ALL : ARABIC : ENGLECH :...
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Album: Greatest Hits
Released: November 24, 1998
Label: Interscope Records
Song: 2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted
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[Snoop Talking]
Up out of there
[Daz, repeated several times until first verse begins]
Ain't Nothin' but A Gangsta Party
[Tupac Talking]
Ahh sh*t
you've done fucked up now
you done put 2 of Amerikaz most wanted in the same muthafuckin' place
at the same muthafuckin' time
ya'll niggas about to feel this
break out the champange glasses and muthafuckin' condoms
have one on us aight
[Tupac]
Picture Perfect
I paint a perfect picture
bombin' hooties with percision
Mind intensions to get with ya
with the S-N double-O-P dogg
to help my fuckin' homie
you's a cold *** nigga on them all
[Snoop]
Sure enough I keep my hand on my gun
cause they got me on the run
Now I am back in the court room waitin' on the outcome
Free Tupac is all that's on a niggas mind
but at the same time
it seem they tryin' to take mine
so I am get smart and get the best of this sh*t
and put together a million march plus some gangsta sh*t
[Tupac]
So now they got us laced
Two multi millionaire muthafuckas catchin' cases
*****es get ready for the throw down
the shits about to go down
Uhh, me and Snoop about to clown
I am losin' my religion
I am vicious on these stool pigeons
you might be deep in this game
but you got some rules missin'
niggas be actin like we savage
See i'm a get the cabbage
I got nutin' but love for my niggas livin' lavish
[Snoop]
I got a pet named P she niggarino
I got a house out in the Hills right next to Chino
and I think I got a Black Beama'
but my dream is to own a fly casino
like Bugsy Segal, and do it all illegal
and get scooped up, by the little homie in a Regal
Uhh it feel good to ya Baby bubba
you see this is for the G's and the Ki's muthafucka
[Tupac]
Now follow as we Ride
muthafuck the rest
two of the best from the westside
and I can make you famous
Niggas been dying for years
so how could they blame us
I live in fear of a felony
I never stop ballin' these
mutha fuckin' G's
If ya got it better flaunt it
another warrant
2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted
[Daz]
Ain't Nothin' but a Gangsta Party [x2]
[Tupac]
Nothin' but a gangsta party
[Daz]
Ain't Nothin' but a Gangsta Party
[Tupac]
Ain't Nothin' but a Gangsta Party
It ain't nothin' but a muthafuckin' gangsta party
[Daz]
Ain't Nothin' but a Gangsta Party
[Tupac]
Ain't Nothin' but a Gangsta Party
It ain't nothin' but a muthafuckin' gangsta party
[Daz]
Ain't nothin but a gangsta party
[Tupac]
Now give me 50 feet
The feet is not my destiny
release me to the streets
and keep what evers left of me
Jealousy is misery, suffery is grief
Better be prepared when you cowards **** with me I
I busta free, these niggas must be crazy (What)
there ain't no mercy mutha fuckas
who can fade the thugs?
you thought it was but it wasn't
now disappear
bow down in the presence of a Boss playa
[Snoop]
It's like cuz, blood, gang banging
everybody in the party doing dope slangin'
you got to have papers in this world
you might get your first snatch before your eyes swirl
ya doing ya job
every day
and then you work so hard till ya hair turn gray
let me tell you about life and 'bout the way it is
see we live by the gun so we die by the blood of kids
[Tupac]
They tell me not to roll with my glock
So now I got to throw away
floating in the black Benz
trying to do a show a day
they wonder how I live with 5 shots
niggas is hard to kill on my block
Scheme for currency and dough related
affilliated with the hustlas
so we made it
Your answer to the question
tryin' to get up on it
my nigga dogg homie and 2 of the most wanted
Album: Greatest Hits
Released: November 24, 1998
Label: Interscope Records
Song: Hit 'Em Up
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I ain't got no motherfuckin friends so i fucked yo'bitch, you fat motherfucker(take money)
West Side
Bad Boy Killers{Take Money}
You know who the realist is
Niggas we bring it to {Take Money}
[ha ha, that's alright]
First off, **** your *****
And the click you claim
West side when we ride
Come equipped with game
You claim to be a playa
But, I fucked your wife
We bust on Bad Boys
Niggas **** for Life
Plus Puffy tryin' to see me weak
Hearts I rip
Biggie Smalls and Junior Mafia
Some mark *** *****es
We keep on coming
While we running for your jewels
Steady gunning
Keep on busting at them fools
You know the rules
Little Ceasar go ask you homie
How i'll leave yah
Cut your young *** up
Leave you in pieces
Now be deceased
Little Kim,
Don't **** around with real G's
Quick to snatch your ugly ass, off the streets
So **** peace
I'll let them niggas know
It's on for Life
Don't let the west side
Ride the night [ha ha]
Bad Boys murdered on Wax and kill
**** with me
And get your caps peeled
You know, See
Chorus
Grab your glocks when you see 2pac
Call the cops when you see 2pac, Uhh
Who shot me,
But, your punks didn't finish
Now, you got to feel the wrath of a menace
Nigga, I hit 'em up
Check this out
You mutha-fuckas know what time it is
I don't know why I'm even on this track
Y'all niggas ain't even on my level
I'm going to let my little homies
Ride on yah
***** made *** Bad Boys *****es
{ahh yo, yo, hold the **** up}
Get out the way yo
Get out the way yo
Biggie Smalls just got dropped
Little move pass the mac
And let me hit 'em in his back
Frank White needs to get spanked right
For setting traps
Little accident murderers
And I ain't never heard of yah
Poise less gats attack when I'm serving yah
Spank the shank
Your whole style when I gank
Guard your rank
Cause I'm a slam your *** in a pang
Puffy weaker than a fuckin' block
I'm running through nigga
And I'm smoking Junior Mafia
In front of yah nigga
With the ready power
Tucked in my Guess
Under my Eddie Bower
Your clout petty sour
I push packages ever hour
I hit 'em up
Chorus
Grab your glocks when you see 2pac
Call the cops when you see 2pac, Uhh
Who shot me,
But, your punks didn't finish
Now, you got to feel the wrath of a menace
Nigga, I hit 'em up
Peep how we do it
Keep it real
Its penitentiary steel
This ain't no freestyle battle
All you niggas getting killed
With your mouths open
Tryin' to come up off of me
You and the clouds hoping
Smoking dope
It's like a Shermine
Niggas think they learned to fly
But they burn mutha-fucka you deserve to die
Talking about you Getting Money
But its funny to me
All you niggas living bummy
While you fucking with me?
I'm a self made Millionaire
Thug livin', out of prison
Pistols in the Air {Air} [Ha Ha]
Biggie remember when I use to let you sleep on the couch
And beg the ***** to let you sleep in the house
Now its all about versace
You copied my style
Five shots couldn't drop me
I took it and smiled
Now I'm back to set the record straight
With my A-K
I'm still the thug that you love to hate
Mutha-fucka I'll Hit 'Em Up
I'm from N W New Jers.
Where plenty of murder occurs
No points to come
We bring drama to all you herds
Now go check the scenerio
Little Ceas'
I'll bring you fake G's to yah knees
Copin' pleas with these
Little Kim is yah
Coked up or doped up
Get your little Junior Whopper click smoked up
What the fuck?
Is you stupid?
I take money,
crash and mash through Brooklyn
With my click looting, shooting, and polluting your block
With fifteen shot,
Cocked glock to your knot
Outlaw Mafia click moving up another notch
And your Pop stars popped and get dropped and mopped
And all your fake *** east coast props
Brainstormed and locked
You'se a B-writer
Pac style taker
I'll tell you to face, you ain't nothing sh*t but a faker
So fill the Alazhay with a chaser
'bout to get murdered for the paper
E.d.i I mean post the scene of the caper
Like a loc, with little Ceas' in a choke [uhh]
Toting smoke, we ain't no mutha-fuckin' joke
Thug Life, niggas better be known
Be approaching
In the wide open, gun smoking
No need for hoping
It's a battle lost
I gottem crossed as soon as the funk is bopping off
Nigga, I hit 'em up
Now you tell me who won
I see them, they run [ha ha]
They don't wanna see us
Whole Junior Mafia click
Dressing up trying to be us
How the **** they gonna be the Mob?
When we always on out job
We millionaire's
Killing ain't fair
But somebody got to do it
Oh yeah Mobb Deep [uhh]
You wanna **** with us
You Little young *** mutha-fuckas
Don't one of you niggas got sickle-cell or something
You fucking with me, nigga ?
You **** around and catch a seizure or a heart-attack
You better back the **** up
Before you get smacked the **** up
This is how we do it on our side
Any of you niggas from New York that want to bring it,
Bring it.
But we ain't singing,
We bringing drama
**** you and your mother fucking mama.
We gonna kill all you mother fuckers.
Now when I came out, I told you it was just about biggie.
Then everybody had to open their mouth for they mother fuckin opinion
Well this is how we gon' do this:
**** Mobb Deep,
**** Biggie,
**** Bad Boy as a staff, record label, and as a mother fuckin crew.
And if you want to be down with Bad Boy,
Then **** you too.
Chino XL, **** you too.
All you mother fuckers,
**** you too.
(take money, take money)
All of y'all mother fuckers,
**** you, die slow mother fucker.
My fo' fo' (.44 magnum) make sure all yo' kids don't grow.
You mother fuckers can't be us or see us.
We mother fuckin' Thug Life riders.
West Side till' we die.
Out here in California, nigga
We warned ya'
We'll bomb on you mother fuckers.
We do our job.
You think you the mob, nigga, we the mother fuckin' mob
Ain't nuttin' but killers
And the real niggas, all you mother fuckers feel us.
Our sh*t goes triple and four quadruple
You niggas laugh cuz our staff got guns under they mother fuckin' belts
You know how it is and we drop records they felt
You niggas can't feel it
We the realist
**** 'em.
We Bad Boy killas.
Greetzzz
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Album: Resurrection
Released: November 11, 2003
Label: Amaru / Interscope
Song: Ghost
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[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' *** fry, don't ask why
But I let off everything I have
An empty clip, hit the ground as a nigga dash
On my *** 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 **** ON!)
And then we'll be ghost
[Chorus]
[Tupac - speaking]
**** THE POLICE NIGGA! [laughing]
Album: Greatest Hits
Released: November 24, 1998
Label: Interscope Records
Song: California Love
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[1]-California...knows how to party
California...knows how to party
In the citaaay of L.A.
In the citaaay of good ol' Watts
In the citaaay, the city of Compton
We keep it rockin! We keep it rockin!
[Verse One: Dr. Dre]
Now let me welcome everybody to the wild, wild west
A state that's untouchable like Elliot Ness
The track hits ya eardrum like a slug to ya chest
Pack a vest for your Jimmy in the city of sex
We in that sunshine state with a bomb *** hemp beat
the state where ya never find a dance floor empty
And pimps be on a mission for them greens
lean mean money-makin-machines servin fiends
I been in the game for ten years makin rap tunes
ever since honeys was wearin sassoon
Now it's '95 and they clock me and watch me
Diamonds shinin lookin like I robbed Liberace
It's all good, from Diego to tha Bay
Your city is tha bomb if your city makin pay
Throw up a finger if ya feel the same way
Dre puttin it down for
Californ-i-a
[repeat 1]
[2]-Shake it shake it baby
Shake it shake it baby
Shake it shake it mama
Shake it Cali
Shake it shake it baby
Shake it shake it shake it shake it...
[Verse Two: 2Pac]
Out on bail fresh outta jail, California dreamin
Soon as I stepped on the scene, I'm hearin hoochies screamin
Fiendin for money and alcohol
the life of a west side playa where cowards die
Only in Cali where we riot not rally to live and die
In L.A. we wearin Chucks not Ballies (that's right)
Dressed in Locs and khaki suits and ride is what we do
Flossin but have caution we collide with other crews
Famous cause we program worldwide
Let'em recognize from Long Beach to Rosecrans
Bumpin and grindin like a slow jam, it's west side
So you know the row won't bow down to no man
Say what you say
But give me that bomb beat from Dre
Let me serenade the streets of L.A.
From Oakland to Sacktown
The Bay Area and back down
Cali is where they put they mack down
Give me love!
[rpt 1]
[dre] now make it shake...
[rpt 2]
[Outro: Dre, 2Pac]
uh, yeah, uh, longbeach in tha house, uh yeah
Oaktown, Oakland definately in tha house hahaha
Frisko, Frisko
[Tupac] hey, you know LA is up in this
Pasadena, where you at
yeah, Inglewood, Inglewood always up to no good
(Tupac) even Hollywood tryin to get a piece baby
Sacramento, sacramento where ya at? yeah
Throw it up y'all, throw it up, Throw it up
Let's show these fools how we do this on that west side
Cause you and I know it's tha best side
yeah, That's riight
west coast, west coast
uh, California Love
California Love
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Album: Still I Rise
Released: December 21, 1999
Label: Interscope
Song: Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head up II)
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[2Pac]
I feel you {uhh} .. (baby don't)
but you can't, you can't give up
{Hey.. 2Pac what?}
[2Pac + H.E.A.T.]
Baby don't cry, I hope you got your head up {Outlawz}
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby don't cry, I hope you got your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up {Keep ya head up}
[2Pac]
Now here's a story bout a woman with dreams
So picture perfect at thirteen, an ebony queen
Beneath the surface it was more than just a crooked smile
Nobody knew about her secret so it took a while
I could see a tear fall slow down her black cheek
Sheddin quiet tears in the back seat; so when she asked me,
"What would you do if it was you?"
Couldn't answer such a horrible pain to live through
I tried to trade places in the tragedy
I couldn't picture three crazed niggaz grabbin me
For just a moment I was trapped in the pain, Lord come and take me
Four niggaz violated, they chased and they raped me
Even though it wasn't me, I could feel the grief
Thinkin with your brains blown that would make the pain go
No! You got to find a way to survive
cause they win when your soul dies
[2Pac + H.E.A.T.]
Baby please don't cry, you got to keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby don't cry, you got to keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby don't cry, I hope you got your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up {never give up}
Baby don't cry, I hope you got your head up {never give up}
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby don't cry
[Edi Amin]
Uhh
Forget him girl (forget him girl) he ain't gon' never change
I ain't no hater but that nigga lost in the game
After the bright lights and big thangs
he probably could loev you, but he in love with the struggle
Everyday, his mind on gettin mo' (gettin mo')
and never your feelings, he's chasin millions fo' sho'
Uh oh (uh oh), now you bout to have his baby? (dayamn)
Another wild-ass nigga that's gon' drive you crazy
You got too much, mo', livin to do - I'm spittin this to you,
cause you deserve more than what he givin to you (that's right)
Beautiful, black, precious, and complicated
A new millennium dime piece, so fine she
got em all stuck standin still when she come through
Baby take a little mo' time, love'll find you
And show us the sky's blue somebody other than me
gon' give you everything you need, feel me?
{Don't cry-ahhhhh..}
[2Pac + H.E.A.T.]
Baby don't cry, you got to keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up {you'll be alright}
Baby don't cry, you got to keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up {you'll be alright}
Baby don't cry, I hope you got your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up {keep your head up}
Baby don't cry, I hope you got your head up {never give up}
Even when the road is hard, never give up {no no.. ohhhh}
Baby don't cry
[Young Noble]
I'm tryin to do all that I can, from jump
Now you losin, you was choosin the wrong man
Dealt the wrong hand, you was young and beautiful
Lost and turned out, what you let that nigga do to you? (Damn)
I knew her since elementary, she blew a kiss to me
Wrote me a note in crayon, wantin to get with me
We was kids, now she got three kids
They see their father e'ryday, and they don't know who he is
Seen him last night, homey roll a E-class
Mad cheese in the stash, still a deadbeat dad
I bring her, Pampers and food, just to stop through
But those, ain't my seeds, nuttin really I could do (nah)
I feel pity for you, you ain't even his wife
Seventeen with three kids, locked down for life
Shoulda chose me, she bout to O.D. from the pressure
Hell nah I won't let her {BABY DON'T CRY}
[2Pac + H.E.A.T.]
Baby don't cry, you got to keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up {you'll be alright}
Baby don't cry, you got to keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up {baby don't cry}
Baby don't cry, I hope you got your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up {baby baby baby}
Baby don't cry, I hope you got your head up {no..}
Even when the road is hard, never give up {no-ohhhh}
Baby don't cry, I gotta keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby don't cry, you got to keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up {ooooh baby}
Baby don't cry, I hope you got your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby don't cry, I hope you got your head up {keep your head up}
{keep your head up, never give up}
Even when the road is hard, never give up, baby don't cry
[Young Noble]
Uhh, uhh, yeah, don't give up {you'll be alright}
Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry
[2Pac + H.E.A.T.]
Baby don't cry, I hope you got your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby don't cry, I hope you got your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up, baby don't cry
[Edi Amin]
For all the ladies {Soulshock, Karlin}
Baby don't cry
Got to keep your head up {keep your head up}
Makaveli the Don {head up} aight?
Tupac wurde am 16. Juni 1971 in Brooklyn (New York) geboren, einem Monat nachdem seine Mutter Afeni Shakur (bürgerlicher Name Alice fay Walker) aus dem Gefängnis entlassen wurde. Sie gehörte seit 1968 der afroamerikanischen Black Panther Organisation an, die für die Rechte der Schwarzen in Amerika kämpfte. Deshalb benannte sie ihn auch nach einem peruanischen Freiheitskämpfer. Der Name Tupac Amuru kommt von den Inkas und bedeutet 'leuchtende Schlange' und Shakur aus dem Arabischen 'dankbar zu Gott'. Sie versuchte ihm mit der Bedeutung der Ausbildung zu erziehen. Immer wenn er sich schlecht benahm mußte er eine komplette Ausgabe der New York Times lesen. Aber immer wenn er sie fragte, wer sein Vater sei antwortete sie ihm, daß sie es nicht wisse. Als er zwei war, wurde seine Schwester Sekyiwa geboren. Deren Vater, Mutulu, wurde ein paar Monate vor ihrer Geburt wegen eines schweren bewaffneten Autoüberfalls zu 60 Jahren verurteilt. Während seiner Jugendzeit fühlte Tupac sich dort nie so richtig wohl und einsam, da er keine Kameraden hatte, mit denen er aufwachsen konnte. Er begann damit Liebeslieder und Gedichte zu in ein Tagebuch ähnliches Buch zu schreiben. Darin war er gut. Mit 12 Jahren besuchte Tupac die Schauspielschule Harlems 127th St. Ensemble in Harlem, wo er auch sein Debut bei einer Produktion von 'Raising in the Sun' gab, und Travis spielte.
1986 zog er nach Baltimore um, wo er die Highshool for performing arts besuchte. Die Kleinstadt Leute hatten Respekt vor dem Big Apple. Er ließ die Leute denken das er ein harter Kerl sei. Hier lernte er auch Jada Pinkett kennen, welche ein enger Freund Tupac`s wurde. Er ging dort gern zur Schule, wurde auch bei Schulauftritten aktiv. und bei seinen Lehrern hinterließ er durch sein Gewaltpotential einen bleibenden Eindruck. Unter dem Namen MC New York schrieb Tupac auch schon seine ersten Raps, welche sofort den Ton der Generation trafen. Mit 16 erlebte er, wie sich sein bester Freund beim Spielen erschoß, und trug seitdem immer eine 9mm-Pistole mit sich herum. Deshalb war sein erster Rap auch über Waffenkontrolle.
Im Juni 1988 zog Tupac`s Familie nach Marin City,CA. Er schrieb weiter Raps, und begann, wie er später sagte, 'Mit den falschen Leuten abzuhängen'. Mit einem Nachbarn fing er an Drogen zu verkaufen und er verließ die Highschool.
George Chekhovs, der damalige Boss von Digital Underground (Tommy Boy Records), entdeckte 1989 Tupac und stellte ihn als Bühnentänzer ein. Im selben Jahr kam auch eine neue Spielart aus den Ghettos der Westküste, der Gangsta Rap. Die schwarzen Musiker waren harte Jungs aus den Ghetto`s, sie trugen Waffen und kannten die Gefängnisse von innen.
1991 war es dann endlich soweit und Tupac konnte seine Fähigkeiten als Rapper beweisen. Auf dem Track 'Same Song' von der Platte 'This is an E.P.Release' durfte er einen Vers rappen. Ebenso ist er auf dem Album 'Sons of the P.' zu hören. Kurze Zeit später erhielt er einen Plattenvertrag vom Interscope Label und noch im gleichen Jahr erschien sein Debut-Album '2Pacalypse Now'. Die Single Auskopplungen 'Trapped' und 'Brenda`s got a baby' waren monatelang auf Platz 1 der US-Billboardcharts und starteten Tupac`s Karriere wie eine Rakete. Ebenso wurde Digital Underground für einen Grammy nominiert. In diesem Jahr zeigte ihm sich das Leben von seiner Sonenseite. er nahm Songs auf und bekam immer mehr Unterstützung von seinen immer zahlreicher werdenden Fans.
Im darauffolgenden Jahr (1992) ging es im selben Stil weiter. Er erhielt eine Rolle in Earnest Dickerson`s Film 'Juice' , wo er einen jugendlichen Kriminellen spielt, der zum Killer wird. In diesem Film spielt er den Bishop und er sagt die schöne Zeile Yeah Im crazy, but you know what? I dont give a fuck. Dieser Film bekam gute Kritiken und Tupac entschied sich den Namen 2PAC für Raps und Tupac Shakur für seine Schauspielkarriere einzusetzen. Tupac meint zu seinem Gangsta Image: Jeder richtige Politiker ist auch ein Gangsta. Und da es mir als schwarzer Amerikaner nicht gestattet ist, politisch wirksam zu werden, muß ich eben ein großer Gangsta sein, um Einfluß zu nehmen. Deshalb ist es sicher auch nicht verwunderlich das er einige Zeit in verschiedenen Gefängnissen und Gerichtssälen verbrachte.
Thug Life ist der Lebenstil, der Tupac berühmt gemacht hat, wobei es gar nicht so einfach ist auf diese Art zu leben. Tupac mußte deshalb in seiner Zeit viele Schwierigkeiten meistern. Im Januar 1993 verprügelte er mit einigen angeblich spontanen Helfern seinen Filmregisseur, der ihn zuvor gefeuert hatte. Im April des gleichen Jahres ging er mit einem Baseballschläger auf einen anderen Rapper los, wofür er 10 Tage Gefängnis bekam. Im folgenden Oktober wurde er, nach einer Aussage, von zwei Polizisten mit gezogener Waffe gestoppt. Daraufhin schoß er die beiden in Notwehr an. Der genaue Tathergang wurde jedoch nie geklärt und die Anklage verworfen, nachdem klar wurde, daß sie nicht zu halten war. Er veröffentlichte sein zweites Album 'Strictly 4 my N.I.G.G.A.Z.' welches mit Singleauskopplungen wie 'I get around', 'Keep Ya head up' und 'Papa`z Song' einen noch größeren Erfolg hatte. Er wurde für einen American Music Award als bester neuer Rap Artist nominiert. Das Highlight in Tupac`s Schauspielkarriere war, als er an der Seite von Janet Jackson in John Singleton`s Streifen 'Poetic Justice' mitwirkte. Die Rolle brachte Tupac einen Namen, welcher der Welt zeigte das nicht nur die Musik seine Stärke ist. Inmitten der Rolle zum Film 'Above the Rim' und dem Platin Album 'Me Against The Worlda' wurde Tupac`s aufstrebende Karriere zerrissen. Er wurde im November von einem weiblichen Fan beschuldigt, sie in seinem Hotelzimmer vergewaltigt zu haben. Stunden bevor Tupac für schuldig befunden wurde, wurde er von bewaffneten Männern überfallen, deren Zweck aber bis heute noch ungeklärt ist. Zur gleichen Zeit erreichte sein Song 'Keep Ya head up' ( ein Song über den Stolz und die Stärke der Frau und gegen Männer, die den Frauen nicht genug Respekt entgegenbringen) die Top 10 der amerikanischen Charts.
Als er 1994 mit seinem damaligen Freund Stretch Walker seinen Kollegen Christopher 'The Notorious B.I.G.' Wallace in dessem Aufnahmestudioin N.Y. besuchen wollte, wurde er überfallen und fünfmal angeschossen. Die Täöter entkamen mit seinem Goldschmuck im Wert von ca. 40.000 $. Im Vibe-Magazin veröffentlichte Tupac im April `95 daß er Stretch Walker, Biggie Smalls und Sean 'Puffy' Combs als Drahtzieher hinter dem Anschlag vermutet. Durch diesen Konflikt entwickelte sich die bekannte Eastcoast - Westcoast Feindschaft. Als er unter Interscope Productions sein Album 'Me Against The World' veröffentlichte, kletterte seine musiklaische Karriere auf neue Höhen. Mit Hits wie 'Old School', 'Fuck the world' und 'Dear Mama' erreicht dieses Album Multi-platin und stand 4 Wochen auf Platz 1. Das Album enthält eine Menge traurige Lieder aus den depressiven Phasen Tupac`s leben. Mit Thug Life, bestehend aus 2Pac, Syke, Macadoshis, Mopreme und The rated R, brachte er ein weiteres Album hervor 'Thug Life Vol.1'. Auf einem Foto im Albumliner umrahmt er sein Gesicht mit seinen beiden Mittelfingern. Im Dezember wurde er von einem Teil der Anklage freigesprochen, aber er wurde für schuldig befunden, eine Frau in sein Hotelzimmer mitgenommen und sexuell mißbraucht zu haben.
Im Februar1995 mußte Tupac jedoch für 4,5 Jahre ins Gefängnis. Während er im Knast saß deutete er an das sich sein Lebensstil ändere. Das Verbrecherleben in mir ist Tod, wenn es so wäre, soll es jemand anderes vertreten, denn ich bin dessen überdrüssig. erzählt er dem Vibe-Magazin Ich repräsentierte es zu sehr. Am 29.April heiratet er seine langjährige Freundin Keisha Morris und während er im Knast saß, zeigten einige seiner Kollegen aus der R`n B und HipHop Szene ihre Sympathie indem sie das Video zu 'Temptations' drehten. Unter anderem waren dies Coolio, Ice-T und Warren G. Hauptsächlich waren nur Westcoast Rapper an diesem Projekt beteiligt. Dies hatte mit der 1994 in New York stattgefundenen Schießerei zu tun. Im November, genau ein Jahr nach der Schießerei in New York, wurde Stretch Walker regelrecht hingerichtet aufgefunden. Kurz zuvor, am 12. Oktober entließ man Tupac aus dem Gefängnis. Bei der Berufung zahlte der mächtige Westcoast Pate Marion 'Suge' Knight die Kaution von 1.000.000 $. Dabei nahm der Boß von Death Row Records die Chance war Tupac vertraglich an sein Studio zu binden.
Unter der Führung seines neuen Beschützers arbeitete er nun an seinem 4. Solo-Album. Tupac fühlte sich mit seinen Homiez auf der Westside ziemlich sicher, und hatte sogar den Mut, mit der Freundin seines Erzfeindes Biggie Small, Faith Evans, ein Duett aufzunehmen. Mit seinem Debut Album für Death Row 'All Eyez on me' schaffte er den Durchbruch zum Mainstream. Mit der ersten Doppel CD in der Rap und HipHop Welt und 27 Titeln setzte 2Pac einen neuen Meilenstein in der Rapgeschichte. Dieses Album mit Hits wie 'California Love', 'All Bout U', 'Only God Can Judge Me' und 'Thug Passion' erreichte mehrfach Platin und wurde allein in den USA innerhalb weniger Wochen mehr als 5.000.000 mal verkauft, und wurde dadurch die meistverkaufte Rap-CD aller Zeiten. Es schaffte auch sofort auf die Nr.01 der Billboardcharts und Singleauskopplungen wie 'California Love' verkauften sich in den USA allein 3 millionen mal. Nachdem Snoops letztes Solo-Album drei Jahre zurücklag und der Death Row Mitbegrü Dr. Dre sein eigenes Label gründete, wurde Tupac zu Death Row`s künstlerischem Herzstück, genauso wie sein großes Mundstück. Death Row und Tupac hatten einen gemeinsamen Feind. Das New Yorker Bad Boy Entertainment. Der Streit zwischen East und West eskalierte als sich 2Pac, Snoop Dogg, Sean 'Puffy' Combs und Biggie Smalls sich bei einem Award im Backstagebereich über den Weg liefen. 2Pac sagte wörtlich Du fette Sau ich habe deine Frau gefickt und es hat ihr gefallen. Sicherheitskräfte hielten die beiden gerade noch auseinander. In diesen äußerst beschäftigten Monaten, fand Tupac auch noch die Zeit einen Film zu drehen, eine rauhe Geschichte über das Leben auf der Straße, mit dem Titel 'Gang Related'. Diesen seinen letzten Film sah er nicht mehr.
Es war heiß in dieser Nacht des 6. September 1996 in Las Vegas. So heiß, daß sich Tupac Shakur aus seinem 750er BMW durch das Sonnendach dem Fahrtwind entgegenstreckte. Am Steuer saß sein Freund und Produzent Suge Knight. Sie kamen von einem in Las Vegas stattgefunden Kampf von Mike Tyson, und waren auf dem Weg zu Suge`s Club 662. Kurz nach elf tauchte neben ihnen ein weißer Cadillac mit vier Männern auf. Einer von feuerte auf sie. 4 davon trafen den Rapper in die Brust und 12 den Wagen. Sein Freund Suge Knight blieb unverletzt. Er drehte den Wagen und brachte Tupac ins Krankenhaus.
Am Freitag dem 13., um 4 Uhr 03 nachmitags verstarb Tupac. Er war genau der Gewalt zum Opfer gefallen, die er jahrelang in seinen Liedern gefeiert hatte. Neun Tage später, am 22. September fand in seiner Heimatstadt New York die Beerdigung statt. Doch ob 2Pac`s Leiche in dem Sarg war, wird bis heute bezweifelt.
Es gibt einige Beweise für 2Pac's Tod. Die Polizei von Las Vegas hat über 20 Zeugen vernommen und sie glauben zu wissen wer der Mörder von Tupac ist. Aber ohne weitere Cooperation befürchtet die Polizei, daß dieser Fall vor Gericht nicht durch kommt. Zweitens wurde eine Autopsy an einer Leiche durchgeführt, die durch die Fingerabdrücke als Tupac Shakur identifiziert wurde. Als Todesursache wurde das erliegen von schweren Schußwunden angegeben. Ein Todenschein liegt im Clark County Vital Records Office vor, und das Davis Funeral Home of Las Vegas bestädigt, daß sie eine Beerdigung für einen Tupac Shakur organisierte.
"Die Leute müssen ihn in Frieden und die Gerüchte ruhen lassen" sagte Snoop Doggy Dogg gegenüber MTV News. "Wenn du legendäre Musik machst wollen die Leute nicht glauben, daß du nicht mehr da bist. Sowie noch immer behauptet wird, daß Elvis noch immer am Leben sei.
In den folgenden Wochen schien Tupac`s Legende weiterzuleben. Am 5.November erschien 'Makaveli - The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory' und gab ihr Debut sofort auf Platz Nr.1 in den Billboard-Tabellen. Ebenso steigt 'All Eyez on me' wieder in die Top 20 und der Verkauf übersteigt die 6 Millionen Grenze.
Ein Jahr nach seinem Tod veröffentlichte seine Mutter unter Amaru Records, 2Pac`s Plattenfirma, die Doppel CD 'R U still down' mit 26 bisher unveröffentlichten Songs, die ihr Sohn kurz vor seinem Tod einspielte. Das Album verkaufte sich 4 Millionen mal. Im Januar 1997 wird 'Bullet' veröffentlicht. Die Filmgesellschaft scheint Tupac`s Tod nur als Verkaufsstrategie zu benutzen, da er in dem Film nur für ein paar Minuten zu sehen ist. Ebenso erscheint im Januar auch 'Gridlock`d' in den Kinos. Am 27. Januar wird Tupac posthum zum besten Rap-HipHop Artist bei den American Music Awards ausgezeichnet. Die Auszeichnung nahm Brandy für seine Familie entgegen. Am 10. Februar erreicht der Soundtrack zu 'Gridlock`d' die Nr.01 der Album-Charts. Am 8. Oktober kommt auch 'Gang Related' in die Kinos und der Soundtrack zum Film erreicht ebenfalls die Nr.01 in den R`n B Billboard Charts.
Im Frühjahr 1998 veröffentlichte Mecca Records das letzte Interview mit dem Ausnahme Rapper auf einer CD mit 5 bisher unveröffentlichten Tracks, mit Naughty ny Nature und The Notorious B.I.G. aka Biggie Smalls.
In Amerika verkaufte sich 2Pac`s 'Greatest Hits' Doppel-Album, welches schon 5 fach Platin erreicht hat, binnen 4 Monaten 5 Millionen mal !!!
Album: 7 Day Theory
Released: May 22, 2001
Label: Death Row
Song: Hail Mary
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Intro: Makaveli
Makaveli in this... Killuminati, all through your body
The blow's like a twelve gauge shotty
Uhh, feel me!
And God said he should send his one begotten son
to lead the wild into the ways of the man
Follow me; eat my flesh, flesh and my flesh
Chorus: Makaveli
Come with me, Hail Mary
Run quick see, what do we have here
Now, do you wanna ride or die
La dadada, la la la la
Verse One: Makaveli
I ain't a killer but don't push me
Revenge is like the sweetest joy next to gettin pussy
Picture paragraphs unloaded, wise words bein quoted
Peeped the weakness int he rap game and sewed it
Bow down, pray to God hoping that he's listenin
Seein niggaz comin for me, to my diamonds, when they glistenin
Now pay attention, rest in peace father
I'm a ghost in these killin fields
Hail Mary catch me if I go, let's go deep inside
the solitary mind of a madman who screams in the dark
Evil lurks, enemies, see me flee
Activate my hate, let it break, to the flame
Set trip, empty out my clip, never stop to aim
Some say the game is all corrupted, fucked in this sh*t
Stuck, niggaz is lucky if we bust out this shit, plus
mama told me never stop until I bust a nut
**** the world if they can't adjust
It's just as well, Hail Mary
Chorus 2X
Verse Two: Makaveli
Penetentiaries is packed with promise makes
Never realize the precious time the ***** niggaz is wastin
Instutionalized I lived my life a product made to crumble
But too hardened for a smile, we're too crazy to be humble, we ballin
Catch me father please, cause I'm fallin, in the liquor store
That's the Hennessee I hear ya callin, can I get some more?
Hail til I reach Hell, I ain't scared
Mama checkin in my bedroom; I ain't there
I got a head with no screws in it, what can I do
One life to live but I got nuttin to lose, just me and you
on a one way trip to prison, sellin drugs
We all wrapped up in this livin, life as Thugs
To my homeboys in Quentin Max, doin they bid
Raise hell to this real shit, and feel this
When they turn out the lights, I'll be down in the dark
Thuggin eternal through my heart, now Hail Mary nigga
Chorus 2X
Verse Three: Kastro, Young Noble
They got a APB, out on my Thug family
Since the Outlawz run these streets, like these skanless freaks
Our enemies die now, walk around half dead
Head down, K blasted off Hennessee and Thai
Tryin it, mixed it, now I'm twisted blisted and high
Visions of me, Thug livin gettin me by
Forever live, and I multiply survived by Thugs
When I die they won't cry unless they comin with slugs
Peep the whole scene and whatever's goin on around me
Brain kinda cloudy, smoked out feelin rowdy
Ready to wet the party up, and whoever in that mother******
Nasty new street, slugger my heat seeks suckers
on the regular mashin in a black Ac Integ-ra
Cock back, sixty seconds til the draw that's when I'm dead in ya
Feet first, you got a nice gat but my heat's worse
From a Thug to preachin church, I gave you love now you eatin dirt
Needin work, and I ain't the nigga to put you on
Cause word is bond when I was broke I had to hustle til dawn
That's when sun came up, there's only one way up
hold ya head and stay up, to all my niggaz get ya pay and weight up
If it's on then it's on, we break beat-breaks
Outlawz on a paper chase, can you relate
to this sh*t I don't got, be the sh*t I gotta take
Dealin with fate, hoping God don't close the gate
If it's on then it's on, we break beat-breaks
Outlawz on a paper chase, can you relate
to this sh*t I don't got, be the sh*t I gotta take
Dealin with fate, hoping God don't close the gate
Chorus (repeats in background)
Outro: Prince Ital
We've been traveling on this wavy road
Long time til I be take off this load
But we ride, ride it like a bullet
Hail Mary, Hail Mary
We won't worry everyting will come real
Free like the bird in the tree
We won't worry everyting will come real
Yes we free like the bird in the tree
We runnin from the penetentiary
This is the time for we liberty
Hail Mary, Hail Mary
Chorus
[Makaveli]
Westside, Outlawz, Makaveli the Don, Solo, Killuminati, The 7 Days
TURN ON'S
SEXY *** : SEXY PUSSY...
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Album: 7 Day Theory
Released: May 22, 2001
Label: Death Row
Song: Me And My Girlfriend
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[girl]
Sheeit, ju motherfuckin right
I'm the ***** that's keepin it live and keepin it hot
when you punk *** niggaz don't
Nigga Westside, WHAT! Bring it on
[Tupac]
Look for me
Lost in the whirlwind, ninety-six, Bonnie and Clyde
Me and my girlfriend, do one-eighty-five when we ride
Trapped in this world of sin, born as a ghetto child
Raised in this whirlwind (c'mon)
Our childhood years recall the tears heart laced with venom
Smokin sherm, drinkin malt liquor, father forgive her
Me and my girlfriend, hustlin, fell in love with the struggle
Hands on the steering wheel, blush, while she bail out bustin
**** em all, watch em fall screamin, automatic gunfire
exorcisin all demons
Mafias on the side, my congregation high, ready to die
We bail out to take the jail back, niggaz united
Our first date, couldn't wait to see you naked
Touch you in every secret place, I can hardly wait
to bust freely, got you red hot, you so happy to see me
Make the frontpage primetime live on TV
Nigga my girlfriend, baby forty-five but she still live
One shot make a nigga's heartbeat stop
[girl]
What!! I'm bustin on you punk *** niggaz *automatic gunfire*
Run nigga run! *gunfire* I'm on yo' *** nigga! *gunfire continues*
Run nigga, duck and hide! Nigga I'm bustin all you bitches!
Run nigga, yeah! Westside! Uh uh uh! Die nigga die!
[Tupac]
My girlfriend, blacker than the darkest night
When niggaz act bitch-made she got the heart to fight
Nigga my girlfriend, though we seperated at times
I knew deep inside, baby girl would always be mine
Picked you up when you was nine, started out my life of crime
wit you, bought you some shells when you turned twenty-two
It's true, nothin compares to the satisfaction
that I feel when we out mashin, me and my girlfriend
Chorus: Tupac
All I need in this life of sin, is me and my girlfriend
Down to ride to the bloody end, just me and my girlfriend
(repeat 2X)
[Tupac]
I was too immature
to understand your ways, inexperienced back in the days
Caused so many arguments and strays
Now I realize how to treat ya, the secret to keep ya
Bein faithful now cause now cheatin's lethal
We closer than the hands of time, deeper than the drop of mankind
I trust you dearly, I shoot blind
In time I clock figures, droppin niggaz as we rise
We all soldiers in God's eyes -- now it's time for war
Never leave me baby, I'm paranoid, sleepin witcha
loaded by my bedside crazy
Jealous when you hang wit the fellas, I wait patiently alone
anticipated for the moment you come home
I'm waitin by the phone this is true love, I can feel it
I've had a lot of women in my bed, but you the realeast
So if you ever need me call, I'll be there through it all
You're the reason I can stand tall, me and my girlfriend
Chorus
[Tupac]
I love finger fuckin you, all of a sudden I'm hearin thunder
When you bust a nut, niggaz be duckin or takin numbers
Love to watch you at a block party, beggin for drama
While unleashin on the old timers, that's on my mama
I would trade my life for yours, behind closed doors
the only girl that I adore, everything I'm askin for
Talkin to me beggin me to just, take you around
Seventeen like Brandy you just Wanna Be Down
Talkin loud when I tell you be quiet you move the crowd
Bustin rounds, activatin a riot, that's why I love you so
No control, down to roll, unleash
After a hit you break apart, then back to one piece
Much love to my one and only girlfriend, the world is ours
Just hold me down, baby witness the power
Never leave a nigga alone, I love you black or chrome
Turn this house into a happy home, me and my girlfriend
Chorus 3X
Lost in the whirlwind, ninety-six, Bonnie and Clyde
Me and my girlfriend, do one-eighty-five when we ride
Trapped in this world of sin, born as a ghetto child
Raised in the whirlwind -- look for me
(repeat 3X)
Lost in the whirlwind, ninety-six, Bonnie and Clyde
Me and my girlfriend
(repeat 2X)
ME AND MY GIRLFRIEND!
TURN OFF'S
MR.38EEDY O 68ATHOM...
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Album: All Eyez On Me
Released: February 13, 1996
Label: Death Row
Song: Ambition Az A Ridah
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I won't deny it, I'm a straight ridah
You don't wanna **** with me
Got the police bustin at me
But they can't do nuttin to a G
(Let's get ready to ruuumbllle!!)
1 - [2Pac *speaking over background*]
Now you know how we do it like a G
What really go on in the mind of a nigga
that get down for theirs
Constantly, money over *****es
2 - [2Pac *singing in background starts to overlap/repeat*]
I won't deny it, I'm a straight ridah
You don't wanna **** with me
Got the police bustin at me
I won't deny it, I'm a straight ridah
Police bustin at me
I won't deny it, I'm a straight ridah / Got the police bustin at me
I won't deny it, I'm a straight ridah..
2 - [2Pac *speaking over background*]
Not *****es over money
Stay on your grind nigga
My ambitions as a ridah!
My ambitions as a ridah!
[2Pac]
So many battlefield scars while driven in plush cars
This life as a rap star is nothin without heart
Was born rough and rugged, addressin the mad public
My attitude was, "Fuck it," cause motherfuckers love it
To be a soldier, must maintain composure at ease
Though life is complicated, only what you make it to be
Uhh, and my ambitions as a ridah to catch her
while she hot, and horny, go up inside her
Then I spit some game in her ear, "Go to the tele hoe"
You put what money in a Benz, cause ***** I'm barely broke
I'm smokin bomb-ass weed feelin crucial
From player to player, the game's tight, the feeling's mutual
From hustlin and prayers, to breakin motherfuckers to pay-up
I got no time for these bitches, cause these hoes tried to play us
I'm on a meal-ticket mission, want a mil', so I'm wishin
Competition got me ripped, on that bullshit they stressin (boo-yaa!)
I'ma rhyme though, clown hoes like it's manditory
No guts no glory my nigga ***** got the game distorted
Now it's on and it's on because I said so
Can't trust a ***** in the bidness so I got with Death Row
Now these money hungry *****es gettin suspicious
Started plottin and plannin on schemes, to come and trick us
But Thug niggaz be on point and game tight (yeah)
Me, Syke and Bogart, wrap it up the same night
Got problems then handle it, motherfuckers see me
These niggaz is jealous cause deep in they heart they wanna be me
Uhh, yeah, and now ya got me right beside ya
Hopin you listen I catch you payin attention
to my amibitions as a ridah
Chorus: 2Pac
[singing] I won't deny it, I'ma straight ridah
You don't wanna **** with me
[singing] My ambitions as a ridah
[singing] Got the police bustin at me
But they can't do nuttin to a G
[Tupac]
(I won't deny it, I'ma straight ridah)
Peep it.. it was my only wish to rise
above these jealous coward mutherfuckers I despise
When it's time to ride, I was the first off this side, give me the nine
I'm ready to die right here tonight, and motherfuck they life (yeah nigga!)
That's what they screamin as they drill me, but I'm hard to kill
So open fire, I see you kill me (that's all you niggaz got?) witness my steel
Spittin at adversaries envious and after me
I'd rather die before they catchin me, watch me bleed
Mama come rescue me I'm suicidal thinkin thoughts
I'm innocent, so there'll be bullets flyin when I'm caught
(Shoot!) **** doin jail time, better day, sacrifice
Won't get a chance to do me like they did my nigga Tyson
Thuggin for life and if you right then nigga die for it
Let them other brothers try, at least you tried for it
When it's time to die to be a man you pick the way you leave
**** peace and the police, my ambitions as a ridah
Chorus
[Tupac]
My murderous lyrics equipped with spirits of the Thugs before me
Pay off the block evade the cops cause I know they comin for me
I been hesitant to reappear, been away for years
Now I'm back my adversaries been reduced to tears
Question my methods to switch up speeds, sure as some *****es bleeds
niggaz'll feel the fire of my mother's corrupted seed
Blast me but they didn't finish, (buck buck buck buck buck)
didn't diminish my powers
so now I'm back to be a motherfuckin menace, they cowards
That's why they tried to set me up
Had bitch-ass niggaz on my team, so indeed, they wet me up
But I'm back reincarnated, incarcerated
At the time I caught the perfect way that God made it
Lace em with lyrics that's legendary, musical mercenary
For money, I'll have these motherfuckers buried (I been)
gettin much mail in jail, niggaz tellin me to kill it
Knowin when I get out, they gon' feel it
Witness the realest, a whoridah when I put the sh*t inside
the cry from all your people when they find her
Just remind ya, my history'll prove I been it
Revenge on them niggaz that played me,
and all the cowards that was down widdit
Now it's yo' nigga right beside ya
Hopin you listenin, catch you payin attention
to my ambitions as a ridah
