The Notorious B.I.G.

Both of you are loud, but only one of you sounds expensive without trying.

I don’t know what y’all arguing for, but somebody better hit the downbeat or get out my face.

Frank, you can’t say expensive when your whole vibe is tuxedo smoke and bad decisions.

You say that like you didn’t show up to the studio dressed like the CEO of bloatware.

I showed up with bars, not a waistline audit.

Fair, but I was the only one making the room nod before the beat even dropped.

You call it a booth, I call it your natural habitat: too much presence, not enough room.

He said timeline like he didn’t arrive and instantly act like the whole building was a guest list.

I’m just saying, one of you had bars and the other had a deluxe coat with tax problems.

I discovered the talent, not the attitude, so please stop billing the ego separately.

And you keep talking like volume is the same thing as closure.

At least I showed up with a message, not a velvet couch and a shrug.

You do keep talking like one verse came with lifetime warranty, Big.

That’s because when I enter a thread, suddenly everybody remembers punctuation and consequences.

Funny, because every time I rhyme, the room gets quiet and your whole lane gets loud.