Big Pun (short for Big Punisher), was an American rapper
who emerged from the underground rap scene in The Bronx
in the late 1990s. He first appeared on albums from The Beatnuts
, on the track "Off the Books" in 1997, and on Fat Joe
's second album Jealous One's Envy
in 1995, on the track "Watch Out", prior to signing to Loud Records
as a solo artist. Pun's lyrics are notable for technical efficiency, having minimal pauses to take a breath, heavy use of alliteration as well as internal and multi-syllabic rhyming schemes.
Dead in the middle of Little Italy little did we know that we riddled some middleman who didn't do diddily
Trunk jewels, cruisin in the Land, pumpin 'Wu-Tang Clan|Cash Rules' Last crew to want it caught a hundred tryin to pass through
Ready for war Joe, how you wanna blow they spot I know these dirty cops that'll get us in if we murder some wop
I rub your face off the Earth and curse your family children/like Amityville drill the nerves in your cavity fillin/Insanity's building up pavillion in my civilian/The cannon be the anarchy that humanity's dealing
You ain't a killer, you still learnin how to walk/From New York to Cali all the real niggaz carry chalk/Mark you for death, won't even talk that East and West crap/From Watts to Lefrak, it ain't where you're from it's where's your gat
So be advised, the streets is full of surprises/It's not what crew's the livest/One that survive is who's the wisest
Nowhere to run, hide, I'll find you and and silence your screams/And even if you kill me I'll still be in your fuckin dreams
The harsh realities of life is takin tolls/Even Jesus Christ forsake my soul