Still somehow I believe, we always survive, but
To my wherever you are Whattup You know shit is rough after you slid You in God's hands now, a place for me kid Ain't changed still, party and bullshit We used to fuck R&B bitches and see who rhyme For every hit you made, rappers afraid to come out
Machine Gun Funk from Queens I came through to smoke You came to my hood, we was I wonder if we stayed way, would there have been gunsmoke? Still on the block around fiends numb from coke, I so now with paper, shit is still ghetto But fuck it black, you your life, though your loved ones
to your daughter and your newborn son It used to be fun, makin' records to see response But, now is none, now that you're gone And these niggaz is wrong, your name in vain And claim to be New York's king? It ain't about that It's serious, I plan to toast it up with you
Joke with you, happy we on top, the official too many real ones out there, I feel some But doubt they're capable to take it you took it to I missed your wake not 'cause I'm 'Cause I hate to see so great in that way I woulda so long with so much to say
I had to put it in writin' to keep me and Brooklyn fightin' me to pay my respects and move to the side But I probably have got off my knees to let people by You kill nothin' that's ready to die You was God to us in the form of Allah
Still somehow I believe, we always survive, but
Still, we will No what, my people just stay alive Still, we will No matter what, my just stay alive
Thug never die Dear 'Pac, every thug sheds a tear drop and use To off beer tops and pour out a lil' liquor You was more than the wildest nigga 2Pacalypse, I your style nigga It's goin' on the year, since you've been gone
On the East and West Coast the shit is goin' on The industry be talkin', offendin' me They don't you dead, wanna see you in your coffin I can relate, shootouts and court All eyez on you, niggaz in your face invadin' your You asked if I could trade in place, how would I hold up?
How long would I ride, I fold up? How did you through your rhymes it was your time to go? You it in every 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 'cause the best to clash at the top
But kept it brotherly we seen each other and stopped In NYC, at MTV, people We was both deep, you left I got no sleep Think about how us real would be If we united, a nation of thugs, who fight it? You was in a wild homicide or were you crucified
Like the son of God, when Lucifer And make the world think, blacks should be extinct? But thug life'll never die, we stay and just link Will ever be another MC as nice? you return to us like the resurrection of Christ?
Still somehow I believe, we always survive.. but
Still, we, survive No what, my people just stay alive Still, we, will No matter what, my people stay alive
I wonder the Commodores went through on tour? Did Smokey Robinson, have to his way out a war? What has Al Green seen that him religious? Was it the drugs, put an end to the music If so, should I put out the indo now and write down A and pursue my dream turn my life around
'Cause I'm bound for the screen, cuties that scream need a extra Uzi riding 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 miles it was just twenty Not used to walkin' in the of legit money
I I made it but we only took baby steps Up the success ladder, where they pay me To my clicks I got it I said, "Baby bless" That was the 80's but now look at this mess We in the 90's and finally it's lookin' took it to billions, I knew we would
A lot of ups and downs in the game, lose or gain A couple pounds tryin' to maintain, one day you 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 others have no cares and stay in jail
More than percent of us Endin' up holes through the chest Through the head, through the gut it The future for us young and old killers Who become rich as dope Nothing left for us but hoop and hood tournaments
Thug 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 wishin' I could bring you back But life is a dream and taught me that
Always survive, but
survive, always Still, we, survive No matter what, my people just stay Still, we, will No matter what, my just stay alive
Still, we, will No what Still, we, will No what Still, we, will No what My just stay alive