Respect by Notorious B.I.G.
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Song title Respect
Artist Notorious B.I.G.
verse 1
nineteen-seventy somethin
nigga i dont 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 hennessy until i cold hurl
ten months in this gut
what the fuck
i wish momsd 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
thats 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 cords wrapped around my neck
im seein my death and i aint even took my first step
i made it out
im bringin mad joy
the doctor looked and said
"hes gonna be a bad boy"
verse 2
now im 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 didnt 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
couldnt 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
verse 3
ninety-four
now i explore new horizons
mama smile when she see me
thats 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 youre slippin
if im pimpin on the f with weed on my breath
original hustler with the muffler on the tec
respect to the macs and the acs
to the freaks in the jeeps
lick shots to my peeps