Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Notorious B.I.G.
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
The Notorious B.I.G.
Songwriter
Harvey Mason
Songwriter
Norman Glover
Songwriter
Reginald Ellis
Songwriter
Christopher Wallace
Songwriter
Dave Grusin
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Rich Travali
Mixing Engineer
Digga
Producer
Norman
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Uh
Right
Right
[Verse 2]
I don't wanna live no mo'
Sometimes I hear death knocking at my front door
I'm living every day like a hustle
Another drug to juggle, another day, another struggle
[Verse 3]
I don't wanna live no mo'
Sometimes I hear death knocking at my front door
I'm living every day like a hustle
Another drug to juggle, another day, another struggle
[Verse 4]
I know how a dealer wake up messed up
Pockets broke as hell, another rock to sell
People look at you like you's the user
Selling drugs to all the losers, man, who the abuser?
But they don't know about the stress-filled days
Baby on the way, mad bills to pay
That's why you drink Tanqueray, so you can reminisce
And wish you wasn't living so devilish, shit
I remember I was just like you, smoking blunts with my crew
Flippin' on the '62s, 'cause GED wasn't B-I-G
I had to get B-A-D, that's why my moms hate me
She was forced to kick me out, no doubt
Then I figured out, licks went for twenty down South
Packed up my tools for my raw power moves
Glock 19 for casket and flower moves
For chumps tryin' to stop my flow
And what they don't know will show on the autopsy
Went to see papi to cop me a brick
Asked for some consignment, he wasn't tryin' to hear it
Smokin' mad Newports, 'cause I'm doing court
For an assault I caught in Bridgeport, New York
Catch me if you can, like the gingerbread man
You better have your gat in hand 'cause man
[Verse 5]
I don't wanna live no mo'
Sometimes I hear death knocking at my front door
I'm living every day like a hustle
Another drug to juggle, another day, another struggle
[Verse 6]
I don't wanna live no mo'
Sometimes I hear death knocking at my front door
I'm living every day like a hustle
Another drug to juggle, another day, another struggle
[Verse 7]
I had the master plan, I'm in the Caravan
On my way to Maryland with mad two TECs
To take over this projects
They call him two ****, he totes two ****
And when he start to bust he likes to ask, "Who's next?"
I got my honey on the Amtrak with the crack
In the crack of the butt, two pounds of hash in the cut
A way for hun to make some big bucks
I told her she could be lieutenant, got gassed up
At last I'm here to really lounge in black
Sitting back, counting double digit thousand stacks
Had to reup, to see what's up with my peeps
Toyota dealer gone had to cheap on the Jeep
To see who got smoked, what rumors what rumors was spread
Last I heard I was dead, with six to the head
Then I got the phone call, it couldn't hit me harder
We got infiltrated, like Nino at the Carter
Heard TEC got murdered in a town I never heard of
By some **** worder over nickel-plated burners
And my broad, swear to God, she won't snitch
She told me when she hit the bricks, I make that **** rich
Conspiracy, she'll be home in three
Until then, I looks out for the whole family
A true G, that's me
Blowing like a bubble, in the everyday struggle
[Verse 8]
I don't wanna live no mo'
Sometimes I hear death knocking at my front door
I'm living every day like a hustle
Another drug to juggle, another day, another struggle
[Verse 9]
I don't wanna live no mo'
Sometimes I hear death knocking at my front door
I'm living every day like a hustle
Another drug to juggle, another day, another struggle
[Verse 10]
I'm seeing body after body, and I'm Mayor Giuliani
Ain't trying to see no black man turn to John Gotti
My daughter use the potty so she's older now
Educated street knowledge, I'ma mould her now
Trick a little dough, buying young girls fringes
Dealing with the dope fiend binges
Seein' syringes in the veins
Hard to explain how I maintain
The crack smoke make my brain feel so strange
Breaking days on the set, no sweat
Drunk off Moët, can't bag yet, because it's still wet
But when I dry a bag of five at a time
I can clock about nine on the check cashing line
I had the first and the third rehearsed
That's my word, thick in the game, Ds knew my first name
Should I quit, hell no, even though they had me scared
Yo, they got an eight, I got a **** with air holes
[Verse 11]
Right, right, right
(What you say)
[Verse 12]
I don't wanna live no mo'
Sometimes I hear death knocking at my front door
I'm living every day like a hustle
Another drug to juggle, another day, another struggle
[Verse 13]
I don't wanna live no mo'
Sometimes I hear death knocking at my front door
I'm living every day like a hustle
Another drug to juggle, another day, another struggle
[Verse 14]
I don't wanna live no mo'
Sometimes I hear death knocking at my front door
I'm living every day like a hustle
Another drug to juggle, another day, another struggle
[Verse 15]
I don't wanna live no mo'
Sometimes I hear death knocking at my front door
I'm living every day like a hustle
Another drug to juggle, another day, another struggle
[Verse 16]
Right, right, right
Junior mafia
Right, right, right
[Verse 17]
(Yeah, rock on)
(Woo)
Written by: Grusin, Harvey Mason, Norman Glover, Reginald Ellis, The Notorious B.I.G.