2Pac - Death Around The Corner

[00:00.56] Child: Why you by the window?, what's wrong daddy? [00:02.66] Mother: I know what's wrong with that crazy motherfucker [00:04.91] He's just stand by the goddamn window [00:06.69] With that fuckin' AK all day [00:09.03] You don't work, you don't fuck, you don't [00:10.62] You don't do a goddamn thing [00:12.07] I see death around the corner, gotta stay high while I survive [00:14.92] In the city where the skinny niggas die [00:17.23] If they bury me, bury me as a G nigga, no need to worry [00:20.14] I expect retaliation in a hurry [00:22.23] I see death around the corner, anyday [00:24.79] Trying to keep it together, no one lives forever anyway [00:27.69] Strugglin' and strivin', my destiny's to die [00:30.09] Keep my finger on the trigger, no mercy in my eyes [00:32.56] In a ball of confusion, I think about my daddy [00:35.16] Madder than a motherfucker, they never should've had me [00:38.53] I guess I seen too many murders, the doctors can't help me [00:40.94] Got me stressin' with my pistol in my sheets, it ain't healthy [00:43.54] Am I paranoid? Tell me the truth [00:45.32] I'm out the window with my AK, ready to shoot [00:47.97] Ran out of endo and my mind can't take the stress [00:50.48] I'm out of breath [00:51.30] Make me wanna kill my damn self [00:53.04] But I see death around the corner [00:54.50] (When we were kids, belonging felt good) [00:58.57] I see death around the corner [01:00.36] (But having respect, that feels even better) [01:03.37] I see death around the corner [01:05.37] (When we were kids, belonging felt good) [01:09.03] I see death around the corner [01:11.10] (But having respect, that feels even better) [01:13.73] I see death around the corner [01:15.20] The pressure's getting to me [01:16.62] I no longer trust my homies [01:17.83] Them phonies tried to do me [01:19.24] Smoking too much weed [01:20.44] Got me paranoid, stressed [01:21.71] Pack a gat and my vest [01:22.96] Under my clothes when I dress [01:24.28] Here's hopin' I die the way I lived [01:26.26] Straight thuggin' [01:27.29] Huggin' my trigger for all them niggas [01:28.77] Who was buggin' [01:29.75] My homie told me once [01:31.08] Don't you trust them other suckers [01:32.34] They fought like they your homies [01:33.42] But they phony motherfuckers [01:34.72] And even if I did die young, who cares [01:37.38] All I ever got was mean mugs and cold stares [01:39.97] I got homies in my head [01:41.24] Who done passed away screamin', please [01:42.76] Young nigga, make Gs [01:45.45] I can't give up, although I'm hopeless [01:46.94] I think my mind's gone [01:48.60] All I can do is get my grind on, death around the corner [01:51.96] (When we were kids, belonging felt good) [01:55.61] I see death around the corner [01:57.67] (But having respect, that feels even better) [02:03.43] I see death around the corner [02:04.68] (When we were kids, belonging felt good) [02:07.81] I see death around the corner [02:09.84] (But having respect, that feels even better) [02:13.22] I was raised in the city, shitty [02:15.51] Ever since I was an itty bitty kitty [02:17.66] Drinkin' liquor out my momma's titty [02:19.26] And smokin' weed was an everyday thang in my household [02:22.35] And drinking liquor 'til you out cold [02:24.51] And though I'm gone now, nigga it's still on pow [02:26.77] Bustin' on them niggas 'til they gone [02:28.62] How many more jealous ass bitches, comin' for my riches [02:31.89] Now I gotta stay suspicious when I bone [02:34.13] 'Cause if I ain't sharp and heartless [02:35.52] Them bitches will start shit [02:37.17] Excuse me, but this is where we part bitch [02:39.39] No more game for free, please explain to me [02:41.81] Why niggas trip bitch, who you came to see? [02:44.11] Murderin' now but see me later man, as for my pops [02:47.12] I got homies that will hunt you 'til you drop [02:49.62] I hope the Lord will forgive me, I was a G [02:52.40] And gettin' high was a way of being free [02:54.69] I see death around the corner [02:56.56] (When we were kids, belonging felt good) [02:59.56] I see death around the corner [03:01.74] (But having respect, that feels even better) [03:04.51] I see death around the corner [03:06.07] (When we were kids, belonging felt good) [03:08.11] I see death around the corner [03:10.62] (But having respect, that feels even better) [03:13.14] I see death around the corner [03:16.04] This is for all the real motherfuckin' niggas out there [03:18.61] I know you ain't scared to die [03:20.65] We all gotta go, ya know? [03:22.38] A real motherfucker will pick the time he goes [03:24.93] And make sure he handles his motherfuckin' business [03:29.46] Y'all niggas stop acting like pussies out there [03:32.05] Alright [03:34.20] [03:47.09] I'm tired of getting ripped off by guys like that [03:51.02] I want his family dead, I want his house burned to the ground [03:54.16] I want to go there in the middle of the night [03:55.37] I wanna piss on his head [03:56.55] I want his family dead, I want his house burned to the ground [03:59.46] I want to go there in the middle of the night [04:00.40] I wanna piss on his head [04:02.77] I want that son of a bitch dead, I want him dead [04:04.02]