2 Pac Live and Die in LA Lyrics

Intro:

Dominique: what do you feel when you hear a record like tupacs new one?

Man: I love tupacs new record

Dominique: right, but dont you feel like that creates tension between east and west?

Dominique: hes talking about killing people, I had s__ with your wife
And not in those words, but hes talking about I wanna see you deceased.

Makaveli:

No doubt
To live and die in la
California - dont care what you say about los angeles
Still the only place for me it never rains

To live and die in la
Where everyday we try a fatten our pockets
Us n____z hustle for the cash so its hard to knock it
Everybody got their own thang currency chasin
World wide through the hard times worrying faces
Shed tears as we bury n____z close to heart
What was a friend now a ghost in the dark
Cold hearted bout it, n____ got smoked by a fiend
Tryin to floss on em
Blind to a broken mans dream

A hard lesson--court cases--keep em guessin
Plea bargain aint an option now--so Im stressin

Cost me more to be free than a life in the penn
Making money off of cuss words--writin again
Learn how to think ahead--so I fight with my pen
Late night down sunset like in a sin
Whats the worst they could do to a n____
Get me lost in hell--to live and die in la
On bail--my angels sing...

Chorus:

To live and die in la, its the place to be
Youve got to be there to know it
Where everybody wanna see
To live and die in la, its the place to be
Youve got to be there to know it
Everybody wanna see

Its the cities of angels and constant danger
South central la--cant get no stranger
Full of drama like a soap opera
On the curb watching the ghetto bird helicopters
I observe--so many n____z
Gettin 3 strikes--tossed in jail
Swear the penns right across from hell
I cant cry--cause its home now
Im just a n____ on his own now
Livin life thug style--so I cant smile
Writin to my peoples
When they ask for pictures
Thinkin cali just fun and b____es
(hahaha)
Better learn about the dress code
Bs and cs--all them other n____z copycats
These is gs
I love cali like I love woman
Cause every n____ in la
Got a little bit of thug in em

We might fight amongst each other
But I promise you this
Well burn this b____ down--get us p___ed
To live and die in la

~chorus~

It wouldnt be la with mexicans
Black love, brown pride
And the sets again--pete wilson
Tryin to see us all broke
Im on some bullshit
Out for everything they owe
Remember k day
Weekends--crenshaw--mlk
Automatics rang free n____z lost they way
Gang signs bein shown
n____ love your hood
But recognize and its all good
Where the weed at--n____z gettin shermed out
Snoop dogg in this m____fucka burned out
M-o-b
Big suge in the lo lo
Bounce and turn
Dogg pound in the lex
With an ounce to burn
Got them watts n____z with me ofcp
They got some hash
Took a stash
Left the rest for me
Neckbone--dre, heron, bungy too
Big rock got knocked
But this ones for you
I hit the studio and drop a jewel
Hoping it pay
Gettin high--watchin time fly
To live and die in la

~chorus~

Makaveli:

This goes out for 92.3, 106--all the radio stations
That be b__ping my s___
Makin my s___ sales quadruple, quadrople, platinum
This goes out to all the magazines
That support a n____
All the real mufuckas
All the stores, the mom & pop spots
A&r people, all yawl mufuckas
La--california love
Part mufuckin 2 without gay a__ dre