They'll never take me alive, I'm gettin high with my fo'-five
 [bad word] on these niggaz time to die
Even as a lil' [bad word]  you could picture me hot gun in the rain
I shed the tear, cause this [bad word] here inherits the pain
And now I'm labeled as a thug [bad word] - you know the game
Smokin weed, [bad word] hoes, slangin thangs, that's the life I live
Even if I tried to go back I'd get lost [bad word] back)
And everything I seem to love I done lost
 [bad word] the world if they can't understand me
What else could I do? I had to feed my [bad word] family
Yo' lies is my [bad word]  so I'm a [bad word] to your youth
And you don't want 'em nowhere near me, now that they can hear me
I spits razors, never been a stranger to homicide
My city's full of tote-slangers and chalk lines
Why do we die at an early age?
 [bad word] so young, but still a victim of a twelve-gauge
Feel the rage this world has bestowed upon me
And I don't give a [bad word] 'cause they don't give a [bad word] 'bout me
So I keep - drinkin Hennessy, bustin at my enemies
Will I live to see twenty-three? There's so much pain

 [bad word] 
Ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhhhh
I'm tired of the strain and the pain (so much pain)
Ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhhhh
I'm tired of the strain and the pain

 [bad word] 
Years and years of [bad word] all my life [bad word] wild as a kid, grew up blazin 'em right
I'm in a - little cell I call my soul lately
It's been a - givin me [bad word] and my heart is screamin, "Don't enter"
I've been cursed, for what it's worth I feel dead
Spittin to you, I know I'm in way over my head
But Lord hear me, I believe in your "7 Day Theory"
Three souls done sent this whole world teary (can you hear me?)
Too hot for you to stand near me
It's so much pain, and niggaz wanna kill me
I'm tired of the stress and the strain
But my, grimiest grimeys got love for me
They're blazin, sendin shotguns up above for me
My face in, Hennessy with no chaser
Coke rises on every way in - keep us hustlin [bad word] 
Me and my man got a plan to get this paper [bad word] 
So if you owe [bad word]  look for the gauge to blow [bad word] 
I figured I'd be considered a killer
Doin crime excited my mind and leadin the blind
I, can't express [bad word]  my satisfaction
for gettin [bad word] up and blastin - we all been there
Taught from young to shoot, show no fear and lie
And wipe the tears from yo' mother's eyes - so much pain

 [bad word]  - repeat 2X

("They'll never take me alive..." -> 2Pac)
Ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhhhh
I'm tired of the strain and the pain
("They'll never take me alive..." -> 2Pac)
Ooohhh, tired of the strain and the pain
("They'll never take me alive..." -> 2Pac)
I'm tired of the strain and the pain
("They'll never take me alive..." -> 2Pac)
Ooooooohhhhhh, nooooooooooooo
(" [bad word] on these suckers, time to die" -> 2Pac)

[2Pac]
They got me mobbin like I'm - loc'd and ready to get my slug on
I load my clip and slip my [bad word] gloves on
I ain't scared to blast on these suckers if they test me
 [bad word]  I got my glock [bad word]  playa if they press me
Bust on [bad word] with a - PASSION
Better duck 'cause I ain't lookin when I'm - BA-BLASTIN
I'm a nut and drinkin Hennessy
And gettin high on the lookout for my enemies
Don't wanna die, tell me why?
Cause the stress gettin major
buck-fifty 'cross the face with my razor
What can I do but be a thug until I'm dead and gone
I keep my brain on the game and stay headstrong
These sorry [bad word] wanna kill me in my sleep
I'm real they can not see
And everyday is just a [bad word]  steady thuggin on the streets
And I be, ballin loc, don't let 'em make you worry
Keep swingin