God’s Shadow

Lyrics

[Intro] (Biggie Smalls) I don't give a fuck about you, I don't give a fuck about you [Vinnie Paz] Yeah (Biggie Smalls) I don't give a fuck about you [Vinnie Paz] 1, 2 (Biggie Smalls) I don't give a fuck about you I'm not runnin' I don't give a fuck about you [Vinnie Paz] Yeah I don't give a fuck about you [Vinnie Paz] Yeah, look, yeah (Biggie Smalls) I don't give a fuck about you I'm not runnin' [Verse 1] In '86 everyone was smokin' them OooWeez I was in front of the mirror and tryna be Cool C Me and Chico was inseparable then We would day dream about bein' legends again '87 came but really, pa, shit ain't changed We was playin Just-Ice and absorbin' his pain It's the middle of the crack era, I ain't complain There was money everywhere, it was part of the game I was tryna write rhymes but I knew they was wack I was young and I was dumb and I knew it was that I heard Steady B rhyme and I knew it was crack See these records change everything, crucial to that It's the end of the '80's, that's when Chic moved to Cali My father died too, it was loneliness around me It was hard tryna put all of this shit in perspective And the only thing I had was my records [Hook] I seen so many men get blast and pass away I had to say bye, bye, bye I had to say bye, bye, bye (I'm not runnin') And all these pills I take can't make shit go away I said nah, nah, nah I had to say nah, nah, nah (I'm not runnin') [Verse 2] The '90's came and I started drinkin' for the first time Smokin' for my first time, then I sniffed my first line Chic came back from Cali and we was wildin' 13, bum rushin' Macy's, we was violent The pen game started gettin' a little better Drinkin' 40's outside no matter the weather But I was shy about the rhymin' and shit I was timid, no one knew about the rhymin' and shit I kept it to myself, pa, that's what I resign to Then Chic would get drunk like "Vinnie can outrhyme you" And I ain't had no choice, it was battle or bitch So I started choppin' heads and I channeled and missed I battled on a L and I battled on the block And I battled in a cell and I battled to the top I battled a bunch of rappers you would know right now And I chopped they fuckin' heads but you won't find out But that got old quick, I started makin' tapes The tapes turned to records and the records turned to fate But I'd still go back if I had that chance It was simple then, I ain't have to do that dance [Hook] I seen so many men get blast and passed away I had to say bye, bye, bye I had to say bye, bye, bye (I'm not runnin') And all these pills I take can't make shit go away I say nah, nah, nah I had to say nah, nah, nah (I'm not runnin') [Outro] (Biggie Smalls) I don't give a fuck about you, I don't give a fuck about you I'm not runnin' I don't give a fuck about you, I don't give a fuck about you I'm not runnin'