Still somehow I believe, we survive, but why?
To my wherever you are Whattup Big? You shit is rough after you slid You in hands now, keep a place for me kid nuttin' changed still, party and bullshit We used to fuck R&B bitches and see who sickest For every hit you made, more 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 that way, there have been gunsmoke? Still on the block around fiends numb coke, I guess so 'Cause now paper, shit is still ghetto But fuck it black, you livin' your life, though loved ones
to your daughter and your newborn son It to be fun, makin' records to see your response But, now competition is none, now that you're And these niggaz is wrong, usin' your in vain And claim to be New York's king? It ain't about that more serious, I plan to toast it up with you
Joke with you, happy we on top, the official Ain't too many ones out there, I feel some But doubt they're capable to take it where you it to I missed your not 'cause I'm fake 'Cause I hate to see somebody so great in way I woulda stayed so long so much to say
I had to put it in writin' to me and Brooklyn from fightin' Tellin' me to pay my respects and move to the But I probably wouldn't have got off my to let people by You can't kill nothin' ready to die You was God to us in the form of Allah
somehow I believe, we always survive, but why?
Still, we survive No matter what, my just stay alive Still, we survive No matter what, my people stay alive
life never die Dear 'Pac, every thug a tear drop and use teeth To bite off beer tops and pour out a liquor You was more just the wildest nigga 2Pacalypse, I understand your style It's goin' on the third year, since you've been
On the East and West Coast the shit is goin' on The be talkin', offendin' me often They don't believe you dead, wanna see you in your I can relate, shootouts and court All eyez on you, in your face invadin' your space You asked if I trade in your place, how would I hold up?
How long would I ride, I fold up? How did you know through your it was your time to go? You predicted it in every line, all in flow There could never be peace, I have to Can't I heard my name on the realest shit you ever wrote We had words 'cause the best supposed to at the top
But kept it brotherly when we seen each and stopped In NYC, at MTV, watched We was both deep, after you left I got no Think about how us niggaz would be If we united, a nation of thugs, who could it? You was caught in a homicide or were you crucified
the son of God, when Lucifer lied And make the world think, young should be extinct? But thug life'll never die, we stay and just link Will ever be another MC as nice? Will you to us like the resurrection of Christ?
Still somehow I believe, we always survive.. but
Still, we, will No matter what, my just stay alive Still, we, will No what, my people just stay alive
I what the Commodores went 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 business? If so, should I put out the right now and write down A plan and pursue my dream turn my around
'Cause I'm bound for the movie screen, that scream I'll a extra Uzi riding through my own hood in Queens It be the ones you always knew, want it on Tellin' everybody it was him you fronted on Thought we walked a million miles it was twenty Not used to walkin' in the of legit money
I thought I made it but we took baby steps Up the ladder, where they pay me checks To my clicks I got it I said, "Baby bless" That was the but now look at this crazy mess We in the 90's and finally it's lookin' Hip-hop took it to billions, I knew we
A lot of ups and in the game, could lose or gain A couple pounds to maintain, one day you here The next you not, when you niggaz check 'em out Some is bout it, most plots And run the spots, some choose to stay to While others have no cares and stay in
More than fifty 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 rich as dope left for us but hoop dreams and hood tournaments
Thug coaches with subs on the bench, either that or rap We the fast way outta this trap Whether it be 9 to 5 or slangin' To my deceased Gods I could bring you back But life is a dream and y'all me that
survive, but why?
Always survive, Still, we, will No matter what, my people stay alive Still, we, will No matter what, my people just stay
Still, we, will No what Still, we, survive No what Still, we, will No what My niggaz just alive