what has become of bizzy bone?

Remember their version of "the roof is on fire"? And that song they did with Tupac where the beat was a gun loading and firing?!

God that reminds me. Im going to buy me a bone thugz album. They were SO good.

I remember this girl in 6th grade writing "thuggish ruggish bone" in pen on her desk.

Interviewer:
I understand that; I always thought a lot of guh, uh, gospel sound influenced in Bone, but uh, you kinda always went in both directions, I think.

Bizzy:
Well, you know a lot of people would say that, y'knowwhatI'mean-

Interviewer:
Yeah?

Bizzy:
But when you start speaking it, when you start talking a lot of people would LIKE for you to shift but it's hot or cold, baby! It's hot or cold, y'knowwhatI'msayin'; that's why I said: y'ain't gave me no money so what they talking 'bout.

Interviewer:
Who hasn't given you any money?

Bizzy:
Well I mean period, y'knowwhatI'msayin'; let's say somebody on some, like some evil levels; you know, the evil level, you know what I'm sayin': they's LAVISH, they y'knowwhatImean: they BENTLEY DRIVERS, you understand what I'm saying, if you, y'knowwhatImean, if you on that level, you of this world and you on that you know what I'm saying and the slobber goin' down your cheeks and y'knowwhatI'msayin' and the nectar goin' down your neck, and y'knowwhatImean; that's got a lot to do with that bread but when you rollin' around here and you feedin' your people down there on the streets, you understand what I'm saying, where the nectar at? That's what I'm talkin' about; HOLLA BAAAACK.

Interviewer:
The nectar? Yeah.

Bizzy:
Yeaaaaaah.

Forksclovetofu, you rule.

NOMAD. I AIN'T MAD.

You are so right. He responded far better than I could have. Keen guy.

Here's the MP3, so you can follow along at home.

Anything I wasn't certain about shows up in bold; I'm gonna write this up on the Hut with a few more comments (that I'll likely post here in a minute); do me a favor and don't link to any of this if you can help it.

Here we go:

Matt Sonzala:
90.1, KPFT, The Damage Control Program, live and in full effect once again, um at uh

twelve-twenty in the AM on a, a early early Thursday morning. Trying to get things together here

in the studio, uh, and we did it in three songs flat: Cam'ron "Get 'Em Daddy", before that Missy

with uh, garbled, referencing "Let Me Fix My Weave" and Kanye West with "Diamonds"; now we

got all that East Coast stuff out of the way, we can go over to the midwest and then maybe come

down South a little bit, cause right about now we got an EXTREMELY special guest in the studio,

mang. Extremely special...

Bizzy Bone:
LOVE!

Matt:
Bizzy Bone, what's up mang?

Bizzy:
Love, love, love, love, love! "Cross to be out"? it's only one true god, you know how we

do it man; what's the dilly yo; how things going down here in the H-Town; glad to be down here

man; just relaxin' and maxin', man; I ain't seen nobody bring me no money yet...

Matt:
Haven't seen anybody bringing any money in H-Town?

Bizzy:
Oh well, you already know how it is: when we look at money we don't look at that paper; render

unto Caesar's what's Caesar's; render unto God what's Gawddssss...

Matt:
Yeah?

Bizzy:
Yeah yeah yeah, most definitely; it's a spiritual thing; it's a spiritual movement. Most of my

people at the mall, they know what's going on; most of my people over there at the Scottish Inns,

they know what's going on; most of my people over there at the hotel over there by my family, you

already know what's going on; you know how we rollin'; ain't no time to be playin'. That's

what's up! One true god! And representative! Please believe it!

Inthenameofourlordandsaviourjesuschrist, how you doooin'?

Matt:
Man, what brings you down here, bro?

Bizzy:
Well, you know man; I've best been movin' and and y'knowwhatI'msayin' and I ain't got nowhere to

live really, you understand what I mean, so you know: we lookin' for somewhere to live; we

lookin' for something to eat; when I was sleepin' at the bus station, everybody was laughin' at

me, y'knowwhatI'msayin': I had calluses up under my feet; everybody was laughin' at me, but I'm

up in this motherfucker, OOO my girl, excuse me; did I cuss; excuse me.

Matt:
Yeah, the station manager's here, "Greg"?

Bizzy:
My bad; tell the station manager that I love him. Oh my goodness, there go the phone. Ooo my

goodness, oh my goodness; I ain't even gonna take it no further; pardon me, pardon me.

Matt:
Naw, that's alright mang.

Bizzy:
Okayokay.

Matt:
Now suh, from, uh from the sound of things, sounds like you're not just homeless; maybe you're a

nomad?

Bizzy:
Well, you know some people w-was. Y'knowwhatI'msayin', that's a good word: no-mad. I ain't mad.

Y'knowwhatImean, we just handlin'; we doin' what we need to do man and we livin' and we

praisin' gawd every step of the way and some people may say that that gospel thing ain't what

they really want to see and some people may say that ain't what they really tryin' to be on; but

trust and believe and when we talkin' about the creator you ain't talkin' about that,

y'knowwhatImean? You talkin' about some realness, you understand what I mean; and that shi-

oooh, it's so real!

Matt:
Yeah?

Bizzy:
Oh my goodness! Praise God! Praise Gaaawd! Praise GAAAAAAWWWWWD!

Matt:
Yeah?

Bizzy:
YES!

Matt:
You goin' in the way of the gospel.

Bizzy:
Oh well you already know. You know, from, you know you got 'Heaven's Movie'; you got 'The Gift';

you got the 'Praise the Alpha and Omega'; you got the 'Praise the Beginning and the End' and you

already know the little science behind stuff that's been going on already that's been set up the

way it's supposed to be already, ya dig?

Matt:
Yeah...

Bizzy:
YESSSSSSS!

Matt:
I understand that; I always thought a lot of guh, uh, gospel sound influencing Bone, but uh, you

kinda always went in both directions, I think.

Bizzy:
Well, you know a lot of people would say that, y'knowwhatI'mean-

Matt:
Yeah?

Bizzy:
But when you start speaking it, when you start talking a lot of people would LIKE for you to

shift but it's hot or cold, baby! It's hot or cold, y'knowwhatI'msayin'; that's why I said:

y'ain't gave me no money so what they talking 'bout.

Matt:
Who hasn't given you any money?

Bizzy:
Well, I mean, period, y'knowwhatI'msayin'; let's say somebody on some, like some evil levels; you

know, the evil level, you know what I'm sayin': they's LAVISH, they y'knowwhatImean: they BENTLEY

DRIVERS, you understand what I'm saying, if you, y'knowwhatImean, if you on that level, you of

this world and you on that you know what I'm saying and the slobber goin' down your cheeks and

y'knowwhatI'msayin' and the nectar goin' down your neck, and y'knowwhatImean; that's got a lot to

do with that bread but when you rollin' around here and you feedin' your people down there on the

streets, you understand what I'm saying, where the nectar at? That's what I'm talkin' about;

HOLLA BAAAACK.

Matt:
The nectar? Yeah.

Bizzy:
Yeaaaaaah.

Matt:
Well, man; now, tell me though, tell me: I, when I was growing up, player, I saw Bone on TV all

the time; I saw ya'll blowin' up, man; what was that?

Bizzy:
Yeah, yeah, as, as, as well, as well, as well. As well, as well, as well. Well, you know when

you look at blowing up and you look at the different things, once you get to the physical realm

of it and once you start looking at it like that: that's why you stay in the streets; that's why

you stay in the hood; that's why you stay around the people that ain't got NOTHIN', 'cause they

ain't got nothin' to say but LOOOOOOOOOOOVE! ==gasp==

Matt:
Yeah? I think you have a lot more to say that what you lettin' on tonight, baby.

Bizzy:
Hey, well you already know how I feel about the situation; ain't nobody drop no money in front of

the door so ain't no sense in even taking it too far.

Matt:
Feel about the situation.

Bizzy:
Do you feeeel meeee?

Matt:
We want to know more about, you said, "the situation".

Bizzy:
Well, the situation is mang, there's a lot of things going on, you know what I'm saying; we got a

lot of things happening in the world; that's what's up; got a w- w- w- what 'Pac say: uh, "I said

you can run the red lights, but peep the street signs; you can run the red lights, but peep the

street signs; you can run the red lights, but peep the street signs." Please believe it.

Matt:
Yeah?

Bizzy:
Holla. HOLLA.

Matt:
So it sounds like it's a lot more than just about you not getting paid...

Bizzy:
Well, you know when you get to the "I" or get to the "me" and you start talking about the paper

mang, as long as everybody representin' th' one; in the name of the father the son and the holy

spirit amen in the name of our lord and saviour jesus christ, that's all that counts. I don't

need your money. Keep your paper. We'll get the paper ourselves. I don't sit on my - "A"!

YouknowwhatImean, we don't have to do that youknowwhatImean: I said, I do what I do and anybody

that want to put something down, youknowwhatI'msaying, get to a little rapping: Bizzy goes

doubletime into a spontaneous rap; the closest I can hear is:

"comeinitwithadollywithamulletupinamuggettogetherprobablygonnakilliteachotherbelovehitthefellowto

the--" c'mon now; you already know we do these things.

Matt:
I hear you.

Bizzy:
Holla back, c'mon now. Calm yourself down; this is how we get down. You know what's up. Please

believe it. Oh, c'mon now. You know what's up.

Matt:
So now you're work, you're looking for work in Houston where garbled

Bizzy:
Well we really ain't, no we ain't looking for no work right now; we just movin' the way that we

movin' and whoever ain't movin' the way that we ain't movin', hopefully they lives go good,

youknowwhatI'msayin'; that's all we can do, you know: we can pray for the best, you understand

what I'm saying? Ain't gonna be no waltzing in, holla.

Matt:
Right. Now that's where it's at.

Bizzy:
YES SIRRRRR.

Matt:
Man. You gonna stay here awhile or what's the next-

Bizzy:
Y'knowwhatImean?

Matt:
Uh, what's the next destination on your journey?

Bizzy:
Well, youknowwhatImean, we just being guided by the spirit; wherever we at is where we at,

youknowhatImean: you might see me at the bus station; you might see me at the shelter; you might

see me somewhere over here, somewhere over there; it really don't matter, you know, it ain't

nobody-

Matt:
Why the bus station or the shelter? Why that?

Bizzy:
Well, you already know: 'cause that's where the real people at; that's where you ain't gonna get

judged; that's where people ain't gonna, youknowwhatI'msaying, try to HAND you the death,

youknowwhatI'msaying, and try to hurt you like that, youknowwhatImean, cause they goin' through

they own thing; they doing what they gotta do and they been through the things, Bizzy

temporarily loses it hereyouknowwhatImean and th- then you know what I call me my,

youknowwhatImean and it's uh, you, uh-huh, yeah, uh right and that's what be goin' down,

youknowwhatI'msaying so they can't say nothin' but love and that's what it's supposed to be and

if they say anything extra, you gotta show love because you understand the situation that they

in; that's why them are the people that we need to be dealing with, hollaback.

Matt:
Yeah? Now, don't you have a new project out right now?

Bizzy:
Well, you know it's a few projects out, youknowwhatI'msaying: you got 'Heaven's Movies'; you got

'The Gift', youknowwhatI'msaying; you got the 'Praise the Alpha and the Omega'; you got the

'Praise the Beginning and the End' and youknowwhatI'msaying; I don't expect nobody to go out

there, youknowwhatI'msaying and youknowwhatImean, be all on that; it's all good,

youknowwhatImean; that's the way I like it; I just like it like that ain't no waltzin' in around

here; I like it like that. I like it like that! I LIKE IT LIKE THAT!

Matt:
You don't expect them to go out and, like, pick up the record, man? I think they would; I think

they-

Bizzy:
Well you already know, man: th- that comes from the heart; if I stand up in here, try to

manipulate and try to play 'The Gift', youknowwhatI'msaying and try to maSSAGE it,

youknowwhatImean; I gotta come from the heart man; if it don't come from the heart, I don't even

want to HEAR IT, man; aw, man: bootleg it or something. I ain't tryin' to hear none of that man. Keep it real or don't even come NEAR me; don't come around me; don't buy nothing; it don't matter to me, that's how I get down. It's real; when I see you, you already know how I feel about you and I'm gonna see you regardless.

Matt:
... see who?

Bizzy:
EVERYBODY WE'RE TALKING TO.

Matt:
Everybody, man.

Bizzy:
Yeah, because you know we're not just talking to each other, we're talking to-

Matt:
Right.

Bizzy:
- a lot of people around the radiusssssssss.

Matt:
Yeah. A lot of people listening in on the internet at KPFT dot org, whassup ya'll, whassup?

Bizzy:
Alright, alright, alright: one, one love, one love, one love. You know what it is, you know what

it is, one love, hold it down, hold it down, I know, I know, I know, quit trippin'.

Matt:
Yeah? What're we playing tonight; what did you bring for us?

Bizzy:
Oh well, youknowwhatI'msaying, we got the little 'Praise Alpha and Omega' album which is a

beautiful thing-

Matt:
Right.

Bizzy:
YouknowwhatI'msaying, especially when you understand what it represents. That's right there; I'd

much rather you play something from one of the other young homies out there that's doing they

thing so we can promote what they doin', youknowwhatI'msaying, 'cause it ain't about me,

youknowwhatImean, I just appreciate the time to be able to sit down and talk and now that I got

the time to sit down and talk my people know what it is there's only one true god in the name of

the father the son and the holy spirit amen in the name of our lord and saviour jesus christ and

any blasphemy against that shall be met with SWIFTNESS.

Matt:
Yeah?

Bizzy:
YESSSSSSSSSSS.

Matt:
The church of Bizzy Bone-

Bizzy:
MAN.

Matt:
- here tonight at KPFT. Is that it? Is there another, is there a church of Bizzy Bone; is that

comin'?

Bizzy:
Hey man, you already know what church is-

Matt:
Yeah?

Bizzy:
Now, we walkin' in our church.

Matt:
Yeah.

Bizzy:
These are our tabernacles. You walkin' in your church; you speakin' in your church; that's how

we do it; we praise; we worship; we go from within; the jewels and the linaments and the diamonds

and the rubies and the sapphires and the pearls that come from within, you understand what I'm

saying? I already know YOU know what it is; you feel me? Huh? Holla! Holla! Holla! Holla!

Ain't learned it for nothin'; what you think I ain't gonna say nothing-

Matt:
Man.

Bizzy:
But I'm supposed to come up in here and saturate it and not say nothing? What, I supposed to not

do nothin'? What, I supposed to not say it? I'M GONNA SAY IT! I'M GONNA BE IT! I'M GONNA BE

REAL WITH IT! THAT'S THE WAY WE GET DOWN! TO THE DEATH!

Matt:
That's what we need. You got to say it!

Bizzy:
PRAISE GAWD!

Matt:
Yeah?

Bizzy:
YESSSSSSSSSSS!

Matt:
What's this, uh, song we're gonna play right now, though? Is it, uh, are we playing?

Bizzy:
I don't know, brother; you know what, I think; oh, oh, you're gonna do number, uh, uh, fourteen.

Matt:
Okay. Fourteen, yes?

Bizzy:
It says, "You Better Run, You Better Hide".

Matt:
"You Better Run, You Better Hide"?

Bizzy:
Yeah, I think that's the title of the song; you have to excuse me, because as we put things down,

we really don't, youknowwhatI'msaying? You know how it is: you drink a lot, you black out,

holla.

Matt:
Yeah?

Bizzy:
Holla! HOLLA! Huh? Huh, huh, what?

Matt:
Is, is "You Better Run, You Better Hide" a broad message as well; is that a message to, to

everyone?

Bizzy:
Well, you know, the beginning of it is, for those who thought I sounded href="http://sonymusic.com/artists/B2K/intro.html">B2K; they must be outta they MINDS.

Matt:
Now, who thought you sounded B2K?

Bizzy:
Well you already know: it's one of them passing phases; see it went so fast, you forgot

about it.

Matt:
Yeah? Now, that's true; that's true... So now, actually, so you, this is, uh, directed at B2K?

Bizzy:
Naw, naw, this is directed to the music that it IS, youknowwhatI'msaying-

Matt:
Yeah?

Bizzy:
I, if I wanted to direct it to them; man, don't try to single them out dude!

Matt:
Naw, I'm not trying to single them, man.

Bizzy:
Don't do me like that! Just like I ain't gonna come to you like that? And I ain't gonna play you

like that? And I'm with your tabernacle? Don't play them like that; it's B! 2! K! It's just

like if you sit down and you say a metaphor and this is a story that you actually know about and

that you can actually kind of get something from it instead of it just being something you

thought was plucked out of the air. Holla back; c'mon now.

Matt:
Does it have a broader message, maybe against, about the music business? And about the whole

business?

Bizzy:
Well, you already know; for those who, tho', for those who thought I sounded B2K,

youunderstandwhatI'msaying and I'm gonna take it spiritual there's only one true god,

representative. And you thought it was my test! Huh? Holla! Holla! Holla! Holla! Holla!

Holla! HOLLLLAAAAAAAAA!

Matt:
Uh, everybody's saying, "Ask him this, ask him that"; do you wanna take questions from Chill and

everybody else?

Bizzy:
Hey, you already know what it is-

Matt:
Yeah?

Bizzy:
I think you need to go ahead and play the music, youknowwhatI'msaying; we definitely been pumped;

we definitely been hyped, youknowwhatI'msaying; we want to snatch a little bit away from that so

we can grab the ego-

Matt:
Yeah.

Bizzy:
Tell the ego to sit down and do what needs to be done and the quicker you blink and the quicker

you raise your head, you let me know what you was thinking about from jump. Hollaback.

Matt:
Hey, hey. You got it, man.

Interviewer:
Hey, can I ask you a question, tho'?

Bizzy:
Tap that heart, tap that mind-

Interviewer:
Hey, can I ask you a question?

Bizzy:
Test that soul, test that heart, test that mind, test that soul-

Interviewer:
Hey is that, uh. Can you freestyle for us one time?

Bizzy:
Well, youknowwhatImean, just a freestyle, youknowwhatI'msaying: It's only one true god... unh...

it's only one true god... you see, as I walk through valley of the shadow of death with flesh

and blood I let evil question us and you know how we bust we lay back in the cut, I see the

sinister minded you blinded look at him and he find that when I nibble that tree of science you

thought you was laughing at Brian hollaback that's enough!

Matt:
Man! Well dude, we really appreciate you coming down tonight...

Bizzy:
I appreciate you having me down here; it's much love; it's much respect; we got the fire engines

out there-

Matt:
We do!

Bizzy:
We got the po-lice out there, youknowwhatI'msaying; you know how we rollin' up in this

motherfucker-

Matt:
MAN!

Bizzy:
Oh my goodness, let me get on up outta here; I love you mang; god bless you. There's only one

true god; praise god; in the name of the father the son and the holy spirit amen, in the name of

the father the son and the holy spirit amen, in the name of the father the son and the holy

spirit amen; in the name of our lord and saviour jesus christ, hollaback; THIS IS REAL!

Matt:
It's Damage Control. Brand new music from Bizzy Bone.

Here's the MP3, so you can follow along at home.

Anything I wasn't certain about shows up in bold; I'm gonna write this up on the Hut with a few more comments (that I'll likely post here in a minute); do me a favor and don't link to any of this if you can help it.

Here we go:

Matt Sonzala:
90.1, KPFT, The Damage Control Program, live and in full effect once again, um at uh twelve-twenty in the AM on a, a early early Thursday morning. Trying to get things together here in the studio, uh, and we did it in three songs flat: Cam'ron "Get 'Em Daddy", before that Missy with uh, garbled, referencing "Let Me Fix My Weave" and Kanye West with "Diamonds"; now we got all that East Coast stuff out of the way, we can go over to the midwest and then maybe come down South a little bit, cause right about now we got an EXTREMELY special guest in the studio, mang. Extremely special...

Bizzy Bone:
LOVE!

Matt:
Bizzy Bone, what's up mang?

Bizzy:
Love, love, love, love, love! "Cross to be out"? it's only one true god, you know how we do it man; what's the dilly yo; how things going down here in the H-Town; glad to be down here man; just relaxin' and maxin', man; I ain't seen nobody bring me no money yet...

Matt:
Haven't seen anybody bringing any money in H-Town?

Bizzy:
Oh well, you already know how it is: when we look at money we don't look at that paper; render unto Caesar's what's Caesar's; render unto God what's Gawddssss...

Matt:
Yeah?

Bizzy:
Yeah yeah yeah, most definitely; it's a spiritual thing; it's a spiritual movement. Most of my people at the mall, they know what's going on; most of my people over there at the Scottish Inns, they know what's going on; most of my people over there at the hotel over there by my family, you already know what's going on; you know how we rollin'; ain't no time to be playin'. That's what's up! One true god! And representative! Please believe it! Inthenameofourlordandsaviourjesuschrist, how you doooin'?

Matt:
Man, what brings you down here, bro?

Bizzy:
Well, you know man; I've best been movin' and and y'knowwhatI'msayin' and I ain't got nowhere to live really, you understand what I mean, so you know: we lookin' for somewhere to live; we lookin' for something to eat; when I was sleepin' at the bus station, everybody was laughin' at me, y'knowwhatI'msayin': I had calluses up under my feet; everybody was laughin' at me, but I'm up in this motherfucker, OOO my girl, excuse me; did I cuss; excuse me.

Matt:
Yeah, the station manager's here, "Greg"?

Bizzy:
My bad; tell the station manager that I love him. Oh my goodness, there go the phone. Ooo my goodness, oh my goodness; I ain't even gonna take it no further; pardon me, pardon me.

Matt:
Naw, that's alright mang.

Bizzy:
Okayokay.

Matt:
Now suh, from, uh from the sound of things, sounds like you're not just homeless; maybe you're a nomad?

Bizzy:
Well, you know some people w-was. Y'knowwhatI'msayin', that's a good word: no-mad. I ain't mad. Y'knowwhatImean, we just handlin'; we doin' what we need to do man and we livin' and we praisin' gawd every step of the way and some people may say that that gospel thing ain't what they really want to see and some people may say that ain't what they really tryin' to be on; but trust and believe and when we talkin' about the creator you ain't talkin' about that, y'knowwhatImean? You talkin' about some realness, you understand what I mean; and that shi- oooh, it's so real!

Matt:
Yeah?

Bizzy:
Oh my goodness! Praise God! Praise Gaaawd! Praise GAAAAAAWWWWWD!

Matt:
Yeah?

Bizzy:
YES!

Matt:
You goin' in the way of the gospel.

Bizzy:
Oh well you already know. You know, from, you know you got 'Heaven's Movie'; you got 'The Gift'; you got the 'Praise the Alpha and Omega'; you got the 'Praise the Beginning and the End' and you already know the little science behind stuff that's been going on already that's been set up the way it's supposed to be already, ya dig?

Matt:
Yeah...

Bizzy:
YESSSSSSS!

Matt:
I understand that; I always thought a lot of guh, uh, gospel sound influencing Bone, but uh, you kinda always went in both directions, I think.

Bizzy:
Well, you know a lot of people would say that, y'knowwhatI'mean-

Matt:
Yeah?

Bizzy:
But when you start speaking it, when you start talking a lot of people would LIKE for you to shift but it's hot or cold, baby! It's hot or cold, y'knowwhatI'msayin'; that's why I said: y'ain't gave me no money so what they talking 'bout.

Matt:
Who hasn't given you any money?

Bizzy:
Well, I mean, period, y'knowwhatI'msayin'; let's say somebody on some, like some evil levels; you know, the evil level, you know what I'm sayin': they's LAVISH, they y'knowwhatImean: they BENTLEY DRIVERS, you understand what I'm saying, if you, y'knowwhatImean, if you on that level, you of this world and you on that you know what I'm saying and the slobber goin' down your cheeks and y'knowwhatI'msayin' and the nectar goin' down your neck, and y'knowwhatImean; that's got a lot to do with that bread but when you rollin' around here and you feedin' your people down there on the streets, you understand what I'm saying, where the nectar at? That's what I'm talkin' about; HOLLA BAAAACK.

Matt:
The nectar? Yeah.

Bizzy:
Yeaaaaaah.

Matt:
Well, man; now, tell me though, tell me: I, when I was growing up, player, I saw Bone on TV all the time; I saw ya'll blowin' up, man; what was that?

Bizzy:
Yeah, yeah, as, as, as well, as well, as well. As well, as well, as well. Well, you know when you look at blowing up and you look at the different things, once you get to the physical realm of it and once you start looking at it like that: that's why you stay in the streets; that's why you stay in the hood; that's why you stay around the people that ain't got NOTHIN', 'cause they ain't got nothin' to say but LOOOOOOOOOOOVE! ==gasp==

Matt:
Yeah? I think you have a lot more to say that what you lettin' on tonight, baby.

Bizzy:
Hey, well you already know how I feel about the situation; ain't nobody drop no money in front of the door so ain't no sense in even taking it too far.

Matt:
Feel about the situation.

Bizzy:
Do you feeeel meeee?

Matt:
We want to know more about, you said, "the situation".

Bizzy:
Well, the situation is mang, there's a lot of things going on, you know what I'm saying; we got a lot of things happening in the world; that's what's up; got a w- w- w- what 'Pac say: uh, "I said you can run the red lights, but peep the street signs; you can run the red lights, but peep the street signs; you can run the red lights, but peep the street signs." Please believe it.

Matt:
Yeah?

Bizzy:
Holla. HOLLA.

Matt:
So it sounds like it's a lot more than just about you not getting paid...

Bizzy:
Well, you know when you get to the "I" or get to the "me" and you start talking about the paper mang, as long as everybody representin' th' one; in the name of the father the son and the holy spirit amen in the name of our lord and saviour jesus christ, that's all that counts. I don't need your money. Keep your paper. We'll get the paper ourselves. I don't sit on my - "A"! YouknowwhatImean, we don't have to do that youknowwhatImean: I said, I do what I do and anybody that want to put something down, youknowwhatI'msaying, get to a little rapping: Bizzy goes doubletime into a spontaneous rap; the closest I can hear is: "comeinitwithadollywithamulletupinamuggettogetherprobablygonnakilliteachotherbelovehitthefellowtothe--" c'mon now; you already know we do these things.

Matt:
I hear you.

Bizzy:
Holla back, c'mon now. Calm yourself down; this is how we get down. You know what's up. Please believe it. Oh, c'mon now. You know what's up.

Matt:
So now you're work, you're looking for work in Houston where garbled

Bizzy:
Well we really ain't, no we ain't looking for no work right now; we just movin' the way that we movin' and whoever ain't movin' the way that we ain't movin', hopefully they lives go good, youknowwhatI'msayin'; that's all we can do, you know: we can pray for the best, you understand what I'm saying? Ain't gonna be no waltzing in, holla.

Matt:
Right. Now that's where it's at.

Bizzy:
YES SIRRRRR.

Matt:
Man. You gonna stay here awhile or what's the next-

Bizzy:
Y'knowwhatImean?

Matt:
Uh, what's the next destination on your journey?

Bizzy:
Well, youknowwhatImean, we just being guided by the spirit; wherever we at is where we at, youknowhatImean: you might see me at the bus station; you might see me at the shelter; you might see me somewhere over here, somewhere over there; it really don't matter, you know, it ain't nobody-

Matt:
Why the bus station or the shelter? Why that?

Bizzy:
Well, you already know: 'cause that's where the real people at; that's where you ain't gonna get judged; that's where people ain't gonna, youknowwhatI'msaying, try to HAND you the death, youknowwhatI'msaying, and try to hurt you like that, youknowwhatImean, cause they goin' through they own thing; they doing what they gotta do and they been through the things, Bizzy temporarily loses it hereyouknowwhatImean and th- then you know what I call me my, youknowwhatImean and it's uh, you, uh-huh, yeah, uh right and that's what be goin' down, youknowwhatI'msaying so they can't say nothin' but love and that's what it's supposed to be and if they say anything extra, you gotta show love because you understand the situation that they in; that's why them are the people that we need to be dealing with, hollaback.

Matt:
Yeah? Now, don't you have a new project out right now?

Bizzy:
Well, you know it's a few projects out, youknowwhatI'msaying: you got 'Heaven's Movies'; you got 'The Gift', youknowwhatI'msaying; you got the 'Praise the Alpha and the Omega'; you got the 'Praise the Beginning and the End' and youknowwhatI'msaying; I don't expect nobody to go out there, youknowwhatI'msaying and youknowwhatImean, be all on that; it's all good, youknowwhatImean; that's the way I like it; I just like it like that ain't no waltzin' in around here; I like it like that. I like it like that! I LIKE IT LIKE THAT!

Matt:
You don't expect them to go out and, like, pick up the record, man? I think they would; I think they-

Bizzy:
Well you already know, man: th- that comes from the heart; if I stand up in here, try to manipulate and try to play 'The Gift', youknowwhatI'msaying and try to maSSAGE it, youknowwhatImean; I gotta come from the heart man; if it don't come from the heart, I don't even want to HEAR IT, man; aw, man: bootleg it or something. I ain't tryin' to hear none of that man. Keep it real or don't even come NEAR me; don't come around me; don't buy nothing; it don't matter to me, that's how I get down. It's real; when I see you, you already know how I feel about you and I'm gonna see you regardless.

Matt:
... see who?

Bizzy:
EVERYBODY WE'RE TALKING TO.

Matt:
Everybody, man.

Bizzy:
Yeah, because you know we're not just talking to each other, we're talking to-

Matt:
Right.

Bizzy:
- a lot of people around the radiusssssssss.

Matt:
Yeah. A lot of people listening in on the internet at KPFT dot org, whassup ya'll, whassup?

Bizzy:
Alright, alright, alright: one, one love, one love, one love. You know what it is, you know what it is, one love, hold it down, hold it down, I know, I know, I know, quit trippin'.

Matt:
Yeah? What're we playing tonight; what did you bring for us?

Bizzy:
Oh well, youknowwhatI'msaying, we got the little 'Praise Alpha and Omega' album which is a beautiful thing-

Matt:
Right.

Bizzy:
YouknowwhatI'msaying, especially when you understand what it represents. That's right there; I'd much rather you play something from one of the other young homies out there that's doing they thing so we can promote what they doin', youknowwhatI'msaying, 'cause it ain't about me, youknowwhatImean, I just appreciate the time to be able to sit down and talk and now that I got the time to sit down and talk my people know what it is there's only one true god in the name of the father the son and the holy spirit amen in the name of our lord and saviour jesus christ and any blasphemy against that shall be met with SWIFTNESS.

Matt:
Yeah?

Bizzy:
YESSSSSSSSSSS.

Matt:
The church of Bizzy Bone-

Bizzy:
MAN.

Matt:
- here tonight at KPFT. Is that it? Is there another, is there a church of Bizzy Bone; is that comin'?

Bizzy:
Hey man, you already know what church is-

Matt:
Yeah?

Bizzy:
Now, we walkin' in our church.

Matt:
Yeah.

Bizzy:
These are our tabernacles. You walkin' in your church; you speakin' in your church; that's how we do it; we praise; we worship; we go from within; the jewels and the linaments and the diamonds and the rubies and the sapphires and the pearls that come from within, you understand what I'm saying? I already know YOU know what it is; you feel me? Huh? Holla! Holla! Holla! Holla! Ain't learned it for nothin'; what you think I ain't gonna say nothing-

Matt:
Man.

Bizzy:
But I'm supposed to come up in here and saturate it and not say nothing? What, I supposed to not do nothin'? What, I supposed to not say it? I'M GONNA SAY IT! I'M GONNA BE IT! I'M GONNA BE REAL WITH IT! THAT'S THE WAY WE GET DOWN! TO THE DEATH!

Matt:
That's what we need. You got to say it!

Bizzy:
PRAISE GAWD!

Matt:
Yeah?

Bizzy:
YESSSSSSSSSSS!

Matt:
What's this, uh, song we're gonna play right now, though? Is it, uh, are we playing?

Bizzy:
I don't know, brother; you know what, I think; oh, oh, you're gonna do number, uh, uh, fourteen.

Matt:
Okay. Fourteen, yes?

Bizzy:
It says, "You Better Run, You Better Hide".

Matt:
"You Better Run, You Better Hide"?

Bizzy:
Yeah, I think that's the title of the song; you have to excuse me, because as we put things down, we really don't, youknowwhatI'msaying? You know how it is: you drink a lot, you black out, holla.

Matt:
Yeah?

Bizzy:
Holla! HOLLA! Huh? Huh, huh, what?

Matt:
Is, is "You Better Run, You Better Hide" a broad message as well; is that a message to, to everyone?

Bizzy:
Well, you know, the beginning of it is, for those who thought I sounded B2K; they must be outta they MINDS.

Matt:
Now, who thought you sounded B2K?

Bizzy:
Well you already know: it's one of them passing phases; see it went so fast, you forgot about it.

Matt:
Yeah? Now, that's true; that's true... So now, actually, so you, this is, uh, directed at B2K?

Bizzy:
Naw, naw, this is directed to the music that it IS, youknowwhatI'msaying-

Matt:
Yeah?

Bizzy:
I, if I wanted to direct it to them; man, don't try to single them out dude!

Matt:
Naw, I'm not trying to single them, man.

Bizzy:
Don't do me like that! Just like I ain't gonna come to you like that? And I ain't gonna play you like that? And I'm with your tabernacle? Don't play them like that; it's B! 2! K! It's just like if you sit down and you say a metaphor and this is a story that you actually know about and that you can actually kind of get something from it instead of it just being something you thought was plucked out of the air. Holla back; c'mon now.

Matt:
Does it have a broader message, maybe against, about the music business? And about the whole business?

Bizzy:
Well, you already know; for those who, tho', for those who thought I sounded B2K, youunderstandwhatI'msaying and I'm gonna take it spiritual there's only one true god, representative. And you thought it was my test! Huh? Holla! Holla! Holla! Holla! Holla! Holla! HOLLLLAAAAAAAAA!

Matt:
Uh, everybody's saying, "Ask him this, ask him that"; do you wanna take questions from Chill and everybody else?

Bizzy:
Hey, you already know what it is-

Matt:
Yeah?

Bizzy:
I think you need to go ahead and play the music, youknowwhatI'msaying; we definitely been pumped; we definitely been hyped, youknowwhatI'msaying; we want to snatch a little bit away from that so we can grab the ego-

Matt:
Yeah.

Bizzy:
Tell the ego to sit down and do what needs to be done and the quicker you blink and the quicker you raise your head, you let me know what you was thinking about from jump. Hollaback.

Matt:
Hey, hey. You got it, man.

Interviewer:
Hey, can I ask you a question, tho'?

Bizzy:
Tap that heart, tap that mind-

Interviewer:
Hey, can I ask you a question?

Bizzy:
Test that soul, test that heart, test that mind, test that soul-

Interviewer:
Hey is that, uh. Can you freestyle for us one time?

Bizzy:
Well, youknowwhatImean, just a freestyle, youknowwhatI'msaying: It's only one true god... unh... it's only one true god... you see, as I walk through valley of the shadow of death with flesh and blood I let evil question us and you know how we bust we lay back in the cut, I see the sinister minded you blinded look at him and he find that when I nibble that tree of science you thought you was laughing at Brian hollaback that's enough!

Matt:
Man! Well dude, we really appreciate you coming down tonight...

Bizzy:
I appreciate you having me down here; it's much love; it's much respect; we got the fire engines out there-

Matt:
We do!

Bizzy:
We got the po-lice out there, youknowwhatI'msaying; you know how we rollin' up in this motherfucker-

Matt:
MAN!

Bizzy:
Oh my goodness, let me get on up outta here; I love you mang; god bless you. There's only one true god; praise god; in the name of the father the son and the holy spirit amen, in the name of the father the son and the holy spirit amen, in the name of the father the son and the holy spirit amen; in the name of our lord and saviour jesus christ, hollaback; THIS IS REAL!

Matt:
It's Damage Control. Brand new music from Bizzy Bone.

I really gotta say, I hope someone reads and hears this and gets Bizzy a little help. People seem fast to act like, "Oh that wackadoo guy. He's just a wacky rapper." Uh, motherfucker be talking about sleeping at bus stations. HE NEEDS HELP. There seems to be a definite nascent racism when it comes to out-of-control hip hop artists; they're not real people in need of assistance; they're just cash cows.
Everybody gets all maudlin when artists die; how about we help out the needy NOW, ya heard? We don't need another ODB.

Oh come on.

i hear it as "Cross the B out", not that it makes any more sense.

Wesley Willis and Daniel Johnston to thread!

have you never known or talked to anyone who did lots of drugs like crack or meth? sounds pretty typical of drug psychosis. i've known and heard worse.

j/k

But I want to. I really, really want to...

Man that whole shit caught me off guard, it was not the easiestinterview, but it was certainly entertaining in the studio and later listening to this shit. whoa... PEACE matt

-- MattSonzala (pushermaniamayn...), April 29th, 2005.

caught bizzy live in Austin last night -- about 35 folks peak crowd, more like abt 10 when he started --- he straight up walked through the room shook everybody's hand, hopped on stage & started rapping his "notorious thugs" verse ---

the man's voice is an incredible instrument. band sounded good, 2 keyboards and a drummer --- solid 45 min set of the most amazing doubletime melodies I will prob ever hear ---

kept passing on drinks and joints offered by the crowd, drinkin water and talkin about how bad he wanted a newport ---

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZW8ZKiMbek

stand up guy imo

oh somebody already posted that. my bad My bad; tell the station manager that I love him

the maury clip <3<3<3

Clicked on this thread hoping to see Maury clip