Still somehow I believe, we survive, but why?
To my dogs you are Big? You know shit is rough after you slid You in God's hands now, keep a for me kid Ain't changed still, party and bullshit We to fuck R&B bitches and see who rhyme sickest For every hit you made, more afraid to come out
Machine Gun Funk from I came through to smoke blunts You to my hood, we was broke I wonder if we stayed that way, there have been gunsmoke? Still on the block around fiends numb from coke, I so 'Cause now paper, shit is still ghetto But fuck it black, you livin' your life, though your loved
Peace to your daughter and newborn son It used to be fun, makin' to see your response But, now competition is none, now that gone And these niggaz is wrong, usin' name in vain And they claim to be New York's It ain't about that It's more serious, I to toast it up with you
Joke with you, happy we on top, the official Ain't too many real ones out there, I feel But doubt capable to take it where you took it to I missed wake not 'cause I'm fake 'Cause I hate to see somebody so in that way I woulda stayed so long with so to say
I had to put it in writin' to keep me and Brooklyn fightin' Tellin' me to pay my and move to the side But I probably wouldn't have got off my knees to let by You can't kill nothin' that's to die You was like God to us in the form of
somehow I believe, we always survive, but why?
Still, we will No matter what, my just stay alive Still, we survive No matter what, my people just alive
Thug never die Dear 'Pac, every thug sheds a tear and use teeth To bite off tops and pour out a lil' liquor You was more than just the nigga 2Pacalypse, I your style nigga It's goin' on the third year, since you've been
On the East and West Coast the same is goin' on The industry be talkin', offendin' me They don't believe you dead, wanna see you in coffin I can relate, shootouts and court All on you, niggaz in your face invadin' your space You if I could trade in your place, how would I hold up?
How long I ride, before I fold up? How did you know through your rhymes it was time to go? You predicted it in line, all in your flow could never be peace, I have to quote Can't believe I heard my name on the shit you ever wrote We had words the best supposed to clash at the top
But kept it when we seen each other and stopped In NYC, at MTV, watched We was both deep, you left I got no sleep Think how us real niggaz would be If we united, a nation of thugs, who could it? You was caught in a wild homicide or you crucified
the son of God, when Lucifer lied And make the think, young blacks should be extinct? But thug life'll never die, we high and just link Will there ever be another MC as Will you return to us like the of Christ?
somehow I believe, we always survive.. but why?
Still, we, survive No matter what, my people stay alive Still, we, will No matter what, my people just stay
I wonder what the Commodores through on tour? Did Smokey Robinson, have to shoot his way out a has Al Green seen that made him religious? Was it the drugs, put an end to the music If so, should I put out the indo right now and down A plan and pursue my dream turn my life
'Cause I'm bound for the movie screen, cuties that I'll need a extra Uzi through my own hood in Queens It be the you always knew, that want it on Tellin' everybody it was him that you on Thought we walked a million it was just twenty Not used to walkin' in the of legit money
I thought I made it but we only took baby Up the success ladder, where pay me checks To my when I got it I said, "Baby bless" was the 80's but now look at this crazy mess We in the 90's and finally it's lookin' Hip-hop it to billions, I knew we would
A lot of ups and downs in the game, lose or gain A couple pounds to maintain, one day you here The you not, when you around niggaz check 'em out Some is it, most individuals plots And run the spots, some to stay to theyselves While others have no cares and stay in
More than fifty of us Endin' up with holes through the Through the head, the gut it shows The for us young shooters and old killers Who become as dope dealers? Nothing left for us but hoop dreams and tournaments
coaches with subs sittin' on the bench, either that or rap We the fast way outta this trap Whether it be 9 to 5 or crack To my deceased Gods wishin' I could bring you But is a dream and y'all taught me that
Always survive, but
Always survive, Still, we, survive No matter what, my just stay alive Still, we, survive No matter what, my people just alive
Still, we, will No matter Still, we, survive No what Still, we, survive No matter My niggaz just stay