Текст Notorious B.I.G. – Respect

Verse 1

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

Verse 2

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

Verse 3

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