2Pac To Live & Die in L.A. [Alternate Version] Lyrics

[Verse One: Makaveli]

To live and die in LA, where everyday we try to fatten our pockets
Us n____z hustle for the cash so it's hard to knok it
Everybody got they own thang, currency chasin
Worldwide through the hard times, warrior faces
Shed tears as we bury n____z close to heart
What was a friend now a ghost in the dark, cold hearted bout it
n____ got smoked by a fiend, tryin to floss on him
Blind to a broken man's dream, a hard lesson
Court cases keep me guessin, plea bargain
ain't an option now, so I'm stressin, cost me more
to be free than a life in the pen
Makin money off of cuss words, writin again
Learn how to think ahead, so I fight with my pen
Late night down Sunset likin the scene
What's the worst they could do to a n____ got me lost in hell
To live and die in LA on bail, my angel sing

[Chorus: Val Young]

To live and die in LA, it's the place to be
You've got to be there to know it, what everybody wanna see
[repeat 2X]

[Verse Two: Makaveli]

It's the, City of Angels and constant danger
South Central LA, can't get no stranger
Full of drama like a soap opera, on the curb
Watchin the ghetto bird helicopters, I observe
So many n____z gettin three strikes, tossed in jail
I swear the pen the right across from hell, I can't cry
Cause it's on now, I'm just a n____ on his own now
Livin life Thug style, so I can't smile
Writin to my peoples when they ask for pictures
Thinkin Cali just fun and b____es, hahaha
Better learn about the dress code, B's and C's
All them other n____z copycats, these is G's
I love Cali like I love woman
Cause every n____ in LA got a little bit of Thug in him
We might fight with each other, but I promise you this
We'll burn this b____ down, get us p___ed
To live and die in LA
(Let my angel sing)

[Chorus]

[Verse Three: Makaveli]

Cause would it be LA without Mexicans?
Black love brown pride and the sets again
Pete Wilson tryin to see us all broke, I'm on some bullshit
Out for everything they owe, remember K-DAY
Weekends, Crenshaw -- MLK
Automatics rang free, n____z lost they way
Gang signs being showed, n____ love your hood
But reconize and it's all good, where the weed at?
n____z gettin shermed out
Snoop Dogg in this muhfucka perved out, M.O.B.
Big Suge in the Low-Low, bounce and turn
Dogg Pound in the Lex, wit a ounce to burn
Got them Watts n____z with me, OFTB
They got some hash took the stash left the rest for me
Neckbone, Tre, Head Ron, Punchy too
Big Rock got knocked, but this one's for you
I hit the studio and drop a jewel, hopin it pay
Gettin high watchin time fly, to live and die in LA
(Let my angel sing)

[Chorus]

[Outro: Makaveli]

This go out for 92.3, and 106
All the radio stations that be b__pin my s___
Makin my s___ sells katruple quitraple platinum, hehe
This go out to all the magazines that supported me
All the real m_________ers
All the stores, the mom and pop spots
A&R people, all y'all m_________ers
LA, California Love part m_________in Two
Without gay a__ Dre