Rule nombre uno: Never let no one know how much dough you hold/Cause you know the cheddar breed jealousy. All hustles obey the same logic, so heed Biggie's words. "The Ten Crack Commandments" only looks like it's about drug dealing. All you professors starting out at new institutions (like me) will be getting orientation sessions to show you the academic ropes - procedures on academic misconduct, FERPA guidelines, sexual harassment policies, etc., but you can save some time and just listen to hiphop.
The 10 crack commandments biggie smalls professional#
Time for a refresher course in professional deportment - by which I mean "The Ten Crack Commandments," by The Notorious B.I.G. Fail to play, gotta pay.We're staring down the barrel of another academic year. However, failure to pay a debt may result in someone’s suffering consequences. In other words, you pay after you sell the supply. If a supplier has enough confidence in a dealer, he/she may award drug supply on consignment. They be sittin’ in your kitchen, waiting to start hittin’ġ0.
If niggas think you snitchin’ they ain’t trying to listen If you ain’t gettin’ bagged stay the fuck from police This includes those who are “down” with you.īiggie: Number 9 shoulda been Number 1 to me: People who may otherwise “trust” you may choose to remain distant. This is one of the best ways to fall suspect to being an informant. If you’re not being arrested, never be seen communicating with the police. Them cats that squeeze your guns can hold jums tooĩ. Money and blood don’t mix like 2 dicks and no bitchīiggie: Number 8: never keep no weight on you! Keep your family and business completely separated If you respect your family, avoid doing anything that may involve them. I don’t care if they want a ounce, tell ‘em “bounce!” There is no better way to incriminate yourself.īiggie: Number 5: never sell no crack where you rest at You think a crackhead paying you back, shit forget it! Allowing credit to others is not a safe bet either.īiggie: (Biggie switches five and six on the list) Number 6: that goddamn credit? Dead it Money flows at too fast a pace for any addicts to handle debts. It is a given that when dealing with life and death matters, the stakes are too high. A dealer could lose money or end up owing money for using what should have been sold.īiggie: Number 4: I know you heard this before Getting addicted while dealing is dangerous. She be laying in the bushes to light that ass up
Hoodied and masked up, shit, for that fast buck Your moms’ll set that ass up, properly gassed up “The only person you can trust is your own mother, and that’s if she knows what you’re doing. “Your own brother can set you up if he layin’ like that,” Ebony advised. I done squeezed mad clips at these cats for they bricks and chips If somebody knows what you are going to do, they can counter you or beat you at your own plan.īiggie: Number 2: never let ‘em know your next moveĭon’t you know Bad Boys move in silence and violence? Never let anyone know what your next move will be. If that man fucked up, get yo’ ass stuck upĢ. Money often breeds jealousy, especially if an associate, partner, or competitor learns that any one individual’s income is greater than their own.īiggie: Rule Nombre Uno: never let no one know Never let anyone know how much money you have. Hopefully, the extremes they go to in order to uphold the following “commandments” will deter someone who has entertained the idea of selling crack.ġ.
We asked some experienced dealers about the steps they take to protect themselves. Some of the young people we spoke with felt, quite honestly, that no harm would befall them as long as they remained careful and cautious. A crack dealer’s Ten Commandmentsĭespite the rising number of young people who have lost their lives because of drug related activity, many still want to get involved in this madness. The following is transcribed from the July, 1994 Issue of The Source, and we’ve inserted Biggie’s lyrics after each section. Warning: Because we’re including the lyrics below, there is strong language. Unfortunately, we couldn’t find the 1994 masthead, but KT deserves some credit for the classic list. A copy is difficult to find online, but we used this video to write one. The article was part of a feature on ten years of crack, and a sidebar included the list.
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