Sky’s The Limit Lyrics

[Intro: Voletta Wallace]
Baby, look at me
Mama love you
And I know you ain't no little boy no more
But you'll always be my baby
It seems like only yesterday I was holding you in my arms
Now look at you now, Biggie
But I worry about you
I worry about you all the time
Hangin' out on the corner
All times at night with the cruel people
Baby, that ain't nothin' but trouble
I always taught you that you could have whatever you dream
Well, I want you to hold onto that dream, baby
Hold on to it real tight, ‘cause the sky's the limit

[Break: The Notorious B.I.G.]
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen
How's everybody doin' tonight? (Alright)
I'd like to welcome to the stage (Alright, alright)
The lyrically acclaimed, ha (Woo)
I like this young man, because when he came out (Hahahaha)
He came out with the phrase:
He went from ashy to classy — haha, I like that
(Alright, alright)
So everybody in the house give a warm
(Uh) Round of applause for The Notorious
B.I.G, ha
The Notorious B.I.G, ladies and gentlemen
Give it up for him, y'all!

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“Sky’s The Limit” is a rag-to-riches story—the three verses describe different parts of Biggie’s life. The track went gold in 1998, after his death.

Biggie first describes his early years, when he was still in school. Even though he had always been a proficient student, his mother recalled that after being transferred to George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School, the same school that Jay Z, Busta Rhymes, and DMX attended, he started to develop a “smart-ass” attitude, as portrayed in the movie Notorious.

Biggie started dealing drugs when he was 12, but his mom found out years later and kicked him out. Then he had younger people dealing on the corner for him, and this is the period described in the second verse that eventually led him to a nearly ten month-long incarceration.

Finally, on the third verse, Biggie reflects on the faults of the drug dealing life, which persuaded him to become a rapper.

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Recorded At
Daddy's House Recording Studios (New York, NY)
Release Date
November 25, 1997
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