[Notorious B.I.G.] Yeah, dedicatin this to my n***a O We miss you n***a Goin out to all the n***as that died in the struggle Word up, sh** is real in the field You know, sparkin blunts to all you n***az Word up Each and every day The daydreams of how we used to be See your family And that baby's lookin just like you Why'd you go away I've been missin you lately Tell me why you're gone and thru [Verse One: Notorious B.I.G.] I remember sellin three bricks of straight flour Got my man a beat down to the third power He didn't care, spent the money in a half hour Got some fishscale, ain't no competition that could sour Got the coke cooked up, a crackhead heaven In eighty-eight, when Kane ruled, with Half Steppin A thirty-eight, a lot of mouth, was our only weapon We was king till the G's crept in And now I'm missin em [Chorus:] Ooh, I'm missin you Tell me why the road turns, why it turns Ooh, I'm missin you Nah nah nah nah nah, oh tell me why why why why [Verse Two: Notorious B.I.G.] We work all week, we dancin, play the movies We rock flatops, our girls rocked doobies Made a k**in, even though the D's knew me Eventually, you know they try to do me f** it Fed up, my n***a want to take it down south Sick of cops comin, sick of throwin jacks in his mouth Gave him half my paper, told 'em go that route Few months, he got his brain blown out Now I'm stressed His baby's mother, she trippin, blamin me And his older brothers, understand, the game it be Kinda topsy turvy You win some, you lose some Damn, they lost a brother They mother lost a son f**, why my n***a couldn't stay in NY? I'm a thug, but I swear for three days I cried I look in the sky and ask God why Can't look his baby girls in the eye Damn I miss you [Chorus] [Verse Three: Notorious B.I.G.] There was this girl around the way that make cats drool Her name's Drew, played fools out they money in pool People swore we was f**in but we was just cool She used to hang while I slang my d** after school She'd watch my bomb, help my moms with the groceries My little sister, the girl was kinda close to me A little closer than the average girl's supposed to be Far from a lover, my girl was jealous of her Then she started messin with some major players Handled keys, n***as called them the Bricklayers A dread kid, had a baby fore that b**h Taya Found out her baby's father cheatin, now Drew she gotta slay her One night, across from the corner store Taya ran around the block with a chrome four-four Squeezed all six shots in the pa**enger door The dude lived, what my baby had to die for We missin her [Chorus]