Listen to You're Nobody (Til Somebody Kills You) by The Notorious B.I.G.

You're Nobody (Til Somebody Kills You)

The Notorious B.I.G.

Hip-Hop/Rap

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

The Notorious B.I.G.

The Notorious B.I.G.

Vocals

Stevie J.

All Instruments

Faith Evans

Background Vocals

Steve Jones

Musician

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Billy Preston

Songwriter

Ephrem Lopez

Songwriter

George Johnson

Songwriter

Jean Louhisdon

Songwriter

Sean Combs

Songwriter

Christopher Wallace

Christopher Wallace

Songwriter

Steven Jordan

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Stevie J.

Producer

DJ Enuff

Co-Producer

Jiv Pos

Co-Producer

Paul Logus

Mixing Engineer

Doug Wilson

Recording Engineer

"Prince Charles" Alexander

"Prince Charles" Alexander

Recording Engineer

John Meredith

Assistant Recording Engineer

Steve Jones

Assistant Recording Engineer

Sean Combs

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

I will fear no evil

For You are with me

Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me

You prepare table for me

In the presence of my enemies

You anoint my head with oil

My cup overflows

Surely, goodness and love will follow me

All the days of my life

And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever

[Verse 2]

**** in my faction don't like asking questions

Strictly gun-testing, coke-measuring

Giving pleasure in the Benz-ito

Hitting fannies, spending chips at Manny's

Hope you creeps got receipts

My peeps get dirty like cleats

Run up in your crib, wrap you in your Polo sheets

Six up in your wig piece

****'s deceased

Muah, may you rest in peace

With my sycamore style

More sicker than yours

Four-four and fifty-four draw

As my pilot steers my Lear, yes, my dear

Shit's official, only the Feds I fear

Here's a tissue, stop your blood clot crying

The kids, the dog, everybody dying

No lying

So don't you get suspicious

I'm big dangerous, you're just a little vicious

As I leave my competition, respirator style

Climb the ladder to success, escalator style

Hold y'all breath, I told y'all

Death controls y'all

Big don't fool y'all

I spit phrases that'll thrill you

You're nobody till somebody kills you

[Verse 3]

You're nobody till somebody kills you

(I don't wanna die, God tell me why)

You're nobody till somebody kills you

(I don't wanna die, God tell me why)

[Verse 4]

Watch Casino, I'm the hip-hop version of Nicky Tarantino

Ask Nino, he know

Green with envy, the green tempts me

To make the rich the enemy and take their cheese

Take their spots, take their keys, make my faculty

Live happily ever after in laughter

Hah, never seen Crystal pour faster

And to those bastards, knuckleheads squeeze lead

Three of mine dead, nothing left to do

But tear their ass to shreds, leave 'em in bloodshed

Incidents like this I take trips

Lay up in Miami with Tamika and Tammy

[Verse 5]

Some Creole C-O bitches I met on tour

Push a peach Legend Coupe, gold teeth galore

Told me, meet 'em in the future later

They'll take me shopping

Buy me lavender and fuschia Gators

Introduce me to player haters and heavy weighters

[Verse 6]

Rich bitch shit drinking Crystal

Till they piss the shit, uh

Thorough bitches, adapt to any borough bitches

Be in spots where they were no bitches, ya feel me?

Reminisce on dead friends too

You're nobody till somebody kills you

[Verse 7]

You're nobody till somebody kills you

(I don't wanna die, God tell me why)

You're nobody till somebody kills you

(I don't wanna die, God tell me why)

[Verse 8]

You're nobody till somebody kills you

(I don't wanna die, God tell me why)

You're nobody till somebody kills you

(I don't wanna die, God tell me why)

[Verse 9]

You can be the shit, flash the fattest five

Have the biggest dick, but when your shell get hit

You ain't worth spit, just a memory

Remember, he used to push the champagne Range?

Silly cat, wore suede in the rain

Swear he put the G in game

Had the Gucci frame before Dana Dane

Thought he ran with Pain

I can't recall his name

You mean that kid that nearly lost half his brain

Over two bricks of cocaine?

Getting his dick sucked by crackhead Lorraine

A fucking shame, dude's the lame, what's his name?

Dark-skinned Jermaine, see what I mean?

[Verse 10]

You're nobody till somebody kills you

(I don't wanna die, God tell me why)

You're nobody till somebody kills you

(I don't wanna die, God tell me why)

You're nobody till somebody kills you

Written by: Billy Preston, Ephrem Lopez, George Johnson, Jean Louhisdon, Sean Combs, Steven Jordan, The Notorious B.I.G.

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