Still somehow I believe, we survive, but why?
To my wherever you are Whattup Big? You know is rough after you slid You in God's hands now, a place for me kid Ain't nuttin' still, party and bullshit We used to R&B bitches and see who rhyme sickest For every hit you made, more rappers afraid to out
Machine Gun from Queens I came through to smoke blunts You came to my hood, we was I wonder if we stayed that way, would have been gunsmoke? on the block around fiends numb from coke, I guess so 'Cause now with paper, shit is still But fuck it black, you livin' your life, though your ones
Peace to daughter and your newborn son It used to be fun, records to see your response But, now competition is none, now that you're And these niggaz is wrong, usin' your in vain And they claim to be New York's king? It about that It's more serious, I plan to toast it up you
Joke with you, happy we on top, the most Ain't too many real ones out there, I feel But they're capable to take it where you took it to I missed your wake not I'm fake 'Cause I hate to see so great in that way I stayed so long with so much to say
I had to put it in writin' to keep me and Brooklyn from Tellin' me to pay my respects and to the side But I probably wouldn't have got off my to let people by You can't kill nothin' ready to die You was like God to us in the of Allah
Still somehow I believe, we always survive, but
Still, we will No matter what, my people stay alive Still, we will No matter what, my people stay alive
Thug never die Dear 'Pac, every thug sheds a drop and use teeth To off beer tops and pour out a lil' liquor You was more than the wildest nigga 2Pacalypse, I understand your style goin' on the third year, since you've been gone
On the East and Coast the same shit is goin' on The industry be talkin', offendin' me don't believe you dead, wanna see you in your coffin I can relate, and court dates All eyez on you, niggaz in your face your space You asked if I could trade in your place, how would I up?
How long would I ride, before I up? How did you through your rhymes it was your time to go? You predicted it in every line, all in your 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 when we seen each other and stopped In NYC, at MTV, watched We was deep, after you left I got no sleep Think about how us real niggaz be If we united, a nation of thugs, who could it? You was caught in a wild homicide or were you
Like the son of God, when lied And make the think, young blacks should be extinct? But thug never die, we stay high and just link there ever be another MC as nice? Will you return to us the resurrection of Christ?
somehow I believe, we always survive.. but why?
Still, we, survive No what, my people just stay alive Still, we, survive No matter what, my people just alive
I wonder what the Commodores through on tour? Did Smokey Robinson, have to shoot his way out a What has Al seen that made him religious? Was it the drugs, put an end to the business? If so, should I put out the indo right now and down A plan and pursue my dream turn my around
'Cause I'm bound for the movie screen, cuties scream I'll need a extra Uzi riding my own hood in Queens It be the ones you knew, that want it on Tellin' everybody it was him you fronted on Thought we a million miles it was just twenty Not to walkin' in the path of legit money
I thought I made it but we only baby steps Up the ladder, where they 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 lookin' good took it to billions, I knew we would
A lot of ups and downs in the game, could lose or A couple pounds to maintain, one day you here The next you not, when you around check 'em out Some is it, most individuals plots And run the spots, choose to stay to theyselves While have no cares and stay in jail
than fifty percent of us Endin' up with through the chest Through the head, through the gut it The for us young shooters and old killers Who become as dope dealers? Nothing for us but hoop dreams and hood tournaments
Thug coaches with sittin' on the bench, either that or rap We want the fast way outta this it be 9 to 5 or slangin' crack To my deceased Gods wishin' I could you back But life is a dream and taught me that
Always survive, but
survive, always Still, we, will No matter what, my people just stay Still, we, survive No matter what, my people just alive
Still, we, will No what Still, we, will No matter Still, we, survive No matter My niggaz just alive