2Pac

Released: October 3, 2005

Featuring: Outlawz

Songwriter: 2Pac Eric Baker Stevie Wonder Stretch Shock G

Producer: Shock G

[Spoken Word]
... you don't wanna
Uh, uh
So many tears y'all
Shed so many tears
C'mon, let's get loud in this motherfucker, tonight
Throw your hands up, throw your hands up
Said so many tears!
Uh, uh
C'mon
How it started nigga

[Verse 1]
Back in elementary, I thrived on misery
Left me alone, I grew up amongst a dyin' breed
Inside my mind couldn't find a place to rest
Until I got that Thug Life tatted on my chest
Tell me, can you feel me? I'm not livin' in the past
You wanna last? Be the first to blast
Remember Kato, no longer with us, he's deceased
Call on the sirens, seen him murdered in the streets
Now he rest in peace
Is there a heaven for a G? Remember me
So many homies in the cemetery, shed so many tears

[Chorus]
Lord, God
Shed so many tears
Lord, God
Shed so many tears

[Verse 2]
Now that I'm strugglin' in this business, by any means
Label me greedy gettin' green, but seldom seen
And fuck the world 'cause I'm cursed
I'm havin' visions of leavin' here in a hearse
God, can you feel me? I'm not livin' in the past
You wanna last? Be the first to last

[Spoken Word]
Hey, yo, go to the next shit
Hey, yo, I got some new shit for you tonight
Oh yes
See, it's this nigga named Nas
And he kick it with these niggas called Mobb Deep
And they kick it with these niggas named Bad Boy
(Bad Boy killa)
But I say fuck 'em all!
So I'm about to take this nigga beat
And whoop his ass with his own motherfuckin' beat
(Tell them nigga)
I send this out to Nas
And any one else down with that clique

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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