The Notorious B.I.G. - Message To Young Rappers lyrics

What advice would I give to young
Rappers? Take control of your shit
Don't - don't be the type of
Rapper don't be a stupid rapper

A stupid rapper is a motherfucker
That has somebody else
Tell them what to do - which is
Not always wrong

But - if it's something that
You feel that you don't have to do
You really
Have to question it and find out why they
Want you to do it most niggas, they feel

Like, well, "you see what
Biggie's doing! Y'know, he
Has the hat, the Kangol, and, and this
And you have to be like

That!" But if you don't
Really wanna be like that, you don't
Have to be like that
You know what I'm saying?
A lot of motherfuckers just try to tell

A nigga to do something so quick
And - and give them examples
Of other motherfuckers who
Did it and blew up and make them

Think they can do the same thing
Which is not always necessarily true
And at the same time, you got to watch your
Money it's so much funny shit in this game

Man - and they can play with your money
And you won't even know
I mean, as soon as I got in the game
I got a lawyer to watch my

Lawyer that's just the way it's
Supposed to be played
You know what I'm saying? I speak
To niggas - I speak to

Niggas that got money in the game and
They let me know, you know dog
It's a "dog eat dog'' world
Niggas is trying to
Get as much as they can and if

You a ignorant motherfucker
They gon' thrive off that they can
Tell you anything and I'm -
I never been stupid

So especially with a whole big
Lump sum of money? I
Gotta keep by on that so I just stay more
In the business side of everything
- instead of being a

Nigga that's gonna be drunk at
The bar and fuck
All the bitches and and just
Stay in hotels all
Day, and just trick a whole lot of money

I stay home with my wife and
Watch my money it comes a
Lot easier that way and you'll
Have a lot of money!