Big Time (Remix)
Track Information
| Artist | E-Moneybags featuring 2Pac and Live Squad |
| Track | Big Time |
| Performers | E-Moneybags, 2Pac, Stretch and Majesty |
| Producer(s) | Grand Imperial Records remix production |
| Writer(s) | Eric Smith (E-Moneybags), Tupac Shakur, Randy Walker (Stretch) and Christopher Walker (Majesty) |
| Released | 2001 |
| Length | 4:40 |
Overview
Big Time was officially released in 2001 on the Regulate / Big Time 12-inch single issued by Grand Imperial Records. The recording is a remake of the earlier unreleased collaboration between 2Pac and Live Squad, with a newly recorded verse by E-Moneybags added to the original performances by 2Pac, Stretch and Majesty.
Rather than releasing the original studio recording, Grand Imperial chose to reconstruct the song with new production while preserving the original Live Squad and 2Pac vocals. The result bridges two generations of Grand Imperial artists, combining an early 1990s recording with E-Moneybags' final body of work.
The single was released shortly after the death of E-Moneybags in July 2001, making it one of the final releases associated with both him and the Grand Imperial label. For the Live Squad archive, the original unreleased recording is documented separately as Big Time (Original Version).
Recording History
The foundation of the song originates from an unreleased recording made by 2Pac, Stretch and Majesty during the early 1990s. Around 2001 the recording was revisited by Grand Imperial Records, where a newly recorded verse by E-Moneybags was incorporated alongside a new instrumental.
Unlike many posthumous Tupac releases produced by Amaru Entertainment, this version was assembled by Grand Imperial Records, the label co-founded by Majesty. The remix preserves the chemistry between the original performers while introducing E-Moneybags as an additional collaborator.
Although the arrangement differs significantly from the original version, the release remains one of the few official commercial releases to feature previously unreleased vocals by Stretch and Majesty alongside 2Pac.
Release History
| Year | Release | Format | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Regulate / Big Time | 12 Inch Vinyl | Original commercial release. |
| 2001 | Regulate / Big Time | Promo Vinyl | Clean and dirty versions. |
Samples
Samples Used
Sample information is currently being researched.
Lyrics
I'm ready, yo.
[Background voice]
"Impossibbbbbbbblllllleeeeee, take your love from me" [E-MoneyBags]
I thought the Earth saw, saw it all,
I thought they wasn't ready for no more?
It's time for a new beginning.
For every action, there's a reaction.
Lost in golden pyramids outside.
At first we were the 'havenotz',
The hunger even had some go out and Bag watch
But then the Jag dropped.
What the fuck I'm supposed to do?
Go out and snatch blocks?
And hand out bricks, connect and politic like a Jew
I'd rather do it the classic way, like Cassius Clay,
I'm the next sub to do this nobody after me,
The sky's cracked with the force of my words,
Here's the lesson, we the ones ya'll forever knownin, hearing the essence.
Peep the planets how they all connecting
And my clique next to spit, who they ressurecting?
Yo check this shit, I ain't got lifetimes to recite lines,
the pipelines was sent to ya with the right mind
let the light shine
Keep ya shades on, cuz it's the ama'zon,
E-MoneyBags, Grand Imperial the label
Check my vision,
I'm playing my part in this division,
Till we big time, engraved in stone we'll be printed,yo
[Stretch]
Pull a card, here comes the Squad,
Sure to bomb, never lost when I've sparred,
Its hard cuz I'm God!
And comes off the top
Don't they know a nigga got flavour,
Mad cuz I'm sharp as a razor.
Bockin' when I'm walkin', always tryna take a niggaz fucking picture,
Embarassed when my lawyers gettin with ya
I'm larger than life, rather jumbo
The Thuggadon niggas got incredible dope flow
Operate smooth, cops can't find no evidence,
So I'll just laugh, look at my fucking dead presidents.
Sending me decoys with marked money frontin' yo,
What you need G? Nah, I ain't got nuttin',
I say "Give up ya gun"
Is what I tell em then I step,
wouldn't be top dog if I was one who slept
So show respect
I'm beyond that, livin' like Trump,
The only difference is a nigga's never in a slump,
Tax free is what it be G,
stacking while I'm macking,
The Squad is Big Time if you wanna be exactin',
Dealin' with keys, you see these on the mad tip.
Act like you want it and we'll have to just wreck shit.
Kick rhymes, baby just recognise (Repeat)
[Majesty]
Check it,
We like master monks, moulding niggaz to perfection.
Target 4 corners, conquer every section.
Rizzers of the underworld, this Thug Nation
We got our own codes, every type can relate to me.
And how we keep it? Deeper than the deepest secret, in the FBI files
Organise to crack vials
New Thug Order money getting submerged,
Cross the border, politic with peace pipes
Puffin on that green water
Fuck whatcha heard, we moving the birds,
Quantity large, busting at the sarge never follow me,
Extreme measures, to finance the movement,
Smash the diamond district, snatch the jewels quick,
My inspiration, hundred percent dedication,
Thug Nation be the final destination.
[2Pac]
Some say cracks the only way to get your papers
Prepare to catch the vapours,
I'm violating niggas like a rapist.
The coppers couldn't catch us with a net,
the one you love to sweat,
how crooked can a motherfucker get?
2Pacalypse Now's a real knucker,
I'm slick and quick to pick her upper,
After I fuck her then I duck her.
Young Gunz niggas got em frantic,
They just can't understand it,
We get wrecked across the planet.
Beeper goes off I hit the cellular,
Coppers wanna gat me, they can't sweat me so the hell wit cha!
You get the dick quick while I'm getting rich, bitch.
Tried a lunatic, I flip and do some slick shit.
Nigga, I'm like Gotti, give me body,
Rob you for your drugs then put slugs in your hottie.
(Yeah!)
And ain't nobody that can stop me,
I'm rollin' with the Squad motherfucker damn posse.
Come get your ass rolled up, I kid ya not,
this shit I got I'll have ya sewed up.
16 shots come and get mine,
Fuck you motherfuckers cuz I'm finally livin' Big Time!
Kick rhymes, baby just recognise (Repeat)
This transcription is currently being prepared for the archive.