2 Pac - As The World Turns Lyrics
[2pac]As the world turns..As the world turns my niggaz grow and grow and growAnd get dough and roll and rideNiggaz die and mommas cryNiggaz got alibis and suicides and homicidesAnd three strikes and yo life and my life and times changeAnd niggaz fame, as the world turns..Though I walk thru the valley of hell the shadow follows meWisdom hard to swallow tomorrow expect apologiesYou probably panic, stranded in search of a better planetRealism hard to understand, we stand slantedAnd still stranded, merciless thieves stole the best of meI pray to black jesus to please take the rest of meAnd still, the best of us build, and reach monetary gainsSome of us kill, but still, most of us can changeIf we search deeper, God bless the hustler, curse the first sleeperEnemies get beside me, flows go deeper insideWe we ride plots keep all my enemies blindedTime will soon show, a thought can last for yearsOutshinin them fakes smile plastic tearsLike last year, niggaz stuck in the past, and its clearJust some busta ass bastards allergic to cash this yearMakaveli for the mob, m-o-bKillin bustaz is my mother*****in job, him or meLyrically fatally driven, niggaz reported missinMy competition dead or in prison, as the world turns...Chorus: darryl big d harper, (tupac - in background)(turns.. turns, turns, turns, and turnsMy niggaz grow and grow and growAnd gettin dough and dough and doughFrom this state to that stateFrom this cell to that cell, as the world turns)As the world keeps turnin round and roundIts gon be goin round as the world turns.. and steady turnin[young noble]As the world turn burnin paths, starin through my rearviewIts a war goin on, and the president is in tooI hear tu-pac sayin, watch em theyll kill youSippin thug passion, scrub actin like he feel youSteady plottin, ready or not; outlawz lostBut not forgotten, from gittere to comptonA spitter of the hotness, long timenessSo like six I aint never been richI need cream, to buy ellene a dream houseShe no longer fiend out yall, outlawww[napoleon]Another lonely nigga with a 12-gage pumpWith a 12-hour rush to run and get this money, ***** these punksRoad rules I swim in the dirt, I stay in some skirtI hit where it hurts, I ride or die for my turfI ride or die for makaveli the legendary war thug niggaKadafi betta unslug this nigga, seike betta undrug this niggaOut of the buildin we street children with no soulsOur hearts gon stay cold, the war gon stay onWe serve em, like pac told us to, catch em wet with the tecHit em in the neck and watch him die like he supposed toNapoleon the front line soldier, front times overRider for the mightly dollar rather drunk or soberNigga talkin thug walkin all through yo squadYall niggaz scared by a dog, I got my fo-fo for yallIts like a hot, heated day homie, warfare dont play homieBetter be prepared than try to dunk away from these strays homieWorlds turn, thangs burn, all in one shotRest in peace to the fallen soldiers, all that we gotAs the world turns..Chorus: darryl big d harper, (tupac - in background)(and my niggaz roll and ride, hahahaNiggaz gettin swoll outAnd it dont stop and it dont quitThat real shit! as the world turns..Niggaz die forHow many you niggaz try for this? as the world turnsMurderin methods.. haha outlaw!)As the world keeps turnin round and roundIts gon be goin round as the world turns.. and steady turninAs the world keeps turnin round and roundIts gon be goin round as the world turns..[e.d.i. amin]Only haters caught feelings, when my homie caught millionsAnd acquired the desired status of boss livinWe cross driven, cornered into a life thats hellishPayin our dues with bloodshed, aint shit yall could tell usFellas - mount up, its time for battle, its on nowTwo worlds collidin armies ridin soldiers, gone wildSometimes I think my glory days was back in my youthI sought too for family, but I got it lost in these ouncesNow as the world turns court adjourns, Im sentenced to burnThe cost of my sins too much, nuttin left to earn[kadafi]October 9th 1977 first day out my baby carriageMarried my mack-11 hit the block playinOnly five years up in this *****, poppa runnin from the fedsPuttin peanut butter on the walls to hide his printsMe on my own, not yet grown but only man of the homeTo protect my zone in these streets I roamDough on d-low, downin straight shots of cristal brothersHundred dollar snot box on cee-lo, ***** eighthI need a kilo, got a plot, move my block down stateGot the drop on the spot, movin pounds of weight***** my fate and lots of loot to burn, a hustlers yearnFor this dirty money earned as this crooked world turnsChorus: darryl big d harper (repeats as tupac speaks)[2pac]Hahaha.. as the world turns..And turns and turns and turns.. hahaThis for the soldiers out there involved in the everyday struggleHopin to bubble, keep on hustlin, as the world turnsMoney come and go, hoes come and go, foes come and goFriends come and go.. my soldiers, stay eternalOutlaw immortalz, dedicatedI send this to black jesus, only he can feed usWhen you need us, as the world turnsThrow this shit in the deck, hahahNiggaz gettin chin checkedFrom the east to the west best to wear a vestNigga we aint the ones to test, ***** youAs the world turnsOutlaw ridahs, mutah right beside usCamillion, wanna make a millionHaha legit, as the world turns.. haha..Burn baby burn[napoleon]A lot of niggaz get burned as the world turnsA lot of niggaz gettin burned as the world turns..Gettin burned as the world turns