2 Pac - My Block Lyrics
Damn, take a ride, to my blockMy block, that's right! HehF'real on my mother*****in block[Verse One]They got a niggaSheddin tears, reminiscin on my past fearsCause shit was hectic for me last yearIt appears that I've been marked for death, my heartless breathThe underlying cause of my arrest, my life is stressedAnd no rest forever weary, my eyes stay tearyFor all the brothers that are buried in the cemeteryShit 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's 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 block[Chorus: a bunch of kids - see the liner notes]Livin life is but a dreamHard times is all we see (on my block)Every block is kinda meanBut on our block we still playyyyyyBut on our block we still playyyyyy...[Verse Two]Now 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 still pray for a better wayCan't help but feel hopeless and heartbrokeFrom the start I felt the racism cause I'm darkCouldn't quit the bullshit make me representHit the bar and played the star, everywhere I wentIn my heart, I felt alone out here on my ownI close my eyes and picture home... on my block[Chorus w/ minor variations][Verse Three]And I can't help but wonder why, so many young kids had to dieCaught strays from AK's and the drivebySwollen pride and homicide, don't coincideBrothers cry for broken lives, mama come insideCause our block is filled with dangerUsed to be a close knit community but now we're all cold strangersTime changes us to stone them crack pipesAll up and down the block exterminatin black lifeBut I can't blame the dealersMy mama's welfare check has brought the next man chrome wheelsShit's real, I know ya feel, my tragedyA single mother with a problem child, daddy freeHangin out pickin up game, sippin cheap liquorGamin the hoochies hopin I can get to sleep with herIt's a man's world, stayin strappedFantasies of a nigga livin phat, but held backPipe dreams can make the night seem hopelessWide eyed and losin focus... on my block[Chorus w/ minor variations][Verse Four]And block parties in tha projects lastin way past daylightA young nigga learned to break nightUsed to play fight with my homies but they stuck in the penI send them ends, but it's tough on a friend, in my mindI see the same mother*****ers ballinAlcohol will make a lazy nigga slip and fall, miss his callI know the young niggaz understand thisGrowing up in this world where everything is scandalousI reminisce on tha fast times, past crimesTryin to cop a slice of pizza with my last dimeCan't explain, just what attracts me to this dirty gameGold chains, some extra change, and the street fameAnd what's strange is everybod knows my name, swear they all know meAnd lots of cash make a nigga changeI hit the green just to maintain, feelin painFor all the niggaz that I lost to the game... from my block[Chorus w/ minor variations; kids repeat last line over and over][2Pac - speaking over Chorus]Rest in peace to all the muh'*****ers who passed awayFrom all the blocks that I'm fromOne - twelve street, 7th Avenue, New York, Uptown, knahmsayin?183rd and Walt, my block, that's right122nd and Morningside, my block, that's rightDecatur Avenue, Baltimore, my block, that's rightIn the jungle of Atlantic City, that's my block, that's rightLos Angeles, haha, that's my block tooOakland, can't forget Oaktown, that's my block for sureAnd all the other blocks around this mother*****erHouston, Florida, St. Louis, Tennessee, Miami, ChicagoAll y'all niggaz stay kickin up dustRepresent the mother*****in block
