[Intro]
And the question remains, why was he gunned down in the streets of Los Angeles and who was responsible?
[Hook/Chorus – Faith Evans & The Notorious B.I.G.]
I'm feeling some type of way
Can somebody explain why? “who shot ya”
Why they took your life away and left filled with some much pain
I gotta make it on my own, like who's gon' hold me down, down “who shot ya”
Your life was so refound, can't nobody wear your crown
They took your life in vain but your memories still remain
It's a misery to me, I'll give anything to know who shot ya
And I swear to god I know somebody knows who shot ya
Somebody knows
[Verse 1 – Faith Evans & The Notorious B.I.G.]
We were having a good time up in the party
Even though we wasn't really speaking at the time
And we never got to have a conversation
That still weighs heavy on my mind
Busy ignoring each other
We didn't know if we be over
In just a matter of time “neighbors call the cops, said they heard mad shots”
[Pre-Hook/Chorus – Faith Evans & The Notorious B.I.G.]
I felt so helpless and frustrated and I damn near lost my mind
And I still don't have the answers even after all this time
[Hook/Chorus – Faith Evans & The Notorious B.I.G.]
I'm feeling some type of way
Can somebody explain why? “who shot ya”
Why they took your life away and left filled with some much pain
I gotta make it on my own, like who's gon' hold me down, down “who shot ya”
Your life was so refound, can't nobody wear your crown
They took your life in vain but your memories still remain
It's a misery to me, I'll give anything to know who shot ya
And I swear to god I know somebody knows who shot ya
Somebody knows
[Verse 2 – Faith Evans, The Notorious B.I.G. & Both]
Can't believe it's been this long
Twenty years have come and gone
There is so much we need to know “Old school, new school need to learn though”
And until I get some kind of resolution
I cannot choose to let go “yeah”
No help from the police
Only hang on to the memories
Whoever did it better stay low-key
‘Cause it's hard to creep them Brooklyn streets
[Pre-Hook/Chorus – Faith Evans & The Notorious B.I.G.]
I felt so helpless and frustrated and I damn near lost my mind “damn near lost my mind”
And I still don't have the answers even after all this time
[Hook/Chorus – Faith Evans & The Notorious B.I.G.]
I'm feeling some type of way
Can somebody explain why? “who shot ya”
Why they took your life away and left filled with some much pain
I gotta make it on my own, like who's gon' hold me down, down “who shot ya”
Your life was so refound, can't nobody wear your crown
They took your life in vain but your memories still remain
It's a misery to me, I'll give anything to know who shot ya
And I swear to god I know somebody knows who shot ya
Somebody knows
[Verse 3 – Busta Rhymes]
I don't even know where to start and it's very hard to address it
A conversation dealing most n***as don't want to mess with
Continue his blessings I sent to you and Mama Wallace
To this day I carry a picture of BIG in my wallet
While I give you these bars, I try not my composure
It has been twenty years and yet you still looking for closure
Still can't try over being a baby, not having my father
My heart continues to go after CJ and Tanyana
Tryna avoid trucking 'bout it, not to revisit the drama
Let me remind the shooter that the most gangster n***a is karma
Big Poppa, yes, (?) your legacy proper
And (?) to provide the answers in your honor
Frank and Pac, I hope you had the chance to talk and have it fellas
About the truth that would led the way up, both of you ain't tell us
You probably up there talking about who really f**ing did it
Maybe you a sinners sign with some honest answers in it
I walk to Tillery park where we use to smoke with Flanton
Even after all this time, we could never accept it
From Westhouse Brooklyn to being one of the great
To the last time we linked up, I shed a tear at your wake
[Outro]
The Notorious B.I.G. was silence forever, Los Angeles are looking for his k**er