[Notorious B.I.G. interview]. I'm just tryin to stay above water y'know. Just stay busy stay workin. Puff told me like the key to this joint. The key to staying on top of things. is treat everything like it's your first project knahmsayin?. Like it's your first day like back when you was an intern. Like that's how you try to treat things like just stay hungry. [Verse One: Jay-Z]. Uhh uhh yes yes. Y'all wanna know why he don't stop. Y'all wanna know why he don't flop. Let me tell you pe-eople why. Came from the bottom of the block I. When I was born it was sworn I was never gon' be shit. Had to pull the opposite out this bitch. Had to get my ri-ide on. Eyes on the prize Shawn knew I had to. Had to had to get these chips. Had to make moves like Olajuwon. Started out sellin dimes and nicks. Graduated to a brick. No exaggeration my infatuation with the strip. Legendary like a schoolboy. Crushin merely nearly every every chick. Heavy shit - that's how schoolboy got whipped. And got left on some "Just +Me Myself and I+". On some Trugoy shit. Had your boys threw place up to a place of no return. Had to play with fire and get burned. Only way the boy ever gon' learn. Had to lay way in the cut 'til I finally got my turn. Now I'm on top in the spot that I earned. [Chorus]. It's my life - it's my pain and my struggle. The song that I sing to you it's my ev-ery-thing. Treat my first like my last and my last like my first. And my thirst is the same as - when I came. It's my joy and my tears and the laughter it brings to me. It's my ev-ery-thing. [Verse Two: Jay-Z]. Like I never rode in a limo. Like I just dropped flows to a demo. Like it's ninety-two again and. And I got O's in the rental. Back in the Stu' again no prob' livin was a whole lot simpler. When you think back you thought that. you would never make it this far then you. take advantage of the luck you handed. Or the talent you been given. Ain't no half steppin ain't no no slippin. Ain't no different from a block that's hidden. Gotta get it while the getting's good. Gotta strike while the iron's hot 'fore you stop. Then you gotta bid it good riddance. Goodbye this is my second major breakup. My first was with a pager. With a hooptie a cookpot and the GAME. This one's with the stool with the stage with the fortune. Maybe not the fortune but certainly the FAME. [Chorus]. It's my life - my pain and my struggle. The song that I sing to you it's my ev-ery-thing. Treat my first like my last and my last like my first. And my thirst is the same as - when I came. It's my joy and my tears and my laughter it brings to me. It's my ev-ery-thing. Treat my first like my last and my last like my first. And my thirst like the first song I sang. [Outro: Jay-Z]. Woo! It's like the blues - we gon' ride out on this one. Ta-tah be-hah. Yo Hah 'member you was makin them dashes. for them niggaa at radio and shit?. Clark Kent that was good lookin out nigga. Carlene - who ever thought we'd make it this far homey?. Sha they can't stop us knahmsayin? Lenny S. Dame whattup? Robbin the bank. Niggaz thought we was crazy man 'member uhh. You had that fucked up ass handwritin. You was writin all the numbers that we was spendin now. for the videos we was doin ourselves whattup?. Original Flavor your accountant was crazy wrong and shit. But we we still put it together. Bigs whassup? 'Member we went to St. Thomas and uh. But y'all my nizzle your dog peed on homey leg and shit. at his crib - I think that was Rudy. And they was havin a lil trouble with the pool. You and Ta-tah was laughin. Emory was there whattup Emory? What up Ta?. Hip-Hop whattup man?. Ay ay Hobb you ain't you ain't have no uhh. You ain't have no muh'fuckin seat on your on your bicycle. Now you uhh the head of black music. That's what I'm talkin bout right there homey - G whattup G?. Yessir e'rybody in the Roc. Hey Guru I know you spoiled man. I be takin them shits in one take. You gon' have to punch niggaz shit STICK IT you gon' be tight. OG One whattup?. I'm a little upset that you wasn't involved in this whole process. But it's all good - whassup Dash?. My whole family my nephew cousin Angie whassup? Te-Tee. (B B B B) Mom you made the album how crazy is that?. Bob Allah rest in peace. My pops rest in peace (Sup A.J.?). Biggie Smalls rest in peace. Uh-uh uh-uh uh-uh uh-uh. Nigga I'm bout to go golfin man. Ay I might even have me a cappuccino fuck it!. I'm goin somewhere nice where no mosquitos at nigga.