{2pac} In the life we live as thugs Everybody ****in' with us so can't you see It's hard to be a man Ridin' with my guns in hand Why explain the game ****** ain't listenin', stuck in positions If victims can't stand the heat Then stay the **** out the kitchen Half these busters switchin', lookin' at me mean Itchin', givin' suckers plenty space Have these ***** ****** snitchin' Where are we now, guns found daily The feds surely hope that they could finally nail me For sellin' **** they backwards Make the track burst whenever I rap, attack Words been known to explode on contact Extreme at times, blinded by my passion and fury Look at me laugh at my competition's flashin' my jewelry. You'd stay silent, if you ****** knew me, truely effective The **** you heard ain't do me justice Got a death wish, *****. Run, but face being traced by the infrared beam It seems ****** ain't recognize my team Ain't nobody holdin' you back Explode the track to confetti, unload it Cause ****** ain't ready, the life of an outlaw In the life we live as thugs Everybody ****in' with us so can't you see It's hard to be a man Ridin' with my guns in hand Code 3, attack formation, pull out your pistols Keep an eye out for the devils Cause they itchin' to get you Merciless madman screamin' kamikaze in tongue Automatic gunfire makin' all my enemies run Who should I call when I'm shot and bleedin' Indeed a possibility has part a chase in cream **** got me hatin' fiends Scheme with my team, just a chosen few My foes victim of explosives Come closer, exhale the fumes We got memories fadin' fast, a slave for cash Accelerate, mash, blast, then dash Don't look now. How you like it, raw ****** ain't ready for the wrath of the outlaws Never surrender, death before dishonor Stay free, I'm thugged out **** the world cause this is how they made me Scarred but still breathin' Believe in me and you could see the victory A warrior in jewels. Will you picture me? Life of and outlaw In the life we live as thugs (no doubt) Everybody ****in' with us (yes!) So can't you see (life of an outlaw) It's hard to be a man (soldiers in position) Ridin' with my guns in hand (attack formation) (No retreat, no surrender) {Young Noble} City under siege It's like I can't even breathe I'm from the state of car thieves G.E.D. from the street, plenty beef I play for keeps, arrange the whole crime scene Mobb peep They sneak up from behind tryin' to creep No halfs with no straps, jack It's on to bounce back, an ounce of wrath so bad It snatched my style on death Tell the gripper I was sent to get ya Snip with clippers, get the picture I wrote my life down as a scripture {E.D.I. Mean} And still I'm lost, in the land of the lonely Where ain't nobody holy Matter of a fact, we unholy Everybody livin' solely for themselves Too high strung to lend help To somebody who be needin' it You know we lost hope and he needin' it But the evil it's forever but I'm rappin' low down Scandalous, like a tramp is All for the street fame on How to be managed to plan **** 6 months in advanced to what we plotted Approached the goal on swole and now I got it {Kastro} Uh, crack my window Knowin' they'd love to catch Kastro sleepin' Attach a strap under my pillow Hand to hand like we freakin' Creepin' deep into the mornin' Peepin' out the weak while they yawnin' And let my clout speak for itself, no doubt Outlaw, outta my mind, outta time You're all blind, some kind of life of mine If K-Dog don't mind, findin' it funny Matter of fact, 'cause it is, perhaps finally I'll adapt to it over the years as an outlaw {2Pac} Eh, Napoleon {Napoleon} What's up, *****? {2Pac}Would you die for me, *****? {Napoleon} Hell yeah {2Pac}Would you kill for me, *****? {Napoleon} On my grandmother, ***** {2Pac}Ah, yo {Napoleon} What's up {2Pac} Let's ride on them stupid *****es right now {Napoleon} Watch out Well, now they all say that Vultures and parasites, snakes are all alike Thug life break night, drink 'til we fist fight Life or death, but you can't win with a vest But there won't be no breathin' for the reason Punk ***** on your breath I see day is dark and I admit it's dark So chase on the ave, hide your stash Beware from them marks. And yo, Makaveli Give me them bullets that was left up in your belly And let me bust back to them ****** 'Til they all cold and sweaty {2pac} In the life we live as thugs Everybody ****in' with us so can't you see It's hard to be a man Ridin' with my guns in hand In the life we live as thugs Everybody ****in' with us so can't you see It's hard to be a man Ridin' with my guns in hand In the life we live as thugs Everybody ****in' with us so can't you see It's hard to be a man Ridin' with my guns in hand In the life we live as thugs Everybody ****in' with us so can't you see It's hard to be a man Ridin' with my guns in hand
[00:00.300]{2pac} In the life we live as thugs [00:02.345]Everybody ****in' with us so can't you see [00:05.585]It's hard to be a man [00:07.586]Ridin' with my guns in hand [00:09.214]Why explain the game [00:10.330]****** ain't listenin', stuck in positions [00:12.311]If victims can't stand the heat [00:13.730]Then stay the **** out the kitchen [00:15.096]Half these busters switchin', lookin' at me mean [00:17.083]Itchin', givin' suckers plenty space [00:18.824]Have these ***** ****** snitchin' [00:20.280]Where are we now, guns found daily [00:22.278]The feds surely hope that they could finally nail me [00:24.838]For sellin' **** they backwards [00:26.332]Make the track burst whenever I rap, attack [00:28.719]Words been known to explode on contact [00:31.085]Extreme at times, blinded by my passion and fury [00:33.481]Look at me laugh at my competition's [00:35.170]flashin' my jewelry. You'd stay silent, [00:36.890]if you ****** knew me, truely effective [00:38.749]The **** you heard ain't do me justice [00:40.329]Got a death wish, *****. Run, [00:41.781]but face being traced by the infrared beam [00:43.917]It seems ****** ain't recognize my team [00:46.484]Ain't nobody holdin' you back [00:48.021]Explode the track to confetti, unload it [00:50.238]Cause ****** ain't ready, the life of an outlaw [00:52.765]In the life we live as thugs [00:55.115]Everybody ****in' with us so can't you see [00:58.237]It's hard to be a man [01:00.249]Ridin' with my guns in hand [01:02.536]Code 3, attack formation, pull out your pistols [01:05.278]Keep an eye out for the devils [01:06.525]Cause they itchin' to get you [01:07.787]Merciless madman screamin' kamikaze in tongue [01:10.382]Automatic gunfire makin' all my enemies run [01:13.025]Who should I call when I'm shot and bleedin' [01:15.085]Indeed a possibility has part a chase in cream [01:17.621]**** got me hatin' fiends [01:18.719]Scheme with my team, just a chosen few [01:20.921]My foes victim of explosives [01:22.637]Come closer, exhale the fumes [01:24.168]We got memories fadin' fast, a slave for cash [01:27.108]Accelerate, mash, blast, then dash [01:29.004]Don't look now. How you like it, raw [01:30.858]****** ain't ready for the wrath of the outlaws [01:33.397]Never surrender, death before dishonor [01:35.584]Stay free, I'm thugged out [01:37.212]**** the world cause this is how they made me [01:39.156]Scarred but still breathin' [01:40.365]Believe in me and you could see the victory [01:42.337]A warrior in jewels. Will you picture me? [01:44.485]Life of and outlaw [01:45.382]In the life we live as thugs (no doubt) [01:47.621]Everybody ****in' with us (yes!) [01:49.247]So can't you see (life of an outlaw) [01:50.838]It's hard to be a man (soldiers in position) [01:52.927]Ridin' with my guns in hand (attack formation) [01:53.823](No retreat, no surrender) [01:55.307]{Young Noble} City under siege [01:56.533]It's like I can't even breathe [01:57.843]I'm from the state of car thieves [01:59.301]G.E.D. from the street, plenty beef [02:01.186]I play for keeps, arrange the whole crime scene [02:03.323]Mobb peep [02:04.039]They sneak up from behind tryin' to creep [02:05.799]No halfs with no straps, jack [02:07.399]It's on to bounce back, an ounce of wrath so bad [02:09.729]It snatched my style on death [02:11.222]Tell the gripper I was sent to get ya [02:13.032]Snip with clippers, get the picture [02:14.658]I wrote my life down as a scripture [02:15.925]{E.D.I. Mean} And still I'm lost, [02:17.211]in the land of the lonely [02:18.443]Where ain't nobody holy [02:19.513]Matter of a fact, we unholy [02:20.584]Everybody livin' solely for themselves [02:22.533]Too high strung to lend help [02:23.765]To somebody who be needin' it [02:24.735]You know we lost hope and he needin' it [02:26.445]But the evil it's forever but I'm rappin' low down [02:28.570]Scandalous, like a tramp is [02:29.937]All for the street fame on [02:31.278]How to be managed to plan **** [02:33.132]6 months in advanced to what we plotted [02:35.420]Approached the goal on swole and now I got it [02:36.909]{Kastro} Uh, crack my window [02:38.322]Knowin' they'd love to catch Kastro sleepin' [02:40.093]Attach a strap under my pillow [02:41.461]Hand to hand like we freakin' [02:42.812]Creepin' deep into the mornin' [02:44.448]Peepin' out the weak while they yawnin' [02:46.314]And let my clout speak for itself, no doubt [02:48.495]Outlaw, outta my mind, outta time [02:50.197]You're all blind, some kind of life of mine [02:52.081]If K-Dog don't mind, findin' it funny [02:54.055]Matter of fact, 'cause it is, perhaps finally [02:56.322]I'll adapt to it over the years as an outlaw [02:59.448]{2Pac} Eh, Napoleon [03:00.269]{Napoleon} What's up, *****? [03:01.272]{2Pac}Would you die for me, *****? [03:02.262]{Napoleon} Hell yeah [03:03.084]{2Pac}Would you kill for me, *****? [03:03.992]{Napoleon} On my grandmother, ***** [03:05.442]{2Pac}Ah, yo [03:06.104]{Napoleon} What's up [03:06.693]{2Pac} Let's ride on them stupid *****es right now [03:07.896]{Napoleon} Watch out [03:08.551]Well, now they all say that [03:09.417]Vultures and parasites, snakes are all alike [03:12.121]Thug life break night, drink 'til we fist fight [03:14.603]Life or death, but you can't win with a vest [03:16.864]But there won't be no breathin' for the reason [03:18.438]Punk ***** on your breath [03:19.477]I see day is dark and I admit it's dark [03:22.039]So chase on the ave, hide your stash [03:23.783]Beware from them marks. And yo, Makaveli [03:26.080]Give me them bullets that was left up in your belly [03:28.068]And let me bust back to them ****** [03:29.699]'Til they all cold and sweaty [03:30.832]{2pac} In the life we live as thugs [03:33.180]Everybody ****in' with us so can't you see [03:36.365]It's hard to be a man [03:38.442]Ridin' with my guns in hand [03:41.432]In the life we live as thugs [03:43.753]Everybody ****in' with us so can't you see [03:46.906]It's hard to be a man [03:49.014]Ridin' with my guns in hand [03:51.937]In the life we live as thugs [03:54.243]Everybody ****in' with us so can't you see [03:57.457]It's hard to be a man [03:59.538]Ridin' with my guns in hand [04:02.514]In the life we live as thugs [04:04.786]Everybody ****in' with us so can't you see [04:07.984]It's hard to be a man [04:10.084]Ridin' with my guns in hand