Still somehow I believe, we always survive, but
To my dogs you are Whattup Big? You know shit is rough you slid You in God's 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, rappers afraid to come out
Machine Gun Funk from Queens I through to smoke blunts You to my hood, we was broke I wonder if we stayed way, would there have been gunsmoke? Still on the block around fiends numb from coke, I so 'Cause now with paper, is still ghetto But fuck it black, you livin' life, though your loved ones
to your daughter and your newborn son It used to be fun, makin' records to see your 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 king? It 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 you took it to I missed your wake not I'm fake 'Cause I hate to see somebody so great in way I woulda stayed so with 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 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 of Allah
Still somehow I believe, we always survive, but
Still, we survive No matter what, my people just stay Still, we survive No matter what, my people stay alive
Thug never die Dear 'Pac, every thug sheds a drop and use teeth To bite off beer tops and pour out a liquor You was more than just the wildest 2Pacalypse, I understand style nigga It's goin' on the third year, since you've been
On the East and West Coast the shit is goin' on The industry be talkin', offendin' me They believe you dead, wanna see you in your coffin I can relate, and court dates All eyez on you, niggaz in face invadin' your space You asked if I could in your place, how would I hold up?
How would I ride, before I fold up? How did you know through your 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 I heard my name on the realest shit you ever wrote We had words 'cause the supposed to clash at the top
But kept it brotherly when we each other and stopped In NYC, at MTV, people We was both deep, after you I got no sleep about how us real niggaz would 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 world think, young blacks be extinct? But thug life'll never die, we stay high and just there ever be another MC as nice? Will you return to us like the of Christ?
Still somehow I believe, we always survive.. but
Still, we, survive No matter what, my people stay alive Still, we, will No matter what, my just stay alive
I wonder what the went through on tour? Did Smokey Robinson, to shoot his way out a war? What has Al Green that made him religious? Was it the drugs, put an end to the business? If so, I put out the indo right now and write down A and pursue my dream turn my life around
'Cause I'm for the movie screen, cuties that scream I'll a extra Uzi riding through my own hood in Queens It be the you always knew, that want it on everybody it was him that you fronted 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, 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 it's lookin' good Hip-hop took it to billions, I knew we
A lot of ups and downs in the game, lose or gain A couple pounds to maintain, one day you here The next you not, when you around check 'em out is bout it, most individuals plots And run the spots, choose to stay to theyselves While others have no and stay in jail
than fifty percent of us Endin' up with holes the chest Through the head, through the gut it The future for us young shooters and old Who become rich as dealers? left for us but hoop dreams and hood tournaments
Thug coaches with subs sittin' on the bench, either or rap We want the way outta this trap Whether it be 9 to 5 or slangin' To my deceased wishin' 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 just alive Still, we, will No matter what, my just stay alive
Still, we, survive No matter Still, we, will No matter Still, we, survive No matter My niggaz just alive