2Pac - My Block (Nitty Remix)

[00:10.03] Damn, take a ride to my block [00:13.19] [00:15.85] My block, that's right heh [00:19.13] Real on my motherfuckin' block [00:21.12] They got a nigga sheddin' tears, reminiscin' on my past fears [00:23.74] 'Cause shit was hectic for me last year [00:26.00] It appears that I've been marked for death, my heartless breath [00:28.80] The underlyin' cause of my arrest, my life is stressed [00:31.91] And no rest forever weary, my eyes stay teary [00:34.82] For all the brothers that are buried in the cemetery [00:37.13] Shit is scary, how black on black crime legendary [00:39.79] But at times unnecessary, I'm gettin' worried [00:42.68] Teardrops and closed caskets, the three strikes law is drastic [00:45.77] And certain death for us, ghetto bastards [00:48.15] What can we do when we're arrested, but open fire? [00:50.50] Life in the pen ain't for me, 'cause I'd rather die [00:53.33] But don't cry through your despair [00:55.04] I wonder if the Lord still cares, for us niggaz on welfare [00:58.36] And who cares if we survive [01:00.59] The only time they notice a nigga is when he's clutchin' on a four five [01:03.18] My neighborhood ain't the same [01:06.00] 'Cause all these little babies goin' crazy [01:07.90] And they sufferin' in the game and I swear it's like a trap [01:10.86] But I ain't given up on the hood, it's all good when I go back [01:14.34] Hoes show me love, niggaz give me props [01:17.39] Forever hope 'cause it don't stop on my block [01:19.69] Livin' life is but a dream [01:22.43] Hard times is all we see [01:25.50] On my block [01:27.56] Every block is kinda mean [01:28.99] But on our block we still play [01:30.97] But on our block we still play [01:33.25] [01:36.09] Now shits constantly hot, on my block, it never fails to be gunshots [01:38.04] Can't explain a mother's pain, when her son drops [01:41.40] Black male slippin' in hail, when will we prevail? [01:43.61] Fearin' jail but crack sales got me livin' well [01:46.49] And the system's suicidal with this thug's life [01:48.91] Stayin' strapped forever strapped in this drug life [01:51.92] God help me, 'cause I'm starvin' can't get a job [01:54.30] So I resort to violent robberies my life is hard [01:56.63] Can't sleep 'cause all the dirt make my heart hurt [01:59.95] Put in work and shed tears for my dead peers [02:02.20] Mislead from childhood where I went astray [02:05.22] Till this day I still pray for a better way [02:07.62] Can't help but feel hopeless and heartbroke [02:10.25] From the start I felt the racism 'cause I'm dark [02:13.42] Couldn't quit the bullshit make me represent [02:15.36] Hit the bar and played the star everywhere I went [02:18.80] In my heart, I felt alone out here on my own [02:21.49] I close my eyes and picture home on my block [02:24.85] Livin' life is but a dream [02:27.28] Hard times is all we see [02:29.79] On my block [02:30.95] Every block is kinda mean [02:32.34] But on our block we still play [02:34.04] But on our block we still play [02:36.28] [02:41.95] And I can't help but wonder why, so many young kids had to die [02:43.14] Caught strays from A.K's in the drive by [02:44.58] Swollen pride and homicide don't coincide [02:47.84] Brothers cry for broken lives, mama come inside [02:50.11] 'Cause our block is filled with danger [02:53.07] Used to be a close knit community but now we're all cold strangers [02:56.22] Time changes us to stone them crack pipes [02:58.52] All up and down the block exterminatin' black life [03:00.94] But I can't blame the dealers [03:03.76] My mama's welfare check has brought the next man chrome wheels [03:06.07] Shits real, I know you feel, my tragedy [03:08.89] A single mother with a problem child, daddy free [03:11.78] Hangin' out pickin' up game, sippin' cheap liquor [03:14.62] Gamin' the hooches, hopin' I can get to sleep with her [03:16.92] It's a man's world, stayin' strapped [03:19.88] Fantasies of a nigga livin' phat, but held back [03:23.08] Pipe dreams can make the night seem hopeless [03:26.40] Wide eyed and losin' focus on my block [03:27.80] Livin' life is but a dream [03:31.56] Hard times is all we see [03:34.03] On my block [03:35.26] Every block is kinda mean [03:36.52] But on our block we still play [03:40.15] But on our block we still play [03:43.15] And block parties in tha projects lastin' way past daylight [03:46.98] A young nigga learned to break night [03:48.87] Used to play fight with my homies but they stuck in the pen [03:51.06] I send 'em ends, but it's tough on a friend [03:53.67] In my mind I see the same motherfuckers ballin' [03:56.16] Alcohol will make a lazy nigga slip and fall, miss his call [03:59.12] I know the young niggaz understand this [04:02.01] Growin' up in this world where everythin' is scandalous [04:04.85] I reminisce on tha fast times, past crimes [04:06.95] [04:09.04] Tryin' to cop a slice of pizza with my last dime [04:10.68] Can't explain just what attracts me to this dirty game [04:12.45] Gold chains some extra change, and the street fame [04:14.89] And what's strange is everybody knows my name [04:17.02] Swear they all know me [04:19.08] And lots of cash make a nigga change [04:21.03] I hit the green just to maintain, feelin' pain [04:22.78] For all the niggaz that I lost to the game from my block [04:26.06] Thats right [04:28.13] Livin' life is but a dream [04:29.57] Hard times is all we see [04:31.87] Rest in peace to all the muh'fuckers who passed away [04:34.75] Every block is kinda mean [04:36.46] From all the blocks that I'm from [04:37.26] But on our block we still play (One twelve street, Seventh Avenue, New York, Uptown) [04:40.96] Know what I'm sayin? [04:41.46] But on our block we still play [04:42.13] 183rd and Walt, my block, that's right [04:44.26] [04:46.39] But on our block we still play [04:48.53] 122nd and Morningside, my block, that's right [04:51.36] But on our block we still play [04:51.74] Decatur Avenue, Baltimore, my block, that's right [04:53.85] [04:56.19] But on our block we still play [04:56.33] In the jungle of Atlantic city, that's my block, that's right [04:58.82] But on our block we still play [05:02.45] Los Angeles, aha, that's my block too [05:03.01] But on our block we still play [05:06.29] Oakland, can't forget Oaktown, that's my block for sure [05:08.40] [05:11.38] But on our block we still play [05:11.62] And all the other blocks around this motherfucker [05:13.53] Houston, Florida, St. Louis, Tennessee, Miami, Chicago [05:15.63] [05:18.02] All y'all niggaz stay kickin' up dust [05:20.12] Representin' motherfuckin' block [05:20.27]