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 [bad word] 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 [bad word]  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 [bad word] when he gone, R U Still
Down? [bad word]  2Pac Raise em up... R U Still
Down? (repeat 5X) Verse Two: 2Pac I'm gettin high, so a [bad word] think he touch the sky Turn tough inside, in [bad word] to die Livin life as a
Thug time to face the [bad word] What's goin on with the
wasted youth, please [bad word] and save me (save me), had
to work with what ya gave me And got a [bad word] goin
crazy I can't read the signs, I'm blind, but a [bad word] 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 [bad word] 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 [bad word] It seems I had less
problems when I slung [bad word] But since I'm tryin lace
niggaz with the game wanna see me locked in chains, tryin
to dirty up my name And them same [bad word] that
was callin me Will be the first to turn their backs, when
I'm fallin, see I should have seen it from the jump,
but now it's clear This one [bad word] got the town in
fear, but R U Still Down [bad word] Verse
Three: 2Pac I wrote this for my critics and my, enemies
Last year ya used to love me, huh REMEMBER ME Now ya
hate me with a passion, tryin to get me stuck in the mix I'm stayin sharp, got no time for them tricks And
now they wonder if I'm goin to jail Just as
well, cause my life on the streets - a living [bad word] And I
can't sleep, they got my phone tapped, and mercy [bad word] get me 'fore they hurt me Ran outta tears, and
through the years couldn't change me My daddy
left me alone, and so I'm angry I never did nothin
wrong, my mama told me, "Baby it's on" And now
I'm hustlin and bustlin bones Never said it
came easy, I'm makin cheese Buyin all the things on
TV, and gettin skeezed Wish my homeboys could see me now
Little bad [bad [bad word] wild through the town Please tell me, R U Still Down? R U Still Down, to
raise em up? Remember me (repeat 2X) R U Still Down, to
raise em up? R U Still Down, to raise em up? Remember me
(repeat 3X) R U Still Down, to raise em up? R U
Still Down, to raise em up? Remember me (repeat 3X) R U
Still Down, to raise em up? That's right
y'all, give them [bad word] the [bad word] middle finger RAISSSSE em up These hoes can't fade me, don't
these [bad word] know we crazy? Thug Life, niggaz, be, the
sickest You feel me? Now get that [bad word] written down
God [bad word]  Took four years and a [bad word] case
for these [bad word] to feel me Ain't that a [bad word]  R U Still [bad word] down? Old hoe [bad word] fake [bad word] niggaz We out this [bad word]