Still somehow I believe, we survive, but why?
To my dogs you are Whattup You know shit is rough after you slid You in God's hands now, a place for me kid Ain't nuttin' changed still, and bullshit We to fuck R&B bitches and see who rhyme sickest For every hit you made, more afraid to come out
Machine Gun Funk from I came through to smoke blunts You came to my hood, we was I wonder if we that way, would there have been gunsmoke? on the block around fiends numb from coke, I guess so 'Cause now paper, shit is still ghetto But fuck it black, you your life, though your loved ones
Peace to 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, usin' your in vain And they claim to be New York's king? It ain't that more serious, I plan to toast it up with you
Joke you, happy we on top, the most official Ain't too real ones out there, I feel some But doubt they're capable to it where you took it to I missed wake not 'cause I'm fake 'Cause I hate to see somebody so great in way I woulda so long with so much to say
I had to put it in to keep me and Brooklyn from fightin' me to pay my respects and move to the side But I probably wouldn't have got off my to let people by You can't nothin' that's ready to die You was God to us in the form of Allah
Still somehow I believe, we survive, but why?
Still, we will No matter what, my people stay alive Still, we will No matter what, my just stay alive
Thug never die Dear 'Pac, every thug sheds a tear and use teeth To bite off tops and pour out a lil' liquor You was than just the wildest nigga 2Pacalypse, I your style nigga It's goin' on the third year, since been gone
On the East and West the same shit is goin' on The industry be talkin', me often They don't believe you dead, wanna see you in your I can relate, shootouts and court All eyez on you, niggaz in face invadin' your space You if I could trade in your place, how would I hold up?
How long I ride, before I fold up? How did you know through your it was your time to go? You predicted it in line, all in your flow There could never be peace, I to quote Can't believe I heard my name on the realest shit you ever We had 'cause the best supposed to clash at the top
But kept it brotherly when we seen each and stopped In NYC, at MTV, watched We was both deep, after you I got no sleep Think about how us niggaz would be If we united, a nation of thugs, who could it? You was caught in a wild homicide or you crucified
the son of God, when Lucifer lied And make the world think, blacks should be extinct? But thug life'll never die, we stay high and link Will there ever be MC as nice? Will you return to us like the resurrection of
Still somehow I believe, we survive.. but why?
Still, we, will No matter what, my people just stay Still, we, will No matter what, my just stay alive
I wonder what the Commodores through on tour? Did Smokey Robinson, to shoot his way out a war? What has Al Green seen made him religious? Was it the drugs, put an end to the business? If so, should I put out the indo right now and write A plan and pursue my dream turn my around
'Cause I'm bound for the movie screen, cuties that I'll need a extra Uzi 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 path of money
I thought I made it but we 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 crazy We in the and finally it's lookin' good Hip-hop took it to billions, I we would
A lot of ups and downs in the game, could 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 to theyselves others have no cares and stay in jail
More than fifty of us Endin' up with holes through the Through the head, the gut it shows The future for us young and old killers Who rich as dope dealers? Nothing for us but hoop dreams and hood tournaments
Thug coaches with subs sittin' on the bench, that or rap We want the fast way outta this Whether it be 9 to 5 or slangin' To my Gods wishin' I could bring you back But life is a dream and y'all me that
Always survive, but
survive, always Still, we, survive No matter what, my people stay alive Still, we, will No what, my people just stay alive
Still, we, survive No matter Still, we, survive No matter Still, we, will No what My niggaz just alive