Still somehow I believewe always survive.. but why?
[Nas]
To my dogs.. wherever you are
Whattup Big? You know shit is rough after you slid
You in God s hands nowkeep a place for me kid
Ain t nuttin changed -- still _Party and _
We used to + R&B Bitches+ and see who rhyme sickest
For every hit you mademore rappers afraid to come out
_Machine Gun Funk_from Queens I came through to smoke blunts
You came to my hoodwe was broke
I wonder if we stayed that waywould there have been gunsmoke?
Still on the block around fiends numb from cokeI guess so
Cause now with papershit is still ghetto
But it blackyou livin your lifethough your loved ones
Peace to your daughter and your newborn son
It used to be funmakin records to see your response
Butnow competition is nonenow that you re gone
And these niggaz is wrong -- usin your name in vain
And they claim to be New York s king? It ain t about that
It s more seriousI plan to toast it up with you
Joke with youhappy we on topthe most official
Ain t too many real ones out there; I feel some
but doubt they recapableto take it where you took it to
I missed your wake not cause I m fake
cause I hate to see somebody so great in that way
I woulda stayed so long with so much to say
I had to put it in writin to keep me and Brooklyn from fightin
Tellin me to pay my respects and move to the side
But I probably wouldn t have got off my knees to let people by
You can t kill nothin that s _Ready to Die_
You was like God to us in the form of Allah
Still somehow I believewe always survive.. but why?
[Nas]
Stillwewill survive
No matter whatmy people just stay alive
Stillwewill survive
No matter whatmy people just stay alive
Thug Life never die..
Dear Pacevery thug sheds a tear drop -- and use teeth
to bite off beer topsand _Pour Out a Lil Liquor_
You was more than just the wildest nigga
+2Pacalypse+I understand your style nigga
It s goin on the third yearsince you ve been gone
On the East and West Coast the same shit is goin on
The industry be talkinoffendin me often
They don t believe you deadwanna see you in your coffin
I can relateshootouts and court dates
+All Eyez on You+niggaz in your face invadin your space
You asked if I could trade in your placehow would I hold up?
How long would I ridebefore I fold up?
How did you know through your rhymes it was your time to go?
You predicted it in every lineall in your flow
There could _Never Be Peace_ I have to quote
Can t believe I heard my name on "the realest shit you ever wrote"
We had words cause the best supposed to clash at the top
but kept it brotherlywhen we seen each other and stopped
in NYCat MTVpeople watched
We was both deepafter you leftI got no sleep
Think about how us real niggaz would be
If we uniteda nation of thugswho could fight it?
You was caught in a wild homicideor were you crucified
like the son of Godwhen Lucifer lied
and make the world thinkyoung blacks should be extinct?
But Thug Life ll never diewe stay high and just link
Will there ever be another MC as nice?
Will you return to us like the resurrection of Christ?
Still somehow I believewe always survive.. but why?
[Nas]
Stillwewill survive
No matter whatmy people just stay alive
Stillwewill survive
No matter whatmy people just stay alive
I wonder what the Commodores went through on tour?
Did Smokey Robinsonhave to shoot his way out a war?
What has Al Green seenthat made him religious?
Was it the drugs -- put an end to the music business?
If soshould I put out the indo right now and write down
a plan and pursue my dream turn my life around
Cause I m bound for the movie screencuties that scream
I ll need a extra Uzi riding through my own hood in Queens
It be the ones you always knewthat want it on
Tellin everybody it was himthat you fronted on
Thought we walked a million miles it was just twenty
Not used to walkin in the path of legit money
I thought I made it but we only took baby steps
Up the success ladderwhere they pay me checks
To my clicks when I got it I said "Baby bless"
That was the 80 sbut now look at this crazy mess
We in the 90 sand finally it s lookin good
Hip-hop took it to billionsI knew we would
A lot of ups and downs in the gamecould lose or gain
a couple pounds tryin to maintain -- one day you here
the next you not; when you around niggazcheck em out
Some is bout itmost individuals plots
and run the spotssome choose to stay to theyselves
While others have no cares and stay in jail
More than fifty percent of us
endin up with holes through the chest
through the headthrough the gut it shows
The future for us young shooters and old killers
Who become rich as dope dealers?
Nothing left for us but hoop dreams and hood tournaments
Thug coaches with subs sittin on the bench; either that or rap
We want the fast way outta this trap
Whether it be 9 to 5 or slangin crack
To my deceased Gods wishin I could bring you back
But life is a dream and y all taught me that
.. always survive.. but why?
[Nas]
Always survivealways
Stillwewill survive
No matter whatmy people just stay alive
Stillwewill survive
No matter whatmy people just stay alive
Stillwewill survive (no matter what)
Stillwewill survive (no matter what)
Stillwewill survive
No matter whatmy niggaz just stay alive

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