Gonzoe: Exactly. This is sort of like a religion for us. Thug Life shit, you know what i mean? it's like... niggas, we don't have nuthin' else......

Bad Azz: Thats it.

Gonzoe:That's it, this is as good as it gets.

Bad Azz: Thats right

Gonzoe: You know seein' the game at the highest level for him, my homeboy, ain't nobody sold as many records as him, in this rap game, on one album. He was seein' the game at the highest level, i don't see the game at that level, and I ain't affected. So it's like, this is as good as it gets for me. I'm just waitin' for my turn, and you know...... Hopin' i'll survive, and that ain't even easy. You know what i'm sayin.

Question: so like, what did you do for his birthday?

Bad Azz: We were just smokin' and drinkin' , listenin' to the radio and I called in and requested a song with me and 'Pac that we did for my album thats comin' out in September. So they bumped that. We heard alot of old stuff that moved us when he was here, so you know what i'm sayin'? We just smoked, pour out a little liquor. You know what i'm sayin'? thats about it, you know what i'm sayin'?

Gonzoe: Mmmmhmmm.... Got drunk, messed with some girls, reminisced, you know what I'm sayin'? stayed happy all day instead of bein' sad...

Bad Azz: Exactly

Gonzoe: .... and all gloomy and shit. we celebrated for real

Bad Azz: lots of laughter and smiles, you know what i'm sayin'? no tears, just reminiscin'....

Gonzoe: well everyday is tupac day, like you[Bad Azz] said.

Bad Azz: Yeah, those dats especially, like i said, birthday, death day, thats special, but it's a everyday thing, you know what i'm sayin'?. i dont have a good day if i don't wake up on some tupac.

Gonzoe: yeah, listening to tupac, you know what i mean? it's like, i was telling before you got here, this hit is like , you know what i'm sayin'?, he gives you back a piece of your life everyday. if you listen to some Pac it's gonna get you thru that stretch. He's gonna say something that you gotta relate to like "Damn, you still bugging, fuck that, i'm gonna keep my head up, stick my chest out and work this shit real quick." Everytime i feel like giving up, i think about somebody that did it and had a worse situation than i had and succeeded, or made it. Look at that shit, it's priceless, you know what i'm sayin'? you could always find that in Pac regardless if you having problems with your baby or mama you broke the spot, you know what i'm sayin'? Like you know, i've been there, every problem, 'cept maybe mama problems...

November 1998 | Fresh!