[ti:Stay True]
[ar:Stretch & 2Pac]
[al: Thug Life: Volume 1]
[Produced by 2Pac & Stretch]
[Intro: 2Pac]
[Verse 1: 2Pac]
[Hook: 2Pac, (Mopreme & Stretch)]
[Verse 2: 2Pac & Stretch]
[Verse 3: Mopreme]
[Hook: 2Pac, (Mopreme & Stretch)]
[Verse 4: 2Pac]
[Hook: 2Pac, (Mopreme & Stretch)]
[00:01.91] Yeah *****, drop the top on your ************' ride
[00:05.16] This how we do it on the West Coast, baby
[00:08.79] Rollin' down the 405
[00:10.86] Gettin' high, white boys done wrecked their ****
[00:13.17] To check my ride
[00:14.35] I ain't bein' bootsy
[00:15.75] Crusin' in a six-o Impala, drivin' like I'm in a hooptee
[00:18.90] A Car full of ballin' cats
[00:20.69] Keep yo hand on the strap and take all the craps
[00:22.88] *****s know my steelo
[00:25.02] All legit, but I'm draped like a ***** movin' kilos
[00:27.90] **** don't stop cause I can make that ass drop
[00:31.01] Make the front hop
[00:32.21] And hit the three-wheel-motion, all day hit the freeway
[00:35.37] Take it easy, uh
[00:36.56] Let's slide and pick up some hoochies
[00:38.89] Ride, right back to the movies
[00:41.31] High, talkin' back to the screen, drinkin' liquor
[00:43.81] Havin' big dreams of gettin' richer
[00:45.50] I'm livin' that ...
[00:46.34] Thug life, y'all know the rules
[00:48.21] Gotta do what 'cha gotta do (Stay true!)
[00:50.48] Yeah, thug life, y'all know the rules
[00:52.74] Gotta do what 'cha gotta do (Stay true!)
[00:55.26] Uh, thug life, y'all know the rules
[00:57.56] Gotta do what 'cha gotta do (Stay true!)
[00:59.86] Yeah, thug life, y'all know the rules
[01:02.01] Gotta do what 'cha gotta do (Stay true!)
[01:04.31] Big Stretch represent the real *****
[01:06.46] Flex, Live Squad and this ************ catch wreck
[01:09.23] Thug Life
[01:10.17] Sharp as a rough knife
[01:11.68] Shakin' the dice, we roll on dough with nothin' nice
[01:13.86] So the Vice wanna follow us around - Raise up
[01:16.63] Got 'em runnin' as we clown through the town - Blaze up
[01:18.84] Another one, had to throw another gun
[01:20.77] Don't need another case
[01:22.10] You can see it on my face, son
[01:23.89] But I ain't fallin' yet
[01:25.34] And I gotta give a shout to my ballers at
[01:27.64] Mopreme, tell 'em why the hoes dream
[01:29.59] Gettin' high of a ***** like a ***** fiend
[01:31.95] Cause I'm non-stop and I'm always hustlin'
[01:34.68] 24/7, ain't nothin' proper
[01:36.70] When a, young G's flippin' keys for a livin'
[01:39.09] Try to make a mill of the time that I'm givin'
[01:41.14] Trippin'
[01:41.40] Mad
[01:42.19] I'm crazy
[01:42.61] Can't nobody fade me
[01:43.98] And I been goin' insane lately
[01:46.22] And everybody tryna hold me back
[01:48.02] I'm 'bout to snap
[01:48.99] You better move back
[01:50.14] You know I led a ...
[01:50.92] Thug life, y'all know the rules
[01:52.80] Gotta do what 'cha gotta do (Stay true!)
[01:55.31] Thug life, y'all know the rules
[01:57.41] Gotta do what 'cha gotta do (Stay true!)
[02:00.01] Uhm, thug life, y'all know the rules
[02:01.87] Gotta do what 'cha gotta do (Stay true!)
[02:04.62] Thug life, y'all know the rules
[02:06.77] Gotta do what 'cha gotta do (Stay true!)
[02:07.98] Man!!, I don't worry about the five-O
[02:10.54] If they start cause it's all about survival
[02:12.68] Just stay smart, keep your mind on your bank roll
[02:15.20] Always stay ahead of these stank hoes
[02:17.40] These days it's an all out cat race, and look at me
[02:20.39] Just caught another catch case, that makes three
[02:22.86] My lawyers gettin' cash, off that ass, don't even ask
[02:25.40] Why I'm buck wild, don't smile, don't laugh
[02:27.81] To the young G's comin' up; Peep game
[02:30.05] Don't let the money make you change or act strange
[02:32.30] Stay focused, all in together now
[02:34.54] Keep pumpin' loud pull the crowd put my top down
[02:36.88] Is that 2Pac, Thug Life? Hell yeah
[02:39.50] Tryna dirty up my name but I'm still here
[02:41.62] Which way do I turn? I'm strapped
[02:43.74] Lost in the storm I can't turn back with that ...
[02:46.32] Thug life, y'all know the rules
[02:48.26] Gotta do what 'cha gotta do (Stay true!)
[02:50.56] Thug life, y'all know the rules
[02:52.75] Gotta do what 'cha gotta do (Stay true!)
[02:55.33] Thug life, y'all know the rules
[02:57.27] Gotta do what 'cha gotta do (Stay true!)
[03:00.06] Thug life, y'all know the rules
[03:01.98] Gotta do what 'cha gotta do (Stay true!)