best song from Me Against The World?

[MOBNigga06]

Lord Knows is the best song on this album. It epitomizes the Pac's pre-Death Row style. Great energy and lyrics. Though I prefer DeathRow-era Pac to pre-DR Pac.

[Jimmy H.]

I've always felt Pac's content was stronger on this than say something like "All Eyez On Me". For instance, how he tackles lust and male bravado on "Temptations" versus "How Do U Want It?". The latter is more of an elaborate production but the content on the former is far more compelling and interesting to me.

[bouli77]

the content is stronger and the vibe is somewhat gloomier, darker. you can feel that pac was disillusioned and deeply troubled as he was creating the album. there aren't many party tracks. some brainless/hopeless gangsta tracks : death around the corner / heavy in the game / if I die 2nite / fuck the world. Pac is on a "fuck the world" tip but not in a nihilistic way like on AEOM (except for heavy in the game maybe which is your average bay area mobb track), more in a rebellious way. then you have the sad/gloomy tracks : so many tears / lord knows / outlaw. pac has a very depressed outlook on life and he sounds at times suicidal. and you have laid back tracks where Pac is either reminiscing or appreciating things out of life : Dear Mama, Old School, I Can't Get Away, It Ain't Easy. and you have the title track, perfectly chosen, that embodies a little bit of all that. Pac sounds wistful and nostalgic and questions societies' flaws over a dope beat, and Khadafi blesses us with a dope verse.

that's what I like about this album so much, the depth, the cohesiveness and the blending of east and westcoast influences. lyrically and delivery wise, it's more of a westcoast album, and beatwise, except for the Mike Mosley tracks, it's more of an eastcoast albums, the better beats being provided by the legendary Easy Mo Bee

[K-MACC]

so many tears, lord knows & old school  dope album was hard to pick 3

[HighEyeCue]

Pac's best album no doubt...I became a fan when he joined Death Row like mostly everyone else but I went back and listened to this and realized this was his peak

[Black Excellence]

it ain't easy, lord knows, and dear mama.

[Hack Wilson - real]

If I Die 2nite, Lord Knows and It Ain't Easy are my Top 3. If I Die 2nite showed Pac's skills as a technical/lyrical artist - they way this song was written just blows me away

there's nothing really mindblowing about If I Die 2Nite from a technical standpoint, there's just a strong emphasis on alliterations throughout the song (with the letters S and P primarily "picturing pitiful punk niggaz copping pleas" / "i'm sick of psychotic society somebody save me"). nothing unheard of or very difficult to come up with. but it's very efficient and the energy and urgency conveyed by Pac's delivery are unfuckwitable.

the easy mo beat is crazy and Pac's voice is so raw on that song 

[BIGWORM]

This is my favorite PAC album hands down. It pretty much shows a bunch of sides of him. I feel every track and can't really single one out. I chose "DEATH AROUND THE CORNER" the track bangs as much as any other on this album. But the "AMERICAN ME" sample they use one this is GENIUS!!!!

[dnjp4life]

My top 3 would be 'Lord Knows', 'If I Die 2Nite' and 'So Many Tears'.  All classic 2Pac tracks.  It's been a while since I listened to this album actually - I must listen again soon.

[Blood$]

this was a very hard decision but I went with "Lord Knows"

[JML-G]

Me Against The World and Fuck The World

[jman91331]

My favorite song on Me Against The World is also my favorite Pac song of all time and thats Lord Knows. That song is like damn near perfect to me. The story telling, the emotion, the way he rode the beat. In my opinion Pac at his best.

[hellawear9]

"Lord Knows"..........dope song, Dope Lyrics, and the chorus is the shiznit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! & Temptations

[Jack Trippa 3z company ho]

Very hard to pick 3...

Young Niggas - just love the beat and Pacs flows. Montell Jordan kills the hook.

If I Die Tonight - his use of illiteration on this one was very good. Some real MC shit.

Me against the world - I used to listen to this one all the time way back whenever I felt like things weren't going my way. His last verse is ridiculous.

Good topic Hack, haven't listened to this cd in years. Need to bust it out.

[mastdark81]

Back when I was younger I use to give the beat a listen and if I didn't like it the first 5 seconds skip it....so I slept on "LORD KNOWS" however that became my favorite song.

Like someone else said, the emotion of the song and the energy of the chorus.  One of those songs that have replay value "until the end of the time"