Still I Rise

[2pac]
I feel you {uhh} .. (baby don't)
But you can't, you can't give up
{hey.. 2pac what?}

[2pac + h.e.a.t.]
Baby don't cry, i hope you got your head up {outlawz}
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby don't cry, i hope you got your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up {keep ya head up}

[2pac]
Now here's a story bout a woman with dreams
So picture perfect at thirteen, an ebony queen
Beneath the surface it was more than just a crooked smile
Nobody knew about her secret so it took a while
I could see a tear fall slow down her black cheek
Sheddin quiet tears in the back seat; so when she asked me,
"what would you do if it was you?"
Couldn't answer such a horrible pain to live through
I tried to trade places in the tragedy
I couldn't picture three crazed niggaz grabbin me
For just a moment i was trapped in the pain, lord come and take me
Four niggaz violated, they chased and they raped me
Even though it wasn't me, i could feel the grief
Thinkin with your brains blown that would make the pain go
No! you got to find a way to survive
Cause they win when your soul dies

[2pac + h.e.a.t.]
Baby please don't cry, you got to keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby don't cry, you got to keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby don't cry, i hope you got your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up {never give up}
Baby don't cry, i hope you got your head up {never give up}
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby don't cry

[edi amin]
Uhh
Forget him girl (forget him girl) he ain't gon' never change
I ain't no hater but that nigga lost in the game
After the bright lights and big thangs
He probably could loev you, but he in love with the struggle
Everyday, his mind on gettin mo' (gettin mo')
And never your feelings, he's chasin millions fo' sho'
Uh oh (uh oh), now you bout to have his baby? (dayamn)
Another wild-ass nigga that's gon' drive you crazy
You got too much, mo', livin to do - i'm spittin this to you,
Cause you deserve more than what he givin to you (that's right)
Beautiful, black, precious, and complicated
A new millennium dime piece, so fine she
Got em all stuck standin still when she come through
Baby take a little mo' time, love'll find you
And show us the sky's blue somebody other than me
Gon' give you everything you need, feel me?
{don't cry-ahhhhh..}

[2pac + h.e.a.t.]
Baby don't cry, you got to keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up {you'll be alright}
Baby don't cry, you got to keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up {you'll be alright}
Baby don't cry, i hope you got your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up {keep your head up}
Baby don't cry, i hope you got your head up {never give up}
Even when the road is hard, never give up {no no.. ohhhh}
Baby don't cry

[young noble]
I'm tryin to do all that i can, from jump
Now you losin, you was choosin the wrong man
Dealt the wrong hand, you was young and beautiful
Lost and turned out, what you let that nigga do to you? (damn)
I knew her since elementary, she blew a kiss to me
Wrote me a note in crayon, wantin to get with me
We was kids, now she got three kids
They see their father e'ryday, and they don't know who he is
Seen him last night, homey roll a e-class
Mad cheese in the stash, still a deadbeat dad
I bring her, pampers and food, just to stop through
But those, ain't my seeds, nuttin really i could do (nah)
I feel pity for you, you ain't even his wife
Seventeen with three kids, locked down for life
Shoulda chose me, she bout to o.d. from the pressure
Hell nah i won't let her {baby don't cry}

[2pac + h.e.a.t.]
Baby don't cry, you got to keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up {you'll be alright}
Baby don't cry, you got to keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up {baby don't cry}
Baby don't cry, i hope you got your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up {baby baby baby}
Baby don't cry, i hope you got your head up {no..}
Even when the road is hard, never give up {no-ohhhh}
Baby don't cry, i gotta keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby don't cry, you got to keep your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up {ooooh baby}
Baby don't cry, i hope you got your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby don't cry, i hope you got your head up {keep your head up}
{keep your head up, never give up}
Even when the road is hard, never give up, baby don't cry

[young noble]
Uhh, uhh, yeah, don't give up {you'll be alright}
Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry

[2pac + h.e.a.t.]
Baby don't cry, i hope you got your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up
Baby don't cry, i hope you got your head up
Even when the road is hard, never give up, baby don't cry

[edi amin]
For all the ladies {soulshock, karlin}
Baby don't cry
Got to keep your head up {keep your head up}
Makaveli the don {head up} aight?

[2pac]
As the world turns..
As the world turns my niggaz grow and grow and grow
And get dough and roll and ride
Niggaz die and mommas cry
Niggaz got alibis and suicides and homicides
And three strikes and yo' life and my life and times change
And niggaz fame, as the world turns..

Though i walk thru the valley of hell the shadow follows me
Wisdom hard to swallow tomorrow expect apologies
You probably panic, stranded in search of a better planet
Realism hard to understand, we stand slanted
And still stranded, merciless thieves stole the best of me
I pray to black jesus to please take the rest of me
And still, the best of us build, and reach monetary gains
Some of us kill, but still, most of us can change
If we search deeper, god bless the hustler, curse the first sleeper
Enemies get beside me, flows go deeper inside
We we ride plots keep all my enemies blinded
Time will soon show, a thought can last for years
Outshinin them fakes smile plastic tears
Like last year, niggaz stuck in the past, and it's clear
Just some busta ass bastards allergic to cash this year
Makaveli for the mob, m-o-b
Killin bustaz is my motherfuckin job, him or me
Lyrically fatally driven, niggaz reported missin
My competition dead or in prison, as the world turns...

Chorus: darryl 'big d' harper, (tupac - in background)

(turns.. turns, turns, turns, and turns
My niggaz grow and grow and grow
And gettin dough and dough and dough
From this state to that state
From this cell to that cell, as the world turns)

As the world keeps turnin round and round
It's gon' be goin round as the world turns.. and steady turnin

[young noble]
As the world turn burnin paths, starin through my rearview
It's a war goin on, and the president is in too
I hear tu-pac sayin, "watch em they'll kill you"
Sippin thug passion, scrub actin like he feel you
Steady plottin, ready or not; outlawz lost
But not forgotten, from gittere to compton
A spitter of the hotness, long timeness
So like six i ain't never been rich
I need cream, to buy ellene a dream house
She no longer fiend out y'all, outlawww

[napoleon]
Another lonely nigga with a 12-gage pump
With a 12-hour rush to run and get this money, fuck these punks
Road rules i swim in the dirt, i stay in some skirt
I hit where it hurts, i ride or die for my turf
I ride or die for makaveli the legendary war thug nigga
Kadafi betta unslug this nigga, seike betta undrug this nigga
Out of the buildin we street children with no souls
Our hearts gon' stay cold, the war gon' stay on
We serve em, like pac told us to, catch em wet with the tec
Hit em in the neck and watch him die like he supposed to
Napoleon the front line soldier, front times over
Rider for the mightly dollar rather drunk or sober
Nigga talkin thug walkin all through yo' squad
Y'all niggaz scared by a dog, i got my fo'-fo' for y'all
It's like a hot, heated day homie, warfare don't play homie
Better be prepared than try to dunk away from these strays homie
Worlds turn, thangs burn, all in one shot
Rest in peace to the fallen soldiers, all that we got
As the world turns..

Chorus: darryl 'big d' harper, (tupac - in background)

(and my niggaz roll and ride, hahaha
Niggaz gettin swoll out
And it don't stop and it don't quit
That real shit! as the world turns..
Niggaz die for
How many you niggaz try for this? as the world turns
Murderin methods.. haha outlaw!)

As the world keeps turnin round and round
It's gon' be goin round as the world turns.. and steady turnin
As the world keeps turnin round and round
It's gon' be goin round as the world turns..

[e.d.i. amin]
Only haters caught feelings, when my homie caught millions
And acquired the desired status of boss livin
We cross driven, cornered into a life that's hellish
Payin our dues with bloodshed, ain't shit y'all could tell us
Fellas - mount up, it's time for battle, it's on now
Two worlds collidin armies ridin soldiers, gone wild
Sometimes i think my glory days was back in my youth
I sought too for family, but i got it lost in these ounces
Now as the world turns court adjourns, i'm sentenced to burn
The cost of my sins too much, nuttin left to earn

[kadafi]
October 9th 1977 first day out my baby carriage
Married my mack-11 hit the block playin
Only five years up in this bitch, poppa runnin from the feds
Puttin peanut butter on the walls to hide his prints
Me on my own, not yet grown but only man of the home
To protect my zone in these streets i roam
Dough on d-low, downin straight shots of cristal brothers
Hundred dollar snot box on cee-lo, fuck eighth
I need a kilo, got a plot, move my block down state
Got the drop on the spot, movin pounds of weight
Fuck my fate and lots of loot to burn, a hustler's yearn
For this dirty money earned as this crooked world turns

Chorus: darryl 'big d' harper (repeats as tupac speaks)

[2pac]
Hahaha.. as the world turns..
And turns and turns and turns.. haha
This for the soldiers out there involved in the everyday struggle
Hopin to bubble, keep on hustlin, as the world turns
Money come and go, hoes come and go, foes come and go
Friends come and go.. my soldiers, stay eternal
Outlaw immortalz, dedicated
I send this to black jesus, only he can feed us
When you need us, as the world turns
Throw this shit in the deck, hahah
Niggaz gettin chin checked
From the east to the west best to wear a vest
Nigga we ain't the ones to test, fuck you
As the world turns
Outlaw ridahs, mutah right beside us
Camillion, wanna make a million
Haha legit, as the world turns.. haha..
Burn baby burn

[napoleon]
A lot of niggaz get burned as the world turns
A lot of niggaz gettin burned as the world turns..
Gettin burned as the world turns

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]
Searching for black jesus
Oh yeah, sportin jewels and shit, yaknahmean?
(black jesus; you can be christian
Baptist, jehovah witness)
Straight tatted up, no doubt, no doubt
(islamic, won't matter to me
I'm a thug; thugs, we praise black jesus, all day)
Young kadafi in this bitch, set it off nigga..
What?

[kadafi]
I do my shootin's on a knob, prayin to god for my squad
Stuck in a nightmare, hopin he might care
Though times is hard, up against all odds, i play my cards
Like i'm jailin, shots hittin up my spot like midnight rains hailin
Got me bailin to stacks more green; gods ain't tryin to be trapped
On no block slangin no rocks like bean pies
Brainstorm on the beginnin
Wonder how shit like the qu'ran and the bible was written
What is religion?
Gods words all cursed like crack
Shai-tan's way of gettin us back
Or just another one of my black jesus traps

[storm]
Who's got the heart to stand beside me?
I feel my enemies creepin up in silence
Dark prayer, scream violence - demons all around me
Can't even bend my knees just a lost cloud; black jesus
Give me a reason to survive, in this earthly hell
Cause i swear, they tryin to break my well
I'm on the edge lookin down at this volatile pit
Will it matter if i cease to exist? black jesus

[2pac]
All hail, the pressure no endeavor can fail
Some missin souls turn to hoes when exposed to jail
In times of war we need somebody raw, rally the troops
Like a saint that we can trust to help to carry us through
Black jesus, hahahahaha
He's like a saint that we can trust to help to carry us through
Black jesus

[young noble]
Outlawz we got our own race, culture, religion
Rebellin against the system, commence to lynchin
The president ain't even listenin to the pain of the youth
We make music for eternity, forever the truth
Political prisoner, the two choices that they givin us
Ride or die, for life they sentence us
Oh black jesus, please watch over my brother shawn
Soon as the sky get bright, it's just another storm
Brothers gone, now labeled a statistic
Ain't no love for us ghetto kids, they call us nigglets
History repeats itself, nuttin new
In school i knew, e'rything i read wasn't true
Black jesus

[2pac]
To this click i'm dedicated, criminal orientated
An outlaw initiated, blazed and faded
Made for terror, major league niggaz pray together
Bitches in they grave while my real niggaz play together
We die clutchin glasses, filled with liquor bomblastic
Creamated, last wishes nigga smoke my ashes
High sigh why die wishin, hopin for possibilities
I'll mob on, why they copy me sloppily
Cops patrol projects, hatin the people livin in them
I was born an inmate, waitin to escape the prison
Went to church but don't understand it, they underhanded
God gave me these commandments, the world is scandalous
Blast til they holy high; baptize they evil minds
Wise, no longer blinded, watch me shine trick
Which one of y'all wanna feel the degrees?
Bitches freeze facin black jesus

[2pac]
All hail, the pressure no endeavor can fail
Some missin souls turn to hoes when exposed to jail
In times of war we need somebody raw, rally the troops
Like a saint that we can trust to help to carry us through
Black jesus

[kastro]
Some say, some day, some how, some way, we gon' fail
And it ain't hard to tell, we dwell in hell
Trapped, black, scarred and barred
Searching for truth, where it's hard to find god
I play the pied piper, and to this thug life, i'm a lifer
Proceed, to turn up the speed, just for stripes
My black jesus, walk through this valley with me
Where we, so used to hard times and casualties
Indeed, it hurt me deep to have to sleep on the streets
And haven't eaten in weeks, so save a prayer for me
And all the young thugs, raised on drugs and guns
Blazed out and numb, slaves to this slums
This ain't livin... jesus

{*singers repeat in background 3x*}
We believed in you
Everything you do
Just wanna let you know, how we feel
Black jesus!

Searchin for black jesus
It's hard, it's hard
We need help out here
So we searchins for black jesus
It's like a saint, that we pray to in the ghetto, to get us through
Somebody that understand our pain
You know maybe not too perfect, you know
Somebody that hurt like we hurt
Somebody that smoke like we smoke
Drink like we drink
That understand where we coming from
That's who we pray to
We need help y'all

[talk]
These is hard times we livin' in
Churches burnin, planes fallin from the sky
Murder, the good die young
The good definitely die young
This is a lil' somethin'
To help you get through the day
If you could

It was more than a tragedy
Emotions be grabbin' me
Plane fell from the sky
We tryin' to figure what happened
Burnin' churches, fearin' god
Who can be so cruel
We all ignorant to aids
Till it happens to you
Just be a man, make plans
Listen to your voice
A woman's tryin' to make decisions
We should leave them a choice
Cause who are we to say who lives and die
Breathes and stops
All this judgement on other lives
Needs to stop
What are we livin' for
Givin' more back than takin'
On my knees still waitin' for my own salvation
Now i feel abandoned
Cause pat bucanan say i'm greedy
You can take my taxes, send me to war
But can't feed me
It's so easy to regret things
After they done
Babies catchin' murder cases
Scared to laugh in the sun
The tragedies that we all need
Love in doses
In times like these we feel closest
The good die young

Does anybody have an answer why
It seems the good die young
Can anybody tell me why
Can anybody tell me why (2x)

Now in my world will it get worse
When i been trapped since birth
But i had to sleep in a hearse
Cause it was my bed first
My grands probably burnin'
Turnin' in they grave
Some folks ain't even get to see a high age
But they did so i ain't afraid
And this money got me feelin like a star
And this murder got me
Feelin like my death ain't far
And the land (?) and stolen cars
Don't get no better
Don't get no weaker or no harder
I was raised in a rush without my moms
And my father
So tell me somethin
If i grab my gat and get the dumpin'
Would god get to lookin' at me funny
Rest in peace to my mother aquillah beale
Rest in peace to my father salek beale
Rest in peace to my grandparents
And thug in peace to my brother seike
You know i love you

Witch world first storms (?) and then al
Pac and then yak
Redrey (?) brown
Coulda' sworn i seen ya face in a cloud
Family grievin' on your last breath
Close to the heart whether you know it or not
I swear the love won't stop
Jewel, that's my boo
Mom, duke and lou
>from jump
You kept it true, helped to feed the crew
The good die young
Livin' fast jumpin' the gun
Mama blamin' the community for killin' her son
My cousin darren wasn't scared of goin'
But never knowin' he was dyin' slower
I guess i see ya when i see ya soulja

Does anybody have an answer why
It seems the good die young
Can anybody tell me why
Can anybody tell me why

I know my life ain't promised
That's why the wise move in silence
Analize these scandalous times
It's hard dogg but we manage
Schools turn to war zones
Even homes unsafe
Leavin' children to play caged and raged
They hate, how come
Someone explain why the good die young
Why the bad die slow and outlive everyone
It's time somethin' is done
For our young kids
They growin' opus (??)
That ain't the way to live
Tell me why

Days go past and as they pass
Time move quicker
No time for wastin'
Put your hustle down my young dealers
Cause the end is nearer
But at least that's what they tellin' me
Hell, all i know brothers
Ain't ridin' 4 3 felonys
It's time to plan, plot, and strategize
Capitolize, mobilize
We in the war y'all
It's for all y'all
My family to the ones that stabbed (?) me
Little bit mo' love is what's recommended
Yeah, and it's plain to see
The seeds from you and me
Gon' be the ones to lead us towards unity
That's if we treat them right
Man, teach them right
Raise your kids better than you was
And see what it does
But if you don't
Man, we sho' to be done
We'll all see exactly why the good die young

Does anybody have an answer why
It seems the good die young
Can anybody tell me why
Can anybody tell me why (2x)

[talk]
This is for all my homeboys that passed away
And all yo' homeboys that passed away
I send this out to all the fallen soldiers
That's in the cemetaries buried
Never got to see they dreams
For everything i touch you touch
For every step i take you take
For every breath i breather you breathe
Every dollar i make you make
I told you we'd make it to the sunshine one day
You just got there a little quicker
But like my homeboys thugs say
I'll catch ya at the crossroads
The good die young

This song is dedicated to all them
Young kids and people that are innocent
That died young
At columbine high
Rest in peace (oklahoma)
Outlawz
Lil' young xzandafer
Tasha, all them
All the fallen kids
The dead babies
The closed caskets

(napoleon talking)
Life...
What the fuck is life for niggaz like us?
Been waking up to another muthafuckin' day
I'm the type of soldier,
A nigga that seen
Everything in my muthafuckin eyes
I seen my parents get killed
To my muthafuckin eyes
I seen my brother kill his-self in my eyes
I seen pac.. yak.. die in the struggle in my eyes
So i know anybody can be touched
You know what i mean?

(napoleon)
Oh god forgive me
Somebody please say a prayer for me
Needed my parents
But they was never there for me
Believe in everything they feed me
I'm seeing demons
I wake up screaming
Who believe me or was i dreaming?
Five fingers on the .45 chrome
Dead aim at my brain, infared with no lights on
I ain't afraid to die, i want to see what's after this
I'm living blind writing rhymes
Til they capture this
And if we die let the world understand why
Soldier my eyes hate to see a young thug cry
They seeing us inside a casket
That's how they see us
Oh god forgive us ghetto bastards
We human beings
They leaving us inside this hell-hole
Just waiting to fail so they tell us
That's what jail for
Adolescense young teens turned violent
It's floating, in a world turned silent
Cause you could be touched

(chorus makaveli)
Young niggaz in the wild life
Criminal mind of a juvenile still live a child life
Thinking he can make his pay
Too in a rush, niggaz better slow down
Cause you can be touched

Young niggaz in the wild life
Criminal mind of a juvenile still live a child life
Thinking he can make his pay
Too in a rush, niggaz better slow down
Cause you can be touched

(e.d.i)
I live life high speed
Moving a million miles per hour
Towards my destiny
Making decesions carelessly
Yeah it's me, yo nigga man child
Bomb first stand proud
Ain't looking for hand-outs
Twenty-five years up in this bitch
And i'll be damned if i ain't leaving rich
And leave my kids a grip
I let my blood drip off in this thug shit
You can be touched, i catch you slippin' while i'm on a money mission
Like right now, 30 dollars to my john hancock
Try to get mo' so my shit don't flock
I lick off shots for everything they owe me
And when it's my time to go
I pray the lord hold me
(u can be touched)

(kastro)
I was born in the city that never sleeps
Schooled by the realest of the real niggaz
That ever breathed
And i was big when i was young
And now i see that i was dumb
My nigga.. lonnie just got hit with 10... 10 years
For trusting a friend
They left him stuck in the penn
I love him, we all here just to die here, plus
Nobody cares what got here
Touched by a angel and kissed by the lord
Praise the thug ways and i'll never be bored
Touched by a angel and kissed by the lord
Y'all praise the thug ways
So forever it's on.. baby

(chorus makaveli)
My young niggaz in the wild life
Criminal mind of a juvenile still live a child life
Thinking he can make his pay
Too in a rush, niggaz better slow down
Cause you can be touched

Young niggaz in the wild life
Criminal mind of a juvenile still live a child life
Thinking he can make his pay
Too in a rush, niggaz better slow down
Cause you can be touched

(young noble)
Why grieve this life
Planted by the fiends and pipes
Green lights so
I'm seeing-seeing everything twice
Pretty much of nothing nice
(naw) we sucking it up
Even when we get a job, we fucking it up
Like it can't happen to us
I could never be a bum
Yeah right, you wound up one
God forbid i'm touched, y'all keep living it up
Look and learn
Next it could be your turn... word

(kadafi)
Yes this a felonies' hobby
That got me here thinking robbery
Day to day all year long
Teflon protects my body
It's such unimportant in this criminal cartel
I'm caught and supporting me
So in these streets of hockey
I play the goalie,
Secretz to war licks, and score shit
Share between clients and homies
Remember what patcino told me
Before he past
Watch them clowns with them crocodile smiles
Cause they phony, i get that cash, stay lonely
And i'm point like a thong
And it's survive for the strong
Living outside the laws of this crooked world
I was born touched

(chorus makaveli)
My young niggaz in the wild life
Criminal mind of a juvenile still live a child life
Thinking he can make his pay
Too in a rush, niggaz better slow down
Cause you can be touched

Young niggaz in the wild life
Criminal mind of a juvenile still live a child life
Thinking he can make his pay
Too in a rush, niggaz better slow down

(young noble)
Yo, i can see
That you obviously don't know me or my homies
We o-u-t lawz, fuck the phonies
A wise hustler once told me, it's on you
Though it was dreams when he first told me now it's true
I got love for you only to a certain exstend
Niggas ain't worth shit
Cops and ride dick permits
I heard this and heard that
About them o-u-t lawz
Some of them soldiers got shot
Some of them soldiers fell off
Fuck yall now everybody tied to us
Hollering out a nigga name
But never said what up
That shit critical, dispicable, unforgiveable
I too like hot ??
Your own fan won't remember you
Thuggin but we still spriutual, clear lyrical
I'm like the fuckin deff squad
My ears ain't hearin' yall
Pump fearin' yall
But damn i ain't even wantin' to scare yall
Listen to what i tell yall
Fuck the world,
Your baby moms and your baby girl
You muthafuckas so fake,
Yo they made me wanna earl
Blake, hate snakes thug hatin the degree
Outlawz on a paper chase
Can you relate thug niggaz

(napoleon chorus)
We will never fall
Thru it all, we'll always stand tall
Cause in the end we'll be remembered as some young muthafucka soldiers
And if you believe in that shit that you heard
Y'all dont know us, y'all dont know us

(napoleon)
Now i been trapped down
And fucked since day one
This industructional style of mine ain't no fun
Where i'm from
You sure to see about 10 niggaz in a bedroom
Eating off the same spoon
Sweeping with the same broom
It's hazard, it's you don't want yo life
Well give me grab it
I was born inside a love zone
With a glock-nine young marriage
It's critical
Then one of them sat down living so
Mystikal and empoious
With a heart full of anger it's so redicilous
So give me some with 21-gun soldier salute
With a 19-inch black handle snake knife in my boots
I'm straight from the strong, thug to your life
Right to yo wrong, i'll put the good to your evil
I'm the shells to your chrome, you dig that?
I'm life, i'll bring the moon to your night
I'll put the dick to your wife
And i'm the jesuz of your christ
You dig that? respect this
I'll bring the end to your claw
I'll bring the loc to your heart
And i'll put the snoop on yo dogs
You hear me?
We follow, this little bullet so hollow
I can promise that estacy ain't promised tomorrow
With this two man mades
Me and my soul death astrayed
I watch my parents get blowed away
Now look what it made
I'm something to face
This ludacy then with me, then with chemistry
Got my eyes on you, the first time you cross me
I'll be frying you, cause y'all don't know me

(young noble chorus)
We will never fall
Thru the war, we'll always stand tall (why)
Cause in the end we'll be remembered as some young muthafucka soldiers

(e.d.i)
When we was kids, the loving felt good
But of course have the respect
Though it's even better
Now for this chedder
Niggaz is laying deader
Then malcom and martin put together
Oh lord only knows where we'll end up
Remember what pac said
Watch the fuckin signs
But we wasn't listening
Too busy trippin off his shine
Now one time for my muthafuckin' outlawz
Napoleon, noble, and kastro
May we all roll
And if you don't know
We got the rap game petro
Scared cause we bout to release
Like heavy metal
Nationwide, underground
We running the ghettos
Stealing all of ya fan base like we kleptos
Bitch i can't let go
I been strugglin' too long, thuggin' too long
And niggaz is stealing my shit
And busting it wrong
Hot shots holla back when you get 'em
Outlawz'll sic 'em, bustin back at the system
Military wisdom
Preparing myself for armegeddom
Breaking my balls at this game
Knowing it's a dead end
And my only weapon
Is my believe that i'm superior
Yeah we the muthafuckas
That you niggaz is liery off
Controling my steam
Knowing my team to deserve more
Fuck the reframe
Stick to the game and earn more
Holding my head, rolling the head with focus
Laughing inside
Cause deep inside y'all don't know us

(young noble chorus)
We will never fall
Thru it all, we'll always stand tall (why)
Cause in the end we'll be remembered as some young muthafucka soldiers
And if you believe in that shit that you heard
Y'all dont know us, y'all dont know us

We will never fall (never)
Thru the war, we'll always stand tall
Cause in the end we'll be remembered as some young muthafucka soldiers
And if you believe in that shit that you heard
Y'all dont know us, y'all dont know us

(e.d.i talking)
Ain't never know niggaz like us boy
They don't make niggaz like us no more
Thug in peace.. to all my niggaz (never)
See ya soon.. uhh