Notorious B.I.G.

Move over Lucifer, I'm more ruthless, leave you toothless.

Mr. Webber? Yesterday you said I was gonna end up a garbageman. Mr. Webber: That's right. If you keep cutting class, that's exactly what you'll become. Notorious B.I.G.: Well, I found out a teacher makes 24,000 a year, and a garbageman makes 28,000 a year. I'm gonna make $4,000 more than his dumb a**.

Birthdays was the worst days, now we sip champagne when we thirsty.

Super Nintendo Sega Genesis, when I was dead broke, man I couldn't picture this.

It's like the more money we come across, the more problems we see.

If I wasn't in the rap game, I'd probably have a key knee-deep in the crack game.

Who they attracting with that line, 'What's your name, what's your sign?' Soon as he buy that wine I just creep up from behind.

Picture life as my wife just think, full-length mink, fat X and O links, bracelets to match.

I got a lawyer to watch my lawyer.

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.

I'm living everyday like a hustle. Another drug to juggle. Another day, another struggle.

Relax and take notes while I take tokes of the marijuana smoke.

Stop, look, listen. I spit on your grave, then I grab my Charles Dickens.

I'm not trying to be no role model nobody i'm not trying to tell nobody. what's right or what's wrong because I live my life doing wrong all I can say is if you just listen to my shit. and you be like "Damn nigga been through some hard shit." And if you think about getting involved in it think twice you know I'm just somebody I'm just a warning in.

I'm not a role model. I'm a human being. I make mistakes.

I'm not a gangsta. I'm a businessman. I'm a hustler.

I'm not a rapper. I'm a poet. I'm a storyteller.

I'm not a criminal. I'm a survivor. I'm a product of my environment.

I'm not a drug dealer. I'm a drug user. I'm a drug addict.

I'm not a murderer. I'm a fighter. I'm a soldier.