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 Ain't nuttin' still, party and bullshit We to fuck R&B bitches and see who rhyme sickest For hit you made, more rappers afraid to come out
Machine Gun Funk Queens I came through to smoke blunts You came to my hood, we was I if we stayed that way, would there have been gunsmoke? Still on the around fiends numb from coke, I guess so now with paper, shit 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' to see your 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 about It's more serious, I to toast it up with you
with you, happy we on top, the most official Ain't too many ones out there, I feel some But doubt they're capable to it where you took it to I your wake not 'cause I'm fake I hate to see somebody so great in that way I woulda so long with so much to say
I had to put it in writin' to keep me and Brooklyn from Tellin' me to pay my and move to the side But I wouldn't have got off my knees 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 survive No matter what, my people just stay Still, we survive No matter what, my people just alive
Thug never die Dear 'Pac, every thug sheds a tear drop and use To bite off beer and pour out a lil' liquor You was more than just the nigga 2Pacalypse, I understand your style It's goin' on the third year, since you've gone
On the East and West Coast the same shit is on The industry be talkin', offendin' me They believe you dead, wanna see you in your coffin I can relate, shootouts and court All eyez on you, niggaz in your face your space You asked if I could trade in your place, how would I up?
How long would I ride, before I up? How did you know through your it was your time to go? You predicted it in every line, all in flow There never be peace, I have to quote Can't believe I 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, people We was both deep, after you left I got no Think how us real niggaz would be If we united, a of thugs, who could fight it? You was caught in a wild or were you crucified
the son of God, when Lucifer lied And make the world think, young blacks be extinct? But thug life'll never die, we stay high and link Will there be another MC as nice? Will you return to us the resurrection of Christ?
Still somehow I believe, we always survive.. but
Still, we, will No matter what, my just stay alive Still, we, survive No what, my people just stay alive
I wonder what the went through on tour? Did Robinson, have to shoot his way out a war? What has Al Green seen made him religious? Was it the drugs, put an end to the music If so, I put out the indo right now and write down A and pursue my dream turn my life around
'Cause I'm bound for the movie screen, that scream need a extra Uzi riding through my own hood in Queens It be the ones you knew, that want it on everybody it was him that you fronted on Thought we walked a million miles it was just Not used to walkin' in the path of money
I thought I it but we only took baby steps Up the ladder, where they pay me checks To my when I got it I said, "Baby bless" That was the 80's but now at this crazy mess We in the and finally it's lookin' good Hip-hop took it to billions, I knew we
A lot of ups and downs in the game, could lose or A couple pounds tryin' to maintain, one day you The next you not, you around niggaz check 'em out Some is bout it, individuals plots And run the spots, some to stay to theyselves While others have no cares and in jail
More fifty percent of us Endin' up with holes through the Through the head, through the gut it The future for us shooters and old killers Who become rich as dope Nothing left for us but hoop and hood tournaments
Thug coaches subs sittin' on the bench, either that or rap We want the way outta this trap it be 9 to 5 or slangin' crack To my deceased Gods wishin' I could bring you But life is a dream and y'all taught me
Always survive, but
Always survive, Still, we, will No matter what, my people just alive Still, we, survive No what, my people just stay alive
Still, we, survive No matter Still, we, survive No what Still, we, survive No what My niggaz just stay