Chorus: I wonder if heaven got a ghetto (4X)

I was raised, the little young nigga doin bad shit
Talk much shit cause I never had shit
I could remember being whupped in class
And if I didn’t pass mama whupped my ass
Was it my fault papa didn’t plan it out
Broke out left me to be the man of the house
I couldn’t take it, had to make a profit
Down the block, got a glock, and I clock grip
Makin G’s was my mission
Movin enough of this shit to get my mama out the kitchen and
why must I sock a fella, just to live large like Rockefeller
First you didn’t give a fuck, but you’re learnin now
If you don’t respect the town then we’ll burn you down
God damn it’s a motherfuckin riot
Black people only hate police so don’t try it
If you’re not from the town then don’t pass through
Cause some O.G. fools might blast you
It ain’t right but it’s long overdue
We can’t have peace til the niggaz get a piece too
I want G’s so you label me a criminal
And if I die, I wonder if heaven got a ghetto

Chorus

Verse Two: 2Pac

Here on Earth, tell me what’s a blick life worth
A bottle of juice is no excuse, the truth hurts
And even when you take the shit
Move counties get a lawyer you can shake the shit
Ask Rodney, LaTasha, and many more
It’s been goin on for years, there’s plenty more
When they ask me, when will the violence cease?
When your troops stop shootin niggaz down in the street
Niggaz had enough time to make a difference
Bear witness, own our own business
Word to God cause it’s hard tryin to make ends meet
First we couldn’t afford shit now everything’s free
so we loot, please don’t shoot when you see
I’m takin from the, cause for years they would take it from me
Now the tables have turned around
You didn’t listen, until the niggaz burned it down
And now Bush can’t stop the hit
Predicted the shit, in 2Pacalypse
And for once I was down with niggaz, felt good
in the hood bein around the niggaz, yeah
And for the first time everybody let go
And the streets is death row, I wonder if heaven got a ghetto

Chorus

Verse Three: 2Pac

I see no changes, all I see is racist faces
Misplaced hate makes disgrace to races
We under I wonder what it take to make this
one better place, let’s erase the wait state
Take the evil out the people they’ll be acting right
Cause both black and white are smokin crack tonight
And only time we deal is when we kill each other
It takes skill to be real, time to heal each other
And though it seems heaven-sent
We ain’t ready, to have a black President, huh
It ain’t a secret don’t conceal the fact
The penitentiary’s packed, and it’s filled with blacks
I wake up in the morning and I ask myself
Is life worth living should I blast myself
I’m tired of being poor and even worse I’m black
My stomach hurts so I’m lookin for a purse to snatch
Cops give a damn about a ne-gro
Pull a trigger kill a nigger he’s a hero
Mo’ nigga mo’ nigga mo’ niggaz
I’d rather be dead than a po’ nigga
Let the Lord judge the criminals
If I die, I wonder if heaven got a ghetto

Chorus (to :27 from fade)

Just think, if niggaz decide to retaliate
(Soldier in the house)
I wonder if heaven got a ghetto (4X to fade)
I wonder if heaven got a ghetto (4X to fade)

Ay Trusty Trusty, what you want man?
Aww nigga let me get one of them ciggarettes, damn!
Shit, come on bastard, get the phone for a nigga
Use the phone, aww nigga get the phone for me man
What’s the number? 323-6545, tell her it’s Pac

Chorus: repeat 2X

When I get free, motherfuckers better watch they ass
Soon as I get released, I’ma clock some cash
Did some time locked down, but I’m back on the street
There’ll be trouble when they see me

I heard a snicker a laugh, I take a look at the evening news
And see a nigga gettin cuffed by the boys in blue
Is it a, frame up, tryin to keep me out the game, stuck
These motherfuckers tryin to dirty up my name, but
I slip as quick as the wind, it’s me again, fuck friends
My foes be on a mission, tryin to do me in
Fuck em I’m out to get out, they all thought
I blow up like gauge, and in a rage blow they balls off
Why are you niggaz tryin to test me trick?
And be the first ones to snitch to arrest me bitch
Maintain with a nigga meal ticket only if you with the real
The nigga will kick it, I’ll enforce it with the steel
These are lessons that I learned in jail
Rule one: fuck a busta he can burn in Hell
Now I’m workin with connects that I got in the pen
In no time I’ll be clockin again

Chorus

Heyyy, still sittin in my cell as I dwell on my past
Tryin to figure how a nigga turned dreams into cash
Quick call her collect, ain’t no respect on the other side
My cellmate’s suicidal cause his mother died
And my C.O. is a lady, and I’m thinkin maybe
me and her can hook up a scheme, to be Swayze
Cause she keep on callin me baby, to a young
motherfucker facin eighty that’s enough to make me crazy
Now how long will it take, to get a hook
Got her watchin me liftin weights, sneakin looks
I devised a plan, I’m in the trunk while she drives
but man, ain’t no disguise I’ma die as a man
If we make it then I’m takin it to Hell
all them niggaz that was frontin while I sat up in a cell
Locked in jail, I couldn’t touch her so I planned, in misery
The nigga you don’t wanna see

Chorus 3X

When I get free, believe that shit
Yeah nigga fuck your cigarette, fuck that phone call motherfucker
I’ll be out this motherfucker in a few days
I’ll pay these bitches back in spades
Punk ass bastards, long as my AK flexes
we gonna play these bitches
That’s how we do this shit
Fuck that I’m out, C.O. turn the fuckin lights out!
Fuck that I’m out, C.O. turn the fuckin lights out!

Against all odds, I’m still here nigga
Aiyyy, I got to get my props for 2Pacalypse
O.P.D. — what??!
When this album come out, niggaz can kiss my ass
Did you think I’d fall?
You think you could stop a motherfucker like me?
Introducing you to my criminal crew
Treach, A.D., Apache, Essential
You got to deal with me on a whole new level motherfucker
Above the Law, Lench Mob, the Underground
Cause I’m gettin paid
gets around and we down in this bitch
And the more you try to keep niggaz away from me
the more I unite with mo’ niggaz and mo’ niggaz and mo’ niggaz
Extra special thanks to my nigga Big John Major
And it’s a ghetto in every city and a nigga in every ghetto
I owe him, thanks to my man Mike Cooley and the rest of out fathers
Motherfucker we are unstoppable
And uhh, I’m not goin alive!
And uhh, I’m not goin alive!

Pssst… psssssst… aiyyo
Are you afraid to die, or do you wanna live forever
Tell me, which one?

They wanna bury me, I’m worried — I’m losin my mind
Look down the barrel of my nine and my vision’s blurry
Fallin to pieces, am I guilty? I pray to the Lord
but he ignores me unfortunately cause I’m guilty
Show me a miracle, I’m hopeless — I’m chokin off
marijuana smoke, with every toke it’s like I’m losin focus
Fallin to sleep while I’m at service, when will I die?
Forever paranoid and nervous because I’m high
Don’t mention funerals I’m stressin, and goin nutty
And reminiscin bout them niggaz that murdered my buddy
I wonder when will I be happy, ain’t nothin funny
Flashbacks of bustin caps, anything for money
Where am I goin I discovered, can’t nothin save me
My next door neighbor’s havin convo with undercovers
Put a surprise in the mailbox, hope she get it
Happy birthday bitch, you know you shouldn’ta did it
Everybody’s dyin am I next, who can I trust?
Will they be G’s, and they look at me before they bust?
Or will they kill me while I’m sleepin, two to the head
while I’m in bed, leakin blood on my satin sheets
Is there a heaven for a baller? I’m gettin suspicious
of this bitch the line busy everytime I call her
Now she’s tellin me to visit, who else is home?
I check the house before I bone, so we all alone
After I nut I hit the highway, see ya later
To all the players watch the fly way a nigga played her
The bitch is tellin all her homies — that I can fuck her
like no other now them other bitches wanna bone me
I’m under pressure gettin drunk, somebody help me
I drink a fifth of Hennesey I don’t think it’s healthy
I see my enemies they creepin, don’t make me blast
I watch the five-oh’s roll, the motherfuckers pass
by me like they know me, smilin as they laugh
I put up my middle finger then I dash
Niggaz don’t like me cause I’m Thuggin, and every day
I’m a hustler lookin to get paid

They wanna bury me, I’m worried — no need to lie
I pray to God I don’t scream when it’s time to fry
Nowhere to rest I’m losin homies, ain’t that a bitch
When I was rich I had clout, now a nigga’s lonely
I put the pistol to my head, and say a prayer
I see visions of me dead, Lord are you there?
Then tell me am I lost cause I’m lonely
I thought I had friends but in the end a nigga dies lonely
Nowhere to run I’m in terror, and no one cares
A closed casket at my funeral and no one’s there
Is there a future for a killer? I change my ways
But still that don’t promise me the next day
So I stay Thuggin with a passion, forever blastin
I’m bustin on these motherfuckers in my madness
They wonder if I’m hellbound… well Hell
can’t be worse than this, cause I’m in Hell now
Don’t make me hurt you I don’t want to, but I will
See motherfuckers killed over phone bills
Never will I die, I’ll be back
Reincarnated as a motherfuckin mack eleven
Cause in heaven there’s no shortage on G’s
I’m tellin you now, you motherfuckers don’t know me

“Only fear of death..” “You ghetto niggaz”
“Only fear of death is comin back reincarnated”
(repeats continously w/ variations)

Hahaha, I ain’t scared to die
I ain’t scared to die
To my homies in heaven

I ain’t scared to die
Do you wanna live forever?
Are you scared, to die?
Or will you scream, when you fry?

I don’t fear death
My only fear of death is comin back, reincarnated
This is dedicated to Mental, R.I.P.
And Big Kill, R.I.P.
And all you other O.G.’s, who go down
I don’t fear death
I don’t fear death

(feat. Buju Banton, Dramacydal, Notorious B.I.G., Stretch)

* the word ‘police’ is censored on the album version of this song

One time, one time nigga one time! (Where?)

Runnin’ from the police (Yeah I know what you mean)
No matter what I do, they got a nigga
still runnin’ from the police
(Put them motherfuckin Nike’s on tight and get ghost y’all)

[Dramacydal]
I ain’t got nuttin on my mind, but gettin in some trouble
Lickin shots to they block leavin bloody blood puddles
for some ridah delight, now we in a gunfight
I can shoot the gauge pebbles at the devils or die tonight
It’s on me, but if I die bury me a motherfuckin G
A open casket on them bastards so they all remember me
With my vest on my chest, my tools and my piece
Thug Life motherfucker gotta me runnin’ from the police

Nigga, you know that’s true
Catch a nigga like K-Dog, chillin wit a crew
Every damn day parlay with my glass of Re
The O.J. and it’s all OK
’til that fuckin fake cop got to play the man
Ran me down the block with my glass in my hand
Damn, I hope it don’t spill
Nigga chill, shit is real cock back my steel

Still runnin’ from the police I gets no sleep
I got you peepin in my window while I’m smokin indo
But I ain’t no motherfuckin track star, pig’s got a Jeep
like Big Mouth, runnin through motherfucker’s backyards
So I, grabs my piece before I flee
And instead of me runnin’, these bitches is runnin’ from me
Lick shots hits spots off on my piece
Cause a nigga like Big Mouth is through runnin’ from the police

[Interlude: Buju Banton]
I bust off! What about the time they pull me from the Bronco
lay, they tried to cock me, but them can’t gun store
When a batty bwoy do it from the mob
Ahh, pull up your pants then you screw an left squad
Look around, look around, punk police
While gwan man doesn’t a come but a bad boy test
Look around, look around, punk police
Me hafta blast back, cause de blast is best

[Stretch]
Yo I was, schemin and fiendin for loots and took the crooked route
to, ghetto fame I felt the pains and now I run the game
The insane brain, cold gettin fly like a plane
on them suckers with my nigga Biggie Smalls causin ruckus

[Notorious B.I.G.]
Check it, I grew up a fuckin screw-up
Got introduced to the game, got a ounce and fuckin blew up
Choppin rocks overnight
The nigga Biggie Smalls tryin to turn into the black Frank White

[Stretch]
And we got the workers choppin rock, Benz by the flock
And we gettin it, the dirty cops are jealous so they sweatin it
I’m lettin off smoke, hope they don’t play me for no joke
and provoke the homicide, so just let the drama slide
We keepin it real, fuck how you feel, Biggie pass the steel
Let’s serve these motherfuckers slugs as a fuckin meal

[Notorious B.I.G.]
We had to grow dreads to change our description
Two cops is on the milk box missin
Show they toes you know they got stepped on
A fist full of bullets a chest full of Teflon
Run from the police picture that, nigga I’m too fat
I fuck around and catch a asthma attack (*heavy breathing*)
That’s why I bust back, it don’t phase me
When he drop, take his glock, and I’m Swayze
Celebrate my escape, sold the glock, bought some weight
Laid back, I got some money to make, motherfucker

[Interlude: Buju Banton]
Now it’s war, me tryin to sell, runnin from the punk po-lice
They try to cock me, but them can’t gun store
What about they come to hold up me North
Pulled up the park, I left school and left buck
Look around, look around, punk police
Was about to blast with ya gun but you can’t stop me
Look around, look around, punk police
Me haf to blast back, cause blast back best

[2Pac]
They got me runnin’ from the five-oh
duckin and dodgin in my survival
The Benzo and I let off with my nine, hoe
I’m movin swifter than the next nigga, no time for sex
Cause in my mind all I wonder is who’s next
Nigga, my homey slipped and now he pays the price
He did a driveby, sixteen, now he’s doin triple life
Tell me is it me or my upbringin, I spit that thug shit
Nigga motherfuck singin, I hope you got your Timberlands
on tight, cause I ain’t givin up
I’d rather duck these motherfuckers all night
I’m runnin’ through the projects, beyotch
They’ll never catch me
Cause I’m loc’d and trigger happy on the, sneotch
Don’t say you never heard of me, til they murder me, I’m a legend
Do Thug Niggas go to heaven?
I’m rollin with the thorough heads
We gettin ghost on them hoes and yo
I got no love for the five-oh I’m runnin’ from the police

[Outro: Buju Banton to fade]
[Outro: Buju Banton to fade]

[Tupac - speaking]
The only way, for me to come back, is by Makaveli
That’s it! All these motherfuckers stole from me
I’m takin back what’s mine

[slowed down voice]
[laughing] You motherfuckers can’t stop me
Even if I die, I’m gon’ be a fuckin problem
Do you believe in ghosts, motherfucker?
Real live black… ghosts
Feel me?

[Verse One: 2Pac]
Some say I’m crazy, these punk-ass cops can’t fade me
Mama tried to raise me, but had too many babies
Papa was a motherfuckin, joke
Used to find dope in his coat
And nearly choked when he’d tell me not to smoke
Daaamn, don’t get me started
My mama smoked so God damn much
when she was pregnant I’m surprised I ain’t retarded
At night I can’t sleep, can’t peep
As they pass through the glass of my neighbors five deep
Starin at the wall, heard a scream
Wake up in the mornin
See the blood in the hall from the murder scene
Don’t cry, just ask why, and try not to die
As I take you through a ghetto nigga’s lullabye
On the corner, where the niggaz slang they crack
And the undercovers jack those that don’t watch they back
(Five-OH!) I daydream about the dope world
Take a puff from the blunt and watch the smoke swirl
My mausberg goes BOOM, what’s another plug
Snatchin drugs, pumpin slugs in these other thugs
(GIVE IT UP NIGGA) Don’t run out of breath
Every step could be death ’til you blast
And be the last nigga left, then I’ll be ghost

[Chorus: 2Pac]
Don’t cry, just ask why, and try not to die
As I take you through a ghetto nigga’s lullabye
Don’t cry, just ask why, and try not to die
As I take you through a ghetto nigga’s lullabye

[Verse Two: 2Pac]
A seven-deuce full of niggaz goes by
Thought I was trippin the second time they rolled, by
Recognized the plates, the faces looked familiar
Everybody swear they know the nigga that’s gonna, kill ya
Don’t murder me murder me, killa a nigga in his sleep
Let me die as I rest in peace, deep
Back to these niggaz in the seven-deuce
A mac-10 out the window bout to let it loose, what could I do?
Run for cover and return fire
DIE MOTHERFUCKIN DIE, hope yo’ ass fry, don’t ask why
But I let off everything I have
An empty clip, hit the ground as a nigga dash
On my ass was the motherfuckin cops now
Barely breathin tryin to keep from gettin shot down
BOO-YAOW is the sound, bullet whizzed by
Still runnin like a nigga got nine lives
Don’t know why but I’m runnin to my fuckin block
Took a shot, tired of runnin from the niggaz and the cops
Time to be a ghost
(HEY MAN, COME THE FUCK ON!)
And then we’ll be ghost

[Chorus]

[Tupac - speaking]
FUCK THE POLICE NIGGA! [laughing]
FUCK THE POLICE NIGGA! [laughing]

[2pac]
Sometimes its hard to wake up in the morning
Mind full of demons, I don’t wanna hear them anymore
Got me heartbroken,fine, so many babies screaming
Cause they seeing destruction before they a see human being
So they start smoking weed, we’ll never get our day
Until we learn to pray, keep our families in shape
Cause they all broke. and why do ghetto birds die
Before we learn to fly, some bodies else’s child caught in guns
Smoking weed, can all make a change
So I’m told, but I haven’t seen the change unfold,
I keep hoping please, if you prefer to breathe,
Communities in need of people that will lead
Keep your eyes open now, can only say I’ll try
Until the day I die, I promise to be wise
With my heart open free, brings only misery
A way to tragedy, so I stay sucker free
Only a few chosen, rise (rise)
My ghetto queen, rise (rise)
Don’t be afraid to try (try)
Too many of us died to the door to open wide
My brother be wise, stay focused on the prize
Though everybody dies
We can…

[Eminem]
Only learn to take, our anger and our hate
Control our mental state, settle down, and just set it straight
Maybe we can learn to take a second to pump the brakes
For we said it, regret it later, and let it escalate
Cause by then its too just late, theres so much we can take
Theres only so much someone can swallow and tolerate
To the point that he just breaks, snaps and thats all it takes
You’d think that we was learning from other rappers mistakes
But we aint
Its plain to go against, with every artists, comes the image he portrays
And a picture that he paints
But in the midst of all this anger and this angst
Never once did you hear me say I’m a gangster and I aint hear no complaints
But I know, that I will always continue to grow,
As long as I lead and never follow no one else’s shadow
There will never be another me
And that I can guarantee
Thats why the fuck I remain sucker free to this day
The game will never be the same
No matter how much fame or success they attain
There will never be another me
And no matter what they do
There will never be another you
You can search but you’ll never find
You can try to rewind time
But in your hearts and your minds
We will never die
We are forever alive
And we continue growing….

[Outlawz]
One day at a time

Don’t be caught in the publicity and caught in the hype
Rappers are regular people minus money and light
Searching for fortune and fame, and super stardom
All the jewelry, all the cars, whose crew is the hardest.
Now the hip-hop police, the villains is watching
And kids think beef is the only option
Outlaws born filthy, guilty as charged
My memories of him die, but makaveli lives on
You think the industry is fun
And no pity with guns
And when your money is up
Thats when your enemies come
So if he died and came back
Would he try to save rap?
We needing a change, the drama remains

I spent my whole life, fighting myself
That I cant win so I’m inviting some help
and every now and then I take rights from left
Im still just like a kid, looking for stripes on my belt
And that there is a fight in itself
So I just pray and hope god
Take a like to myself
No matter how much I try (stay alive)
I’m gunna die mad, still standing there in love with my pride

Heard frivolous beats, we past that
I’m trying to keep some income coming in
And collect on my ass cap
The rappers in the game aint changed
And I finally realized that we not in the same game
The hating will never end, so I guess I’ll deal wit it
Them 4-5 with cop killers, just some steel wit it
The streets is military, you gotta be a soldier
Gotta stay leery and keep your eyes on the rollers
As they do what they gotta do to shackle and hold us
So we gotta do what we gotta do to keep rolling
One way at a time, keep the faith in your mind
and we continue growin…

[2Pac]
…One day at a time. Damn!
…One day at a time. Damn!

[Child:] Why you by the window?, what’s wrong daddy?

[Mother:] I know what’s wrong with that crazy motherfucker
He’s just stand by the goddamn window
with that fuckin’ AK all day
You don’t work, you don’t fuck, you don’t,
you don’t do a goddamn thing

I see death around the corner, gotta stay high while I survive
In the city where the skinny niggas die
If they bury me, bury me as a G nigga, no need to worry
I expect retaliation in a hurry
I see death around the- corner, anyday
Trying to keep it together, no one lives forever anyway
Strugglin and strivin, my destiny’s to die
Keep my finger on the trigger, no mercy in my eyes
In a ball of confusion, I think about my daddy
Madder than a motherfucker, they never shoulda had me
I guess I seen too many murders, the doctors can’t help me
Got me stressin’ with my pistol in my sheets, it ain’t healthy
Am I paranoid? - Tell me the truth
I’m out the window with my AK, ready to shoot
Ran out of endo and my mind can’t take the stress,
I’m out of breath
Make me wanna kill my damn self,
but I see death around the corner

[Chorus]

(When we were kids, belonging felt good)
I see death around the corner
(But having respect, that feels even better)
I see death around the corner
(When we were kids, belonging felt good)
I see death around the corner
(But having respect, that feels even better)

I see death around the corner,
the pressure’s getting to me
I no longer trust my homies,
them phonies tried to do me
Smoking too much weed,
got me paranoid, stressed
Pack a gat and my vest,
under my clothes when I dress
Here’s hopin I die the way I lived,
straight thuggin’
Huggin’ my trigger for all them niggas
who was buggin’
My homie told me once,
don’t you trust them other suckers
They fought like they your homies
but they phony motherfuckers
And even if I did die young, who cares
All I ever got was mean mugs and cold stares
I got homies in my head
who done passed away screamin, please
Young nigga, make Gs
I can’t give up, although I’m hopeless,
I think my mind’s gone
All I can do is get my grind on, death around the corner

[Chorus]

I was raised in the city, shitty
Ever since I was an itty bitty kitty
Drinkin’ liquor out my momma’s titty
And smokin’ weed was an everyday thang in my household,
And drinking liquor til’ you out cold
And tho’ i’m gone now, nigga it’s still on- Pow
Bustin on them niggas til they gone
How many more jealous ass bitches, comin for my riches
Now I gotta stay suspicious when I bone
Cause if I ain’t sharp and heartless,
them bitches will start shit
Excuse me, but this is where we part bitch
No more game for free, please explain to me
Why niggas trip bitch, who you came to see?
Murderin’ now but see me later man, as for my pops
I got homies that will hunt you til you drop
I hope the Lord will forgive me, I was a G
And gettin high was a way of gettin free
I see death around the corner

[Chorus]

This is for all the real mothafuckin niggas out there
I know you ain’t scared to die
We all gotta go, ya know ?
A real motherfucker will pick the time he goes
And make sure he handles his motherfuckin business
Y’all niggas stop acting like pussies out there,
all right

[Movie bites]

I’m tired off getting ripped off by guys like that

I want his family dead, I want his house burned to the ground
I want to got there in the middle of the night,
I wanna piss on his head
I want his family dead, I want his house burned to the ground
I want to got there in the middle of the night,
I wanna piss on his head

I want that sonova bitch dead, I want him dead
I want him dead, I don’t care
I want him dead, I don’t care

[Chorus (E.D.I. Amin):]

You either ride wit’ us, or collide wit’ us
It’s as simple as that for me and my niggaz
You either ride wit’ us, or collide wit’ us
It’s as simple as that for me and my niggaz

[E.D.I. Amin]
War Time
War Time, it’s either yourz or mine
Outlawz be on a grind, and a mission to shine
And ride on em’, leave em’ stuck and fucked from the gate
Set it straight, regulate
wit’ a bomb I’m about to detonate (Boom!)
Hesitate, aww, now you know what
ya’ll niggaz were here to go
If you know it was good for ya
Buncha toy souljahs all dressed in fatigue
But I’m Edi Amin on a mission to make em bleed
Nigga what?, Nigga who?
It was cool? and at you?, what the fuck is gone do?
Barbecue and boo-hoo
Ride or die, get money all at the same time
Split the pie with the homie, ball at the same time
Any nigga splippin’, fall at the same time
We all links in the chain, tryin to gain, do time
We all see the sunshine
But when you could do yourz, we’ll bring these muthafuckas war

[Chorus (E.D.I. Amin):]

You either ride wit’ us, or collide wit’ us
It’s as simple as that for me and my niggaz

[2Pac]
As I approach the scene, from smokin’ green
Got my eyes closed, niggaz so cold on my foes
I make em’ die froze
Watch me make em’ bleed, make em’ G’s
Lord help me wit’it
Got me paintin’ pictures of a mil-ticket
Help me get’it
See me and pray for options
but the pressures nonstop
Niggaz get the pistol poppin’
And watch they body drop
I’m a lethal threat, watch me hit your set
Flash on, blast on them bitch-made niggaz wit’ my mask on
Do it for profit, plus I’m, lookin for punks to bust on
If you ain’t screamin’ WestSide, you can get the fuck on
I’m seein’ demons hittin’ weed
Got me hearin’ screamin’
Scared to go to sleep, watch the scene like a dope-fiend
Probably be punished for it, though you can’t ignore it
I live the life of a thug nigga, and die for it
Niggaz pass the clip and watch me bring em to the floor
I got some shit that they ain’t ready for (What you got?)
I got the Secretz of War

[Chorus (E.D.I. Amin):]

You either ride wit’ us, or collide wit’ us
It’s as simple as that for me and my niggaz
You either ride wit’ us, or collide wit’ us
It’s as simple as that for me and my niggaz

[Yaki Kadafi]
We do this thug life shit, like 4, 5, 6, dick em’
Down wit’ no rounds left up in the pound when the sounds (Here we go)
Squeeze the lead off, I blow his mutha fuckin’ head off
Signal all the other outlawz to get this shit set off
Yaki Kadafi, it ain’t a cop here to stop me
These streetz is black hockey and raw we get sloppy
Put a pamper on your silly ass prestyle grammar
Locked in the slammer, while I’m layed cocked back like a hammer
Ya’ll newly weds that in honey moons, times bout up
Ya’ll, that means I leave no trace found with you face, bounce, stuck
Your pig scanners can’t come close touch or even hit me
Doin’ my dirt, puttin’ in work, you see shit, what you gonna do?

[Chorus (E.D.I. Amin):]

You either ride wit’ us, or collide wit’ us
It’s as simple as that for me and my niggaz
You either ride wit’ us, or collide wit’ us
It’s as simple as that for me and my niggaz
Yo, we go to war

[Young Noble]
We check the murder rate percentage
Niggaz is finished
Get blood checks from clinics
This thug shit is in us
Flowin’ through my system, you a victim
Blunts, I twist em’, fuck the whole world
It’s us against them
you got some heat? Pull it out
Cock the hammer if you wit’ it, don’t make
No difference here, with the 25 to life sentence
We already doin’ life on the streetz
Like algae, niggaz be heated, when they walkin’ the beat
This shit is flaky, makin’ backs shaky, niggaz hate me
Scared to face me, knowin’ that the Outlawz blaze me
Pull me up on game, put me up on a hustle
Once I suck my money muscle, all the G’s got devils
Movin’ shit like a dollar, beatin’ niggaz like Rodney
Turn a killa like Kadafi, and a nuke stream to stop me

[Chorus (E.D.I. Amin):]

You either ride wit’ us, or collide wit’ us
It’s as simple as that for me and my niggaz
You either ride wit’ us, or collide wit’ us
It’s as simple as that for me and my niggaz
You either ride wit’ us, or collide wit’ us
It’s as simple as that for me and my niggaz
You either ride wit’ us, or collide wit’ us
It’s as simple as that for me and my niggaz
We go to war

[2Pac]
Bring it on
And all you lil’ young ass souljahs
You play this shit back about fifteen times
You’ll have enough game to roll up in a club or somethin
Teach these bitches a lil’ somethin’, you know what I mean?
Secretz of muthafuckin’ War….
Secretz of muthafuckin’ War….

(feat. Notorious B.I.G.)

[Sway (MTV Interviewer) Speaking] Between you and Biggie was like, who’s gonna, who’s gonna,
who ruled, the, the, nigga kingdom and shit basically, you know what I’m sayin’?
It was like, this is like an election…
[2Pac speaking:] It is an election
[Sway Speaking] You know what I’m sayin’?
[2Pac speaking] Me and Biggie’s situation was smaller than that,
me and Biggie’s situation was like…

[Reporter Speaking] Tupac Shakur was shot several times in the chest… [Other reporters talking, then they fade slowly]

[Chorus]
You know, I wonder if they’ll laugh when I am dead
Why am I fighting to live, if I’m just living to fight
Why am I trying to see, when there aint nothing in sight
Why am I trying to give, when no one gives me a try
Why am I dying to live, if I’m just living to die

[Notorious B.I.G.]
Check it, I grew up a fuckin screw up
Got introduced to the game, got a ounce and fuckin blew up
Choppin rocks overnight
The nigga Biggie Smalls tryin ta turn into the black Frank White
We had to grow dreads to change our description
Two cops is on the milk box missin
Show they toes you know they got stepped on
A fist full of bullets a chest full of Teflon
Run from the police picture that, nigga I’m too fat
I fuck around and catch a asthma attack
That’s why I bust back, it don’t phase me
When he drop, take his glock, and I’m Swayze
celebrate my escape, sold the glock, bought some weight
Laid back, I got some money to make, motherfucker

[Chorus]

[2Pac]
And still I’m havin memories of high speeds, when the cops crashed
As I laugh pushin the gas when my glocks blast
We was young, and we was dumb but we had heart
In the dark when we survived through the bad parts
Many dreams is what I had, and many wishes
No hesitation in extermination of these snitches
And these bitches they still continue to pursue me
A couple of movies now the whole world tryin to screw me
even the cops tried to sue me
So what can I do but stay true, sippin 22’s a brewin
now the medias tryin to test me got the press askin questions, tryin to stress me
misery is all I see, thats my mind’s state
My history with the police is shakin’ the crime rate
Ma main man had 2 strikes, slipped, got arrested and flipped
He screamed ‘Thug Life!’ and emptied the clip
gots tired of runnin from the police

[chorus]

[Biggie]
I was shocked at everything! Ya know what im sayin. I wasn’t more shocked at him dying.
I was more shocked at him. Pac’ is a strong dude… I know him… You know what I’m sayin?…
Real strong… so it was when he got shot I was more like “again”. You know what I’m sayin?…
He always gettin shot or shot at… He gon’ pull threw this one again, make a few of records about it and its gon be over..
You know, then when he died I was like ‘Woah’… you know what I’m sayin…
it kinda took me by suprise… even though we was going threw our drama I would NEVER
wish death on nobody! ’cause there ain’t no comin back from death [echo]…..
wish death on nobody! ’cause there ain’t no comin back from death [echo]…..