It's May 23, 2024, 08:59:46 AM
I'll start..it's of course pretty close to impossible to pick 1 verse of thousands; but I figure I have to go with his verse on "Still I rise":Somebody break me I'm dreamin, I started as a seed the semenSwimmin upstream, planted in the womb while screaminon the top, was my pops, my momma screamin stopFrom a single drop, this is what they gotNot to disrespect my peoples but my poppa was a loserOnly plan he had for momma was to fuck her and abuse herEven as a little seed, I could see his plan for meStranded on welfare, another broken familyNow what was I to be, a product of this heated passionMomma got pregnant, and poppa got a piece of assLook how it began, nobody gave a fuck about mePistol in my hand, this cruel world can do without meHow can I survive? Got me askin white Jesuswill a nigga live or die, cause the Lord can't see usin the deep dark clouds of the projects, ain't no sunshineNo sunny days and we only play sometimesWhen everybody's sleepinI open my window jump to the streets and get to creepinI can live or die, hope I get some money 'fore I'm goneI'm only 19, I'm tryin to hustle on my ownon the spot where everybody and they pops tryin to slang rocksI'd rather go to college, but this is where the game stopsDon't get it wrong cause it's always on, from dusk to dawnYou can buy rocks glocks or a herringboneYou can ask my man Ishmael ReedKeep my nine heated all the time this is how we grindMeet up at the cemetary then get smoked out, pass the weed niggaThat Hennessey'll keep me keyed niggaEverywhere I go niggaz holla at me, "Keep it real G"And my reply til they kill meAct up if you feel me, I was born not to make it but I didThe tribulations of a ghetto kid, still I rise
....resources tell me a number of less-fortunate rappers have joined together in conspiracy to assasinate the character of not only Mr. Shakur, but of Death Row Records as wellNas, the alleged ring leader, is furious at 2Pac's - excuse me - Makaveli's verbal assault on Mobb Sleep, Notorious P.I.G., and several other New York rappersJay-Z from "Hawaiin Sophie" fame, big little whatever, and several other corny soundin motherfuckers are understandably shaken up by this releasethe question everybody wants to know is..... WHY'D THEY GET THIS NIGGA STARTED?
Quote from: g unot on September 08, 2005, 09:10:41 PMfuck man thats wayyy too hard to pick theres so many i cant even think of right now
fuck man thats wayyy too hard to pick theres so many i cant even think of right now
Lord knows I.. tried, been a witness to homicideSeen drivebys takin lives, little kids dieWonder why as I walk byBroken-hearted as I glance at the chalk line, gettin highThis ain't the life for me, I wanna changeBut ain't no future right for me, I'm stuck in the gameI'm trapped inside a mazeSee this Tanqueray influenced me to gettin crazyDisillusioned lately, I've been really wantin babiesso I could see a part of me that wasn't always shadyDon't trust my lady, cause she's a product of this poisonI'm hearin noises, think she fuckin all my boys, can't take no moreI'm fallin to the floor; beggin for the Lord to let me into Heaven's door -- shed so many tears2Pac "So Many Tears"Thats a real song. Pac at a stage when he was lost in life.
At sixteen, what a beautiful thingThe very essence of a jet-black ebony queenAnd who could tell she'd get pregnant at an early age? (what?!)She didn't listen, had sex, watch her belly raise (hey)Got violated by someone she dated, if this is fateI'd hate to see the seeds she created, and so we waitedThough it takes time to build a body and a mindShe reclines nine months then finally it's timeWhat do we find? Little growing boy of mineWith a tortured soul, addicted to a life of crimeHad no time for the growing stageHe learned his values on the streets at an early ageWatch for police, don't come home (why?)Cuz Mama's acting crazy at the hospitalAbout to have another baby, like a rose from the concreteGrowing within, blessed with twinsHow the hell can Mama raise three men?So we began, closest family, such insanityA happy home from one act of inhumanityPlus Mama said they seed was corrupt, it used to rubHer belly, begging to let us breathe if she loved usNow, Mama, since quiet, sipping peppermint SchnappsTurned the house into a spot and made her watch for copsHow could Mama bring a thug like me into the world?She ain't the cause of all this drama'Cause Mama's just a little girl