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2pac - Ballad of a dead Souljah
Intro -
Yeah;
Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;
This is the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;
This is Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;
the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;
1st Verse -
The plan;
to take a man of the whole family;
though underhanded;
to be the man it was planned;
all my roaddogz;
official mob figgaz love to act up;
the first to bomb when we rob niggaz - I can be;
lost in my own mind;
to be the boss only thought's grippin chrome nines;
niggaz get tossed up;
war scars, battlefield memories;
swore I saw the devil in my empty glass of hennessey;
talkin to a nigga on a tight leash;
screamin fuck tha police;
as I ride through the night streets;
little child runnin wild;
towards danger;
what's the cause;
don't be alarmed;
death to all strangers;
maybe I'm a madman;
a pistol grabbin nigga - unleash the sandman;
promise a merciless retaliation;
nothin' is colder;
close your eyes - hear the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;
Hook 1 -
(singing)
Thug 4 Life I will be;
(2Pac)
this is the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;
(singing)
a life of crime I will lead;
(2Pac)
close your eyes and hear the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;
(singing)
if you play the game, you play to win;
(2Pac)
this is the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;
(singing)
it's a crazy world full of sin;
(2Pac)
close your eyes;
2nd Verse -
Completely lost;
revenge at all cost;
payback's a bitch - switch now the trick's crossed;
tossed up and never to be heard of;
a single witness screamin' bloody murda - murda;
blast - tell me homie whatcha see now;
a blind man and a dead body;
I'm ready to leave town;
and get my cash though;
hook up with Kastro;
homie had to blast on the task force;
stupid coppers tried to play us out;
never that;
they took my money and my stash;
time to get 'em back; (Pac laughs)
upon my secret arrival;
two glock four-fives time for survival;
death to my rivals;
tell me what you want lord;
nobody left after the death of a drug lord; (Pac laughs)
the situation's critical;
nothin' is colder;
than hearin' the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;
Hook 2 -
(singing)
Thug 4 Life I will be;
(2Pac)
this is the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;
(singing)
a life of crime I will lead;
(2Pac)
close your eyes and hear the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;
(singing)
if you play the game, you play to win;
(2Pac)
this is a Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;
(singing)
it's a crazy world full of sin;
(2Pac)
c-c-c-close your eyes and hear the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;
3rd Verse -
Big coward put your hands to the moon;
when my glocks rang out;
the niggaz came out - boom;
who wanna see me in a challenge?;
so merciless I'm terrifyin' niggaz in my ballads;
do you feel me?;
coppo a copper time;
one day I'll be the don;
until then remain strong;
my only fear of death is reincarnation;
bustin' at my adversaries like a mental patient;
to all my niggaz facin' sixty years;
sheddin' tattoo tears another suicide out on the tier;
takin' private planes tryin' to survive the game;
for all my homies that'll never be alive again;
all they promise us is death nigga;
take a breath - could be the last one left nigga;
it's real now;
feel it and fantasize;
ain't nothin' colder;
listen you could hear it;
the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;
Hook 3 -
(singing)
Thug 4 Life I will be;
(2Pac)
this is the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;
(singing)
the life of crime I will lead;
(2Pac)
c-c-c-close your eyes - hear the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;
(singing)
if you play the game, you play to win;
(2Pac)
this is the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;
(singing)
it's a crazy world full of sin;
(2Pac)
c-c-c-close your eyes and hear the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;
Outro -
(2Pac)
this go out to Kato, Mental;
all the niggaz that done passed away;
(this is the Ballad of A Dead Soulja)
Mutulu;
Geronimo;
all the down ass ridahs;
all the niggaz that put it down;
all the souljas;
all the niggaz that go through that day-to-day struggle;
(this is the Ballad of A Dead Soulja)
all the niggaz that passed on;
all the niggaz with ambition and money in they heart;
all the niggaz that want some and that don't take none; (Pac laughs)
(this is the Ballad of A Dead Soulja);
police is so scared of us;
oh the feds? they aware of us;
they wanna see us dead;
they got pictures of a nigga head;
(Ballad of A Dead Soulja)
tryin' to see me in chains;
shit - them niggaz'll never breath again;
before they put me in a cell they'll see me in hell;
(cause it's the Ballad of A Dead Soulja)
got my pistols cocked;
run the whole muthafuckin' block;
fuck the cops;
the police? we run these streets, nigga;
(they heard the Ballad of A Dead Soulja)
these niggaz can't see me;
half the world wanna be me;
multi-millionaire - shit it ain't fair;
but nigga, you know
(it's the Ballad of A Dead Soulja)
(it's the Ballad of A Dead Soulja)
________________________________________________________ 2pac - Hit`Em Up So I fucked your bitch You fat mutha-fucka {Take Money} West Side Bad Boy Killers {Take Money} You know who the realist is Niggas we bring it to {Take Money} [ha ha, that's alright] First off, fuck your bitch And the click you claim West side when we ride Come equipped with game You claim to be a playa But, I fucked your wife We bust on Bad Boys Niggas fuck for Life Plus Puffy tryin' to see me weak Hearts I rip Biggie Smalls and Junior Mafia Some mark ass bitches We keep on coming While we running for yah jewels Steady gunning Keep on busting at them fools You know the rules Little Ceasar go ask you homie How i'll leave yah Cut your young ass up See yah in pieces Now be deceased Little Kim, Don't fuck with real ass G's Quick to snatch your ugly ass, off the streets So fuck peace I'll let them niggas know It's on for Life Don't let the west side Ride the night [ha ha] Bad Boys murdered on Wax and kill Fuck with me And get your caps peeled You know, See Grab your glocks when you see 2pac Call the cops when you see 2pac, Uhh Who shot me, But, your punks die _________________________________________________________ 2Pac - I Ain`t Mad At Cha Change, shit I guess change is good for any of us Whatever it take for any of y'all niggaz to get up out the hood Shit, I'm wit cha, I ain't mad at cha Got nuttin but love for ya, do your thing boy Yeah, all the homies that I ain't talk to in a while I'ma send this one out for y'all, knahmean? Cause I ain't mad at cha Heard y'all tearin up shit out there, kickin up dust [Danny Boy] I ain't... Givin a motherfucker, heheheheheh Yeah, niggaz [Danny Boy] ...mad at cha Cause I ain't mad at cha Verse One: 2Pac Now we was once two niggaz of the same kind Quick to holla at a hoochie with the same line You was just a little smaller but you still roller Got stretched to Y.A. and hit the hood swoll Member when you had a jheri curl didn't quite learn On the block, witcha glock, trippin off sherm Collect calls to the till, sayin how ya changed Oh you a Muslim now, no more dope game Heard you might be comin home, just got bail Wanna go to the Mosque, don't wanna chase tail I seems I lost my little homie he's a changed man Hit the pen and now no sinnin is the game plan When I talk about money all you see is the struggle When I tell you I'm livin large you tell me it's trouble Congratulation on the weddin, I hope your wife know She got a playa for life, and that's no bullshitin I know we grew apart, you probably don't remember I used to fiend for your sister, but never went up in her And I can see us after school, we'd BOMB on the first motherfucker with the wrong shit on Now the whole shit's changed, and we don't even kick it Got a big money scheme, and you ain't even with it Hmm, knew in my heart you was the same motherfucker bad Go toe to toe when it's time for roll you got a brother's back And I can't even trip, cause I'm just laughin at cha You tryin hard to maintain, then go head cause I ain't mad at cha (Hmm, I ain't mad at cha) Chorus: Danny Boy I ain't, mad, at cha (2Pac: I ain't mad at cha) I ain't, mad, at cha Verse Two: 2Pac We used to be like distant cousins, fightin, playin dozens Whole neighborhood buzzin, knowin, that we wasn't Used to catch us on the roof or behind the stairs I'm gettin blitzed and I reminsce on all the times we shared Besides bumpin n grindin wasn't nothin on our mind In time we learned to live a life of crime Rewind us back, to a time was much too young to know I caught a felony lovin the way the guns blow And even though we seperated, you said that you'd wait Don't give nobody no coochie while I be locked up state I kiss my Mama goodbye, and wipe the tears from her lonely eyes Said I'll return but I gotta fight the fate's arrived Don't shed a tear, cause Mama I ain't happy here I'm through trial, no more smiles, for a couple years They got me goin mad, I'm knockin busters on they backs in my cell, thinkin, "Hell, I know one day I'll be back" As soon as I touch down I told my girl I'll be there, so prepare, to get fucked down The homies wanna kick it, but I'm just laughin at cha Cause youse a down ass bitch, and I ain't mad at cha Chorus: Danny Boy I ain't, mad, at cha (2Pac: I ain't mad at cha) I ain't, mad, at cha (2Pac: A true down ass bitch, and I ain't mad at cha) Verse Three: 2Pac Well guess who's movin up, this nigga's ballin now Bitches be callin to get it, hookers keep fallin down He went from nuttin to lots, ten carots to rock Went from a nobody nigga to the big, man on the block He's Mister local celebrity, addicted to move a key Most hated by enemy, escape in the Luxury See, first you was our nigga but you made it, so the choice is made Now we gotta slay you why you faded, in the younger days So full of pain while the weapons blaze Gettin so high off that bomb hopin we make it, to the better days Cause crime pays, and in time, you'll find a rhyme'll blaze You'll feel the fire from the niggaz in my younger days So many changed on me, so many tried to plot That I keep a glock beside my head, when will it stop? Til God return me to my essence Cause even as a adolescents, I refuse to be a convalescent So many questions, and they ask me if I'm still down I moved up out of the ghetto, so I ain't real now? They got so much to say, but I'm just laughin at cha You niggaz just don't know, but I ain't mad at cha Chorus: Danny Boy I ain't, mad at cha (2Pac: and I ain't mad at cha) Iiiiiiiii ain't mad (2Pac: hell nah I ain't mad at cha) at cha I ain't, mad at mha (2Pac: and I ain't mad at cha) I ain't, mad at cha (2Pac: I ain't mad at cha) I ain't, mad at cha, noooo I ain't mad at chaaaaahhhhhh __________________________________________________________ 2Pac - California Love 1-California...knows how to party California...knows how to party In the citaaay of L.A. In the citaaay of good ol' Watts In the citaaay, the city of Compton We keep it rockin! We keep it rockin! Verse One: Dr. Dre Now let me welcome everybody to the wild, wild west A state that's untouchable like Elliot Ness The track hits ya eardrum like a slug to ya chest Pack a vest for your Jimmy in the city of sex We in that sunshine state with a bomb ass hemp beat the state where ya never find a dance floor empty And pimps be on a mission for them greens lean mean money-makin-machines servin fiends I been in the game for ten years makin rap tunes ever since honeys was wearin sassoon Now it's '95 and they clock me and watch me Diamonds shinin lookin like I robbed Liberace It's all good, from Diego to tha Bay Your city is tha bomb if your city makin pay Throw up a finger if ya feel the same way Dre puttin it down for Californ-i-a
(repeat 1) 2-Shake it shake it baby Shake it shake it baby Shake it shake it mama Shake it Cali Shake it shake it baby Shake it shake it shake it shake it... Verse Two: 2Pac Out on bail fresh outta jail California dreamin Soon as I stepped on the scene I'm hearin hoochies screamin Fiendin for money and alcohol the life of a west side playa where cowards die Only in Cali where we riot now rallies are live and die In L.A. we wearin Chucks not Ballies (that's right) Dressed in Locs and khaki suits and ride is what we do Flossin but have caution we collide with other crews Famous cause we program worldwide Let'em recognize from Longbeach to Rosecrans Bumpin and grindin like a slow jam, it's west side So you know the row won't bow down to no man Say what you say But give me that bomb beat from Dre Let me serenade the streets of L.A. From Oakland to Sacktown The Bay Area and back down Cali is where they put they mack down Give me love! (repeat 1) (Dr.Dre) now make it shake... (repeat 2) Outro: Dre, 2Pac uh, yeah, uh, longbeach in tha house, uh yeah Oaktown, Oakland definately in tha house hahaha Frisko, Frisko (Tupac) hey, you know LA is up in this Pasadina, where you at yeah, Ingelwood, Ingelwood always up to no good (Tupac) even Hollywood tryin to get a piece baby Sacramento, sacramento where ya at? yeah Throw it up y'all, throw it up, Throw it up Let's show these fools how we do this on that west side Cause you and I know it's tha best side yeah, That's riight west coast, west coast uh, California Love California Love ___________________________________________________________ 2Pac - Dear Mama You are appreciated... When I was young, me and my mama had beef 17 years old kicked out on tha streets though back in tha time, I never thought I'd see her face ain't a woman alive that can take my mommas place suspended from school, scared ta go home I was a fool with tha big boys breaking all tha rules shed tears with my baby sister over tha years we wuz poorer than tha other little kids and even though we had different dadies tha same drama when things went wrong we blamed mama I reminised on tha stress I caused, it wuz hell hugg'en on my mama from a jail cell and who'ed think in elementry, heeeey i'd see tha penatentry One day running from tha Police, that's right Momma catch me--put a whoop'en to my backside and even as a crack fiend mama, ya always was a black queen mama I finally understand for a woman it ain't easy--trying ta raise a man ya always wuz commited, a poor single mother on welfare, tell me how ya did it there's no way I can pay ya back but tha plan is ta show ya that I understand. you are appreciated...... Laaaaady, don't cha know we luv ya Sweeeet Laaaady, place no one above ya Sweeeet Laaaady, don't cha know we luv ya Ain't nobody tell us it wuz fair no luv for my daddy, cause tha coward wuzn't there he passed away and I didn't cry cause my anger, wouldn't let me feel for a stranger they say i'm wrong and i'm heartless but all along I wuz looking for a father--he wuz gone I hung around with tha thug's and even though they sold drugs they showed a young brother luv I moved out and started really hang'in I needed money of my own so I started slang'in I ain't guilty cause, even though I sell rocks It feels good, putting money in your mailbox I love paying rent when tha rents due I hope ya got tha diamond necklace that I sent to you cause when I wuz low, you was there for me ya never left me alone, cause ya cared for me and I can see ya coming home after work late ya in tha kitchen trying ta fix us a hot plate just working with tha scraps you wuz given and mama made miracles every Thanksgiving but now tha road got rough, your alone trying ta raise two bad kids on your own and there's no way I can pay ya back but my plan is ta show ya that I understand you are appreciated..... Laaaaady, don't cha know we luv ya Sweeeet Laaaady, place no one above ya Sweeeet Laaaady, don't cha know we luv ya pour out some liquor and I remenise cause through tha drama, I can always depend on my mama and when it seems that i'm hopeless you say tha words that can get me back in focus when I wuz sick as a little kid ta keep me happy theres no limit to tha things ya did and all my childhood memories are full of all tha sweet things ya did for me and even though I act craaaazy I got ta thank tha Lord that ya maaaade me There are no words that can express how I feel Ya never kept a secret, always stayed real and I appreciate how ya raised me and all tha extra love that ya gave me I wish I could take tha pain away If you can make it through tha night, there's a brighter day everything'll be alright if ya hold on it's a strugle everyday gotta roll on and there's no way I can pay ya back but my plan is ta show ya that I understand you are appreciated....... Laaaaady, don't cha know we luv ya Sweeeet Laaaady, place no one above ya Sweeeet Laaaady, don't cha know we luv ya, Sweeeet Laaaady Laaaady...[fades]...Laaaaady ____________________________________________________________ 2Pac & Outlawz - Letter to the President Uhh.. dear Mr. President Whas happenin? I'm writin you because, shit is still real fucked up in my neighborhood Pretty much the same way, right around the time when you got elected Ain't nothin changed All the promises you made, before you got elected.. .. they ain't came true
[2Pac] Tell me what to do, these niggaz actin up in the hood Send mo' troops, dear Mr. President (Me and my homies is wonderin what's goin on.. holla!) Tell me what to do, these niggaz actin up in the hood Send mo' troops..
Why should I lie, when I can dramatize? Niggaz fell victim to my lyrics, now traumatized Simply by spittin I've been blessed given riches, enemies suspicious cause I'm seldom in the company of bitches Plus the concepts I depict, so visual, that you can kiss each and every trick or bitch, inside the shit I kick My heaviest verse'll move a mountain Casualties in mass amounts, brothers keep countin Fuck the friendships, I ride alone Destination Death Row, finally found a home Plus all my homies wanna die, call it euthanasia Dear Lord, look how sick this ghetto made us, sincerely yours I'm a thug, the product of a broken home Everybody's doped up, nigga what you smokin on? Figure if we high they can train us but then America fucked up and blamed up I guess it's cause we black that we targets My only fear is God, I spit that hard shit In case you don't know, I let my pump go Get ?ride for M'Thulu? like I ride for Geronimo Down to die, for everything I represent Meant every word, in my letter to the President
Dear Mr. President, tell me what to do These niggaz actin up in the hood, send mo' troops (What should I do?) Dear Mr. President, tell me what to do These niggaz actin up in the hood, send mo' troops
[E.D.I. Amin] Oh youse a ball in the White House, I hope you comfortable cause yo I spend my nights out, with the lights out under the safety of darkness, amongst the crazed and the heartless and young soul bros, ready to rode a starship Launch it, leave a nigga flat for scratch, the Godless I gotta get chips, but you can't understand that Wanna ban rap? Stand back, before you get hurt It's the only thing makin pay besides smoke and work On a mission listen more chips my goal and position First on my decision I realized the same nigga Trippin to drastic measures tryin to get stacks of cheddar Muh'fuckers hate cops, wait it ain't gettin better But you keep, tellin us, that it is while your motherfuckin troops keep killin our kids, dig Don't be surprised if you see us Dumpin with nuttin but artillery to free us, motherfucker
Dear Mr. President, tell me what to do These niggaz actin up in the hood, send mo' troops Dear Mr. President, tell me what to do These niggaz actin up in the hood, send mo' troops
[Kastro] Strapped and angry, with no hope and heartbroke Fightin first my trained brain until it's not so It's hostile, niggaz lick shots to watch the glocks glow Cadres of coppers patrol us like we some animals And it ain't no peace, my peace a piece on my streets to people beefin and things, squeakin on they beefs for weeks Mr. President, it's evident, nobody really care for a struggle out the gutter, twenty-two with gray hair I was raised to raise hell, frail and my heart stale So I'ma bring hell to earth until my heart fail But y'all play fair, give me and mine, I'll share Til y'all show us you care, it's gon' be mayhem out here Me and these 223'sll freeze the biggest with ease I'm still a nigga you fear, bring the beast to his knees and I've been born to represent, for that I've been heaven sent And I meant, every word, in my letter, to the President
Shit is still fucked up y'all And y'all wonder when it's gon' get better and it ain't gon' get better
[2Pac] Dear Mr. President, tell me what to do These niggaz actin up in the hood, send mo' troops Dear Mr. President, tell me what to do These niggaz actin up..
Heavenly Father may I holla at you briefly I wanna meet the President, but will he meet me? He's scared to look inside the eyes of a Thug Nigga We tired of bein scapegoats for this capitalistic drug dealin How hypocritical is Liberty? That blind bitch ain't never did shit for me My history, full of casket and scars My own black nation at war, whole family behind bars And they wonder why we scarred, thirteen lookin hard Sister had a baby as an adolescent, where was God? Somewhere in the middle of my mind is a nigga on the tightrope, screamin let him die Can't lie I'm a thug, drownin in my own blood Lookin for the reason that my momma's strung out on drugs Down to die, for everything I represent Meant every word, in my letter to the President
[Big Syke] Blacks is broke, think it's a joke that we livin low? Y'all sniffin blow and postin what they hittin fo'? Tell the secretary it's necessary we get paid Look what you made, little kids gettin sprayed Day after day, and night after night Battles and wars to the daylight We might change and rearrange if you do somethin Til then we gonna keep it comin, Mr. President Hehe And I meant every word in my letter to the President
[2Pac] Word motherfuckin life Fuck this nigga think? Cuttin taxes, takin off welfare We 'sposed to just sit here, go broke and die, starvin? Motherfuckers crazier than a motherfuckin ?? Nigga this Thug Life, Westside Outlaw Immortalz nigga We fin' to hustle til we come up
Dear Mr. President, tell me what to do These niggaz actin up in the hood, send mo' troops Dear Mr. President, tell me what to do These niggaz actin up in the hood, send mo' troops Dear Mr. President, tell me what to do These niggaz actin up in the hood, send mo' troops Dear Mr. President, tell me what to do These niggaz actin up in the hood, send mo' troops
Dear Mr. Clinton, shit It's gettin harder and harder for a motherfucker to make a dollar in these here streets I mean shit, I hear you screamin peace But we can't find peace til my little niggaz on these streets get a piece I know you feel me cause you too near me not to hear me So why don't you help a nigga out? Sayin you cuttin welfare That got us niggaz on the street, thinkin who in the hell care? Shit, y'all want us to put down our glocks and our rocks but y'all ain't ready to give us no motherfuckin dollars What happened to our 40 acres and a mule fool? We ain't stupid Think you got us lookin to lose Tryin to turn all us young niggaz into troops You want us to fight your war What the fuck I'm fightin for? Shit, I ain't got no love here I ain't had a check all year Taxin, all the blacks and police beatin me in the streets Fuck peace
These niggaz actin up in the hood, send mo' troops ____________________________________________________________ 2Pac - Letter 2 my unborn Child To my unborn child To my unborn, child In case I don't make it Just remember daddy loves you I did everything I could to make things good for you So don't worry about it To my unborn You know daddy loves you
[Verse 1] Now ever since my birth, I been cursed since I was born to wile In case I never get to holler at my unborn child Many things learned in prison Blessed to be still living Trying to earn every penny that I'm gettin' Reminiscin' to the beginning of my mission When I was conceived and became to be in this position My mama was a panther, loud Single parent but she growled When she witnessed baby boy ripping wild I went to school but I dropped out And left the house cause my momma says I'm good for nothing So I'm out, since I only got one life to live God forgive me for my sins Let me make it and I'll never steal again Or deal again My only friend is my misery Wanting revenge for the agony they did to me See my life ain't promised but it sure get better Hope you understand my love letter To my unborn child
[Chorus] I'm writing you a letter (To my unborn) This is for my unborn child (To my unborn child) Wanna let you know I love you Love you Wanna let you know I feel this way (To my unborn) I think about you every day (To my unborn child) I have so much to say
[Verse 2] So complicated to escape fate And you can never understand till we trade places Tell the world I been guilty to being anxious Ain't no way in hell, that I could ever be a rapist It's time to face this, cold world on a good day When will they let the little kids in the hood play? I got shot 5 times but I'm still breathing Living proof there's a God if you need a reason God believe in my own fate Will I raise my kids in the right or the wrong way Dear mama I'm a man now I wanna make it on my own not a hand out Make way for a whirlwind prophesized I wanna go in peace When I gotta die On these cold streets Ain't no love, no mercy and no friends In case you never see my face again To my unborn child
[Chorus]
[Verse 3] Dear Lord can you hear me? Tell me what to say to my unborn seed In case I pass away will my child get to feel loved Or are we all just cursed to be street thugs Cause being black hurts And even worse if you speak first Live my life as an outlaw What could be worse Cause maybe if I tried to change Who am I kidding? I'm a thug till I die I'm a ride maintain, touch base eat lunch in plush places regular criminal oasis awaits us If there's a heaven for true thugs I'll see you there And I'm sorry for not being there Just know, your daddy was a souljah Me against the world Bless the boys and all my little girls To the Lord I'm eternal Resting in peace Please take care of all my seeds And my unborn child
[Chorus]
[Tupac talking] Please take care of all my kids And my unborn child To my unborn child This letter goes out to my seeds that I might not get to see Cause of this lifestyle Just know your daddy loved you Got nothing but love for you And all I wanted was for you to have a better life than I Cause I was out there on a 24 hour 365 grind When you get to be my age you'll understand Just know I got love for you And I'll see you if there's a ghetto in heaven If there's a ghetto heaven I'll be there waiting for you Heh heh Take care Run wild, but be smart Follow the rules of the game I know sometimes there's confusion Rules of the game is gonna get you through it, all day every day Watch out for these snakes and fakes Snakes come a dime a dozen Work hard Study Get your mind right |