![]() ![]() Publisher: Downtown Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group Writer/s: Bruce Hornsby, Deon Evans, Tupac Amaru Shakur Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat that's the way it is, uh 'Cause I always got to worry 'bout the pay backs That's the sound of my tool you say it ain't coolĪnd as long as I stay black I gotta stay strapped I don't trust this when they try to rush I bust this They get jealous when they see ya with ya mobile phone Instead of war on poverty they got a war on drugsĪnd I ain't never did a crime I ain't have to doīut now I'm back with the blacks givin' it back to you It's war on the streets and the war in the Middle East You see the old way wasn't working so it's on us to doĪnd still I see no changes can't a brother get a little peace? Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we liveĪnd let's change the way we treat each other It's time for us as a people to start makin' some changes Sellin' crack to the kid (I gotta get paid (I made a G today) But you made it in a sleazy way Try to show another way but you stayin' in the dope gameīein' real don't appeal to the brother in you The penitentiary's packed, and it's filled with blacks We ain't ready, to see a black President, uh It takes skill to be real, time to heal each other 'Cause both black and white is smokin' crack tonightĪnd only time we chill is when we kill each other Take the evil out the people they'll be acting right We under I wonder what it takes to make this I see no changes all I see is racist faces I'd love to go back to when we played as kidsīut things changed, and that's the way it is ![]() How can the Devil take a brother if he's close to me? Learn to see me as a brother instead of two distant strangers I got love for my brother but we can never go nowhere "It's time to fight back," that's what Huey said Give 'em guns step back watch 'em kill each other Give the crack to the kids who the hell caresįirst ship 'em dope and let 'em deal the brothers Pull the trigger kill a nigga he's a hero My stomach hurts so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatch I'm tired of bein' poor and even worse I'm black Is life worth living should I blast myself? 2 Pac died September 13, 1996, in Las Vegas, Nevada, after being shot four times a week earlier by unknown assailants in a drive-by.I see no changes wake up in the morning and I ask myself 2 Pac has sold over 75 million records, scored a posthumous Official UK Singles Chart Number 1 in Ghetto Gospel in 2005 and was building a decent career as an actor in films such as Juice and Poetic Justice. 2 Pac released his acclaimed debut album 2Pacalypse Now in 1991 which has been cited by a number of rappers such as Eminem and Nas as a massive influence.Ģ Pac formed his own rap crew Thug Life releasing their only album in 1994. 2 Pac was born a month after his mother was acquitted of more than 150 charges of ‘Conspiracy against the United States government and New York landmarks’ in the New York Panther 21 trial, due to her part as a black panther.Ģ Pac had initially gone under the name MC New York and got his first main break appearing with Digital Underground in the 1991 Nothing But Trouble. 2 Pac, or Tupac Shakur, was born Lesane Parish Crooks, June 16, 1971, in East Harlem, Manhattan and was an American rapper and actor.
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