INTRO:
Dominque: What do you feel when you hear a record like Tupac`s new
one?
Man: I love Tupac`s new record
Dominque: right, but don`t you feel like that creates tension between
East and West?
Dominque: 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. (after each question or
sentence, a sound affect get`s
louder and louder untill Domique`s last words)
Tupac:
No dought
To Live & Die in LA
California--whatcha saying about Los Angeles
still the only place for me that never ?
To Live and Die in LA
when everyday we try a fatin` our pockets
Us niggas` hustle for the cash so it`s hard to knock it
Everybody got their own thang currency chasin`
World wide thru the hard times worrying faces
Shed tears as we burry niggas` close to heart
Oh was a friend now a ghost in the dark
Cold hearted--my nigga got smoked by a feen
Trying to floss on em`
blind to a broken man`s dream
a hard lesson--caught cases--keep who`s guessin`
plea bargain aint an option now--so I`m stessin`
Cost me more to be free than a life in the penn
making money off of cuss words--writing again
Learn how to think ahead--so I fight with my pin
late night down Sunset like in a scene
What`s the worst they could do to a nigga
got me lost in hell--To Live and Die in LA
on bail--my angels sing...
Chorus: To live and Die in La, it`s the place to be
you`ve got to be there to know it
where everybody wanna see
It`s the city of angles 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 hellocopters
I observe--so many niggas`
getting 3 strikes--tossed in jail
so where`s the penn--right across from hell
I can`t cry--cause it`s on now
living life thug style--so I can`t smile
writing to my peoples
when they ask for pictures
50 cali thug niggas
[haha]
better learn about the dress code
B`s and C`s--all them other niggas` copycats
these is G`s
I love Cali like I love woman
cause every nigga in LA
gotta little bit of thug in em`
We might fight with each other
but I promise you this
we will burn this shit down--get us piss
To Live & Die in LA
Chorus: To Live & Die in LA, it`s the place to be
[Tupac: Let my angel sing]
you`ve got to be there to know it
where everybody wanna see
What would be LA with out Mexicans
Black love--Brown pride
in the set`s again--Pete Wilson
trying to see us all broke
remember K day
weekends--crenshaw--MLK
automatics rang free cause
niggas` lost their way
gang signs being showed
nigga love your hood
but reconize and it`s all good
where the weed at--niggas getting shermed out
Snoop Dogg and his homie`s burned out
M-O-B
Big Suge in the lo lo
bounce and turn
Dogg Pound in the Lex
with an ounce to burn
got them watts niggas with me
they got some hash
took a stash
left the rest for me
Neckbone--Dreray--Ron too
Big Rock got knocked
but this one`s for you
I hit the studio and drop a jewel
open and play
getting high--watching time fly
To LIve & Die in LA
Chorus
Tupac: This goes out for 92.3--all the radio stations
that be bumping my shit
This goes out to all the magazines
that supported me
All the real mothafuckas`
all the stores--LA--California