Still somehow I believe, we survive, but why?
To my dogs you are Whattup Big? You know shit is rough you slid You in God's hands now, keep a for me kid Ain't nuttin' changed still, 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 Queens I came through to smoke blunts You came to my hood, we was I if we stayed that way, would there have been gunsmoke? Still on the block around fiends from coke, I guess so now with paper, shit is still ghetto But fuck it black, you livin' your life, though loved ones
Peace to your daughter and your son It used to be fun, makin' records to see response But, now competition is none, now you're gone And these niggaz is wrong, usin' your in vain And they to be New York's king? It ain't about that It's more serious, I plan to it up with you
Joke with you, we on top, the most official too many real ones out there, I feel some But doubt they're capable to take it where you it to I missed wake not 'cause I'm fake 'Cause I hate to see so great in that way I woulda stayed so long so much to say
I had to put it in writin' to keep me and from fightin' Tellin' me to pay my and move to the side But I probably wouldn't got off my knees to let people by You can't nothin' that's ready to die You was God to us in the form of Allah
Still I believe, we always survive, but why?
Still, we will No what, my people just stay alive Still, we survive No matter what, my just stay alive
Thug life die Dear 'Pac, every thug sheds a tear and use teeth To bite off beer tops and pour out a lil' You was more than the wildest nigga 2Pacalypse, I understand your 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 don't believe you dead, wanna see you in your coffin I can relate, shootouts and dates 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 I ride, before I fold up? How did you know your rhymes it was your time to go? You it in every line, all in your flow There could be peace, I have to quote Can't I heard my name on the realest shit you ever wrote We had words the best supposed to clash at the top
But kept it brotherly we seen each other and stopped In NYC, at MTV, watched We was both deep, after you left I got no Think about how us real would be If we united, a nation of thugs, who could it? You was caught in a wild homicide or you crucified
Like the son of God, when Lucifer And make the world think, young should be extinct? But thug life'll never die, we high and just link there ever be another MC as nice? Will you return to us like the of Christ?
Still somehow I believe, we survive.. but why?
Still, we, survive No matter what, my people just alive Still, we, will No what, my people just stay alive
I what the Commodores went through on tour? Did Smokey Robinson, to shoot his way out a war? What has Al 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 and pursue my dream turn my life around
'Cause I'm bound for the movie screen, cuties scream I'll need a extra Uzi riding through my own in Queens It be the ones you knew, that want it on Tellin' it was him that you fronted on Thought we walked a miles it was just twenty Not used to walkin' in the path of money
I I made it but we only took baby steps Up the success ladder, where pay me checks To my when I got it I said, "Baby bless" That was the but now look at this crazy mess We in the and finally it's lookin' good Hip-hop took it to billions, I knew we
A lot of ups and in the game, could lose or gain A couple pounds tryin' to maintain, one day you The next you not, when you around niggaz 'em out Some is bout it, individuals plots And run the spots, some choose to stay to While have no cares and stay in jail
More fifty percent of us Endin' up with through the chest Through the head, through the gut it The future for us young and old killers Who rich as dope dealers? left for us but hoop dreams and hood tournaments
Thug coaches with 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 Gods wishin' I could bring you back But life is a and y'all taught me that
survive, but why?
Always survive, Still, we, will No matter what, my people just alive Still, we, will No matter what, my people just stay
Still, we, survive No matter Still, we, will No what Still, we, survive No what My niggaz just stay