my road to glory is filled with thorns fluent thoughts from my brain and i train to remain strong they said i couldn’t do it lock me in chains til i my struggles closer to the pain of a trained killer please believe that i’ll never be shamed again but can i be the next heavyweight champion? call me crazy but no one can fade me i’m the product of the projects lost and crazy throw your hands up mr. bruno, why? big mike tyson bout to brutalize that ass tonight no hesitation in front of the whole nation i beat that ass so bad i probably violate probation through demonstration as i strategize information intend to kill so it’s real like i’m catching cases ha-ha
let the world know i plan to die if i don’t leave with what i came for i’ll be denied
[chorus]
now, my first round is for the times that i sit in this cell the second round is for the media and the lies they tell my third round is for the pain that i felt inside best recognize i won’t be denied, when we ride
my first round is for the times that i sit in this cell the second round is for the media and the lies they tell my third round is for the pain that i felt inside best recognize i won’t be denied, when we ride (repeated)
[Nas: Verse 1] I was young, I was surviving the times Waiting for my moment, I was destined to shine Little Ray had an NXX, I was hoping I’m next Wanting bracelets, never had a rope on my neck Unless I was holding Taiyeh chain, Rest In Peace Even though that night you flipped on us You warned us If you came back and we still on the corners, We goners, moving on to Move your arm in your watch To another time on the block ‘Cause this 40 Side Where they said Shorty rhyme Tragedy, he used to come through all the time I’m talking Juice Crew, not what the word define He had a sister named Erin, for sure was fine That was my first crush, I bought my first mic I wrote my first verse, I was about nine I was about mine, fantasize house-buying Met Paul, he wore some big glasses Him and Melquan took me where G Rap lived I was happy, just getting some answers I ain’t even know what a record advance was I’m seeing hoes sex in the studio bathroom With rap dudes, thinking wow she moved me Same girl then, right now’s a groupie Back then, she was like the star in the movie Large jewelry and expensive Gucci Next stop, Paid In Full posse recruits me Knew they were some millionaires, their ropes were dookie Eric B man looking like touch-it-he-shoot-me You see, every time Ra didn’t show I get to record demos at attempts to blow I wonder could they tell, how did they know Sixteen years later, here I go
[Chorus]
[Nas: Verse 2] I’m with Akinyele in the street, trying to get us a deal G Rap tried to get us to sign to Cold Chill But Fly Ty didn’t have the contract we wanted Clark Kent just signed Das, he didn’t want us Russell said I sounded like G, the nigga fronted Reef and Matty C offered me a little money Shit a little funny, feel a little laughter Rebel of Hip-Hop coming through a white rapper My boy MC Serch nevertheless Took me to Columbia, back then CBS Chris Schwartz, RuffHouse, he was the best man Now bugging because the label had just dropped Def Jam Could you picture Russell needing a check, man But he smart, he plotted a plan for Polygram Life is ill, again life’s a movie Then, the roster’s: Cypress Hill, Nas, and Fugees Before I sold records, no promotion The rap world like, what’s all this commotion Went plat’, mad bottles I’m toasting 20/20 hindsight, but how did they know then
[Chorus]
[2Pac: Verse 3] I see no changes wake up in the morning and I ask myself is life worth living should I blast myself? I’m tired of bein’ poor & even worse I’m black my stomach hurts so I’m lookin’ for a purse to snatch Cops give a damn about a negro pull the trigger kill a nigga he’s a hero Give the crack to the kids who the hell cares one less hungry mouth on the welfare First ship ‘em dope & let ‘em deal the brothers give ‘em guns step back watch ‘em kill each other It’s time to fight back that’s what Huey said 2 shots in the dark now Huey’s dead I got love for my brother but we can never go nowhere unless we share with each other We gotta start makin’ changes learn to see me as a brother instead of 2 distant strangers and that’s how it’s supposed to be How can the Devil take a brother if he’s close to me? I’d love to go back to when we played as kids but things changed, and that’s the way it is
[Nas: Verse 4] Invincible, lyrical, miracle man, huh But back to the matter at hand ‘Cause ten years ago we all strived to be twenty-five Some cats didn’t make it alive Dated some stars but respect their privacy Copped mad cars, laying back in the driver’s seat Held myself down, just steering the wheel Here I am, completed my whole record deal
2 Pac - The New Untouchables (Ft. Snoop Dogg, The Outlawz)
And the niggers with the click click boom they kiss the rear And like a fellow returns to us … he speaks Cause I’m the most slept on, west side … motherfucking untouchables with the lbc click nigger, bad boy killing Put your guns down nigger, we are motherfucking untouchable West side, outlaw thug life, … motherfucking, … motherfucking see, what does he like?... You know You turning an individual suffer with the jail … inhale making you forget the money Money it seems young black things triple beans dreams make them …. Fucking make a million, …from the top of the building, I brick them … I could see it with my eyes right, it wasn’t hustle, it’s a pig that don’t fly right? You got them like hit the … turn them into motherfucking thugs nigger They’ll be … come bear with me, hang with us, same niggers go to jail with me Bang with the outlaw click, six since I came out, pull out my pistol, And blow your brains out, pull it my every word like I bullet hollow point stab Burn niggers till they feel it … try to rock, thinking about no limitation, no coming off Dealing with everybody running off, they get the gas smack cracks out my gun ball Holes in your body and blood all over your clothes Cause money makes Earth what it’s working hurt Doing dirt they spit it, you can borrow, I mean it Any … confrontation on currency, … stacking while I’m acting all low
…we see it it’s a no no Talking what you don’t know and you won’t know Heat holds me down, my … hold me down Cause I put the rush … nigger we bust em up Cop… ready to blow your block off the map Thug life nigger live with us cops trying to get us but they can’t
When you … money, you gotta always check your game … maintain cause this game is a cold thang, can you dig it man? The show man, I wish I had your game, look at young dog do your own thang Them bitch ass niggers … buck em no, stay real, watch yourself and untouchable See that’s what’s wrong with you niggers, man But … me and my dogs wanna fuck that We’re just paper chasing, we’re no maintenance Are you relaying to this shit we’re creating? I’m a thug … Like I bury the dog …closer …it’s called the layout … we gotta take out here …time to execute, aim for the … is you, that was cool when you died, nobody kept the truth … Niggers play us, getting paper is a blackjack But … that’s what we go, wanna do dreaming the scheme and know living untouchable Well it’s to all you … are we untouchable, bringing the rockers to all you … But now we play, as far as we play … …Many different ways… Fuck with outlaws is crazy, they cut like … who is it the shot, get down … …walk with safety, if you’re shaky, heard about … play no jail straight here.
2Pac, Busta Rhymes, Notorious BIG, Diddy - Military Minds
One, one two Check me out right here yo
[Verse 1: The Notorious BIG]
In the commision, you ask for permission to hit em He don't like me, him and wild wifey was wit em You heard of us, the murderers, most shady Been on the low lately, the feds hate me The son of *satan*, they say my killins too blatant You hesitatin, I'm in your mama crib waitin Duct tapin, your fam destiny Lays in my hands, gat lays in my waist Francis, m to the iz-h phenomenal Gun rest under your vest by the abdominal Rhyme a few bars so I can buy a few cars And I kick a few flows so I can pimp a few hoes Excellence is my presence, never tense Never hesitant, leave a nigga bent real quick Real sick, brawl nights, I perform like mike Anyone -- tyson, jordan, jackson Action, pack guns, ridiculous And I'm, quick to bust, if my ends you touch Kids or girl you touch, in this world I clutch Two auto-matoes, used to call me fatso Now you call me castro, my rap flows Militant, yall faggots ain't killin shit Ooops cristal keep spillin shit, you overdid it homes You in the danger zone, you shouldnt be alone Hold hands and say it like me The most shady, frankie baby, fantastic Graphic, tryin to make dough, like Jurassic Park did quick to spark kids who start shit See me, only me The underboss of this holocaust Truly yours, frank white
[Chorus: Busta Rhymes]
We got the real live shit from front to back To my people in the world, where the fuck you at? Where my niggaz is at? [2x] Where the fuck my bitches at? Where my bitches is at? [repeat all 2x]
[Verse 2: Tupac Shakur]
Suppress the revolution of premeditated scheme [echo] Introduce a drug called crack To us ghetto teens [echo] Got a law for raw niggas now Playa what it be like? [echo] When will niggas see they got us bleeding with 3 strikes [echo] Can't seem to focus Hopeless With violent thoughts I wrote this Got these devils petrified Hiding from my hocus pocus And so I learned to earn my currency And over time [echo] Affiliated Clearly click a military mind [echo] May god forgive us Though we dwell inside a paradox Thugged out and drug dealing From the womb to the block [echo] My live mind got me surviving 5 shots [echo] My 45 got me fortified with live rounds When shit stick We plot hits When our block spits All hail Out on bail Wrath of 2pacalypse [echo] Forever ghetto Necessary picture food stamps Outlaw thug niggas Never left the boot camp
[Chorus: Busta Rhymes]
We got the real live shit from front to back To my people in the world, where the fuck you at? Where my niggaz is at? [2x] Where the fuck my bitches at? Where my bitches is at? [repeat all 2x]
[Verse 3: puff daddy]
Put your money on the table and get your math on Break it down, split it up, get your laugh on See you later dog, I'ma get my stash on there's a bed full of money that I get my ass on I never lose the passion to go platinum Said I'd live it up til all the cash gone ain't that funny, only use plastic, craft it To make classics, hotter than acid P-d, rollin on your tape or cd The girl-boy killa, no team illa The fam-o, ammo, is every channel We been hot for a long time burnin like a candle What you can do is check your distribution My songs bump in houston like scarface produced em You ain't gotta like me, you just mad Cause I tell it how it is, and you tell it how it might be
[Verse 4: The Notorious BIG]
We got the shit, mac tight, brass knuckles and flashlights The heaters in the two-seaters, with two midas Senoritas, kiss rings when you meet us P-diddy run the city, show no pity I'm the witty one, franks the crook from the brook Matty broke the neck of your coke connect No respect squeeze off til all yall diminish Shootouts for twenty minutes, until we finish Venice took the loot, escaped, in the coupe Break bread, with the kiss, peniro, sheek louch Black rob joined the mob, it ain't no replacin him Niggaz step up, with just mase and em Placin them in funerals, criminals turned aroused The brick city, nobody come off like p-diddy Business wise, I play men Hide money on the island cayman, yall just betray men You screamin, I position, competition Nother day in the life of the commission
