Bad Azz & Gonzoe Interview about Pac

Bad Azz: Well, to start, Tupac, he was like one of my major inspirations, you know what I'm saying? I still listen to his music everyday. It keeps me going, it makes me wanna continue as a rapper, because there's so much drama involved in the music game, it's like sometimes ya wanna quit, you wanna give it up, but, like somebody once told me in the streets, he passed me the baton as well as the other lot of young niggas out there that's, you know what I'm saying? Pursuing the same thing. So what we doing is we just carry on the Thug Life, you know what I'm saying? As far as the special days, like the day of his death and his birthday, which we celebrated, like, we celebrate Tupac every day.
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 nothing else.
Bad Azz: That's it.
Gonzoe: That's it, this is as good as it gets.
Bad Azz: That's right.
Gonzoe: You know seing the game at the highest level for him, my homeboy, ain't nobody sold as many records as him, in this rap game, one on album. He was seing 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 waiting for my turn, and you know. Hoping that I'll survive, and that ain't even easy. You know what I'm saying?

So like, what did you do for his birthday?
Bad Azz: We were just smoking and drinking, listening to the radio and I called in and requested a song with me and Pac that we did for my album that's coming out in September. So they bumped that. We heard a lot of old stuff that moved us when he was here, so you know what I'm saying? We just smoked, pour out a little liquor. You know what I'm saying? That's about it, you know what I'm saying?
Gonzoe: Mmhm. Got drunk, messed with some girls, reminisced, you know what I'm saying? Stayed happy all day instead of being 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 saying? No tears, just reminiscing.
Gonzoe: Well everyday is a Tupac day, like you said.
Bad Azz: Yeah, those dates especially, like I said, birthday, death day, that's special, but it's a everyday thing, you know what I'm saying?. 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 saying? You could always find that in Pac regardless, if you're having problems with your baby or mama you broke the spot, you know what I'm saying? Like you know, I've been there, every problem, 'cept maybe mama problems.