[Notorious B.I.G.] Yeah, ninety-six for my Nostrand Ave n***as My Fulton Street n***as (hardcore for ninety-six) Dangerous MC's [Verse 1: Notorious B.I.G] Uhh (Check it out) uhh Diamonds on my neck, Chrome drop-top Chillin' on the scene, smokin' pounds of green Oooh-wee, you see, the ugliest Money-hungriest, Brooklyn Loch Ness Nine millimeter co*k test, wan fi' test? And the winner is... Not that thinner kid, bandana's tattoos My fist never bruise, land-still-cruise Frank white paid his due's Ask who's the raw, bet they say Poppa very Look forward to me like commissary All of a sudden, now every-body Big Willie Done did it, come widdit, get yo' head splitted Or get your neck slitted, admit it, you overdid it Your sh** it, just ain't got that LOUD Gold tooth shine like TA-DOW! Biggie Smalls the illest and how, frays raise your eyebrow By now you figure, he talkin bout that n***a But your weak-a** a**umptions, lead led to dumpin IV to pump-in, you're feeling something Catch my drift, or catch my four-fifth lift At least six inches, above project fences Turn meat to minces, jokes turn to flinches When I rain I drenches, cleared your park benches Missed you by pinches, your talk is senseless Actor needs chiropractor, for cracked jaw Yes I rocked, your chatterbox Dangerous you're not, I gets down Twist your body round and round, upside down [Hook] Is the love really there? (is it) Do a thug shed the same tear? Throw your ice in the air We here And we all gonna ball Til the courts appear Don't give a f** What them n***as think we totin in here [Verse 2: Busta Rhymes] Uhh, smoke a little then we cut coke a little And we skim a little off of the top Taking you back when n***as use to snort coke And toast through the hood and [?] Be the richest folk to float through the hood n***as doin' real good, it was evident In the testament, when coke flow was good When Ronald Reagan was president The say no to d** grown greatly irrelevant n***as gettin caught with bricks But still reaching the settlement n***as get a one to three Come home in twelve mounts Run up and take a n***as sh** Leave 'em with twelve lumps I've never been so willin' To put the thoughts of mo k**in' Into manufacturing a flow so bone chillin' Icy with a pistol n***a sh** glitter like ball room chandelier with crystal n***a I stack money as we live life simple In the corner of the club sippin' on a Harvey Bristol n***a C'mon, modern day gangsta sh** And die slow as we give you n***as cancer sh** [Hook] Is the love really there? (is it) Do a thug shed the same tear? Throw your ice in the air We here And we all gonna ball Til the courts appear Don't give a f** What them n***as think we totin in here [ Verse 3: ? ] What you know about [?] I got no chemical Get caught in Miami water That sh**s federal Time for that a** I'd rather go to lil haiti buy some bricks And just stash it Head back north cross state line To become the become the boss Enforce the laws You want some motherf**ing whole sale? Keep it steppin' No discount, player No f**ing credit No shorts I came to govern the law And your paying the price So your [?] You hear the the devil He's smokin' them rebels We k** for money and power Extortion in my own hood And that sh**s power A black man cryin' we call him a coward A black man with knowledge we k** him tomorrow It's sickening That's how are people live We disrespect our elders And curse our church members