2Pac - My Block (Nitty Remix)(2002)

[00:10.03] Damn, take a ride to my block
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[00:15.85] My block, that's right heh
[00:19.13] Real on my motherfuckin' block
[00:21.12] They got a nigga sheddin' tears, reminiscin' on my past fears
[00:23.74] 'Cause shit was hectic for me last year
[00:26.00] It appears that I've been marked for death, my heartless breath
[00:28.80] The underlyin' cause of my arrest, my life is stressed
[00:31.91] And no rest forever weary, my eyes stay teary
[00:34.82] For all the brothers that are buried in the cemetery
[00:37.13] Shit is scary, how black on black crime legendary
[00:39.79] But at times unnecessary, I'm gettin' worried
[00:42.68] Teardrops and closed caskets, the three strikes law is drastic
[00:45.77] And certain death for us, ghetto bastards
[00:48.15] What can we do when we're arrested, but open fire?
[00:50.50] Life in the pen ain't for me, 'cause I'd rather die
[00:53.33] But don't cry through your despair
[00:55.04] I wonder if the Lord still cares, for us niggaz on welfare
[00:58.36] And who cares if we survive
[01:00.59] The only time they notice a nigga is when he's clutchin' on a four five
[01:03.18] My neighborhood ain't the same
[01:06.00] 'Cause all these little babies goin' crazy
[01:07.90] And they sufferin' in the game and I swear it's like a trap
[01:10.86] But I ain't given up on the hood, it's all good when I go back
[01:14.34] Hoes show me love, niggaz give me props
[01:17.39] Forever hope 'cause it don't stop on my block
[01:19.69] Livin' life is but a dream
[01:22.43] Hard times is all we see
[01:25.50] On my block
[01:27.56] Every block is kinda mean
[01:28.99] But on our block we still play
[01:30.97] But on our block we still play
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[01:36.09] Now shits constantly hot, on my block, it never fails to be gunshots
[01:38.04] Can't explain a mother's pain, when her son drops
[01:41.40] Black male slippin' in hail, when will we prevail?
[01:43.61] Fearin' jail but crack sales got me livin' well
[01:46.49] And the system's suicidal with this thug's life
[01:48.91] Stayin' strapped forever strapped in this drug life
[01:51.92] God help me, 'cause I'm starvin' can't get a job
[01:54.30] So I resort to violent robberies my life is hard
[01:56.63] Can't sleep 'cause all the dirt make my heart hurt
[01:59.95] Put in work and shed tears for my dead peers
[02:02.20] Mislead from childhood where I went astray
[02:05.22] Till this day I still pray for a better way
[02:07.62] Can't help but feel hopeless and heartbroke
[02:10.25] From the start I felt the racism 'cause I'm dark
[02:13.42] Couldn't quit the bullshit make me represent
[02:15.36] Hit the bar and played the star everywhere I went
[02:18.80] In my heart, I felt alone out here on my own
[02:21.49] I close my eyes and picture home on my block
[02:24.85] Livin' life is but a dream
[02:27.28] Hard times is all we see
[02:29.79] On my block
[02:30.95] Every block is kinda mean
[02:32.34] But on our block we still play
[02:34.04] But on our block we still play
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[02:41.95] And I can't help but wonder why, so many young kids had to die
[02:43.14] Caught strays from A.K's in the drive by
[02:44.58] Swollen pride and homicide don't coincide
[02:47.84] Brothers cry for broken lives, mama come inside
[02:50.11] 'Cause our block is filled with danger
[02:53.07] Used to be a close knit community but now we're all cold strangers
[02:56.22] Time changes us to stone them crack pipes
[02:58.52] All up and down the block exterminatin' black life
[03:00.94] But I can't blame the dealers
[03:03.76] My mama's welfare check has brought the next man chrome wheels
[03:06.07] Shits real, I know you feel, my tragedy
[03:08.89] A single mother with a problem child, daddy free
[03:11.78] Hangin' out pickin' up game, sippin' cheap liquor
[03:14.62] Gamin' the hooches, hopin' I can get to sleep with her
[03:16.92] It's a man's world, stayin' strapped
[03:19.88] Fantasies of a nigga livin' phat, but held back
[03:23.08] Pipe dreams can make the night seem hopeless
[03:26.40] Wide eyed and losin' focus on my block
[03:27.80] Livin' life is but a dream
[03:31.56] Hard times is all we see
[03:34.03] On my block
[03:35.26] Every block is kinda mean
[03:36.52] But on our block we still play
[03:40.15] But on our block we still play
[03:43.15] And block parties in tha projects lastin' way past daylight
[03:46.98] A young nigga learned to break night
[03:48.87] Used to play fight with my homies but they stuck in the pen
[03:51.06] I send 'em ends, but it's tough on a friend
[03:53.67] In my mind I see the same motherfuckers ballin'
[03:56.16] Alcohol will make a lazy nigga slip and fall, miss his call
[03:59.12] I know the young niggaz understand this
[04:02.01] Growin' up in this world where everythin' is scandalous
[04:04.85] I reminisce on tha fast times, past crimes
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[04:09.04] Tryin' to cop a slice of pizza with my last dime
[04:10.68] Can't explain just what attracts me to this dirty game
[04:12.45] Gold chains some extra change, and the street fame
[04:14.89] And what's strange is everybody knows my name
[04:17.02] Swear they all know me
[04:19.08] And lots of cash make a nigga change
[04:21.03] I hit the green just to maintain, feelin' pain
[04:22.78] For all the niggaz that I lost to the game from my block
[04:26.06] Thats right
[04:28.13] Livin' life is but a dream
[04:29.57] Hard times is all we see
[04:31.87] Rest in peace to all the muh'fuckers who passed away
[04:34.75] Every block is kinda mean
[04:36.46] From all the blocks that I'm from
[04:37.26] But on our block we still play (One twelve street, Seventh Avenue, New York, Uptown)
[04:40.96] Know what I'm sayin?
[04:41.46] But on our block we still play
[04:42.13] 183rd and Walt, my block, that's right
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[04:46.39] But on our block we still play
[04:48.53] 122nd and Morningside, my block, that's right
[04:51.36] But on our block we still play
[04:51.74] Decatur Avenue, Baltimore, my block, that's right
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[04:56.19] But on our block we still play
[04:56.33] In the jungle of Atlantic city, that's my block, that's right
[04:58.82] But on our block we still play
[05:02.45] Los Angeles, aha, that's my block too
[05:03.01] But on our block we still play
[05:06.29] Oakland, can't forget Oaktown, that's my block for sure
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[05:11.38] But on our block we still play
[05:11.62] And all the other blocks around this motherfucker
[05:13.53] Houston, Florida, St. Louis, Tennessee, Miami, Chicago
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[05:18.02] All y'all niggaz stay kickin' up dust
[05:20.12] Representin' motherfuckin' block
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