Tupac - To Live And Die In L.A. <br /> <br /> <br />[Verse 1] <br /> <br />To live and die in LA <br />Where everyday we try a fatten' our pockets <br />Us niggas' hustle for the cash so it's hard to knock it <br />Everybody got their own thang currency chasin' <br />World-wide through the hard times, worrying faces <br />Shed tears as we bury niggas' close to heart <br />What was a friend now a ghost in the dark <br />Cold hearted bout it my nigga got smoked by a fiend <br />Trying to floss on em' <br />Blind to a broken man's dream <br />A hard lesson <br />Court cases keep me guessin' <br />Plea bargain ain't an option now so I'm stessin' <br />Cost me more to be free than a life in the penn <br />Making money off a cuss words, writing again <br />Learn how to think ahead so I fight with my pen <br />Late night down Sunset like in a scene <br />What's the worst they could do to a nigga? <br />Got me lost in hell <br />To live and die in LA <br />On bail <br />My angels sing ... <br /> <br />Chorus 2x <br /> <br />To live and die in LA, it's the place to be <br />You've got to be there to know it <br />Where everybody wanna see <br /> <br />[Verse 2] <br /> <br />It's the city of angels and constant danger <br />South Central LA <br />Can't get no stranger <br />Full of drama like a soap opera, on the curb <br />Watching the ghetto bird helicopters I observe <br />So many niggas' getting 3 strikes tossed in jail <br />So where's the Penn? <br />Right across from hell <br />I can't cry cause it's on now <br />I'm just a nigga on his own now <br />Living life thug style <br />So I can't smile <br />Writing to my peoples when they ask for pictures <br />Thinking Cali just mine and bitches <br />Hahaha <br />Better learn about the dress code <br />B's and C's <br />All them other niggas copycats <br />These is G's <br />I love Cali like I love woman <br />Cause every nigga in LA <br />Gotta little bit of thug in em' <br />We might fight with each other <br />But I promise you this <br />We'll burn this bitch down get us pissed <br />To live and die in LA <br /> <br />Chorus 2x <br /> <br />To live and die in LA, it's the place to be <br />You've got to be there to know it <br />Where everybody wanna see <br /> <br />[Verse 3] <br /> <br />What would be LA with out Mexicans <br />Black love brown pride in the sets again <br />Pete Wilson trying to see us all broke among some old shit <br />Out for everything they owe <br />Remember K day <br />Weekends <br />Crenshaw <br />MLK <br />Automatics rang free, niggas' lost their way <br />Gang signs being shown, nigga love your hood <br />But recognize when it's all good <br />Where the weed at? <br />Niggas getting shermed out <br />Snoop Dogg in this motherfucker burned out <br />M-O-B <br />Big Suge in the lo-lo bounce and turn <br />Dogg Pound in the Lex <br />With an ounce to burn <br />Got them watts niggas with me, O-F-T-B <br />They got some hash took a stash left the rest for me <br />Neckbone, Dreray, Ron too <br />Big Rock got knocked but this one's for you <br />I hit the studio and drop a jewel hoping it pay <br />Getting high watching time fly <br />To live and die in LA <br /> <br />Chorus 2x <br /> <br />To live and die in LA, it's the place to be <br />You've got to be there to know it <br />Where everybody wanna see
