[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'