I wish moms'd hurry up so I could get buck
Wild, juvenile rippin' mics and shit
New York New York, ready for the likes of this, uh

Then came the worst date, May 21st
2:19, that's when my momma water burst
No spouse in the house so she rode for self
To the hospital, to see if she could get a little help

Umbilical cord's wrapped around my neck
I'm seein' my death and I ain't even took my first step
I made it out, I'm bringin' mad joy
The doctor looked and said, He's gonna be a Bad Boy

Now I'm thirteen, smokin' blunts, makin' cream
On the drug scene, fuck a football team
Riskin' ruptured spleens by the age of sixteen
Hearin' the coach scream at my lifetime dream, I mean

I wanna blow up, stack my dough up
So school I didn't show up, it fucked my flow up
Mom said that I should grow up and check myself
Before I wreck myself, disrespect myself

Put the drugs on the shelf? Nah, couldn't see it
Scarface, King of New York, I wanna be it
Rap was secondary, money was necessary
Until I got incarcerated kinda scary

C74-Mark 8 set me straight
Not able to move behind the great steel gate
Time to contemplate, damn, where did I fail?
All the money I stacked was all the money for bail

Ninety-four, now I explore new horizons
Mama smile when she see me, that's surprisin'
Honeys is tantalizin', they freak all night
Peep duckin' cops on the creep all night
As I open my eyes and realizin' I changed

Not the same deranged child stuck up in the game
And to my niggas livin' street life
Learn to treat life to the best, put stress to rest
Still tote your vest man, niggas be trippin'
In the streets without a gat? Nah, nigga you're slippin'

If I'm pimpin' on The F with weed on my breath
Original hustler with the muffler on the Tec
Respect to the Mac's and the Ac's
To the freaks in the Jeeps, lick shots to my peeps


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  1970 Somethin'   A Dream   Allure   Another   B.I.G. Interlude   B.I.G. Live in Jamaica (intro)   Beef   Big Booty Hoes   Big Poppa   Big Poppa [Club Mix]   Big Poppa [Radio Edit]   Big Poppa Remix [Club Mix]   Big Poppa Remix [Instrumental]   Big Poppa Remix [Radio Edit]   Biggie   Born Again   Breakin' Old Habits   Brooklyn Go Hard   Brooklyn's Finest   Bust a Nut (Quelle Chris Remix)   Can I Get Witcha   Can't You See   Come On   Dangerous MC's   Dead Wrong   Dead Wrong (Waajeed Remix)   Dead Wrong [Remix][*][Mix]   Dreams   Eryday Skrvgglez (P.U.D.G.E. Remix)   Everday Struggle   Everyday Struggle   F**King You Tonight [Clean]   Flava In Ya Ear (NAMELESS Remix)   Friend of Mine   Fuck Me (Interlude)   Fuck You Tonight   Get Money [Clean]   Get Your Grind On   Gimme The Loot   Goin Back To Cali   Going Back to Cali   Grew Up a Screw Up   Guaranteed Raw   Hold Ya Head   Hope You Niggas Sleep   Hustler's Story   Hypnotize   Hypnotize (from Life After Death, 1997)   Hypnotize [DVD]   Hypnotize [Instrumental]   Hypnotized   I Got a Story to Tell   I Love The Dough   I Really Want to Show You   I'm With Whateva   If I Should Die Before I Wake   Intro   It Has Been Said   Juicy   Juicy (from Ready To Die, 1994)   Juicy [Clean]   Juicy [DVD][Live]   Just a Memory   Just Playing (Dreams)   Kick In The Door   Kick in the Door (from Life After Death, 1997)   Kick In The Door (Nottz Remix)   Last Day   Let Me Get Down   Letter to B.I.G.   Life After Death Intro   Little Homie (interlude)   Living in Pain   Living the Life   Long Kiss Goodnight   Love No Ho   Machine Gun Funk   Me & My Bitch   Mi Casa   Microphone Murderer   Miss U   Mo Money Mo Problems   Ms. Wallace (Outro)   My Dad (Interlude)   My Downfall   N***as Bleed   Nasty Boy   Nasty Girl   Nasty Girl (biggie duets)   Nasty Girl [DJ Clinton Sparks Remix]   Niggas   Niggas Bleed   Niggaz Bleed   Notorious   Notorious B.I.G.   Notorious B.I.G. (from Born Again, 1999)   Notorious B.I.G. [Clean]   Notorious Thugs   Notorious Thugs (from Life After Death, 1997)   One More Chance   One More Chance (Knx Remix)   One More Chance (Remix)   One More Chance [DVD][Live]   One More Chance/Stay With Me Remix   One More Chance/Stay With Me Remix [Clean]   Only You [Clean Radio Mix]   Party & Bullshit   Party & Bullshit (House Shoes Remix)   Pat [Diamonds] 84 (Dangerous MCs) (Knx Remix)   Playa Hater   Players Anthem   Rap Phenomenon   Ready To Die   Running Your Mouth   Running Your Mouth [Clean]   Sky's The Limit   Somebody's Gotta Die   Spit Your Game   Suicidal Thoughts   Ten Commandments   Ten Crack Commandments   Ten Crack Commandments (14kt Remix)   Ten Crack Commandments (Brenk Sinatra Remix)   The Greatest Rapper (interlude)   The Notorious Theme   The Routine (Khrysis Remix)   The What   The What (Nameless Remix)   The World Is Filled...   The World is Filled... (from Life After Death, 199...   The World Is Filled... [Demo Version]   Things Done Changed   Tonight   Ultimate Rush   Ultimate Rush (Featuring Missy Elliott)   Unbelievable   Unbelieveable   Wake Up   Want That Old Thing Back   Warning   Warning (from Ready To Die, 1994)   Warning [Club Mix]   What's Beef (from Life After Death, 1997)   What's Beef?   Whatchu Want   Whatchu Want Freestyle   Who Shot Ya   Who Shot Ya? [Club Mix]   Who Shot Ya? [Radio Edit]   Would You Die for Me?   You're Nobody (Til Somebody Kills You)   Young G's (Chanes Remix)

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