Respect (Original Extended Version)

Respect (Original Extended Version) Lyrics

Song Respect (Original Extended Version)
Artist The Notorious B.I.G.
Album Ready To Die (The O.G. Edition)
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[00:31.97] Nineteen-seventy somethin',
[00:33.87] Nigga I don't sweat the date
[00:35.21] My moms is late so I had to plan my escape
[00:38.10] Out the skins, in this world of fly girls
[00:40.82] Tanqueray and Hennessy until I cold hurl
[00:43.68] Ten months in this gut,
[00:45.59] What the f**k
[00:46.50] I wish moms'd hurry up so I could get buck
[00:48.88] Wild, juvenile rippin' mics and shit
[00:51.53] New York New York,
[00:52.67] Ready for the likes of this, uh
[00:54.72] Then came the worst date, May 21st
[00:57.05] 2:19, that's when my momma water burst
[00:59.83] No spouse in the house so she rolled herself
[01:02.32] To the hospital,
[01:03.49] To see if she could get a little help
[01:05.50] Umbilical cord's wrapped around my neck
[01:07.88] I'm seein' my death and
[01:09.28] I ain't even took my first step
[01:10.94] I made it out, I'm bringin' mad joy
[01:13.08] The doctor looked and said,
[01:14.10] "He's gonna be a Bad Boy"
[01:15.97]
[01:27.18] Now I'm thirteen,
[01:28.21] Smokin' blunts, makin' cream
[01:29.52] On the drug scene,
[01:30.59] F**k a football team
[01:32.26] Riskin' ruptured spleens by the age of sixteen
[01:34.70] Hearin' the coach scream
[01:36.17] Ain't my lifetime dream, I mean
[01:38.11] I wanna blow up,
[01:39.11] Stack my dough up
[01:40.20] So school I didn't show up,
[01:41.73] It f**ked my flow up
[01:42.99] Mom said that I should grow up and check myself
[01:45.59] Before I wreck myself,
[01:46.81] Disrespect myself
[01:48.33] Put the drugs on the shelf?
[01:49.77] Nah, couldn't see it
[01:51.19] Scarface, King of New York,
[01:52.81] I wanna be it
[01:53.83] Rap was secondary,
[01:55.18] Money was necessary
[01:56.62] Until I got incarcerated--kinda scary
[01:59.39] C74-Mark 8 set me straight
[02:01.99] Not able to move behind the great steel gate
[02:04.44] Time to contemplate, damn,
[02:06.29] Where did I fail?
[02:07.29] All the money I stacked was all the money for bail
[02:09.67]
[02:31.55] Ninety-four,
[02:32.52] Now I explore new horizons
[02:34.42] Mama smile when she see me,
[02:35.97] That's surprisin'
[02:37.25] Honeys is tantalizin',
[02:38.58] They freak all night
[02:39.64]
[02:40.18] Peep duckin' cops on the creep all night
[02:42.26] As I open my eyes and realizin' I changed
[02:45.19] Not the same deranged child
[02:46.77] Stuck up in the game
[02:48.05] And to my niggas livin' street life
[02:49.99] Learn to treat life to the best,
[02:52.01] Put stress to rest
[02:53.26] Still tote your vest man,
[02:54.94] Niggas be trippin'
[02:55.91] In the streets without a gat?
[02:57.29] Nah, nigga you're slippin'
[02:58.62] If I'm pimpin on The F with weed on my breath
[03:01.36] Original hustler with the muffler on the Tec
[03:04.50] Respect to the Mac's and the Ac's
[03:06.70] To the freaks in the Jeeps,
[03:08.31] Lick shots to my peeps
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