Street Fame (Briss Remix)
2Pac
4:31Now of course I want peace on the streets, but realistically Paintin' perfect pictures ain't never worked, my misery Was so deep, couldn't sleep through all my pressures In my quest for cash I learned fast, usin' violent measures Memories of adolescent years, there was unity But after puberty we brought war to our community So many bodies droppin', it's gotta stop, I wanna help But still I'm steppin', keep my weapon, must protect myself The promise of a better tomorrow ain't never reached me Plus my teachers was too petrified in class to teach me Sippin' Thunderbird and grape Kool-Aid, callin' Earl Since my stomach was empty, it seduced me to fuck the world Watch my lil' homies lose they childhoods to guns Nobody cries no more 'cause we all die for fun So why you ask me if I want peace, if you can't grant it Niggas fightin 'cross the whole planet, so it could never be peace Will there ever be peace, or are we all just Headed for doom, still consumed by the beast And I know there'll never be peace (uh-uh) That's why I keep my pistol when I walk the streets 'Cause there could never be peace Somebody owes me, will they control me? Nah I ain't a hater, player, but I want all you got Y'all babies had babies now we fightin' each other My dawgs got rabies, they bitin' each other And it ain't hard to find a friend like mine Bigfully is a bully and he don't mind dyin' And I gotta be blind, missed sign after sign Time after time, half the time, have the time And I don't like nobody, they don't like me more And I'm good with that finally but they heard it before Dawg, we livin' in a prison, losin' our religion On Thanksgiving, we thankful, just for livin' in hell Damn, homie, I don't mean to be harsh But there's a devil in the ghetto tryna tear it apart And if we make it up out, we still stuck in the dark Will there ever be peace? Just a piece of my heart, never Yeah, the only peace we got, is the peace of our heart Or peace of our mind, or that damn piece That we hold in our waistline You feel me, dawg? Come on, uh So will there ever be peace, or are we all just Headed for doom, still consumed by the beast And I know, there'll never be peace (never) That's why I keep my pistol when I walk the streets 'Cause there'll never be peace Thangs is changin', nigga, you better read the signs I'm only concerned about me and mine in these times The world is a ghetto and peace is not a part of it We all believe God's new plan to make it out of this Niggas spendin' too much time hatin' on each other Niggas buyin' guns, loadin' 'em up, aimin' at each other And the victim is you and me, it's sick but it's true indeed The good die, mostly over bullshit, repeatedly Deep in me there's a part that wants nothin' but love But the rest of me know war is what's waitin' for us So I stays ready, keep my pay heavy and boss up Stack my funds and my guns, never rely on luck Asking God to point out the impostor Never let no weapon formed against me prosper 'Cause there'll never be peace, so don't rely on it Soldiers dyin' for it and in the ghetto They're cryin' for it, but fuck peace Will there ever be peace, or are we all just Headed for doom, still consumed by the beast And I know, there'll never be peace That's why I keep my pistol when I walk the streets Fool, there'll never be peace Will there ever be peace, or are we all just Headed for doom, still consumed by the beast And I know, there'll never be peace That's why I keep my pistol when I walk the streets Nigga, there'll never be peace Will there ever be peace, or are we all just Headed for doom, still consumed by the beast And I know, there'll never be peace That's why I keep my pistol when I walks the streets Nigga, there'll never be peace Will there ever be peace? Shit, fuck peace On the strength 'til my niggas get a piece, we can't have peace How the fuck we gon' live happy when we ain't got nuttin'? You muthafuckas are smilin' but I'm mean muggin' Why? 'Cause I gotta be thuggin' It seems drugs done turned this whole muthafuckin' hood out All us niggas actin' up, wild-ass, muthafuckin' adolescents These niggas ain't even got no childhoods no more How the fuck can you have a childhood? And you at the funeral every muthafuckin' weekend? Pssh, and you muthafuckas talkin' about peace Nigga, it ain't no muthafuckin' peace You ain't seen the news, muthafucka? You ain't heard? Lil' babies gettin' smoked, muthafuckas killin' they whole family Lil' kids gettin' thrown off buildings, muthafuckas gettin' abused Peace? Nigga, is you out your fuckin' mind? Fuck peace, we can't never have peace 'Til you muthafuckas clean up this mess you made Till you fuckin' clean up the dirt you dropped 'Til we get a piece, fuck peace, Westside