Ms. Wallace (Outro) [2005 Remaster]

Hi I'm Voletta Wallace, Biggie's mom

I wish to thank you for your kind words

You warm gestures and your constant support over the years

I also need to share with you a few words about my son

Please take a few moments and listen

I hope you gain something from it, thanks

As a child Christopher was outspoken

When it suited him at times he was quiet

And of course he was mischievous as all little boys are

As a young man he liked to do everything

He liked to read, he liked to be with his friends

As young kids or young boys he enjoyed life

Everything that would make him happy or comfortable

He would do but mostly he enjoyed being with his friends and family

His early inspirations toward rap music were

The LL's of the world, the Sugar Hills, the Mr. Magics

And the Fat Boys of the rap channel

Those were all the things I heard in the house

Even though I called it noise and banging

I know now, it is a accepted musical art form

I was a single parent, I raised my son on my own

His father had no influence on his decision

Towards the musical outlet or career he chose

My son had a mind of his own, even if his father was around

He would have turned to rap, he loved music, he loved rap

At a point in my son's life he developed paranoia

About death and about the dying

We are living in a world of imperfect human beings

Where greed, jealousy and envy

Are manifested by what others accomplished in life

My son was very very much aware of that

He appreciated his station in life on the directions

In which he was going or traveling

On the other hand there were others

Who I should use the hip hop phrase player hating

And I think that is what resulted in his paranoia

If I had to change anything in my son's life

That would have allowed him to be here today

I would have deterred him from a career in music

I'm aware that millions appreciate his music, millions loved his music

Be that it may if he hadn't chosen that lifestyle, that career

My son would be alive today

If I could sum up Christopher in one word the word would be generous

The thing that my son loved most about life was the fact that

He was in a position to help, position to share

Position to give to others who needed, to others who wanted

To others appreciated the gifts that he gave