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Ten Letter Rock:
Hakuna matata, what a wonderful phrase
It means not a lot...
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Ten Letter Rock:
Hakuna matata, what a wonderful phrase
It means not a lotta worries for the plot of your days
Toss the trouble from your mind, let it shine like toupees
While me and Dave raisin' food for ya brains, we souffles
Thats right the Archy's returned, royalty in a bundle
We toured you through our forest, now were Kings of the jungle
Roarin' like lions, all growls no more mumbles, no stumbles,
On the prowl, no we shall not be humble
We're the stereo rulers, and were schoolin' in style
give us a lyrical inch, we'll take a musical mile
no more playin the bench, we'll be thronin' in style
I turn it up with my speech, no need to reach for the dial
but first I grip my bic and let my wrists run wild
might look like doodles to y'all, just chicken scratch in a pile
but in my noodle, its raw. I let it boil till it spirals
'Till my pages contagious, aint no cure for my virals
try to cover your ears, our sounds infecting your soul
Rock's words smoulder to ash, like hash in a bowl.
These critics wanna cool down my coals, but no worries
Ten's flow goes so damn cold i rap flurries
It means no worries, for the rest of your days. Its a problem free philosophy.
Hakuna Matata
Now you can see what im spittin so let it blanket the earth
lay down a fresh clean slate, when you play out my verse
You gotta carpe the diem before you lay in that hearse
present could end at any second; its a gift with a curse
Don't ever let 'em get you down, or even see you sweat
the system set for failure; bail outs, jails, shit check the debt
They peddle cigarettes to war vets, cant afford to pay respect
One in five cadets gets wetted, chances better in roulette
Survived for twenty two years and the livins been nice,
but whats the odds of livin twenty two whole years twice?
its like the odds of rollin seven with one die, to advance
No chance. so I pay the price and load up my dice
now Im throwin head crap after head crap,
only thing i lost was regret; i don't fret that.
you can bet that, you'll win every time.
I told you once before Ill turn your pennies to dimes
Ill turn your Henny to Wine, then turn it back into water
im not just killin this track, Im resurrecting the slaughter
Miracles from my pen, letter ten gettin' hotter
Jesus Christ, Im on fire, this friar's more than a jotter
God this rock got off topic, double back to the rubble
Just let this motherfucker burn, too disconcerned to be troubled
Never cared much burdens of any certain variety
Hakuna Ma- TADA, I grand finaled anxiety.
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THE NOTORIOUS BIG
Date of Birth
21 May 1972, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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THE NOTORIOUS BIG
Date of Birth
21 May 1972, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Date of Death
9 March 1997, Los Angeles, California, USA (homicide)
Birth Name
Christopher George Letore Wallace
Nickname
Biggie Smalls
The King of New York
The Black Frank White
Big Poppa
Frankie Baby
B.I.
Height
6' 3" (1.91 m)
Mini Biography
Christopher Wallace, a.k.a. Biggie Smalls, was born in Brooklyn, New York, May 21, 1972. He was raised in the poor Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant as the son of a preschool teacher. Dropping out of high school at the age of seventeen, Biggie became a crack dealer, which he proclaimed was his only source of income. Hustlin' one's way was a common life for a young Black man trying to make a living in the ghetto. His career choices involved certain risks. However, a trip to North Carolina for a routine drug exchange ended being the soon-to-be MC a nine-month stay behind bars. Once released, Biggie borrowed a friend's four-track tape recorder and laid down some hip-hop tracks in a basement. The tapes were then passed around and played at local radio station in New York.
Not extremely attractive, Wallace named himself Biggie, for his weight. Biggie was a Black man who was overweight, extremely dark skinned, and had a crook in his eye, yet he was a charmer. A young impresario and sometime producer by the name of Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs heard Biggie's early tapes. Impressed, Puffy went to sign Biggie to his new label, Bad Boy Records.
Puffy and Biggie worked on the artist's first album, and the Notorious B.I.G. was born. Biggie was first heard on a remix of a Mary J. Blige song and a track on the _Who's the Man? (1991)_ soundtrack. After these successes, the album worked on earlier went through its final touches and was released in 1994, titled "Ready to Die." The record was certified platinum quickly, and the Notorious B.I.G. was named MC of the Year at the 1995 Billboard Music Awards. After the quick success of the album, Biggie went back to get his friends, some who didn't even rhyme. He had several run-ins with the law, on charges that ranged from beatings, to drugs and to weapons, while all claimed that Biggie was a gentle person. He soon met an MC from the west coast named Tupac Shakur, and the two became good friends. Tupac supported Biggie and was often giving him advice. However, their friendship turned into the most violent era of hip-hop music on November 30th, 1994. While Biggie and Puffy were at a recording session at Quad Recording in Manhattan, Tupac went there to record with another MC for his third solo album, "Me Against The World" at the same time, but in the lobby, Tupac was held at gunpoint and robbed of $40,000 worth of jewelry. Tupac was shot five times. Biggie rushed down just in time to see Tupac being loaded into an ambulance. Extending a middle finger while dying, Pac blamed Biggie for the shooting and said that B.I.G. knew about it and failed to warn him. This sparked the East Coast West Coast war. Miraculously, Tupac recovered from his injuries. During this encounter, Biggie admitted that he was scared for his life. Biggie never responded to any of Tupac's disses. Tupac attacked Biggie in every way he could, even starting strong rumors that there was a love affair between Tupac and Biggie's wife, Faith Evans.
Later, The entire country became divided into two groups, the west side and the east side, which became Death Row Records versus Bad Boy Records, Marion 'Suge' Knight versus Puff Daddy, and Tupac versus Biggie. The two of finally met again late in 1995, and Tupac secretly said to Biggie, "I'm just tryin' to sell some records." Unfortunately, it became very real when on September 7, 1996, Tupac was gunned down in a drive-by shooting off the Las Vegas strip after he left a fight he was involved in inside of the MGM Grand Hotel after a Mike Tyson boxing match. He died six days later as a result of those wounds at the age of 25. The case is still unsolved. Biggie was scared for his life, but he wanted to put an end to the war between the two coasts. Biggie went to the west coast for several events, doing advance press for his next release, "Life After Death," but also to make a statement that the war was over. On March 9, 1997, he attended the Soul Train Music Awards and went to the after party hosted by Vibe magazine and Qwest Records. After he left, Biggie was sitting in an SUV on the street when he was shot several times by an unknown assailant. He died almost instantly. Hip-Hop faced its greatest tragedy when both Pac and B.I.G. were killed. Biggie was only 24 years old.
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