Biz Markie - My Man Rich

From Biz's 1989 The Biz Never Sleeps.

[Verse One]
This is a different type of dedication
To a guy that was a different kind of inspiration
Only people that knew him, know what I'm talkin about
And at the end of the story, you will say without a doubt
This wasn't your typical case, of fast livin
Anything he was makin, he was givin
To his moms, pops, his brother and his girl
Cause they, meant, the most to him in the world
Around Suffolk he wasn't known
But in Eastern Long Island, he did have a home
Called L.I., is where he stayed
Where there was no need for D-Con or Raid
He was cool with everybody, he had no enemies
I'm makin this record, cause he's a friend of me
Cause he's a hard workin kid, I've just stated
That's why this record, is dedicated
To my man Rich

Yo yo, this is for you my man
God bless you

[Verse Two]
Let me tell you what happened in the early 80's
When we wasn't thinkin about gettin all the ladies
Me and Rich was thinkin about survival of the fittest
You can ask Keith or Kevin, cause both of them were with us
We'd try to get a job everyplace that it takes
We was even at the factory they call {?}
Everywhere we went they said they'd call us back
Or even said they're not hirin to throw us off track
But Richie Rich said, forget that stuff
Even though, times was rough
We kept searchin searchin lookin and lookin
It seems everywhere we went, the jobs was tooken
Still Rich didn't give up the faith
He found a job that wasn't safe
Even though it was dangerous, it wouldn't switch
That's why this is dedicated to my man Rich

Yo this is to you my man Rich
Cause you know you go way back, you go way back
Word up, God bless you

The way the story end, is just a tragedy
I wish upon a star that it didn't have to be
endin this way for my man Richard
Cause still in my mind, he's still as pictured
Like, he just had gone yesterday
For sellin, C-R-A-C-K
His dream was.. to be a boxer
So, he could knock the socks off of
an Ivan Barkley, or even Mike Tyson
But on the streets, he was sacrificin
for his family, and his wife
Cause he struggled, he struggled all his life
He wasn't a straight up, criminal or villain
Or even tryin to get, stupid or illin
Was messed up for takin somebody's life and shit
that tried so hard, and just wouldn't quit
This is a slow record, with a switch
Because it's dedicated, to my man Rich

To you my man
This is to you, Rich
Peace

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[djunclechris]

Can you upload " I hear music" off of this album?

[jesterwords]

done sir, enjoy

[ksmooresz]

yo can you put up biz in harmony, things get a little, she's not just another woman? preciate it! :)

[jesterwords]

done

[skibone167]

Biz is not talking about rich porter, this album was released in October 10, 1989, Richie porter was murdered in Jan 1990...........

[thebigman205]

My man rich! Miss you man.

[MajorRagtime]

Anyone else notice the NY at the end of the link?

[wallyworld776]

Ahh back again. Just to hear Biz say "Aaaaaaround Suffolk, he wasn't well known" but in Eastern Long Island, he did have a home."

[wallyworld776]

I doubt a guy from Brooklyn by way of Long Island (Biz Markie) was down like that with a guy from Harlem (Rich Porter)...but it could be...never got the impression from Paid in Full that Rich or Mitchell was tryna to be a boxer - he was a pretty boy - like 99.99 percent of Harlem cats.

Nonetheless whomever the Rich is, this is one hell of a song.

[BigThier96]

damn i'm sending this to my homie Rich

[carolinanagi]

Its for rich porter he help getting them own in the rap game they where close friend actually he helped the whole juice crew and some other rappers from New York really good song

[TOPCAT3443]

was this really written for Richard Pryor?????

[djt2012]

This was made for Richard Pryor - Rest in Peace, best comedian ever.

[frankwhite432]

this is one of the best rap albums ever recorded?