[ Verse 1 ] [ ]
It has been said, there has been known to be blood shed Over bread, men who have bled to death, Strapped to beds, bombs dynamite lead Money, power, respect, cred, yeah It's scary aint it? Picture yourself out as a hero Picth a Mural, of us painted all over street corners Fans meet to us, while we meet the coroners Notorious to warn us So many piggy bank off of, Biggie's back and Landmarks, history in rap, statistically in so sad to see us re-enact These events, which lead us back To where we left of March 9th to come from hard knock lifes And it out of the bottom to hit the spotlights the artist, this is our lives Cast out for all And he who lasts the longest be the strongest In this concrete Where this dog eat dog comes from origin, which is usually originated from cats are starving Or it could just be aura that just horrifies And applies to his persona or the in his entourage intimidates the people to the point You know he's gangster, he aint gotta say shit you just believe it
[ Verse 2 ] [ Obie ]
Since Big taught us to think big I'm been about my business then so it aint Cheers It aint how we live, what he said he did it for Brooklyn I took in, sent chills through my skin Vicious, I've experienced in the same as him what excited Obie to write these poems Rolling, going the same shit he spoken Open up my eyes there's no limit in skies When 2 Die was a sick part of my life Pummin that .45, to pop my mind Then that eye Jamaican, I'd so many times Rewind Got me to a straight line and get up on my grind Get up out the system, who could give him signs? No pop of could top Big Poppas rhymes So possibly I'd be huh? the inspiration I got from my nigga P.I
[ 3 ] [ P Diddy ]
I took a coal, a diamond, I his mind, enter The phenomenal artist of any and all time I a Frankenstein, my designs impressed Backpackers and press who said my was a mess Critics lash, said I made a of his past an' All is did was a dynasty off of his passion And I'm addressing the absent to who he is The original king of New York Christopher This is a promise on honor I'm a to ya'll and teach ya with all the drama Don't bother, or repeat All of your albums play back to And I visit your grave cause our intact An concept, extravagant progress Bullet wounds left in my heart, I'm yelling God Regardless to critics yelling 'east-west' I seen the game loosing, I'm pressing the reset When the of you shines through an individual Lyrical enough, doing the same crown of thorns I'ma pay homage, finest Wether Queens or Harlem it'll be instant stardom, ni99a!