"Things Done Changed" is the second track and first song track from The Notorious B.I.G.'s debut album Ready to Die. The songs deals with how life in the ghetto has changed since B.I.G.'s childhood. During the final verse, he mentions that his mother, Voletta Wallace, had breast cancer, which is also referenced in the biopic film Notorious. The hook of the song is a sample from Biz Markie's song "The Vapors", when he says "Back in the day", and Dr. Dre's song "Lil Ghetto Boy" (from his 1992 album The Chronic), sampling Dre's line: "Things done changed on this side/ Remember they used to thump, but now they blast, right?".
Remember back in the days, when niggaz had waves Gazelle shades, and corn braids Pitchin pennies, honies had the high top jellies Shootin skelly, motherfuckers was all friendly Loungin at the barbeques, drinkin brews With the neighborhood crews, hangin on the avenues Turn your pagers, to nineteen ninety three Niggaz is gettin smoked g, believe me Talk slick, you get your neck slit quick Cause real street niggaz ain’t havin that shit Totin techs for rep, smokin blunts in the project Hallways, shootin dice all day Wait for niggaz to step up on some fightin shit We get hype and shit and start lifin shit So step away with your fist fight ways Motherfucker this ain’t back in the days, but you don’t hear me though Verse two: No more cocoa leave-io, one two three One two three, all of this to me, is a mystery I hear you motherfuckers talk about it But I stay seein bodies with the motherfuckin chalk around it And I’m down with the shit too For the stupid motherfuckers wanna try to use kung-fu Instead of a mac-10 he tried scrappin Slugs in his back and, that’s what the fuck happens When you sleep on the street Little motherfuckers with heat, want ta leave a nigga six feet deep And we comin to the wake To make sure the cryin and commotion ain’t a motherfuckin fake Back in the days, our parents used to take care of us Look at em now, they even fuckin scared of us Callin the city for help because they can’t maintain Damn, shit done changed Verse three: If I wasn’t in the rap game I’d probably have a key knee deep in the crack game Because the streets is a short stop Either you’re slingin crack rock or you got a wicked jumpshot Shit, it’s hard being young from the slums Eatin five cent gums not knowin where your meals comin from And now the shit’s gettin crazier and major Kids younger than me, they got the sky grand pagers Goin outta town, blowin up Six months later all the dead bodies showin up It make me wanna grab the nine and the shottie But I gotta go identify the body Damn, what happened to the summertime cookouts? Everytime I turn around a nigga gettin took out Shit, my momma got cancer in her breast Don’t ask me why I’m motherfuckin stressed, things done changed
“This isn’t seen as a one-day thing and we’re done with this, this is a statement by educators and supporters of educators that we need systemic change over the long haul,” he said.
But he tore his Achilles tendon the next year, hit just 129 home runs from 31 onward and was done in the majors at 36 ... “I’ve done a good job of (being durable) previously. Yes, things eventually change ... 1 important thing, definitely, for longevity ... 4.19.
“This will be a special moment in tennis, for sure. Things needed to change ... Now things will have to change, they’ll have to show things, how things operate and that’s when people really realise that it hasn’t really been done correctly ... Reuters .
"This will be a special moment in tennis, for sure. "Things needed to change ... Now things will have to change, they'll have to show things, how things operate and that's when people really realise that it hasn't really been done correctly ... .
“There were some things I could have changed a little bit. I didn’t think I had the stuff last week to get it done.” ... “There was a pretty good chunk of time where I wasn’t able to do the things I normally do.
"There were some things I could have changed a little bit. I didn't think I had the stuff last week to get it done." ... "There was a pretty good chunk of time where I wasn't able to do the things I normally do.
list 2 of 3The first woman to conquer the Barkley Marathons... “Things needed to change ... Now things will have to change, they’ll have to show things, how things operate and that’s when people really realise that it hasn’t really been done correctly ... .
The Chancellor told regulators at a meeting in Downing Street this week that there is “too much bureaucracy” which is making it “too slow to get things done” across the UK.
After struggling for game time under Steve Komphela in 2017, Lebese shocked Chiefs fans everywhere by moving to Mamelodi Sundowns... “Looking back at how things happened, it was like, ‘What have I done to this human being that has changed my life?’ ... .
"On reflection, I would have announced it and done it in a different way," Coe told AFP in January ... "I have taken it upon myself to change a lot of policies within my country and how things are done," she said.
He penned ...The source said. 'She's always done well to reinvent herself over the years and has been prepared to make the necessary changes to her career and personal life to take things to the next level ... A source told The Sun ... They added ... .
Although the new Syrian leaders have said and done the right things so far, there are skeptics and others who, according to NatashaHall of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, “want ...
The proposed changes would clear up what can and cannot be done with nonconforming properties and the appeals process ...Grand Forks’ code change would do the same thing that the proposed law does.
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David Murphy, The Philadelphia Inquirer... It should surprise nobody if it is an annual thing. In fact, anybody who assumes otherwise is underestimating the extent to which the game done changed ... Temple in 2019 and Penn in 2018, both one and done ... 1 seed ... .
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