2 Pac - High 'Til I Die Lyrics
They got a nigga shedding tears, reminiscin on my past fearsCause shit was hectic for me last yearIt appears that I've been marked for deathMy heartless breath, the underlying cause of my arrestMy life is stressed, and no rest forever wearyMy eyes stay teary for all the brothers that are buried in thecemeteryShit is scary, how black on black crime legendaryBut at times unnessecary, I'm gettin worriedTeardrops and closed caskets, the three strikes law is drasticAnd certain death for us ghetto bastardsWhat can we do when we're arrested, but open fireLife in the pen ain't for me, cause I'd rather dieBut don't cry through your despairI wonder if the Lord still cares, for us niggaz on welfareAnd who cares if we surviveThe only time they notice a nigga is when he clutchin on a four-fiveMy neighborhood ain't the sameCause all these little babies goin crazy and they sufferin in the gameAnd I swear it's like a trapBut I ain't given up on the hood it's all good when I go backHoes show me love, niggaz give me propsForever hop cause it don't stop... on my blockNow shit's constantly hot, on my block, it never fails to be gunshotsCan't explain a mother's pain, when her son dropsBlack male slippin in hail when will we prevailFearin jail but crack sales got me livin wellAnd the system's sucidal with this Thug's LifeStayin strapped forever strapped in this drug lifeGod help me, cause I'm starvin, can't get a jobSo I resort to violent robberies, my life is hardCan't sleep cause all the dirt make my heart hurtPut in work and shed tears for my dead peersMislead from childhood where I went astrayTill this day I s
