Still I believe, we always 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 to fuck R&B bitches and see who rhyme sickest For every hit you made, more rappers afraid to out
Machine Gun Funk from Queens I came to smoke blunts You came to my hood, we was I wonder if we stayed that way, would there have gunsmoke? on the block around fiends numb from coke, I guess so 'Cause now paper, shit is still ghetto But it black, you livin' your life, though your loved ones
Peace to your daughter and your son It used to be fun, makin' records to see your 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 ain't about It's serious, I plan to toast it up with you
Joke you, happy we on top, the most official too many real ones out there, I feel some But doubt they're capable to it where you took it to I missed your not 'cause I'm fake 'Cause I hate to see somebody so in that way I woulda stayed so long so much to say
I had to put it in writin' to keep me and Brooklyn from Tellin' me to pay my respects and move to the But I wouldn't have got off my knees to let people by You can't kill that's ready to die You was like God to us in the form of
Still I believe, we always survive, but why?
Still, we will No matter what, my just stay alive Still, we will No matter what, my people stay alive
Thug life die Dear 'Pac, thug sheds a tear drop and use teeth To off beer tops and pour out a lil' liquor You was more than just the nigga 2Pacalypse, I understand style nigga It's goin' on the third year, since been gone
On the East and West Coast the shit is goin' on The industry be talkin', offendin' me They don't believe you dead, wanna see you in coffin I can relate, shootouts and court All eyez on you, in your face invadin' your space You asked if I could trade in place, how would I hold up?
How long would I ride, I fold up? How did you know through your rhymes it was time to go? You predicted it in every line, all in your There never be peace, I have to quote Can't I heard my name on the realest shit you ever wrote We had 'cause the best supposed to clash at the top
But it brotherly when we seen each other and stopped In NYC, at MTV, watched We was deep, after you left I got no sleep about how us real niggaz would be If we united, a of thugs, who could fight it? You was caught in a wild homicide or were you
Like the son of God, when Lucifer And make the world think, young blacks should be But thug life'll never die, we high and just link Will there ever be MC as nice? you return to us like the resurrection of Christ?
Still I believe, we always survive.. but why?
Still, we, will No matter what, my people just stay Still, we, survive No matter what, my people just alive
I what the Commodores went through on tour? Did Robinson, have to shoot his way out a war? 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 indo now and write down A plan and pursue my turn my life around
'Cause I'm bound for the movie screen, that scream I'll need a extra Uzi through my own hood in Queens It be the ones you knew, that want it on Tellin' everybody it was him that you on Thought we walked a million miles it was just Not used to walkin' in the of legit money
I thought I made it but we only baby steps Up the success ladder, where they pay me To my when I got it I said, "Baby bless" That was the 80's but now look at this crazy We in the 90's and finally it's lookin' took it to billions, I knew we would
A lot of ups and in the game, could lose or gain A couple tryin' to maintain, one day you here The next you not, when you around niggaz 'em out Some is bout it, individuals plots And run the spots, choose to stay to theyselves While others have no and stay in jail
More fifty percent of us Endin' up with holes through the the head, through the gut it shows The future for us young and old killers Who become as dope dealers? Nothing left for us but hoop dreams and tournaments
Thug coaches with sittin' on the bench, either that or rap We the fast way outta this trap it be 9 to 5 or slangin' crack To my Gods wishin' I could bring you back But life is a dream and taught me that
survive, but why?
Always survive, Still, we, will No matter what, my people stay alive Still, we, survive No matter what, my people stay alive
Still, we, survive No matter Still, we, will No matter Still, we, survive No what My niggaz stay alive