To Live & Die In L.A. (Explicit)

To Live & Die In L.A. - 2Pac
Street Science you're on the air
What do you feel when you hear a record like
Tupac's new one
I love Tupac's new record
Right but don't you feel like that creates
A tension between east and west
He's talking about killing people
I had sex with your wife and not in those words
But he's talking about I wanna see you deceased
No doubt to live and die in LA
California-what you say about Los Angeles
Still the only place for me that never rains in the sun
To live and die in LA where everyday
We try to fatten our pockets
Us n***as hustle for the cash so it's hard to knock it
Everybody got they own thang currency chasing
Worldwide through the hard times worrying faces
Shed tears as we bury n***as close to heart
What was a friend now a ghost
In the dark cold hearted about it
N***a got smoked by a fiend trying to floss on him
Blind to a broken man's dream a hard lesson
Court cases keep me guessing plea bargain ain't an option now
So I'm stressing cost me more
To be free than a life in the pen
Making money off of cuss words writing again
Learn how to think ahead so I fight with my pen
Late night down Sunset liking the scene
What's the worst they could do
To a n***a got me lost in hell
To live and die in LA on bail my angel sing
Die in LA it's the place to be
You've got to be there to know it what everybody wanna see
To live and die in LA it's the place to be
You've got to be there to know it what everybody wanna see
It's the city of angels and constant danger
South Central LA can't get no stranger
Full of drama like a soap opera on the curb
Watching the ghetto bird helicopters I observe
So many n***as getting three strikes tossed in jail
I swear the pen the right across from hell I can't cry
'Cause it's on now I'm just a n***a on his own now
Living life Thug style so I can't smile
Writing to my peoples when they ask for pictures
Thinking Cali just fun and b***hes ha ha ha
Better learn about the dress code B's and C's
All them other n***as copycats these is G's
I love Cali like I love woman
'Cause every n***a in la
Got a little bit of thug in him
We might fight amongst each other but I promise you this
We'll burn this b***h down get us pissed
To live and die in LA
Die in LA it's the place to be
You've got to be there to know it what everybody wanna see
To live and die in LA it's the place to be
You've got to be there to know it what everybody wanna see
'Cause would it be LA without Mexicans
Black love brown pride and the sets again
Pete Wilson trying to see us all broke I'm on some bulls**t
Out for everything they owe remember K-DAY
Weekends Crenshaw MLK
Automatics rang free n***as lost they way
Gang signs being showed n***a love your hood
But recognize and it's all good where the w**d at
N***as getting shermed out
Snoop Dogg in this motherf**ker perved out MOB
Big Suge in the low-low bounce and turn
Dogg Pound in the Lex with a ounce to burn
Got them Watts n***as with me OFTB
They got some hash took the stash left the rest for me
Neckbone Tre Head Ron Punchy too
Big Rock got knocked but this one's for you
I hit the studio and drop a jewel hoping it pay
Getting high watching time fly to live and die in LA
Die in LA it's the place to be
You've got to be there to know it what everybody wanna see
To live and die in LA it's the place to be
You've got to be there to know it what everybody wanna see
This go out for 923 and 106
All the radio stations that be bumping my s**t
Making my s**t sells katruple quitraple platinum he he
This go out to all the magazines that supported me
All the real motherf**kers
All the stores the mom and pop spots
AR people all you all motherf**kers
LA California Love part motherf**king Two
Without gay a*s Dre
To live and die in LA
To live and die in LA