The Notorious B.I.G. Quotes & Sayings

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.

Climb the ladder to success escalator style — The Notorious B.I.G.

I mean everything's a lot more smoother. It's just calm. IN the beginning, I had the typical attitude of a young rapper makin money ... ya know I was the partyin guy ... I was the guy wit the girls ... all the extra that came wit the game ... it's up to the artist to know when to say when. You can't live that kind of lifestyle forever ... I learn from the other people's mistake. I know when to say no. You learn to make the right decisions and pick the right choices. That's all that's really changed. — 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.

Forgive me for my disrespect, forgive me for my lies. — The Notorious B.I.G.

Never let them know your next move. — The Notorious B.I.G.

Stay far from timid only make moves when you're heart's in it, and live the phrase the sky's the limit. — The Notorious B.I.G.

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

When I release, you loose teeth. — The Notorious B.I.G.

Please, all you MCs out there, all you fans out there, don't think Big gonna make a record dissing 2Pac or the West Coast because it's not going down like that. I cant even see me wasting my time or my talent to disrespect another black man. — The Notorious B.I.G.

Growing up in the streets of Bed-Stuy, it was hard, yo. — 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.

I mean, it's not just the rappers, you know what i'm saying? People want to attack anybody that's a large figure, you know what I'm saying? They did it to [Michael] Jordan, they did it to [Mike] Tyson, they did it to Bill Cosby, you know what I'm saying? They're gonna' attack you if you on top. — The Notorious B.I.G.

Excellence is my presence. Never tense, never hesitant. — The Notorious B.I.G.

With big folks, either people think you look mean or it's more of a jolly Santa Claus, 'Oh, he's just a pudgy little teddy bear pillow.' — The Notorious B.I.G.

I mean even though we were going through our drama
I would never wish death on nobody, you know what I'm sayin'
Because there ain't no coming back from that — The Notorious B.I.G.

Armed and dangerous, ain't too many can bang with us
Straight up weed no angel dust, label us Notorious
Thug ass niggaz that love to bust, it's strange to us
Y'all niggaz be scramblin, gamblin
Up in restaraunts with mandolins, and violins
We just sittin here tryin to win, tryin not to sin
High off weed and lots of gin
So much smoke need oxygen, steadily countin them Benjamins — The Notorious B.I.G.

Never get high on your own supply. — The Notorious B.I.G.

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

Play the charts like the Beatles. — The Notorious B.I.G.

'96 is the year of love. We all need to pull together. — The Notorious B.I.G.

If the game shakes me or breaks me, I hope it makes me a better man. — The Notorious B.I.G.

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

Sticks and stones may break bones, but the Gat will kill you quicker. — The Notorious B.I.G.

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

We can't change the world until we change ourselves. — The Notorious B.I.G.

You're nobody 'til somebody kills you. — The Notorious B.I.G.

Chaka, I know that pussy hairy. Sade, ooooh, I know that pussy tight. — The Notorious B.I.G.

There's gonna be a lot of slow singing and flower bringing
If my burglar alarm starts ringing — The Notorious B.I.G.

Revenge be the dish I serve to cats cold. — The Notorious B.I.G.

Rappers can't sleep, need sleepin',
B.I.G. keep creepin',
Bullets heat-seekin',
Casualties need treatin',
Dumb rappers need teachin'. — The Notorious B.I.G.

Stop, look, listen. I spit on your grave, then I grab my Charles Dickens. — The Notorious B.I.G.

I'm making music for the people. If y'all love the music, y'all gonna buy the music. — The Notorious B.I.G.

You gotta mature, you know. — 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.

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

Spread love, it's the Brooklyn way. — The Notorious B.I.G.

If you don't love yourself, I'll make you see your own heart. — The Notorious B.I.G.

Move over Lucifer, I'm more ruthless, leave you toothless. — The Notorious B.I.G.

As soon as she hit the door we start blastin', I saw her brains hit the floor, raw laughin'. — The Notorious B.I.G.

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

My real life helped me sell a lot of records. — The Notorious B.I.G.

Never let no one know how much dough you hold. — The Notorious B.I.G.

She used my toothbrush to clean the toilet. — The Notorious B.I.G.

Damn right I like the life I live,
Cause I went from negative to positive. — The Notorious B.I.G.

While your guns raisin', mine is blazin'. — 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 basically different things to different people. If it's a guy, I'm-a probably have my guard up because it's a street rule that when men come around that I don't know, I just immediately throw shade on them. But I don't associate with fellas all that much; if it's a girl - a beautiful girl - I be nice. — The Notorious B.I.G.

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

Get ready to die, tell God I say hi. — The Notorious B.I.G.

We used to fuss when the landlord dissed us
No heat. Wonder why Christmas missed us
Birthdays was the worst days
Now we sip champagne when we thirst-ay. — 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.

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.

I can't never stop nobody, can't knock nobody hustle. — The Notorious B.I.G.

It's like the more money we come across / the more problems we see. — The Notorious B.I.G.

This rule is so underrated:
Keep your family and business completely separated. — 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.

I'm living everyday like a hustle. Another drug to juggle. Another day, another struggle. — The Notorious B.I.G.

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

Won't cha ... picture life as my wife, just think:
Full length mink, fat X and O links,
Bracelets to match, conversation was all that,
Showed you the safe combinations and all that.
Guess you could say you's the one I trusted ...
Who would ever think that you would spread like mustard? — The Notorious B.I.G.

I never wish death on nobody, cause there ain't coming back from that. — The Notorious B.I.G.

And everything you get, ya gotta work hard for it. — The Notorious B.I.G.

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

Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis. When I was dead broke, man, I couldn't picture this. — The Notorious B.I.G.

Lyrically I'm supposed to represent,
I'm not only the client, I'm the player president — The Notorious B.I.G.

Sky is the limit and you know that you keep on,
Just keep on pressin on.
Sky is the limit and you know that you can have
what you want, be what you want. — The Notorious B.I.G.

Your reign on the top was short like leprechauns,
As I crush so-called Willies, thugs, and rapper-dons. — The Notorious B.I.G.