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If My Homie Calls2Pac

Released: December 20, 1991

Songwriter: Big D The Impossible 2Pac

Producer: Big D The Impossible

[Verse 1]
Ever since you was a pee-wee, down by my knee with a wee-wee
We been coochie-coo all through school, you and me, G
Back in the days we played practical jokes on
Everybody smoked with they locs and they yokes on
All through high school, girls by the dozens
Saying we cousins, knowing that we wasn't
But like the old saying goes
Times goes on and everybody grows
Grew apart, had to part, went our own ways
You chose the dope game, my microphone pays
In many ways we were paid in the old days
So far away from the crazies with AK's
And though I been around clowning with the Underground
I'm still down with my homies from the hometown
And if you need, need anything at all
I drop it all for y'all, if my homies call

[Chorus]
"But if you ever need a place to stay"
“Well, alright, y'all” “Brothers and sisters”
"But if you ever need a place to stay"
“Well, alright, y'all” “Brothers and sisters”
"But if you ever need a place to stay"
“Well, alright, y'all” “Brothers and sisters”
"But if you ever need a place to stay"
“Well, alright, y'all” “Brothers and sisters”

[Verse 2]
It's a shame, you chose the dope game
Now you slang 'caine on the streets with no name
It was plain that your aim was more 'caine
You got fame, now you run with no shame
I chose rap tracks to make stacks
In fact I travel the map with raps that spray cats
But now I don't wanna down my homie
No matter how low you go, you're not lonely
And I, hear that you made a few enemies
But when you need a friend you can depend on me
Call if you need my assistance, there'll be no resistance
I'll be there in an instant
Who am I to judge another brother, only on his cover
I be no different than the others
H-to-the-O-to-the-M-to-the-I-to-the-E
I'm down to the E-N-D
'Cause it's a fall in no time at all
I'm down for y'all, when my homies call
Word, if my homies call

[Chorus]
"But if you ever need a place to stay"
“Well, alright, y'all” “Brothers and sisters”
"But if you ever need a place to stay"
“Well, alright, y'all” “Brothers and sisters”
"But if you ever need a place to stay"
“Well, alright, y'all” “Brothers and sisters”
"But if you ever need a place to stay"
“Well, alright, y'all” “Brothers and sisters”

[Verse 3]
Well, it's '91 and I'm living kinda swell now
But I hear that you're going through some hell, pal
But life making records ain't easy
It ain't what I expected, it's hectic, it's sleazy
But I guess that the streets is harder
Trying to survive in the life of a young godfather
My homie is making it elsewhere
Striving, working 9-to-5 with no healthcare
We both had dreams of being great
But his deferred and blurred and changed in shape
It's fate, it wasn't my choice to make
To be great, I'm giving it all it takes
Trying to shake the crates and fakes and snakes
I gotta take my place or fall from grace
The bullet's late, the pace is quick and great
Smiling face to hide the trace of hate
But my homie would never do me wrong
That's why I wrote this song, if you ever need me, it's on
No matter who the foe, they must fall
Us against them all, I'm down to brawl if my homies call

[Chorus]
"But if you ever need a place to stay"
“Well, alright, y'all” “Brothers and sisters”
"But if you ever need a place to stay"
“Well, alright, y'all” “Brothers and sisters”
If my homies call
"But if you ever need a place to stay"
“Well, alright, y'all” “Brothers and sisters”
"But if you ever need a place to stay"
“Well, alright, y'all” “Brothers and sisters”
If my homies call

2Pac

Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an actor and a highly influential rapper who is considered by many to be the greatest of all-time due to the revolutionary spirit and thug passion he mixed into his music. During his music career, he made appearances in movies such as his acclaimed debut in Juice (1992), Poetic Justice (1993), and Above the Rim (1994).

Born in Harlem, New York City to Black Panther Party members Billy Garland and Afeni Shakur, Tupac would later move to Baltimore before settling in the Bay Area cities of Oakland and Marin City in the late 1980s. There, he joined his first rap group Strictly Dope with Ray Luv before connecting with Shock G and Digital Underground. He was a roadie and backup dancer for the group before his breakthrough performance on their 1991 song “Same Song.”

2Pac released his debut album 2Pacalypse Now in 1991, which featured intense storytelling on singles such as “Trapped” and “Brenda’s Got a Baby.” His sophomore album Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z featured one of his signature songs, the Digital Underground-assisted “I Get Around.” After working on the Thug Life group album in 1994, 2Pac released Me Against the World the following year, which is considered by many to be his best album, peaking at #1 on the Billboard 200 and receiving a Grammy nomination—all while he sat in prison.

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