You’re either slangin’ crack rock, or you got a wicked jumpshot. — The Notorious B.I.G.

I heard about crack on the news and I was like, ‘Oh, that’s what the niggas must be doing.’ And when I kept coming outside, I was doing my own little jostlin’ to get my money. — The Notorious B.I.G.

If I wasn’t in the rap game, I’d probably have a key knee–deep in the crack game. Because the streets is a short stop: Either you’re slinging crack rock or you got a wicked jump shot. — The Notorious B.I.G.

First comes the cash, then comes the ass, then come big blunts with chunks of hash. — The Notorious B.I.G.

We be tight like frogs ass. — The Notorious B.I.G.

Never trust nobody, your moms will set your ass up. — The Notorious B.I.G.

To all the teachers that told me I’d never amount to nothing. — The Notorious B.I.G.

The green tempts me to make the rich the enemy, and take their cheese. — The Notorious B.I.G.

I can’t even see me wasting my time or my talent to disrespect another black man. — The Notorious B.I.G.

I’m slamming n***as like Shaquille, s**t is real When it’s time to eat a meal, I rob and steal — The Notorious B.I.G.

You and your friends…always together, No time for the B–I–G, so I’m O–U–T. The sex was great, but the headaches I can’t take. I think I made a very big mistake. — The Notorious B.I.G.

The second time I went to jail, I was like, ‘Okay, this is not the move.’ — The Notorious B.I.G.

Birfdays was the worst days, Now we sip champagne when we thirstay uh — The Notorious B.I.G.

I’m a thug, but I swear for three days I cried. — The Notorious B.I.G.

Get my daughter this college grant so she don’t need no man — The Notorious B.I.G

In South Africa, they think we’re pygmies! — The Notorious B.I.G.

The lesson from the smith and wesson is depressin’. — The Notorious B.I.G.

Mariah Carey is kinda scary. — The Notorious B.I.G.

My mind’s my 9, my pen’s my Mac–10. My target? All you wack niggaz who started rappin’. — The Notorious B.I.G.

Even when I was wrong, I got my point across. — The Notorious B.I.G.

All I know is gold and platinum, and I want to be platinum. — The Notorious B.I.G.

Blowin’ up is nothing to me. — The Notorious B.I.G.

Old school new school need to learn though I burn baby, burn like Disco Inferno Burn slow like blunts with ya–yo Peel more skins than Idaho potato — The Notorious B.I.G.

Relax and take notes while I take tokes of the marijuana smoke — The Notorious B.I.G.

I guess I was a combination of House of Pain and Bobby Brown: I was humpin’ around and jumpin’ around! — The Notorious B.I.G.

My mom is from Jamaica, and she was going to school in the morning, and in the evening she was working, and at night she would go to night school and then come in and go to sleep. — The Notorious B.I.G.