2Pac

Released: November 25, 1997

Songwriter: 2Pac Ricky Rouse

Producer: We Got Kidz

[Dialogue: 2Pac]

Hahahahaha!
(Thug Life, bitch; goin' out like that)
I'm the king! Hahaha!
I'm the king! Hahaha!
(Thug Life, bitch)
Y'all can't kill me!
(Goin' out like that)
Hahahaha!
Y'all can't kill me! *lower pitch*
Y'all can't kill me! *lower pitch*
Open fire on you niggas
(Thug Life, bitch)
Y'all can't kill me! Hahahaha
(Goin' out like that)
I'm the king! Hahaha!
I'm the king! Hahaha!
(Thug Life, bitch; goin' out like that)
Open fire on you niggas *lower pitch*
Y'all can't kill me! *lower pitch*
I'm the king! Hahaha!
(Thug Life, bitch; goin' out like that)
(Thug Life, bitch; goin' out like that)
Y'all can't kill me!
I'm the king! Hahaha!
Open fire on you niggas *lower pitch* (repeats in background)
I'm the king! Hahaha!
Y'all can't kill me!

Y'all can't kill me! Hahahaha
Y'all can't kill me! *lower pitch*
(Thug Life, bitch; goin' out like that)

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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