R U Still Down [repeat 3X]
[Verse One: 2Pac]
Now up and at em it’s on, I was raised to be strong
And Mama told me be a Thug since the day I was born
I came up, out the gutter never changed my style
Got for real about my papers, cause the game was wild
And the fame was a plot to try to change me
And what’s strange is nobody knew my name ‘fore it came
Now the whole world is calling me a, killer
All I ever did, was try to reach the kids with the real
All the time I was ballin, never heard my friends callin
Couldn’t stop myself from fallin, I’m all in
Shit’s gettin sleazy, believe me
Best to take what ya need, but don’t be greedy
Cause in my mind, I see sunshine, I thought
I didn’t have to run, now I’m duckin from the gun yellin, ‘One-Time’
Take your time to feel my record, and if you did
Chill a second, my blind method, will still wreck it
My young homies stay strong
I wonder if they’ll listen to a nigga when he gone, R U Still Down?
[Chorus: 2Pac]
Raise em up… R U Still Down?
[repeat 5X]
[Verse Two: 2Pac]
I’m gettin high, so a nigga think he touch the sky
Turn tough inside, in the rush to die
Livin life as a Thug time to face the truth
What’s goin on with the wasted youth, please God
Come and save me (save me), had to work with what ya gave me
And got a nigga goin crazy
I can’t read the signs, I’m blind, but a nigga know
He need his nine, cause times, they ain’t what they used to be
Ain’t a penitentiary built big enough for me
And my niggaz on the streets, man listen
Cause these ain’t the old days
Ain’t no way I’ma bustin my ass and gettin no pay
It seems I can’t find my focus, and homey I ain’t paranoid
I seen the future and it’s hopeless
Lord knows, its hard on a young scrub
It seems I had less problems when I slung drugs
But since I’m tryin lace niggaz with the game
Wanna see me locked in chains, tryin to dirty up my name