To Live & Die in L.A.

Song To Live & Die in L.A.
Artist Tupac
Artist Val Young
Album Greatest Hits

Lyrics

[00.29.995][Verse 1: 2Pac Makaveli]
[03.17.000] Got them Watts niggas with me, O.F.T.B
[04.12.000] All the stores, the mom and pop spots
[04.19.000] L.A., California Love part mother****ing two
[00:00.000] “Street Science, you’re on the air. What do you feel when you hear a record like Tupac’s new one?”
[00:05.000] “I love Tupac’s new record”
[00:06.000] “Right, but don’t you feel like that creates — ahh— tension between East and West? I mean, he’s talking about killing people, ‘I had sex with your wife’ — and not in those words. But he’s talking about, ‘I wanna see you deceased’…”
[00:30.000] To live and die in L.A., where everyday we try to fatten our pockets
[00:33.000] Us niggas hustle for the cash so it’s hard to knock it
[00:36.000] Everybody got they own thang, currency chasin’
[00:39.000] Worldwide through the hard times, worrying faces
[00:43.000] Shed tears as we bury niggas close to heart
[00:45.000] Who was a friend is now a ghost in the dark
[00:47.000] Cold hearted bout it, nigga got smoked by a fiend
[00:50.000] Trying to floss on him blind to a broken man’s dream
[00:53.000] A hard lesson Court cases keep me guessin’
[00:55.000] Plea bargain ain’t an option now, so I’m stressin’
[00:58.000] Cost me more to be free than a life in the pen
[01:01.000] Making money off of cuss words, writing again
[01:03.000] Learn how to think ahead, so I fight with my pen
[01:06.000] Late night down sunset liking the scene
[01:09.000] What’s the worst they could do to a nigga?
[01:11.000] Got me lost in hell
[01:12.000] To live and die in L.A. on bail
[01:14.000] My angel sing
[01:14.995][Hook: Val Young]
[01:15.000] To Live and Die in L.A., it’s the place to be.
[01:20.000] You’ve got to be there to know it, everybody wanna see.
[01:24.000] To Live and Die in L.A., it’s the place to be.
[01:31.000] You’ve got to be there to know it, everybody wanna see.
[01:36.995][Verse 2: 2Pac]
[01:37.000] It’s the City of Angels and constant danger
[01:40.500] South Central L.A., can’t get no stranger
[01:43.000] Full of drama like a soap opera, on the curb
[01:46.000] Watching the ghetto bird helicopters, I observe
[01:48.000] So many niggas getting three strikes, tossed in jail
[01:51.000] I swear the pen right across from hell
[01:53.000] I can’t cry cause it’s on now
[01:55.000] I’m just a nigga on his own now
[01:57.000] Living life thug style
[01:58.000] So I can’t smile
[01:59.000] Writing to my peoples when they ask for pictures
[02:02.000] Thinking Cali just fun and bitches
[02:04.000] Better learn about the dress code, B’s and C’s
[02:07.000] All them other niggas copycats, these is G’s
[02:10.000] I love Cali like I love women
[02:12.000] Cause every nigga in LA got a little bit of thug in him
[02:15.000] We might fight amongst each other… but I promise you this:
[02:18.000] We’ll burn this bitch down, get us pissed
[02:21.000] To live and die in LA (To Live and Die in L.A., it’s the place to be.)
[02:27.000] (Let my angel sing) You’ve got to be there to know it, everybody wanna see.
[02:32.000] To Live and Die in L.A., it’s the place to be.
[02:36.000] (To live and die in LA) You’ve got to be there to know it, everybody wanna see.
[02:41.995][Verse 3: 2Pac]
[02:42.000] Cause would it be L.A. without Mexicans?
[02:46.000] Black love, brown pride and the sets again
[02:49.000] Pete Wilson trying to see us all broke
[02:51.000] I’m on some bullshit out for everything they owe
[02:54.000] Remember K-day?
[02:55.000] Weekends, Crenshaw, MLK?
[02:57.000] Automatics rang free, niggas lost they way
[03:00.000] Gang signs being shown, nigga, love your hood!
[03:02.000] But recognize and it’s all good
[03:05.000] Where the weed at?
[03:06.000] Niggas gettin’ shurrmed out
[03:08.000] Snoop Dogg in this mutha****a permed out
[03:10.000] M.O.B, Big Suge in the Lo-Lo, bounce and turn
[03:14.000] Dogg Pound in the Lex with a ounce to burn
[03:19.000] They got some hash, took the stash, left the rest for me
[03:22.000] Neckbone, Tre, Herron, Big Buntry too
[03:25.000] Big Rock got knocked, but this one’s for you
[03:28.000] I hit the studio and drop a jewel, hoping it pay
[03:30.000] Getting high, watching time fly: to live and die in LA
[03:33.000] To Live and Die in L.A., it’s the place to be.
[03:38.000] You’ve got to be there to know it, everybody wanna see.
[03:43.000] To Live and Die in L.A., it’s the place to be.
[03:43.000] You’ve got to be there to know it, everybody wanna see.
[03:55.995][Outro: 2Pac]
[03:56.000] This go out for 92.3, and 106
[04:00.000] All the radio stations that be bumping my shit
[04:02.000] Making my shit sells katruple quitraple platinum
[04:08.000] This go out to all the magazines that a nigga
[04:11.000] All the real mother****ers
[04:15.000] A&R people, all y’all mother****ers
[04:22.000] Without gay ass Dre

Pinyin

[00.29.995][Verse 1: 2Pac Makaveli]
[03.17.000] Got them Watts niggas with me, O. F. T. B
[04.12.000] All the stores, the mom and pop spots
[04.19.000] L. A., California Love part mother ing two
[00:00.000] " Street Science, you' re on the air. What do you feel when you hear a record like Tupac' s new one?"
[00:05.000] " I love Tupac' s new record"
[00:06.000] " Right, but don' t you feel like that creates ahh tension between East and West? I mean, he' s talking about killing people, ' I had sex with your wife' and not in those words. But he' s talking about, ' I wanna see you deceased'"
[00:30.000] To live and die in L. A., where everyday we try to fatten our pockets
[00:33.000] Us niggas hustle for the cash so it' s hard to knock it
[00:36.000] Everybody got they own thang, currency chasin'
[00:39.000] Worldwide through the hard times, worrying faces
[00:43.000] Shed tears as we bury niggas close to heart
[00:45.000] Who was a friend is now a ghost in the dark
[00:47.000] Cold hearted bout it, nigga got smoked by a fiend
[00:50.000] Trying to floss on him blind to a broken man' s dream
[00:53.000] A hard lesson Court cases keep me guessin'
[00:55.000] Plea bargain ain' t an option now, so I' m stressin'
[00:58.000] Cost me more to be free than a life in the pen
[01:01.000] Making money off of cuss words, writing again
[01:03.000] Learn how to think ahead, so I fight with my pen
[01:06.000] Late night down sunset liking the scene
[01:09.000] What' s the worst they could do to a nigga?
[01:11.000] Got me lost in hell
[01:12.000] To live and die in L. A. on bail
[01:14.000] My angel sing
[01:14.995][Hook: Val Young]
[01:15.000] To Live and Die in L. A., it' s the place to be.
[01:20.000] You' ve got to be there to know it, everybody wanna see.
[01:24.000] To Live and Die in L. A., it' s the place to be.
[01:31.000] You' ve got to be there to know it, everybody wanna see.
[01:36.995][Verse 2: 2Pac]
[01:37.000] It' s the City of Angels and constant danger
[01:40.500] South Central L. A., can' t get no stranger
[01:43.000] Full of drama like a soap opera, on the curb
[01:46.000] Watching the ghetto bird helicopters, I observe
[01:48.000] So many niggas getting three strikes, tossed in jail
[01:51.000] I swear the pen right across from hell
[01:53.000] I can' t cry cause it' s on now
[01:55.000] I' m just a nigga on his own now
[01:57.000] Living life thug style
[01:58.000] So I can' t smile
[01:59.000] Writing to my peoples when they ask for pictures
[02:02.000] Thinking Cali just fun and bitches
[02:04.000] Better learn about the dress code, B' s and C' s
[02:07.000] All them other niggas copycats, these is G' s
[02:10.000] I love Cali like I love women
[02:12.000] Cause every nigga in LA got a little bit of thug in him
[02:15.000] We might fight amongst each other but I promise you this:
[02:18.000] We' ll burn this bitch down, get us pissed
[02:21.000] To live and die in LA To Live and Die in L. A., it' s the place to be.
[02:27.000] Let my angel sing You' ve got to be there to know it, everybody wanna see.
[02:32.000] To Live and Die in L. A., it' s the place to be.
[02:36.000] To live and die in LA You' ve got to be there to know it, everybody wanna see.
[02:41.995][Verse 3: 2Pac]
[02:42.000] Cause would it be L. A. without Mexicans?
[02:46.000] Black love, brown pride and the sets again
[02:49.000] Pete Wilson trying to see us all broke
[02:51.000] I' m on some bullshit out for everything they owe
[02:54.000] Remember Kday?
[02:55.000] Weekends, Crenshaw, MLK?
[02:57.000] Automatics rang free, niggas lost they way
[03:00.000] Gang signs being shown, nigga, love your hood!
[03:02.000] But recognize and it' s all good
[03:05.000] Where the weed at?
[03:06.000] Niggas gettin' shurrmed out
[03:08.000] Snoop Dogg in this mutha a permed out
[03:10.000] M. O. B, Big Suge in the LoLo, bounce and turn
[03:14.000] Dogg Pound in the Lex with a ounce to burn
[03:19.000] They got some hash, took the stash, left the rest for me
[03:22.000] Neckbone, Tre, Herron, Big Buntry too
[03:25.000] Big Rock got knocked, but this one' s for you
[03:28.000] I hit the studio and drop a jewel, hoping it pay
[03:30.000] Getting high, watching time fly: to live and die in LA
[03:33.000] To Live and Die in L. A., it' s the place to be.
[03:38.000] You' ve got to be there to know it, everybody wanna see.
[03:43.000] To Live and Die in L. A., it' s the place to be.
[03:43.000] You' ve got to be there to know it, everybody wanna see.
[03:55.995][Outro: 2Pac]
[03:56.000] This go out for 92. 3, and 106
[04:00.000] All the radio stations that be bumping my shit
[04:02.000] Making my shit sells katruple quitraple platinum
[04:08.000] This go out to all the magazines that a nigga
[04:11.000] All the real mother ers
[04:15.000] A R people, all y' all mother ers
[04:22.000] Without gay ass Dre