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 likes 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 sons 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 have 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 sons 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