Runnin'
[Sway (MTV Interviewer) Speaking] Between you and Biggie was like, who's gonna, who's gonna,who ruled, the, the, nigga kingdom and shit basically, you know what I'm sayin'?It was like, this is like an election...[2Pac speaking:] It is an election[Sway Speaking] You know what I'm sayin'?[2Pac speaking] Me and Biggie's situation was smaller than that,me and Biggie's situation was like...
[Reporter Speaking] Tupac Shakur was shot several times in the chest... [Other reporters talking, then they fade slowly]
[Chorus]You know, I wonder if they'll laugh when I am deadWhy am I fighting to live, if I'm just living to fightWhy am I trying to see, when there ain't nothing in sightWhy am I trying to give, when no one gives me a tryWhy am I dying to live, if I'm just living to die
[Notorious B.I.G.]Check it, I grew up a fucking screw upGot introduced to the game, got a ounce and fucking blew upChopping rocks overnightThe nigga Biggie Smalls trying to turn into the black Frank WhiteWe had to grow dreads to change our descriptionTwo cops is on the milk box missingShow they toes you know they got stepped onA fist full of bullets a chest full of TeflonRun from the police picture that, nigga I'm too fatI fuck around and catch a asthma attackThat's why I bust back, it don't phase meWhen he drop, take his glock, and I'm Swayzecelebrate my escape, sold the glock, bought some weightLaid back, I got some money to make, motherfucker
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[2Pac]And still I'm having memories of high speeds, when the cops crashedAs I laugh pushing the gas when my glocks blastWe was young, and we was dumb but we had heartIn the dark when we survived through the bad partsMany dreams is what I had, and many wishesNo hesitation in extermination of these snitchesAnd these bitches they still continue to pursue meA couple of movies now the whole world trying to screw meeven the cops tried to sue meSo what can I do but stay true, sipping 22's a brewingnow the medias trying to test me got the press asking questions, trying to stress memisery is all I see, thats my mind's stateMy history with the police is shakin' the crime rateMa main man had 2 strikes, slipped, got arrested and flippedHe screamed 'Thug Life!' and emptied the clipgots tired of running from the police
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[Biggie]I was shocked at everything! Ya know what I'm saying. I wasn't more shocked at him dying.I was more shocked at him. Pac' is a strong dude... I know him... You know what I'm sayin?...Real strong... so it was when he got shot I was more like "again". You know what I'm sayin?...He always getting shot or shot at... He gon' pull threw this one again, make a few of records about it and its gon' be over..You know, then when he died I was like 'Woah'... you know what I'm sayin...it kinda took me by suprise... even though we was going threw our drama I would NEVERwish death on nobody! 'cause there ain't no coming back from that [echo]....