2pac lyrics thread

[MMZRetro85]

I cant believe no one mentioned this song, this is prolly one of my favs from him man it seems like yesterday when this shit just hit the streets

Artist: Makaveli (2Pac)
Album: The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
Song: Me and My Girlfriend
Typed by: OHHLA Webmaster DJ Flash

[girl]
Sheeit, ju mother****in right
I'm the bitch that's keepin it live and keepin it hot
when you punk ass niggaz don't
Nigga Westside, WHAT! Bring it on

[Tupac]
Look for me
Lost in the whirlwind, ninety-six, Bonnie and Clyde
Me and my girlfriend, do one-eighty-five when we ride
Trapped in this world of sin, born as a ghetto child
Raised in this whirlwind (c'mon)
Our childhood years recall the tears heart laced with venom
Smokin sherm, drinkin malt liquor, father forgive her
Me and my girlfriend, hustlin, fell in love with the struggle
Hands on the steering wheel, blush, while she bail out bustin
**** em all, watch em fall screamin, automatic gunfire
exorcisin all demons
Mafias on the side, my congregation high, ready to die
We bail out to take the jail back, niggaz united
Our first date, couldn't wait to see you naked
Touch you in every secret place, I can hardly wait
to bust freely, got you red hot, you so happy to see me
Make the frontpage primetime live on TV
Nigga my girlfriend, baby forty-five but she still live
One shot make a nigga's heartbeat stop

[girl]
What!! I'm bustin on you punk ass niggaz *automatic gunfire*
Run nigga run! *gunfire* I'm on yo' ass nigga! *gunfire continues*
Run nigga, duck and hide! Nigga I'm bustin all you bitches!
Run nigga, yeah! Westside! Uh uh uh! Die nigga die!

[Tupac]
My girlfriend, blacker than the darkest night
When niggaz act bitch-made she got the heart to fight
Nigga my girlfriend, though we seperated at times
I knew deep inside, baby girl would always be mine
Picked you up when you was nine, started out my life of crime
wit you, bought you some shells when you turned twenty-two
It's true, nothin compares to the satisfaction
that I feel when we out mashin, me and my girlfriend

Chorus: Tupac

All I need in this life of sin, is me and my girlfriend
Down to ride to the bloody end, just me and my girlfriend
(repeat 2X)

[Tupac]
I was too immature
to understand your ways, inexperienced back in the days
Caused so many arguments and strays
Now I realize how to treat ya, the secret to keep ya
Bein faithful now cause now cheatin's lethal
We closer than the hands of time, deeper than the drop of mankind
I trust you dearly, I shoot blind
In time I clock figures, droppin niggaz as we rise
We all soldiers in God's eyes -- now it's time for war
Never leave me baby, I'm paranoid, sleepin witcha
loaded by my bedside crazy
Jealous when you hang wit the fellas, I wait patiently alone
anticipated for the moment you come home
I'm waitin by the phone this is true love, I can feel it
I've had a lot of women in my bed, but you the realeast
So if you ever need me call, I'll be there through it all
You're the reason I can stand tall, me and my girlfriend

Chorus

[Tupac]
I love finger ****in you, all of a sudden I'm hearin thunder
When you bust a nut, niggaz be duckin or takin numbers
Love to watch you at a block party, beggin for drama
While unleashin on the old timers, that's on my mama
I would trade my life for yours, behind closed doors
the only girl that I adore, everything I'm askin for
Talkin to me beggin me to just, take you around
Seventeen like Brandy you just Wanna Be Down
Talkin loud when I tell you be quiet you move the crowd
Bustin rounds, activatin a riot, that's why I love you so
No control, down to roll, unleash
After a hit you break apart, then back to one piece
Much love to my one and only girlfriend, the world is ours
Just hold me down, baby witness the power
Never leave a nigga alone, I love you black or chrome
Turn this house into a happy home, me and my girlfriend

Chorus 3X

Lost in the whirlwind, ninety-six, Bonnie and Clyde
Me and my girlfriend, do one-eighty-five when we ride
Trapped in this world of sin, born as a ghetto child
Raised in the whirlwind -- look for me
(repeat 3X)

Lost in the whirlwind, ninety-six, Bonnie and Clyde
Me and my girlfriend
(repeat 2X)

ME AND MY GIRLFRIEND!

 

[Kizzattack]

No Notorious B.I.G. thread?
In my opinion his lyrics were 'better', as they fitted with his crazy flow and were damn clever too, but they are not as political and touching as 2pacs lyrics.

My favorite 'pac song has to be 'Staring at the world through my rear view'.
I first heard it on the film 'Tupac: Ressurection'.


'Multiple gunshots fill the block, the fun stops
Niggaz is callin cops, people shot, nobody stop
I wonder when the world stopped caring last night
Two kids shot while the whole block staring
I will never understand this society, first they try
to murder me, then they lie to me, product of a dying breed
All my homies trying weed, now the little baby's
crazed raised off Hennesey, tell me will my enemies
flee when they see me, believe me'

 

[Guest]

My favourite song of his

'Do for Love'

Turn it up loud
Hahaha, ahahaha, hey man
You a little sucker for love,
right?Word up, hahahahaha
I shoulda seen you was trouble right from the starrrrt,
taught me so many lessons
How not to mess with broken hearts, so many questions
When this began we was the perfect match, perhaps
we had some problems but we workin at it, and now
the arguments are gettin loud, I wanna stay
But I can't help from walkin out just a little way
Just take my hand and understand, if you could see
I never planned to be a man it just wasn't me
But now I'm searchin for commitment, in other arms
I wanna shelter you from harm, don't be alarmed
Your attitude was the cause, you got me stressin
Soon as I open up the door with your jealous questions
Like where can I be you're killin me with your jealousy
Now my ambition's to be free I can't breathe,
cause soon as I leave, it's like a trap
I hear you callin me to come back, I'm a sucka for love that's right, sucka for love
[Chorus: Eric Williams]What you won't do,
do for love
You tried everything, but you don't give up[repeat
2X]Just when I thought I broke away and I'm fellin happy
You try to trap me say you pregnant and guess who the daddy
Don't wanna fall for it,
but in this case what could I do? So now I'm back
to makin promises to you, tryin to keep it true
What if I'm wrong, a trick to keep me on and on
Tryin to be strong and in the process, keep you goin
I'm bout to lose my composure, I'm gettin close
To packin up and leavin notes, and gettin ghost
Tell me who knows, a peaceful place where I can go
To clear my head I'm feelin low, losin control
My heart is sayin leave, oh what a tangle web we weave
when we conspire to conceive, and now
You gettin calls at the house, guess you cheatin
That's all I need to hear cause I'm leavin, I'm out
the do'Never no more will you see me, this is the end
Cause now I know you've been cheatin, I'm a sucka for lovedamn, sucka for love... sucka for
lovesucka for love[Chorus]
Now he left you with scars, tears on your pillow and you still stay
As you sit and pray, hoping the beatings'll go away
It wasn't always a hit and run relationship
It use to be love, happiness and companionship
Remember when I treated you good
I moved you up to hills, out the ills of the ghetto hood
Me and you a happy
home, when it was on
I had a love to call my own
I shoulda seen you was trouble but I was lost, trapped in your eyes
Preoccupied with gettin tossed, no need to lie
You had a man and I knew it, you told me
Don't worry bout it we can do it now I'm under pressure
Make a decision cause I'm waitin, when I'm alone
I'm on the phone havin secret conversations, huh
I wanna take your misery, replace it with happiness but I need your faith in me,
I'm a sucka for love sucka for love, know you ain't right G but yet I'ma sucka for
love
[Chorus]

 

[godisadj]

Krazy from The 7 Day Theory, shit-hot beat too..

[Chorus]
Time goes by, puffin on lye
Hopin that it gets me high
Got a nigga goin cra-zy
Oh yeah, I feel cra-zy

(Tell 'em bout it)

[2Pac]
Last year was a hard one, but life goes on
Hold my head against the wall learnin right from wrong
They say my ghetto intrumental, detrimental to kids
As if they can't see the misery in which they live
Blame me, for the outcome, ban my records - check it
Don't have to bump this but please respect it
I took a minus and now the hard times are behind us
Turned into a plus, now they stuck livin blinded
Hennesey got me feelin bad, time to stop drinkin
Rollin, in my drop-top Jag, what's that cops thinkin?
Sittin in my car, watch the stars and smoke
I came a long way but still I got so far to go
Dear mama, don't worry; I'ma watch for snakes
Tell Seykiwa, that I love her, but it's hard to take
I got the letter that she sent me, and I cried for weeks
This what came out when I tried to speak - all I heard was

[Chorus - repeat 2X]

(One, two, three, four)

[2Pac]
I see bloods and crips runnin up the hill
Lookin for a better wayyyyyy..
My brothers and sisters it's time to bail
cause even thug niggaz prayyyyyy..
Hopin God hear me, I entered the game; look how much I changed
I'm no longer innocent - casualties of fame
Made a lot of money, seen a lot of places
And I swear I seen a peaceful smile on my mama's face
when I gave her the keys to her own house, this your land
Your only son done became a man
Watchin time fly; I love my people do or die
But I wonder why, we scared to let each other fly
June 1-6, '7-1, the day
mama pushed me out her womb, told me, "Nigga get paid."
No one can understand me - the black sheep
Outcasted from my family, now packin heat
I run the streets, a young runaway, live for today
When he died, I could hear him say, c'mon..

[Chorus - repeat 2X]

[Bad Ass]
God help me out here, cause I'm posessed
I need the root of all evil for my stress
Cause money's like a stong prescription drug, it's got me addicted
to the pleasure and the pain it inflicted
Somethin bout the paper wit the pictures of the president's, head
Damn, it's like a mother****in plague that spread
It's epidemic; forgotten, forgotten it got worse
I keep my head on straight, makin money cause it's cursed
Makin money makes a difference day by day so I gotta stay
paid, no doubt, day in and day out
This life is like a vicious cycle called fightin to live
No matter how hard you try, it's in death, you gotta die
A lot of my, peers didn't make it to the years to come
Did life doin right, or did life livin dumb
Who has the answers? I wonder; I turn to my elders
They aged and experienced, but they can't even tell ya
or tell me, that there'll be light at the end of the road
(Why?) Cause they don't even know
A million thangs run through my mind..
You ain't gotta be in jail to be doin time..

[Chorus - repeat 2X]

[Chorus repeats while Tupac speaks below]

[2Pac]
I feel ****ed up in this bitch.
I smoked half a ounce to the head
Chocolate tye, indo, Hawaiian, lambsbread, buddha, all that shit
I'm ****ed up in this mother****er, and Hennesey don't help
and Hennesey don't help - Thug Passion in this muh'****er
Makaveli the Don puttin it down to the fullest, maximum overload
3 Day Theory - Killuminati to your body
with the impact of a 12 gauge shotty
Double-I slugs, no love, straight thugs

One time for my niggaz in the jail cell
(One time for my niggaz locked up)
One time for my niggaz doin life in hell
(One time for my niggaz and shit, one time)
One time for my niggaz in the jail cell
(One time)
One time for my niggaz doin life in hell
(One time for my niggaz locked down)
One time for my niggaz in the jail cell
(For my niggaz locked up, one time)
One time for my niggaz on Death Row
(One time for my niggaz on the Row)
For my niggaz on Death Row
One time for my niggaz livin, broke
(Westside, California style, L.A.!)
One time for my niggaz livin, broke
(You know what time it is, no doubt)
One time for my niggaz in the.. jail cell
(Get high, puffin on lye, wonder if it get me high)
(Yeah, yeah, crazy..)

 

[TwoOhSix!]

You can tell most of Pac's songs come straight from his heart.
This is the songs I've been bumpin lately, I can't get the first verse out of my head.

They'll never take me alive, I'm gettin high with my .45!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWftNSCPwWg&mode=related&search=

Ft. Big Stretch

[Voice sample from Star Trek V]
I couldn't help but notice your pain
[My pain?]
It runs deep
Share it with me!

[Tupac:]
They'll never take me alive
I'm gettin' high with my four-five,
Cocked on these suckas, time to die
Even as a youngster causin' ruckus on the back of the bus,
I was a fool all through high school kickin' up dust,
But now I'm labelled as a trouble maker who can you blame?
Smokin' weed helped me take away the pain,
So I'm hopeless,
Rollin' down the freeway swervin, don't worry,
I'm about to crash up on the curb, 'cause my visions blurry
Maybe if they tried to understand me,
What should I do?
I had to feed my ****in' family,
What else could I do?
But be a thug,
Out slangin' with the homies,
**** hangin' with them phonies in the clubs,
Got my mind on danger,
Never been a stranger to homicide,
My city's full of gang bangers and drive-bys,
Why do we die at an early age?
He was so young,
But still a victim of the 12 gauge,
My memories of a corpse,
Mind full of sick thoughts, IIIIIIIIIII
And I ain't goin' back to court,
So **** what you thought,
I'm drinkin' hennessey,
runnin from my enemies,
Will I live to be 23?
There's so much pain.

(Chorus)

Ohhhh....
Tired of the Strain and the Pain
Ohhhh....
Tired of the Strain and the Pain

[Big Stretch:]
Years and years of that rough life,
Runnin' crazed and wild as a kid and growin' tough with a knife,
Livin' trife on the regular,
Buckin' out competitors,
See them take a move and check em down like a ****in' predator,
Get in trouble everyday in school,
Act a fool,
And you know I had to break every rule,
Showin' off for the bitches, 'cause I had the mad rep',
So I had to watch my back when it was time to step,
But my grimiest grimeys with love for me,
Pop, pop, pop
And send a chuckle up above for me,
Aiiyo currency kept passin' me by,
But I didn't cry,
Broke and head off with the pack and started sellin' coke,
And now the money's lookin' lovely,
Pop the drop top and now the bitches wanna rob me,
Kick 'em the game,
It's all the same,
I kick it back yo,
Give 'em slack yo,
And now they label me the mack yo,
People check it,
Get disrespected if you front on the Birdman,
You heard man,
Catch a couple shots from the glock in my hand,
Damn! At least I'm realistic, with my biscuit,
You know you get your ass twisted,
So run for cover,
Me and my man got a plan kickin' major dust,
So if your on nigga look for the gauge to bust,
A lot of pressure with the street fame,
It's a deep game,
And my mama always cryin',
Yo there's so much pain,

(Chorus)

Ohhhh...
Ohhhh...

[Tupac:]
They got me mobbin' like I'm,
Loc'ed and ready to get my slug on,
I load my clip and slip my mother****in' gloves on,
I ain't scared to blast on these suckas if they test me,
Trust, I got my glock cocked playa if they press me,
Bust on mother****ers with a - paaassion,
Better duck cause I ain't lookin when I'm - blaaastin',
I'm a nuttin, drinkin' Hennessey and gettin' high,
On the lookout for my enemies,
Don't wanna die,
Tell me why cause this stress is gettin' major,
A buck-fifty across the face with my razor,
What can I do but be a thug until I'm dead and gone,
Keep my brain on the game and stay head strong,
These sorry bastards,
Want to kill me in my sleep but will they can I see,
And everyday it's just a struggle,
Steady thuggin' on the streets,
And I'll be ballin' loc,
Don't let 'em make you worry,
Keep swingin' at these suckas till you buried,
I was born in hell,
A nigga from the gutta,
Word to mutha I'm tough,
I'm kickin dust up,
Ready to bust,
I'm on the scene steady muggin' mean,
Until they kill me,
I'll be livin this life,
I know you feel me,
There's so much pain

(Chorus)

Ohhh...
Tired of the Strain and the Pain
Ohhh...
Tired of the Strain and the Pain
Ohhh...
Tired of the Strain and the Pain
Ohhh...
Tired of the Strain and the Pain

 

[est1977]

I smoke a blunt to TAKE THE PAIN OUT IF I WASNT HIGH ID PROBABLY BLOW MY BRAINS OUT -TUPAC FROM "LORD KNOWS' ME AGINST THE WORLD

 

[dbuzz]

Rawest mother****er that ever lived! LOL!

Most overrated artist in history more like! There's so much more to Hip Hop...

*ducks flying bricks*

 

[Stoner4Life]

All of the Above.......

Exactly why tupac is one dead nigga!

Has anyone figured out why these artists (what a fuggin joke) love to run around shooting each other up? I'd love to get them all in just one place.......

all I'd have to shout is "whatchu starin' at nigga!!!" and out would come the nines a blazin'. could call it the 'cap a rappa' gathering.......

US rap died w/ the carefree sounds of Hammer 20 yrs ago. You can shove that gangsta shyt up their A$$E$, got no time for hatred anymore, except that I know I hate that music (music! what a joke). Some of that caribbean rap is cool though. Suave sound and at least some efforts in originality.

 

[NOKUY]

Exactly why tupac is one dead nigga!

^^^^man thats lame

2pac just spoke his mind and so what if it hurt a few peeps feelings.

it's not worth an argument tho.

 

[TwoOhSix!]

Rap died with MC Hammer? LOL. And not all of Tupac's songs are about shooting people (a decent amount though). Not sure how you overlook the musical talent, but I can understand not wanting to listen to "gangster" music if that's not your thing.

However growing up in a big city I can relate to alot of stuff he talks about (besides killing people) but understand that Pac game from the gutter, a shitty neighborhood with lots of violence and a poor crackhead mother.

"I ain't never done a crime I didn't have to do"
^Obviously he's done some funny illegal bullshit he didn't have to do. But, the point is a lot of the dirt and "gangster" stuff he did came out of necessity and survival.
"I was raised on these streets I had to hustle just to eat..."

 

[Kirby]

'Krazy' is one of his most underrated songs. Favs: Ambitions As A Ridah, Cold As Ice, Uppercut, Thugz Mansion, If I Die Tonight, Until The End of Time, Starin' At The World Through My Rearview, All Eyez On Me, Dear Mama, Runnin' (Livin To Die), Hold Ya Head and many more. Biggie was the better lyricists, but Pac was a true pioneer. He re-shaped the face of rap, truly revolutionized the rap game.

 

[Lucky U]

Wow Kirby, you are the first I have ever heard, other than myself, say this (Biggie= lyricists). So before this thread takes a turn for the worst, I would like to give both MCs their props. They both were pioneers, but in different angles. Pac talked about what he had seen and been through i.e. "pain," and Big gave us "word play" i.e. putting words together is a unique why to say something common. Love this thread, keep up the good work guys.

 

[Kirby]

The rap game is a twisted (and weak) thing at times to most, but I think you really have to see how diverse the rap game is to understand that Biggie was the better lyricist. If I had to pick a modern day lyricist that has Biggie's unique style, it would definitely have to be Lil' Wayne(the dude is SICK), he puts shit together no one would ever think of...

Watch this freestyle battle between Biggie & Pac: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksbnfwKD69E&mode=related&search=

 

[Lucky U]

Kirby, The way you are thinking, we must be sitting in the same type of chair, smoking the same stain, because I was thinking the samething. There are so many Pac and Big freestyles on youtube but this is the one that does it for me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvSunXmm7b8

 

[Stoner4Life]

Exactly why tupac is one dead nigga!

^^^^man thats lame

2pac just spoke his mind and so what if it hurt a few peeps feelings.

it's not worth an argument tho.

Well wtf dude. I just hurt someones feelings and you called it lame..... ain't THAT a set of double standards! wtf?

Only trying to make a point is all & I too will not go farther here bro. btw, I hate the 'N' word & I never use it in my daily life.


I have zero respect for anyone that uses the N word in their music or comedy. Can you imagine how many young innocent black men were taunted with that name/word as they swung from the branch of a poplar tree?
The last words they ever heard.......
ask THOSE men if it'd be OK to use that word. THEY paid the price to use or NOT to use that word. NOT the rappers.

 

[TwoOhSix!]

Just FYI, Pac and Biggie never "Freestyle battled" all those youtube videos are remixed biggie/pac verses with a crowd in the background.

And I don't think you, Stoner4Life, are in any position to make a judgment on who the N word offends besides yourself. You obviously don't know very many black people. "Nigga" is such commonly used slang it has no different meaning than "homie" or whatever for white people. It's just kinda racist when white people say it. And its A LOT different than saying NIGGER.

So when rappers say nigga don't get offended, it's a staple of their ebonics!

 

[Lucky U]

Stone4Life has a undeniable point!!

I have zero respect for anyone that uses the N word in their music or comedy. Can you imagine how many young innocent black men were taunted with that name/word as they swung from the branch of a poplar tree?
The last words they ever heard.......
ask THOSE men if it'd be OK to use that word. THEY paid the price to use or NOT to use that word. NOT the rappers.

The sad part with the word is at some point in "most rappers" lives, past present or future, they will define the N word through their actions. One more time, "most" not all. This argument could go on for ever but the facts must be considared, do some research and you will see.

 

[Guest]

Just FYI, Pac and Biggie never "Freestyle battled" all those youtube videos are remixed biggie/pac verses with a crowd in the background.

They have freestyled together before. I wouldn't call it battling though they were bigging eachother up. It was quite weak but biggies the better freestyler hands down.

 

[PhenoMenal]

Not Tupac but i think somewhat better .....

Ice ice baby ...... ice ice baby .....
Alright STOP! ... collaborate and listen
Ice is back with my brand new invention
Somethinnnnggg.... grabs a hold of me tightly
Flow like a harpoon daily and nightly
Will it ever stop!? Yo.... i don't know
Turn off the lights and I'll glow
To the extreme I rock a mic like a vandal
Light up a stage and wax a chump like a candle
DANCE! ... go rush to the speaker that booms
I'm killing your brain like a poisonous mushroom
DEADLY! ... when I play a dope melody
Anything less than the best is a felony
Love it or leave it you better gain weight
You better hit bulls eye the kid dont play
If there was a problem YO! I'll solve it
Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it!

werd

 

[Stoner4Life]

Just FYI, Pac and Biggie never "Freestyle battled" all those youtube videos are remixed biggie/pac verses with a crowd in the background.

And I don't think you, Stoner4Life, are in any position to make a judgment on who the N word offends besides yourself. You obviously don't know very many black people. "Nigga" is such commonly used slang it has no different meaning than "homie" or whatever for white people. It's just kinda racist when white people say it. And its A LOT different than saying NIGGER.

So when rappers say nigga don't get offended, it's a staple of their ebonics!

I've seen who the N word hurts beyond myself TOS, and as a NYC resident I worked, mingled, and partied with so many brothers of color that I couldn't begin to recall the actual numbers. I'd dined in Harlem flats dozens of times, spanish harlem too w/ my latino brothers & sisters. I even knew well enough that a check I'd take at my flea market booth was very UNlikely to bounce if it were written by a person of color (mostly women as I sold garments & accessories) and that Italians (yup I'm Italian) wrote a lot of bad checks. They (can I say they w/o sounding stereotypical?) dressed impeccably and spent big $$$ weekly to do so. So bro I think I know black. But this isn't about me.

As millions continue to use the N word there is a desensitizing effect to it and certainly confusing to peoples of all color, soon enough it may have no more impact in a sentence than a period. It is a word spawned of hatred, despair, and death & nobody should forget that.
Just like sports figures kids immortalize and make heroes of rappers, even gangsta rappers and I think that in the worst case scenarios that's not a good thing, certainly not ALL rap uses offensive lyrics. IMO more could be done with the rap genre and its profound impact on its target audience. The N word has rendered itself well used in the 'white' community, some idiots suffer a beating for it, others just suffer the obvious stupidity of their own linguistic talents. IMO it needs to remain a word & as a reminder that when spoken by a white perpson (sic) they're looked upon as if they support Nazism.

I hope that last point was lucid enough to be understood, not agreed with perhaps, just understood.