

You come downstairs at my crib, you hear music. They came to my house, heard the beat going on the drum machine, it's the same story. I did the original version, didn't get credit for it. In an interview with Wax Poetics, he said: Producer Pete Rock alleged that Puffy stole the idea for the original song's beat after hearing it at Rock's house. One of the song's lines reads, "Time to get paid, blow up like the World Trade," referencing the Februbombing of the World Trade Center.

chronicles his childhood years living in poverty, his initial dreams of becoming a rapper, early musical influences, his time dealing drugs, criminal involvement, and his eventual success in the music industry and current lavish lifestyle. The song is a " rags-to-riches chronicle". One of the song's lines references the Februbombing of the World Trade Center
