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2Pac – 4 My Niggaz feat. Storm (OG Unreleased ) 1996

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2Pac – Loyal To The Game [Official Album], December 14, 2004

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2Pac – Loyal to the Game

loyal to the game cover front

US : December 14, 2004, UK : December 12, 2004

Tracklist:

1.“Soldier Like Me” (featuring Eminem)Eminem, Luis Resto (Originally produced by Big D The Impossible / Stretch From the Live Squad)3:50
2.“The Uppercut” (featuring E.D.I. Mean & Young Noble)Eminem, Luis Resto3:50
3.“Out On Bail“Eminem, Luis Resto (Originally produced by LG)3:54
4.“Ghetto Gospel” (featuring Elton John)Eminem, Luis Resto (Originally produced by Big D The Impossible)3:58
5.“Black Cotton” (featuring Eminem, Kastro & Young Noble)Eminem, Luis Resto (Originally produced by Big D The Impossible)5:03
6.“Loyal to the Game” (featuring G-Unit)Eminem, Luis Resto (Originally produced by Reginald Heard)3:23
7.“Thugs Get Lonely Too” (featuring Nate Dogg)Eminem, Luis Resto (Originally produced by Stretch from the Live Squad)4:48
8.“N.I.G.G.A.“(Never Ignorant About Getting Goals Accomplished) (featuring Jadakiss)Eminem, Luis Resto (Originally produced by Big D The Impossible)3:02
9.“Who Do You Love?”Eminem, Luis Resto3:28
10.“Crooked Nigga Too“Eminem, Luis Resto (Originally produced by Big D The Impossible)2:55
11.“Don’t You Trust Me?” (featuring Dido)Eminem, Luis Resto (Originally produced by Big D The Impossible)4:55
12.“Hennessey” (featuring Obie Trice)Eminem, Luis Resto3:27
13.“Thug 4 Life“Eminem, Luis Resto (Originally produced byJohnny “J”)2:54
14.“Po Nigga Blues (Scott Storch Remix) (Bonus Track)” (featuring Ron Isley)Scott Storch (Originally Produced by Daryl L. Anderson (DJ Daryl)3:38
15.“Hennessey (Red Spyda Remix) (Bonus Track)” (featuring E.D.I. Mean & Sleepy Brown)Red Spyda3:18
16.“Crooked Nigga Too (Raphael Saadiq Remix) (Bonus Track)”(featuring Raphael Saadiq)Raphael Saadiq (Originally produced by Big D The Impossible)4:02
17.“Loyal to the Game (DJ Quik Remix) (Bonus Track)” (featuring Big Syke & DJ Quik)DJ Quik

* Tracks 14-17 are bonus tracks.

Unused Tracks:

“Don’t You Trust Me (Stereo-Types Remix)” Feat. Keyshia Cole
“Thug 4 Life (Jelly Roll Remix)” Feat. Jelly Roll
“Thug 4 Life (Johnny J Remix)”
“Deadly Combination (Ron G Remix)” Feat. Big L, The Notorious B.I.G. & Stretch
“Tears Of Clown (Mike Mosley Remix)“

 

Released : US : December 14, 2004, UK : December 12, 2004 / Amaru Entertainment, Interscope Records
Certified : US (RIAA) – Platinum
Recorded : 1991-1994 (2Pac’s vocals)
2003-2004 (Production, guest vocals, and mixing)
Formats : CD, Vinyl & Cassette
Length : 64:56 min.
Producers : Afeni Shakur (exec.), Eminem (also exec.), Scott Storch, Red Spyda, Raphael Saadiq, DJ Quik, Luis Resto

Singles :

“Thugs Get Lonely Too” – Released: September 23, 2004
“Ghetto Gospel” – Released: January 21, 2005

The Best Charts Positions:

US Billboard 2001
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)1

Tupac: Resurrection (November 4, 2003) OST

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Tupac: Resurrection OST

Ressurection front cover

(November 4, 2003)

1. “Intro” (Previously Unreleased) 0:05
2. “Ghost” (previously unreleased), Producer : Eminem; 4:17
3. “One Day at a Time (Em’s Version)” (with Eminem feat. Outlawz, previously unreleased), Producer : Eminem; 3:44
4. “Death Around the Corner” (from Me Against The World, 1995), Producer : Johnny “J”; 4:07
5. “Secretz of War” (feat. Outlawz, from Still I Rise, 1999), Producer : Johnny “J”; 4:13
6. “Runnin’ (Dying to Live)” (feat. The Notorious B.I.G., released in 2002), Producer : Eminem; 3:51
7. “Holler If Ya Hear Me” (from Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z, 1993), Producer : Stretch; 4:38
8. “Starin’ Through My Rear View” (feat. Outlawz, from Gang Related soundtrack, 1997), Producer : Makaveli, Johnny “J”; 5:11
9. “Bury Me a G” (feat. Thug Life, from Thug Life Volume 1, 1994), Producer : Thug Music; 5:00
10. “Same Song” (feat. Digital Underground, from This Is an EP Release, 1991), Producer : Shock G; 3:57
11. “Panther Power” (feat. Tyson, from Beginnings: The Lost Tapes 1988–1991, 2000), Producer : Chopmaster J and Strictly Dope; 4:36
12. “Str8 Ballin'” (from Thug Life Volume 1, 1994), Producer : Easy Mo Bee; 5:04
13. “Rebel of the Underground” (from 2Pacalypse Now, 1991), Producer : Shock G; 3:17
14. “The Realist Killaz” (feat. 50 Cent, previously unreleased), Producer : Red Spyda; 2:59

Released : November 4, 2003 / Amaru Entertainment
Certified : US (RIAA) – Platinum
Recorded : 1991-1996
Formats : CD, Vinyl & Cassette
Length : 54:59 min.
Producers : Johnny “J”, Eminem, Stretch, Shock G, Easy Mo Bee, Red Spyda

Samples : 

“Runnin’ (Dying to Live)” – “Dying to Live” by Edgar Winter
“The Realist Killaz” – “Hail Mary” by Makaveli
“Starin’ Through My Rear View” – “In The Air Tonight” by Phil Collins

2Pac – Better Dayz [Official Album], November 26, 2002

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2Pac – Better Dayz

Better dayz front cover(November 26, 2002)

The album ”Better Dayz” features 23 unreleased recordings from the period 1994-1996, the majority of which are remixed. Others retain their original form or are complete finished mixes, such as “Fuck ‘Em All“, “Late Night”, “Ghetto Star”, “Better Dayz”, “Who Do U Believe In?” and “They Don’t Give A Fuck About Us”

2Pac – Better Dayz (Disc 1)

1. “Intro” – Producer: 7Aurelius; 0:56 min
2. “Still Ballin‘” (featuring Trick Daddy) – Producer: Johnny “J” – Remixed by Nitty; 2:50
3. “When We Ride on Our Enemies” – Producer: Johnny “J” – Remixed by BRISS 2:54
4. “Changed Man” (featuring T.I. & Johnta Austin) – Producer: Johnny “J” – Remixed by Jazze Pha 3:52
5. “Fuck Em All” (featuring Outlawz) – Producer: Johnny “J” 4:26
6. “Never B Peace” (featuring E.D.I. & Kastro) – Producer: Johnny “J” – Remixed by Nitty 4:59
7. “Mama’s Just a Little Girl” (featuring Kimma Hill) – Producer: Johnny “J” – Remixed by Kip “KP” Wilson 4:58
8. “Street Fame” – Producer: Daz Dillinger – Remixed by BRISS 4:30
9. “Whatcha Gonna Do?” (featuring Outlawz) – Producer: Johnny “J” – Remixed by E.D.I. 3:39
10. “Fair Xchange” (featuring Jazze Pha) – Producer: Johnny “J” – Remixed by Jazze Pha 3:52
11. “Late Night” (featuring DJ Quik & Outlawz) – Producer: DJ Quik 4:18
12. “Ghetto Star” (featuring Nutt-So) – Producer: Go-Twice 4:15
13. “Thugz Mansion (Acoustic Version)” (featuring Nas & J.Phoenix) – Producer: Johnny “J” – Remixed by A. “Pitboss” Johnson, Aulsondro “Emcee N.I.C.E.” Hamilton, and Claudio Cueni 4

2Pac – Better Dayz (Disc 2)

1. “My Block (Remix)” – Producer : Easy Mo Bee, Remixed by Nitty; 5:22
2. “Thugz Mansion” (featuring Anthony Hamilton) – Producer : Johnny “J”, Remixed by 7 Aurelius; 4:07
3. “Never Call U Bitch Again” (featuring Tyrese) – Producer : Johnny “J”; 4:38
4. “Better Dayz” (featuring Ron Isley) – Producer : Johnny “J”; 4:17
5. “U Can Call” (featuring Jazze Pha) – Producer : Johnny “J”, Remixed by Jazze Pha; 3:49
6. “Military Minds” (featuring Cocoa Brovaz & Buckshot) – Producer : Darryl “Big D” Harper, Remixed by E.D.I. Mean; 5:29
7. “Fame” (featuring Bad Azz & Outlawz) – Producer : Hurt M Badd; 4:50
8. “Fair Xchange (Remix)” (featuring Mýa) – Producer : Johnny “J”, Remixed by Troy Johnson;3:56
9. “Catchin’ Feelins” (featuring Outlawz) – Producer : E.D.I. Mean 4:54
10. “There U Go” (featuring Big Syke, Outlawz & Jazze Pha) – Producer : Johnny “J”; 5:30
11. “This Life I Lead” (featuring Outlawz) – Producer : Johnny “J”; 5:21
12. “Who Do U Believe In?” (featuring Yaki Kadafi) – Producer : Johnny “J”; 5:30
13. “They Don’t Give a Fuck About Us” (featuring Outlawz)- Producer : Johnny “J”, 5:08
14. “Outro” 0:13

Released : November 26, 2002 / Amaru Entertainment, Death Row Records, Interscope Records

Certified : US (RIAA) – 3× Platinum
Recorded : 1994, October 23, 1995 – August 29, 1996  (2Pac’s vocals)
2001-2002  (Production, guest vocals, and mixing)
Formats : CD, Vinyl & Cassette
Length : 112:38 min.
Producer : Johnny „J“, QDIII, L.T. Hutton, Mike Mosley, Hurt-M-Badd, Kurt Couthan

Singles :

“Thugz Mansion” – Released: October 17, 2002
“Still Ballin” – Released: May 21, 2003

Chart positions

ChartPeak positions
Billboard 200#5
Canadian Charts#7
Deutsche Charts#45
Dutch Charts#36
French Charts#52
Irish Charts#40
New Zealand Charts#20
Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums#1
Switzerland Chart#60
UK Chart#68

 

Samples :

”Better Dayz” – “Let’s Fall in Love (Parts 1 & 2)” by The Isley Brothers
“Catchin Feelins” – “Peter Piper” by Run-DMC
“Late Night” – “Have Your Ass Home by 11:00″ by Richard Pryor;”Wind Parade” by Donald Byrd”; “Last Night Changed It All (I Really Had a Ball)” by Esther Williams
“This Life I Lead” – “Naturally Mine” by Al B. Sure!
“Who Do U Believe In” – “Manifest Destiny” by Jamiroquai

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16. 2Pac – 5 Deadly Venomz – Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z…

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16. 5 Deadly Venomz

Producer : Stretch

Lyric :

(Yeah hehehahaha, we goin platinum nigga! Plaahahatinum.)

Yeah, you got the Live Squad in this motherfucker
We got my nigga Treach from Naughty by Nature in this motherfucker
My nigga Apache up in this motherfucker

[Verse One: Tupac]

My Mossberg goes boom, gimme room, can I catch it
Talkin quick and then I vic just tryin to keep from gettin blasted
I had enough I put a hit upon them bastards
Boo-yaa! Turned a snitch into a casket
Now they after me, prowling for a niggaz bucks
Time to see, who’s the G, with the bigger nuts
Buck buck, big up and livin reckless
Niggaz with a death wish step in with a Tec and I’ll wet this
Yeah this shit is hyper
Two to one I’m writing representing and I’m striking like a viper
Huh, I got my mind made up, I got my nine
Ring the alarm, and strong arm must run
Some niggaz need to feel me with a passion
I’m old fashioned, run up on me nigga and get blasted
With five deadly venomz

(Yeah ‘Pac, fuck that, still hittin em up with
that old deadly shit. Aiyyo Treach where you at?
Step up and hit they ass up with the wickedness.)

[Verse Two: Treach]

We come to hit you with a sock full of Brooklyn
to the Onyx of your nose, punk is funky like skunk blunts
Stunk like funk cunt
I come to take you on a war rough and rugged route
And if another doubts I blow your fuckin mother out
And that’s the street scarred style
I shout I’m-de-MC-wit-de-nasty-mouf, and kick the bitch out
Sue me? I pay the lawyer for ya oh boy yeah
Plus my style’s ten to twenty fuckin pounds more
I take you quicker than a picture of a punk ya pickin shit
pickin pockets with a razor stoppin Russian rockets
Not shoplift, I’m liftin shop
Once you sound hot, cause if you ain’t a perfect ten
my sign is stop!
It’s twenty mother-crooked-fuckin styles in em
Like women I did em I’m in for deadly ready venom

[Verse Three: Live Squad]

Yeah, as I take a puff I get rough, Big Mad
To put it on, can’t none come tougher see
I’m down with the sound of the Squad hard, boom!
Breakin em down, I make em see their doom
Coming straight from the dome where I roam it’s a job to
rob and steal and runnin from the coppers
Who hold a, boulder, turn the gun controller
Started from a punk now to be a high roller
Youngest, reckless, crazy, disaster
Mac-11 blaster, and I run faster
Than a lot of cops I can’t be stopped till my head gets popped
A lot of fuckin bodies will drop
It’s a disaster, I’m coming for the blood splatter
I make you scatter, leavin trails of brains and bladders
Blowin em out the frame with no shame
Game tight, drop a body then get out of sight
Count my loot after I shoot, leave my kicks up and it’s
something I don’t wanna do, somethin that I never did
I try to get him, I think I hit em, I lit him
He’s out! A poison, a deadly venom

(Yeah Mad, fuck that! You know how we do.
KnowhatI’msayin? Squad in effect, YG’z in effect.
Now you know a nigga like me gotta represent)

[Verse Four: Live Squad]

Once again, back to rip shit, quick on the flip tip
The psycho, represent the real to take the mic flow
Deadly, rock a head G, check the melody
Niggaz can’t touch me when I wreckin G you better flee
Cause I’m gifted with a jab and a forty-four Mag
So nigga flip or take a trip in a body bag
Uhh, boom you slipped up, now you’re zipped up
Yeah one more statistic, fronted and got ripped up
No joke, you be yolk, no matter how it sound
We’re taking over eight niggaz back to the stomping grounds
Line em up single file, dome runnin in em
A nigga hit em with the venom, the fourth deadly venom

(Nigga, yaknowhatI’msayin? Fuck that!
I told you, we takin over, yo ‘Pac.)

[Verse Five: 2Pac]

Five deadly venomz verse five be the livest
Strugglin and strive, keep a nine in my waistline
Take mine, you better bury me, G
Punk ass niggaz don’t even worry me, see
I got a glock that say ‘Pac run the block
Fuck the cops cause my gauge gets me… PAID
As I sit and reminesce about the old days
Hugging on my AK, fuck getting played, hey
I say niggaz need to get they mind right
Until they do I pop a clip and grip my nine tight
Now it’s on everday could be my last day
That’s why I blast on they ass as I past let the glass spray
First you had a mouth full of fronts
Now you’re mouth’s full of chunks, Pac’s out puffin blunts
Deadly venomz

(Hahaha, yeah pass that shit over here.
Apache bout to clean shit up.)

[Verse Six: Apache]

Throw up your middle finger! Start the track for the maniac
Only thing I’m givin out is black donuts and dirty backs
Let me tell how you rough I get
I pop shit behind your back get in your face and pop the same shit
You can’t get in because my gate’s bigger I’ma snake nigga
My act guards me so hard I pull the fuckin trigger
I’m a section to clinch your porch is like a pinch
Test a rhyme I’ll knock your hairline back an inch
Fuckin up pooh-butts, cut em like cold cuts
Choke em with my boot lace, then leave em hangin like old nuts
Clip up and move out, time to get em
That’s the results of fuckin with the fifth venom in denim

(Yeah, yaknowhatI’msayin?
Five motherfuckin deadly venomz, in effect for ninety-three
ninety-four ninety-five all that other shit.
We takin this motherfucker over this larger hit.
YaknowhatI’msayin? Follow us, come along. YaknowhatI’msayin?
We takin this motherfucker over. TRUST. We out.)

Sample :

“The Chokin’ Kind” by Joe Simon
“Roots and Culture” by Shabba Ranks

15. 2Pac – Papa’z Song – Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z…

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15. Papa’z Song

Producer : Big D The Impossible

Lyric :

Daddy’s home…

[2Pac] Heh, so?
You say that like that means somethin to me
You’ve been gone a mighty long motherfuckin time
for you to be comin home talkin that “daddy’s home” shit (nigga)
We been gettin along fine just without you
Me, my brother, and my mother
So if you don’t mind, you can step the FUCK off, POPS.. fuck you!

[2Pac] Had to play catch by myself, what a sorry sight
A pitiful plight, so I pray for a starry night
Please send me a pops before puberty
the things I wouldn’t do to see a piece of family unity
Moms always work, I barely see her
I’m startin to get worried without a pops I’ll grow to be her
It’s a wonder they don’t understand kids today
so when I pray, I pray I’ll never grow to be that way
And I hope that he answers me
I heard God don’t like ugly well take a look at my family
A different father every weekend
Before we get to meet him they break up before the week ends
I’m gettin sick of all the friendships
As soon as we kick it he done split and the whole shit ends quick
How can I be a man if there’s no role model?
Strivin to save my soul I stay cold drinkin a forty bottle
I’m so sorry…

[Chorus] I’m so sorry
for all this time (I’m so sorry)
for all this time
for all this time (don’t lie)
I’m so sorry
for all this time (so, sorry)
for all this time
for all this time, so sorry baby!

[Wycked] Moms had to entertain many men
Didn’t wanna do it but it’s time to pay the rent again
I’m gettin a bit older and I’m startin to be a bother
Moms can’t stand me cause I’m lookin like my father
Should I stay or run away, tell me the answer
Moms ignores me and avoids me like cancer
Grow up rough and it’s hard to understand stuff
Moms was tough cause his poppa wasn’t man enough
Couldn’t stand up to his own responsibilities
Instead of takin care of me, he’d rather live lavishly
That’s why I’ll never be a father;
unless you got the time it’s a crime don’t even bother
(That’s when I started hatin the phony smiles
Said I was an only child)
Look at mama’s lonely smile
It’s hard for a son to see his mother cry
She only loves you, but has to fuck with these other guys
I’m so sorry…

[Chorus] I’m so sorry
for all this time
for all this time
for all this time
I’m so sorry
for all this time
for all this time (so sorry)
for all this time, so sorry baby!

[2Pac] Man child in the promised land couldn’t afford many heroes
Moms was the only one there my pops was a no-show
And ohh -I guess ya didn’t know
that I would grow to be so strong
Lookin kinda pale, was it the ale oh pops was wrong
Where was the money that you said, you would send me
talked on the phone and you sounded so friendly
Ask about school and my welfare
but it’s clear, you ain’t sincere hey who the hell cares
You think I’m blind but this time I see you comin, Jack
You grabbed your coat, left us broke, now ain’t no runnin back
Ask about my moms like you loved her from the start
Left her in the dark, she fell apart from a broken heart
So don’t even start with that “wanna be your father” shit
Don’t even bother with your dollars I don’t need it
I’ll bury moms like you left me all alone G
Now that that I finally found you, stay the Fuck away from me
You’re so sorry..

[Chorus] I’m so sorry (so sorry)
for all this time (so, so sorry)
for all this time (I’m so so sorry)
for all this time (fuck that!)
I’m so sorry
for all this time (no)
for all this time (so sorry)
for all this time, so sorry baby!

[Tupac – impersonating his father] I never meant to leave but I was wanted
Crossed too many people every house I’d touch was haunted
Had to watch the strangers every brother was in danger
If I was to keep you breathin, had to be out of range-a
Had to move, one to lost my name and pick the number
Made me watch my back I had no happy home to run to
Maybe it’s my fault for being a father livin fast
But livin slow, mean half the dough, and you won’t get no ass
Hindsight shows me it was wrong all along
I wanted to make some dough so you would grow to be so strong
It took a little longer than I thought
I slipped, got caught, and sent to jail by the courts
Now I’m doin time and I wish you’d understand
all I ever wanted was for you to be a man
and grow to be the type you was meant to be
Keep the war fightin by the writings that you sent to me
I’m so sorry…

[Chorus w/ variations til end]

Samples :

“Fool Yourself” by Little Feat
“Soul Shadows” by The Crusaders

Tupac Shakur’s original lyrics for ‘Papa’s Song’ originally called ‘So Sorry 4 The Kids’

Tupac Shakur’s original lyrics for ‘Papa’s Song’ originally called 'So Sorry 4 The Kids’

14. 2Pac – I Get Around – Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z…

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14. I Get Around

Producer : The D-Flow Production Squad

Lyric :

Aw yeah, I get around
Still clown with the Underground, when we come around
Stronger than ever

[Tupac] Back to get wreck
All respect to those who break their neck to keep their hoes in check
Cause oh they sweat a brother majorly
And I don’t know why, your girl keeps paging me
She tell me that she needs me, cries when she leaves me
And every time she sees me, she squeeze me, lady take it easy!
Hate to sound sleazy, but tease me, I don’t want it if it’s that easy
Ayo bust it, baby got a problem saying bye bye
Just another hazard of a fly guy
You ask why, don’t matter, my pockets got fatter
Now everybody’s looking for the latter
And ain’t no need in being greedy
If you wanna see me dial the beeper number baby when you need me
And I’ll be there in a jiffy
Don’t be picky, just be happy with this quickie
But when you learn, you can’t tie me down
Baby doll, check it out, I get around

What you mean you don’t know? I get around
The Underground just don’t stop for hoes, I get around
Still down with the Underground, I get around
Yeah, ayo Shock, let them hoes know

[Shock G] Now you can tell from my everday fits, I ain’t rich
So cease and desist with them tricks (tricks)
I’m just another black man caught up in the mix (mix)
Trying to make a dollar out of fifteen cents (A dime and a nickel)
Just cause I’m a freak don’t mean that we could hit the sheets
Baby I can see, that you don’t recognize me
I’m Shock G, the one who put the satin on your panties
Never knew a hooker that could share me, I get around

[Money B] What’s up love, how you doing? (All right)
Well I’ve been hanging sanging, trying to do my thang
Oh, you heard that I was banging
Your home girl you went to school with, that’s cool
But did she tell you about her sister and your cousin? Thought I wasn’t
See, weekends were made for Michelob
But it’s a Monday, my day, so just let me hit it, yo
And don’t mistake my statement for a clown
We can keep in the down low long as you know, that I get around

[Tupac] 2Pacalypse Now don’t stop for hoes, I get around
Why I ain’t call you? Ha ha, please

Finger tips on the hips as I dip, gotta get a tight grip, don’t slip
Loose lips sink ships, it’s a trip
I love the way she licks her lips, see me jocking
Put a little twist in her hips cause I’m watching
Conversations on the phone til the break of dawn
Now we all alone, why the lights on?
Turn ’em off, time to set it off, get you wet and soft
Something’s on your mind, let it off
You don’t know me, you just met me, you won’t let me
Well if I couldn’t have it (silly rabbit) why you sweating me?
It’s a lot of real G’s doing time
Cause a groupy bit the truth and told a lie
You picked the wrong guy baby if you’re too fly
You need to hit the door, search for a new guy
Cause I only got one night in town
Break out or be clown, baby doll are you down?
I get around

[Shock G] Round and round, round we go [Repeat 8x]

Samples :

“Computer Love” by Zapp
“The Ladder” by Prince and The Revolution
“Step in the Arena” by Gang Starr
“Impeach the President” by The Honey Drippers

13. 2Pac – The Streetz R Deathrow – Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z…

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13. The Streetz R Deathrow

Producer : Stretch

Lyric :

Growing up as an inner city brotha
where every other had a pops and a motha
I was tha product of a heated lover
Nobody knew how deep it screwed me
and since my pops never knew me
my family didn’t know what ta do with me
was I somebody they despise
curious look in they eyes
as if they wonder if i’m dead or alive
poor momma can’t control me
quit tryin’ ta save my soul, I wanna roll with my homies
a ticken timebomb
can’t nobody fade me
packin’ a 380
and fiendin’ for my mercedes
suckers scatter
but it don’t matter i’m a cool shot
punks drop from all tha buckshots tha fools got
i’m tired of being a nice guy
i’ve been poor all my life, but don’t know quite why
so they label me a lunatic
could care less
death or success
is what I quest
cause i’m fearless
now tha streetz R Deathrow

[Chorus]

(cause i’ll beat you down, like it ain’t nothin’)
tha streetz R Deathrow
(cause i’ll beat you down, like it ain’t nothin’)
tha streetz R Deathrow

I just murdered a man, i’m even more stressed
wearin’ a vest
hopein’ that their aimin’ at my chest
much too young to bite tha bullet
hand on tha trigga
I see my life before my eyes each time I pull it
I hope I live to be a man
must be part of some big plan to keep a brotha in tha state
penn
counting pennys over tha years
I’d done stacked many
proven wrong those
who swore i’d wouldn’t live till twenty
now they gotta cope
since it’s tha only thing I know
it’s difficult to let it go
i’m startin’ to loose my hair cause I worry
hustlin’ to keep from gettin’ buried
but now I gotta move away now
cause these suckers wanna spray where I lay down
my homie lost his family and snapped
shot up half tha block to bring them back
tha streetz R Deathrow

[Chorus]

(cause i’ll beat you down, like it ain’t nothin’)
tha streetz R Deathrow
(cause i’ll beat you down, like it ain’t nothin’)
tha streetz R Deathrow
(cause i’ll beat you down, like it ain’t nothin’)
tha streetz R Deathrow
(cause i’ll beat you down, like it ain’t nothin’)
(like it ain’t nothin’)

i’m dangerous
when drunk I only drink beer
gin makes me sin
unable to think clear
heneesee, makes me think my enemy is getting close
BOOM BOOM BOOM
got me shooting at a ghost
some call me crazy
but this is what you gave me
amongst tha babies, who raised up from tha slavery
I sport a vest and hit tha sess to kill tha stress
moved out west and I invest in all tha best
those who test will find a bullet in they chest
put ta rest
by a brotha who was hopeless
grow up broke on tha rope of insanity
how many pistols smoking coming from a broken family
i’m sick of being tired
sick of tha sirens, body bags, and tha gun firing
tell bush to push tha button cause i’m fed
tired of hearin’ these voices in my head
tha streetz R Deathrow

[Chorus]

(cause i’ll beat you down, like it ain’t nothin’)
tha streetz R Deathrow
(cause i’ll beat you down, like it ain’t nothin’)
tha streetz R Deathrow
(cause i’ll beat you down, like it ain’t nothin’)
tha streetz R Deathrow
(cause i’ll beat you down, like it ain’t nothin’)
tha streetz R Deathrow
(cause i’ll beat you down, like it ain’t nothin’)
this goes out to my partners in tha Live Squad (like it
ain’t nothin’)
and all my partners involved in that 187
watch your back…
(cause i’ll beat you down, like it ain’t nothin’)
There got to be a better way…
(cause i’ll beat you down, like it ain’t nothin’)
There’s too many of us in tha cemetary
(cause i’ll beat you down, like it ain’t nothin’)
come on, what we gonna do now
(cause i’ll beat you down, like it ain’t nothin’)
tha streetz R Deathrow

Samples :

“Synthetic Substitution” by Melvin Blis
“You’re the One I Need” by Barry White
“Us” by Ice Cube

12. 2Pac – Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. – Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z…

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12. Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.

Producer :  Larry „Lay Law“ Goodman

Lyric :

[‘Pac speaking] Yo ‘Law!
Is it cool if a nigga just get fucked up for this one?
Yeah! Mr. Fuck-a-Cop is BACK..
and I still don’t give a fuck, yaknahmsayin?
Puffin on this indo.. in the studio with my partners out here
Pacific Heights in the house, know what I mean

[2Pac] I was framed, so don’t make the same mistake, nigga
You gotta learn how to shake the snakes, nigga
Cause the police love to break a nigga
Send em upstate cause they straight-up hate the niggaz
So what I do is get a crew of zoo niggaz
Straight fools into rules and do niggaz
And one-time had enough of me
I’m still raw so the law can’t fuck with me
They wanna send me to the pen, punk picture that
I stay strapped motherfuckers better get your gat
It ain’t easy bein me I can’t take it
Life as a celebrity ain’t everything they make it
And ever since the movies, these hoes try to do me
If they can’t screw me, they find a way to sue me
Now can you picture me coolin, at a night club?
Nothin but love, but motherfuckers wanna mean mug
Since I wear a lot of gold, they plot
Don’t know what I got, and get shot with the hot ones
And aww yeah, I wanna feel guilty
but you punk motherfuckers tried to milk me
You’ll get smacked behind the hill with my phone on my pager
It’s beepin while I cut you with my razor
I’m not violent, I’m petrified and nervous
I got no mercy for these niggaz tryin to serve us
But if you catch me outta pocket, then I’m got
You love to shoot a nigga but you scared to pop a cop
Now drop it

[Chorus: 2Pac]

Strictly for my – strictly for my – strictly for my niggaz
Strictly for my – strictly for my – strictly for my niggaz
Strictly for my – strictly for my – strictly for my niggaz
Strictly for my niggaz makin G’s

[2Pac] Reflected and disrespected, plus I’m rejected
You’re just another rapper, who swears he’s makin records
That’s what they said – whenever I would walk by
I never tripped though – always kept my head up high
Eventually, I knew that I would find my way
After the darkest night, always comes a brighter day
And some would say, that turned away is all you’ll get
I just said, “bet,” and never let ’em see me sweat
Cause in the end, I knew that I would have it all
while non-believers, were prayin for my downfall
And some would call, and tell me that they wish me well
but in my heart, I’m knowin that they wish me hell
Yo get a real job, rappin doesn’t pay the rent
I hate the studio cause that’s where all my money went
Never surrender, it’s all about the faith you’ve got
Don’t ever stop, just push it til you hit the top
And if you drop, at least you know you gave your all
Be true to you, and that way you can never fall
But beware, these backstabbers ain’t no joke
Just like a rope, they hang on you until you’re broke
And when you’re broke, they move onto the next dope
And there you are, can’t even pay your car, nope
And when you reminisce, thinkin how you got dissed
remember how it felt, and then remember this
Be true to you, believe that there’s no one bigger
Cause they can all suck dick – it’s strictly for my niggaz

[Chorus]

[2Pac] (This is) This is for the critics if you live up
Pick up my shit or I’ll be back doin stickups
I better see five stars next to my picture
If not, Tupac will cop the glock and come knockin to getcha
I told you once motherfucker I’m a nut
Play me like a butt and you’ll be bleedin when you’re fucked
Niggaz know what’s up but they be tryin to hold me down
I’m comin outta Oaktown, bitch fuck around
And it ain’t where you from that makes you hardcore
Nigga it’s the way you throw them thangs in the war
And to the marks that be talkin all that shit
Screamin out the next nigga’s name like a bitch
And the niggaz that I ran into recently
The motherfuckers at the club that pulled the piece on me
You little bitches shoulda pulled the fuckin trigga
Now you live in fear of a heartless-ass nigga
Mr. Troublesome; niggaz tried to play me with the gat
but like Terminator nigga, I’ll be back
Yeah! And I’ll be back with a fuckin army
You tried to harm me — ruh-ring the alarm G!
Cause most motherfuckers love to act up
without they backup, when they get jacked up they crack up
It’s strictly for my niggaz at the show
so they know, not to play me like a ho (ho!!!)
Strictly for my…

[Chorus 3X (continues afterwards, breaking into ad libs)]

Samples :

“UFO” by ESG

11. 2Pac – Keep Ya Head Up – Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z…

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11. Keep Ya Head Up

Producer : Daryl „DJ Daryl“ Anderson

Lyric :

Little somethin for my godson Elijah and a little girl named Corinne

[Verse 1:] Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice
I say the darker the flesh then the deeper the roots
I give a holler to my sisters on welfare
Tupac cares, if don’t nobody else care
And uhh, I know they like to beat ya down a lot
When you come around the block brothas clown a lot
But please don’t cry, dry your eyes, never let up
Forgive but don’t forget, girl keep your head up
And when he tells you you ain’t nothin’ don’t believe him
And if he can’t learn to love you you should leave him
Cause sista you don’t need him
And I ain’t tryin to gash up, I just call em how I see em
You know it makes me unhappy
When brothas make babies, and leave a young mother to be a pappy
And since we all came from a woman
Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman
I wonder why we take from our women
Why we rape our women, do we hate our women?
I think it’s time to kill for our women
Time to heal our women, be real to our women
And if we don’t we’ll have a race of babies
That will hate the ladies, that make the babies
And since a man can’t make one
He has no right to tell a woman when and where to create one
So will the real men get up
I know you’re fed up ladies, but you gotta keep your head up

[Chorus:] Keep ya head up, oooo child things are gonna get easier
Ooooo child things are gonna get brighter [2x]

[Verse 2:] Aiyyo, I remember Marvin Gaye, used to sing ta me
He had me feelin like black was tha thing to be
And suddenly tha ghetto didn’t seem so tough
And though we had it rough, we always had enough
I huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke the rules
Ran with the local crew, and had a smoke or two
And I realize momma really paid the price
She nearly gave her life, to raise me right
And all I had ta give her was my pipe dream
Of how I’d rock the mic, and make it to tha bright screen
I’m tryin to make a dollar out of fifteen cents
It’s hard to be legit and still pay tha rent
And in the end it seems I’m headin for tha pen
I try and find my friends, but they’re blowin in the wind
Last night my buddy lost his whole family
It’s gonna take the man in me to conquer this insanity
It seems tha rain’ll never let up
I try to keep my head up, and still keep from gettin wet up
You know it’s funny when it rains it pours
They got money for wars, but can’t feed the poor
Say there ain’t no hope for the youth and the truth is
It ain’t no hope for tha future
And then they wonder why we crazy
I blame my mother, for turning my brother into a crack baby
We ain’t meant to survive, cause it’s a setup
And even if you’re fed up
Huh, ya got to keep your head up

[Chorus]

[Verse 3:] And uhh
To all the ladies havin babies on they own
I know it’s kinda rough and you’re feelin all alone
Daddy’s long gone and he left you by ya lonesome
Thank the Lord for my kids, even if nobody else want em
Cause I think we can make it, in fact, I’m sure
And if you fall, stand tall and comeback for more
Cause ain’t nuttin worse than when your son
Wants to kno why his daddy don’t love him no mo’
You can’t complain you was dealt this
Hell of a hand without a man, feelin helpless
Because there’s too many things for you to deal with
Dying inside, but outside you’re looking fearless
While tears, is rollin down your cheeks
Ya steady hopin things don’t all down this week
Cause if it did, you couldn’t take it, and don’t blame me
I was given this world I didn’t make it
And now my son’s getten older and older and cold
From havin the world on his shoulders
While the rich kids is drivin Benz
I’m still tryin to hold on to survivin friends
And it’s crazy, it seems it’ll never let up, but
Please… you got to keep your head up

Samples :

“O-o-h Child” by Five Stairsteps
“Be Alright” by Zapp

2Pac – Holler If Ya Hear Me (US Vinyl Single) (January 29, 1993)

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2Pac – Holler If Ya Hear Me

holler if ya hear me vinylTracklist :

A1. Holler If Ya Hear Me (Black Caesar Radio Mix)
A2. Holler If Ya Hear Me (Black Caesar LP Version)
A3. Holler If Ya Hear Me (Black Caesar Instrumental)
B1. Holler If Ya Hear Me (Broadway Mix)
B2. Holler If Ya Hear Me (New York Stretch Mix)
B3. Flex (feat. Young Thugz)

Released : January 29, 1993
Format : 12″ single, CD single, Cassette single
Recorded : 1992

 

 

 

2Pac – Holler If Ya Hear Me (Official US Cassette Single) (January 29, 1993)

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2Pac – Holler If Ya Hear Me

 

Tracklist :

A1. Holler If Ya Hear Me (Black Caesar Radio Mix)
A2. Holler If Ya Hear Me (Black Caesar LP Version)
A3. Holler If Ya Hear Me (Black Caesar Instrumental)
B1. Holler If Ya Hear Me (Broadway Mix)
B2. Holler If Ya Hear Me (New York Stretch Mix)
B3. Flex (feat. Young Thugz)

Released : January 29, 1993
Format : 12″ single, CD single, Cassette single
Recorded : 1992

2Pac – Holler If Ya Hear Me (US Cassette Single)

 

 

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