(
wind
whistling
)
(
bell
tolls
)
(
wind
whistling
)
(
"Staring
At
The
World
Through
My
Rearview"
playing
)
Staring
at
the
world
through
my
rearview
Just
looking
back
at
the
world,
from
another
level
Ya
know
what
I
mean?
Starin'
Multiple
gunshots
fill
the
block,
the
fun
stops
Niggas
is
callin'
I
wonder
when
the
world
stopped
caring
last
night
Two
kids
shot
while
the
whole
block
staring
I
will
never
understand
this
society
First
they
try
to
murder
me,
then
they
lie
to
me
Product
of
a
dying
breed,
all
my
homeys
trying
weed
Now
the
little
baby'
Tell
me,
will
my
enemies
flee
when
they
see
me,
believe
me
Even
thugs
gotta
learn
to
take
it
easy,
listen
Through
intermissions,
search
your
heart
for
a
plan
And
we
turnin'
Now
I
was
raised
as
a
young
black
male
In
order
to
get
paid,
forced
to
make
crack
sales
Caught
a
nigga
so
they
send
me
to
these
overpacked
jails
In
the
cell,
countin
days
in
this
livin'
To
the
end,
my
friends
I'
While
I'
They
got
me
starin'
Go
on
baby,
scream
to
God,
he
can'
I
can
feel
your
heart
beatin'
(
sound
of
gunshots
)
TUPAC:
I
got
shot.
I
always
felt
like
I'
Somebody
was
trying
to
do
me
some
harm
because
a
lot
of
people
don'
But
I
didn'
at
that
particular
moment.
(
police
sirens
wail
)
I'
I
believe
that,
you
know,
this
is
all
in
God'
And
I'for
everything
I'(
)
But
also,
about
death,
we
look
at
death
from
the
selfish
side,
like,
you
know,
"That
guy
died.
Oh,
it'
He'I
mean,
at
the
worst,
he'
At
best,
he'
You
know,
what
is
so
bad
about
that?
Throughout
my
life,
I
just
wanted
to
be
like
an
angel
for
God,
do
something
where
I
could
be
of
some
help.
And
I
can
do
that.
I
mean,
I'
So
it'
All
I
have
to
do
is
tell
a
story
and
reach
you
and
get
some
kind
of
feeling
from
you.
And
then
try
to
get
the
moral
across.
So
this
is
my
story.
A
story
about
ambition,
violence,
redemption
and
love.
(
)
(
wind
whistling
softly
)
In
my
life,
I
was
different
things
for
different
people.
What'Don'
Off
the
streets So
fuck
peace
I
let
them
niggas
know
it'
So
let
the
West
Side
ride
tonight
Bad
Boy
murdered
on
wax
and
killed
Fuck
with
me
you'
Yeah,
my
niggas
say...
TUPAC:
Some
people
say
I
was
a
thug
and
a
gangsta.
Other
people
remember
me
as
a
poet
and
a
born
leader.
Now
ya
'
Nigga,
I
hit
'
But
I'through
his
whole
life,
from
the
beginning
to
the
end.
Get
out
the
way
yo,
get
out
the
way
yo...
(
drumbeat
rhythm
playing
)
TUPAC:
Everybody'
It'
Speak,
drums,
tell
the
real
story
My
mother
was
a
Black
Panther,
and
she
was
really
involved
in
the
movement.
CROWD:
Power!
MAN:
Power!
CROWD:
Power!
MAN:
Power
to
the
people! CROWD:
Power
to
the
people!
You
know,
just
black
people
bettering
themselves
and
things
like
that.
(
funkadelic
music
plays
)
Black
seeds
keep
on
blowin'
Black
seeds
keep
on
blowin'
TUPAC:
She
had
a
high
position
in
the
Panther
Party,
which
was,
like,
unheard
of,
because
of
course
there
was
sexism,
even
in
the
Panthers.
All
of
my
roots
to
the
struggle
are
real
deep.
I
was
named
after
this
Inca
chief
from
South
America
whose
name
was
Tupac
Amaru.
And
I
think
the
tribal
breakdown
means,
like,
intelligent
warrior,
something
like
that.
He'
If
I
go
to
South
America,
they'
I'
My
stepfather
at
the
time,
Mutulu
Shakur,
he
was
also,
like,
a
well-known
revolutionary.
And
then
my
godfather,
Geronimo
Pratt,
had
a
top
official
rank
position
with
the
Panthers
on
the
West
Coast.
You
can
jail
a
revolutionary,
but
you
can'
TUPAC:
I
think
that
my
mother,
like
Fred
Hampton,
Mark
Clark,
Harriet
Tubman,
they
felt
like
they
were
laying
tracks
for
a
generation
to
come.
MAN:
Come
on
in,
little
brothers,
come
on
in,
little
sisters.
Y'
TUPAC:
There
was
always
white
people
around
helping
out.
But
still,
you
know,
there'
So
when
the
Panthers
hit,
the
government
panicked.
And
they
felt
like
the
Panthers
were
detrimental
to
American
society.
Remember,
this
country
had
a
man
named
J.
Edgar
Hoover,
whose
job
it
was
to
destroy
the
credibility
of
any
black
man
coming
up.
And
that'
Power
to
the
people.
Hang
ups
Let
downs
Bad
breaks
Setbacks
The
government
raided
every
Panther'
especially
the
ones
who
they
felt
like
could
do
the
most
damage
as
an
orator.
So
they
just
burst
in
and
put
a
gun
to
my
mother'
"Don'
They
treated
her
like
less
than
human.
My
mother
was
pregnant
with
me
while
she
was
in
prison.
She
was
her
own
attorney,
never
been
to
law
school.
She
was
facing
300-and-something-odd
years.
One
black
woman,
pregnant,
beat
the
case.
That
just
goes
to
show
you
the
strength
of
a
black
woman
and
the
strength
of
the
oppressed.
And
a
month
after
she
got
out
of
prison,
she
gave
birth
to
me.
So
I
was
cultivated
in
prison.
My
embryo
was
in
prison.
When
I
was
a
little
baby,
I
remember
that
one
moment
of
calm
peace,
and
three
minutes
after
that,
it
was
on.
(
sound
of
baby
gurgling
)
A
boy
is
born
In
hard-time
Mississippi
Surrounded
by
four
walls
that
ain'
His
parents
give
him
love
and
affection
To
keep
him
strong,
moving
in
the
right
direction
Living
just
enough
Just
enough
for
the
city
At
first
I
rebelled
against
my
mother
because
she
was
in
the
movement
and
we
never
spent
time
together
because
she
was
always
speaking
and
going
to
colleges
and
everything.
I
always
used
to
feel
like
she
cared
more
about
the
people
than
her
people.
And
then
after
that
was
over,
it
was
more
time
spent
with
me,
and
we
were
both
just,
like,
"You'
And
she
was
like,
"You'So
then
she
was
really
close
with
me
and
really
strict,
almost.
My
mother
is
totally
brilliant,
totally
understanding
and
caring.
And
she'
but
we
can
talk
about
it.
She
taught
me
how
to
be
community-oriented,
and
to
analyze
society.
So
me
and
my
sister
grew
up
good,
and
we
have
good
minds
and
everything.
But
we
just
didn'
From
the
cradle
to
the
grave
Life
ain'
Livin'
Yeah,
yeah
Poverty
is...
It'
If
there
was
no
money
and
everything
depended
on
your
moral
standards
and
the
way
you
treated
people,
we'But,
since
it'
I
can'
Poverty,
if
I
hated
anything,
it
would
be
that.
You
and
me
were
born
and
raised
in
Harlem.
And
every
time
you
put
it
down,
you'
but
Mama
and
Papa.
(
)
TUPAC:
My
real
father
was
a
Black
Panther,
but
when
I
was
growing
up,
I
never
knew
who
my
father
was
for
sure.
My
stepfather
was
a
gangster,
a
straight-up
street
hustler.
My
mom,
she
had
a
kid,
he
didn'He'
But
he
was
like
a
criminal
too,
out
there
doing
his
thing.
So
he
only
came,
brought
me
money
and
then
left.
It'and
celebrate
your
birthday
with
your
friends,
but
I
don'
TUPAC:
I
hate
saying
this,
because
white
people
love
hearing
black
people
talk
about
this.
I
know
for
a
fact
that,
had
I
had
a
father,
I'Your
mother
cannot
calm
you
down
the
way
a
man
can.
Your
mother
can'
My
mother
couldn'
You
need
a
man
to
teach
you
how
to
be
a
man.
When
I
was
young,
I
was
quiet,
withdrawn.
I
read
a
lot.
I
wrote
poetry.
I
kept
a
diary.
I
watched
TV
all
the
time.
I
stayed
in
front
of
the
television.
And
I
could
see
all
these
people
out
there
in
this
pretend
world.
And
I
knew
I
could
be
part
of
it
if
I
pretended
too.
The
way
Arnold
used
to
look
when
he
used
to
come
out
on
Diff'
I
used
to
like
the
lifestyle,
the
way
he
used
to
live.
So
early
on,
I
just
watched
and
emulated.
And
I
thought
maybe
if
I
can
be
an
actor
and
I
could
act
like
those
characters,
I
could
have
some
of
their
joy.
Oh,
thank
you,
Mr.
D!If
I
could
act
like
I
had
a
big
family,
I
wouldn'
(
sound
of
crowd
clamoring
)
My
first
acting
job
was
at
the
Apollo
Theater
when
Jesse
Jackson
was
running
for
president
in
1984.
It
was
a
fundraiser,
and
I
was
a
little
kid.
Travis,
from
Raisin
in
the
Sun.
When
the
curtain
went
up,
I
just
caught
that
bug
that
everybody
talks
about.
When
you'
It
was
better
than
sex
and
anything,
money,
everything.
It
was
just
like,
"Whoa,
I
want
this."
(
sound
of
applause
)
We
moved
out
of
New
York
because
my
mother
lost
her
job.
We
were,
like,
stranded.
So
we
moved
to
Baltimore...
...which
was
total
ignorance
town
to
me.
I
mean,
Baltimore
has
the
highest
rate
of
blacks
killing
blacks
in
the
country.
Then
I
auditioned
for
the
Baltimore
School
of
Performing
Arts.
Then
I
started
to
have
good-luck
times.
You
know,
parents
are
the
same
no
matter
time
nor
place
They
don'
Are
going
to
make
some
mistakes
So
to
you,
all
the
kids
all
across
the
land
There'Parents
just
don'
I
spent
three
years
in
Baltimore,
my
high-school
years.
I
made
a
lot
of
friends,
like
Jon
Cole
and
Jada
Pinkett.
You
should'
I
honked
my
horn
just
to
get
her
attention
She
said,
"Was
that
for
me?"
I
said,
"Yeah,"
she
said,
"Why?"
I
said,
"Come
on
and
take
a
ride
With
a
hell
of
a
guy"
TUPAC:
I
loved
my
classes.
We
were
exposed
to
everything.
(
piano
playing
melody
)
You
know,
theater,
ballet...
...listening
to
different
types
of
music,
songs
that
became
a
soundtrack
to
my
life.
It'
I'
But
in
my
homeboys'
They
don'
and
they
don'
They
didn'
when
I
was
like,
"Yo,
Shakespeare'
They
don'
So
then
I
started
thinking,
'
was
mostly
for
white
kids
and
rich
minorities.
So
I
started
going,
"Damn,
man,
"I
would
have
been
a
totally
different
person
had
I
not
been
exposed
to
these
things."
I
need
money,
I
used
to
be
a
stick-up
kid
So
I
think
of
all
the
devious
things
I
did
Hello,
no,
I
was
living
in
the
ghetto.
We
didn'
We
was
about
to
get
evicted.
We
want
home!
We
want
heat!
We
want
lights!
We
want
something
to
do
for
our
children!
I
thought,
"We'I
think
that
rich
people
should
live
like
poor
people,
and
poor
people
should
live
like
rich
people
and
they
should
change
every
week.
Hunger
only
for
a
taste
of
justice
Hunger
only
for
the
truth
'
Is
your
soul
The
president
stirred
up
a
hornets'
earlier
this
week
when
he
suggested
the
problems
of
the
hungry
came
about
because
they
were
uninformed
about
where
to
go
for
help.
I
mean,
how
could
Reagan
live
in
a
White
House,
which
has
a
lot
of
rooms,
and
there
be
homelessness?
And
he'I
don'
that
is
going
hungry
in
America
simply
by
reason
of
denial
or
lack
of
ability
to
feed
them.
It
is
by
people
not
knowing
where
or
how
to
get
this
help.
TUPAC:
Why
can'
and
put
them
in
his
White
House?
Then
he'
to
help
him
with
his
ideas.
Not
helpless!
Homeless!
Not
helpless!
TUPAC:
They
haven'
They'
But
then
the
White
House
would
be
a
little
tainted
'
Yeah
TUPAC:
Growing
up
in
America,
I
loved
my
childhood,
but
I
hated
growing
up
poor.
We
live
in
hell.
We
live
in
the
gutter.
We
are
living
in
a
war
zone.
We'By
the
time
you
get
out
your
house,
you'
This
is
the
ballad
of
the
dead
soldier
A
life
of
crime
I
will
lead
Close
your
eyes,
hear
the
ballad
of
the
dead
soldier
It'
Close
your
eyes
TUPAC:
The
same
crime
element
that
white
people
are
scared
of,
black
people
are
scared
of.
While
they
waiting
for
legislation
to
pass
and
everything,
we
next
door
to
the
killer.
All
them
killers
that
they
letting
out,
they
right
there
in
that
building.
Just
'we
get
along
with
the
killers,
or
something?
What
is
that?
We
need
protection
too.
Niggas,
you
know
It'
The
dead
soldier,
the
dead
soldier
(
)TUPAC:
Then
I
came
to
California
to
escape
that
violence.
ExodusMovement
of
jah
people
TUPAC:
Come
to
Marin
City,
and
there'
Open
your
eyes
TUPAC:
I
was
finally
starting
to
see
the
one
thing
we
do
have
in
common
as
black
people,
is
we
share
that
poverty.
Look
within
I
made
it
to
where
I
had
knowledge
that
this
wasn'
It
was
my
people
that'
That
it
wasn'
Are
you
satisfied
With
the
life
you'
Moving
to
Baltimore
and
Oakland
and
Marin
and
New
York,
and
the
poverty
helped
me
to,
like,
relate
to
everybody'
But
don'
I
don'
I
still
try
to
be
positive.
I
know
that
good
things
are
going
to
come
for
me.
WOMAN:
Where
you
go
to
school?
MAN:
Are
you
rolling?
TUPAC:
Okay.
MAN
2:
Yeah,
rolling.
MAN:
Go
ahead,
that'
You
dressed
right
for
it.
WOMAN:
He
said
he'
so
this
is
good
for
him.
Somebody
will
enjoy
the
heat
in
here.
Anytime.
Okay.
My
name
is
Tupac
Shakur,
and
I
attend
Tamalpais
High
School.
And
I'
TUPAC:
Oh,
my
God,
I
got
the
phattest
deja
vu.
I
chase
girls
and
bought
the
car
and
loud
music,
but...
I
like
to
think
of
myself
as
really
being
socially
aware.
Kept
my
history
a
mystery,
but
now
I
see
The
American
dream
wasn'
'
Promised
me
freedom,
education,
equality
I
think
there
should
be
a
class
on
drugs.
There
should
be
a
class
on
sex
education,
a
real
sex-education
class.There
should
be
a
class
on
police
brutality.
There
should
be
a
class
on
apartheid.
Panther
power
There
should
be
a
class
on
why
people
are
hungry.
But
there
are
not.
There
are
classes
on
gym.
(
woman
shouting
indistinctly
)
Physical
education.
Let'Fathers
of
this
country
never
cared
for
me
They
kept
my
ancestors
shackled
up
in
slavery
And
Uncle
Sam
never
did
a
damn
thing
for
me
Except
lie
about
the
facts
in
my
history
Now
I'
But
the
government'
When
my
people
are
down
so
they
can
screw
us
around
Time
to
change
the
government
now,
no
more
WOMAN:
How
do
you
think
you'
I'
Totally
arrogant.
You
should
see
us
when
we
get
in
our
little
attitude
moods.
We
get
in
our
tiffs
and
everything,
but
it'
My
moms
is
my
homey,
but
we
went
through
our
stages,
you
know,
where
first
we
was
mother
and
son,
then
it
was
like
drill
sergeant
and
cadet,
you
know.
Then
it
was
like
dictator,
little
country.
(
Tupac
chuckles
)
Then
I
moved
out,
and
I
was
on
my
own.
I
was
broke,
nowhere
to
stay.
I
smoked
weed.
I
hung
out
with
the
drug
dealers,
pimps
and
the
criminals.
They
were
the
only
people
that
cared
about
me
at
that
point.
And
I
needed
a
father.
I
needed
a
male
influence
in
my
life,
and
these
were
the
males.
Is
it
cool
if
a
nigga
just
get
fucked
up
for
this
one?
You
could
see
where
I
spent
a
lot
of
my
time
in
the
streets
when
you
talk
to
me.
The
words
I
say
are
not
words
that
come
from
a
mother'
It'
or
a
hustler
or
drug
dealer.
To
me,
these
were
my
role
models.
My
mom,
she
was
lost
at
that
particular
moment.
She
was
addicted
to
crack.
It
was
hard.
It
was
hard
because
she
was
my
hero.
Not
long
ago
in
Oakland,
California,
I
was
asked
by
a
group
of
children
what
to
do
if
they
were
offered
drugs.
And
I
answered,
"Just
say
no."
I
was
broke.
I
didn'
so
I
dropped
out.
I
said,
"I
gotta
get
paid.
I
gotta
find
a
way
to
make
a
living."
I
started
selling
drugs
for
maybe
two
weeks.
The
dude
was
like,
"Oh,
man
give
me
my
drugs
back,"
because
I
didn'
The
dope
dealers
used
to
look
out
for
me.
They
would
give
me
money
and
be
like,
"Don'
Get
out
there,
do
your
dream."
So
they
was
like
my
sponsors.
My
dream
was
to
make
a
living
rapping.
Just
to
make
music
that
was
coming
from
my
heart.
But
when
I
first
started
rapping,
I
needed
the
money,
and
I
had
to
work.
Yeah,
sexy
baby
Do
the
Humpty
Hump,
do
the
Humpty
Hump
Sexy
baby
Do
the
Humpty
Hump,
do
the
Humpty
Hump
Do
the
Humpty
Hump,
do
the
Humpty
Hump
(
audience
applauds
)
(
Tupac
chuckles
)
That
was
me.
Uh,
uh,
do
me,
baby
Uh,
uh,
do
me,
baby
Uh,
uh,
do
me,
baby
TUPAC:
For
me
to
get
paid,
I
had
to
go
out
there
in
bikini
briefs
and
hop
on
top
of
this
doll.
I
was
homeless
at
the
time.
That'You
have
to
work
from
one
point
to
go
to
another
point.
I
admire
the
work
ethic.
Do
the
Humpty
Hump,
do
the,
do
the
Humpty
Hump
Uh,
uh,
do
me,
baby Do
the
Humpty
Hump
Just
watch
me
do
the
Humpty
Hump
TUPAC:
Shock
was
responsible
for
all
my
success.
I'TUPAC:
Shock
G.
This
lady
named
Leila
introduced
me
to
Atron
Gregory
who
was
managing
Digital
Underground.
He
was
like,
"I'
"They'If
he
like
you,
then
I'Yeah,
I
just
walked
in
and
rapped
for
him.
He
was
like,
"Okay,
good.
You'
Boom,
boom,
boom.
"See
you
later."
And
I
just
left,
walked
out
of
there
like,
"Dang."
All
around
the
world,
same
song
Shock
was
like,
"Come
on
the
road.
"You
can
be
my
roadie.
It
ain'"but
you'
Got
off
the
road,
he
said,
"I'
and
let
you
do
'
I
did
"Same
Song."
Ever
since
then,
it'
Tupac,
go
ahead
and
rock
this
Now
I
clown
around
when
I
hang
around
with
the
Underground
Girls
who
used
to
frown
say
I'
Gas
me
and
when
they
pass
me
they
used
to
diss
me
Harass
me
but
now
they
ask
me
if
they
can
kiss
me
Get
some
fame,
people
change,
wanna
live
their
life
high
Same
song,
can'
Claiming
fame
must
have
changed,
now
that
we
became
strong
I
remain,
still
the
same,
'
I
look
back
with
the
greatest
fondness.
Those
were
some
of
the
best
times
of
my
life.
Watch
this
one.
(
laughter
)
I'DJ
Mark,
"The
45
King,"
this
is
your
thing
Check
out
how
we
swing,
look
at
my
ding-a-ling
And
know
that
I
am
the
king,
a
lyrical
lunatic
I
can
rap
slow
or
quick
about
fishing
or
politics
It
don'
(
indistinct
chattering
)
RebelRebel
TUPAC:
Atron
had
been
shopping
my
demo
tape
as
a
solo
album.
Then
all
of
a
sudden,
Interscope
got
in
touch
with
us,
and
I
was
told
that
Ted
Field,
this
millionaire,
multimillionaire,
his
daughter
had
heard
my
demo,
and
she
liked
it.
So
he
was
like,
"That'And
I
was
like,
"Well,
tell
your
daughter
thanks."
You
know
you
gotta
love
the
sound
It'
The
rebel
of
the
Underground
So
I
went
from
being
unknown
to
now
having
a
platinum
record.
2Pacalypse
Now
is
a
story
of
a
young
black
male,
from
track
one
to
track
13,
whether
it
be
about
teenage
pregnancy,
police
brutality
or
just
straight-up
poverty.
Also,
I
tell
my
own
personal
problems.
All
my
songs
deal
with
the
pain
that
I'
That'
Starry,
starry
night
Paint
your
palette
blue
and
gray
Look
out
on
a
summer'
With
eyes
that
know
the
darkness
in
my
soul
My
inspiration
for
writing
music
is,
like,
Don
McLean
when
he
did
"Vincent,"
Lorraine
Hansberry
with
Raisin
in
the
Sun,
Shakespeare
when
he
does
his
things.
Like
deep
stories,
you
know,
like
raw
human
needs.
BrendaGot
a
Baby
I
just
try
to
speak
about
things
that
affect
me
and
about
things
that
affect
our
community.
Sometimes
I'
and
sometimes
I'
And
sometimes
it'
or
fables
that
have
a
moral
or
underlying
theme,
like
the
ghetto
lifestyle.
Brenda'
Any
change
in
her
figure,
she'And
she'
Who'She
thinks
that
he'
And
dreams
of
a
world
Where
the
two
of
them
are
together
Whatever
I
seen
all
of
that,
I
seen
the
crack
babies,
what
we
had
to
go
through,
losing
everything
and
being
poor
and
getting
beat
down.
Being
the
person
I
am,
I
said,
"No.
No,
I'
I'
It'
And
just
because
the
reporters
show
us
pictures
at
home
of
the
Vietnam
War,
that'
or
the
shit
probably
would
have
lasted
longer.
There'I
can'
If
no
one
knew
exactly
what
was
going
on,
you
know,
we
just
thought
they
were
just
dying
valiantly,
in
some
beautiful
way.
But
because
we
saw
the
horror,
that'
So
I
thought,
"That'
"as
an
artist,
as
a
rapper.
"I'in
my
community,
and
hopefully
they'
Hello,
I'
My
guest
today
has
experienced
a
truly
horrendous
life
to
just
be
20
years
old.
His
family
portrait
could
well
be
a
poster
for
America'
His
lyrics
are
controversial
but
also
a
reality
of
life
as
he
has
seen
it.
TUPAC:
My
ear
is
to
the
streets.
I
represent
20
years
on
this
planet
Earth
and
what
I'
It'
They
got
me
trapped
Uh-uh,
they
can'
They
got
me
trapped
No,
they
can'
And
in
my
album,
the
number
one
enemy
is
the
police,
the
crooked
police
officer.
They
got
me
trapped,
can
barely
walk
the
city
streets
Without
a
cop
har-asking
me
Searching
me
then
asking
my
identity
And
the
ironic
thing
is
that
it
never
happened
to
me.
I
was
speaking
from
the
stories
of
my
peers.
Cuffed
up,
throw
me
on
the
concrete
Coppers
try
to
kill
me
I
mean,
I
said
all
of
these
things,
and
then
it
happened
to
me.
I
had
no
record,
all
my
life,
no
police
record,
until
I
made
a
record.
As
my
video
was
debuting
on
MTV,
I
was
behind
bars,
getting
beat
up
by
the
police
department.
Good
morning.
My
name
is
John
Burris,
and
I
am
here
today
with
my
client,
Tupac
Amaru
Shakur,
as
well
as
other
members
of
the,
uh,
Digital
Underground,
uh,
rap
group
and
some
members
of
the
Digital,
uh,
Underground,
uh,
rap
group,
a
combination
of
the
various,
um,
groups.
TUPAC:
Basically,
I
walked
across
the
street
at
17th
and
Broadway.
The
police
officers
stopped
me
on
the
sidewalk
and
asked
to
see
my
ID.
They
sweated
me
about
my
name.
The
officers
said,
"You
have
to
learn
your
place."
They
were
charging
me
with
jaywalking.
So
I
was
riffing,
arguing
about
why
would
they
charge
me
with
such
a
petty
crime.
So
I
kept
yelling,
asked
them
to
give
me
my
citation
and
let
me
go
about
my
business.
Next
thing
I
know,
my
face
was
being
buried
into
the
concrete,
and
I
was
laying
facedown
in
the
gutter,
waking
up
from
being
unconscious
in
cuffs
with
blood
on
my
face.
And
I'That'
that
I
have
to
be
stopped
in
the
middle
of
the
street
and
checked,
like
we
in
South
Africa
and
asked
for
my
ID.
Officer
Boyavich
repeatedly
slammed
my
face
into
the
floor,
while
Rogers
put
the
cuffs
on
me.
That'
I
got
a
ten-million-dollar
lawsuit.
They
said
they
would
settle
with
me
and
everything,
but
nobody
cared
about
that.
That
wasn'
They
did
not
see
me
on
TV
with
my
eye
busted,
my
head
busted.
There
are
pictures
of
those.
In
Oakland,
you'
Yes,
in
Oakland.
You
don'
You
see
pictures
of
Tupac
coming
out
of
jail
in
cuffs.
You
don'
beating
my
brains
in.
You
don'
But
I
see
that.
That'
Damn,
I
think
I
should
blast
a
punk
cop
We
have
seen
what
they
did
to
Rodney
King.
The
whole
world
has
seen
what
happened
to
Rodney
King.
Oh,
hold
up.
Baby,
let
me
show
you
what
they
did
to
Tupac
Shakur.
All
that
movie,
that
didn'
I
was
still
an
N-I-G-G
A,
and
they
proved
it.
And
if
you
can
see
this,
Mr.
Cameraman,
all
this
is
scars
I'I
can
see
it.
These
are
"learn
to
be
a
nigger"
scars.
You'
What
else
can
I
do?
We'Rodney
King'
You
know
what
I'
One
day
I'
Why
did
you
lie
to
me?
I
couldn'
They
settled
with
me.
TABITHA
SOREN:
They
did?
They
gave
me
42,000.
I
had
to
pay
my
lawyer
a
whole
bunch
and
bought
a
car.
I
only
settled
because
I
was
tired
of
going
to
court.
I
could
have
won
more,
but
I
was
tired
of
going
to
court.
And
I
felt
like
any
dollar
from
any
police
department
was
good
money.
So
you
got
$42,000
for
jaywalking?
That'After
that
case,
people
perceived
me
as
a
menace.
I
mean,
I'
the
leader
of
the
Black
National
Women'
Everybody
against
me.
Why?
Why
me?
(
protesters
chanting
indistinctly
)
I
have
not
brought
violence
to
you.
I
have
not
brought
Thug
Life
to
America.
I
didn'
What'
When
I
did
Juice,
my
image
got
even
more
scary.
Everything
starts
from
now.
We
all
go
down
unless
we
stay
together.
Ain'
You'
TUPAC:
When
I
auditioned
for
Juice,
that
was
another
one
of
my
good-luck
times.
It
was
my
first
big
part,
and
I
just
took
everything
and
internalized
it.
You'
I
am
crazy.
But
you
know
what
else?
I
don'Bishop
is
a
psychopath,
but
more
true
to
his
character,
Bishop
is
a
lonely,
misguided,
young
kid.
His
heroes
are
James
Cagney
and
Scarface,
those
kind
of
guys.
Made
it,
Ma.
BISHOP:
"Made
it,
Ma."
Top
of
the
world.
"Top
of
the
world."
TUPAC:
You
know
what
I'
go
out
in
a
blaze"
type
of
gangsters.
If
you'
That
motherfucker
took
his
destiny
in
his
own
hands.
TUPAC:
When
I
get
a
part,
at
first
I
just
try
to
find
out,
you
know,
how
does
this
character
feel?
Like,
I
make
the
person
up
in
my
mind.
What
does
he
looks
like,
try
to
put
a
face
to
him.
Even
though
it'
I'
All
you
have
to
do
is
relate
to
your
character.
Even
away
from
the
set,
I
just
let
myself
go.
I
just
stopped
caring
and
I
stopped
worrying
about
what
people
thought
and
started
staring
people
down
a
lot
more.
I
really
just
got
into
the
part.
Yo,
Bishop,
man,
give
me
the
piece.
No.
No?!
What
the
hell
you
mean,
no?
Give
me
the
gun.
I
mean
I'
I'Oh,
really?
TUPAC:
Even
when
I'
I'
There'
Oh,
shit!
TUPAC:
I
just
took
everything
and
internalized
it.
Tell
us
about
your
character
in
this
movie,
'Yo,
I
play
me,
straight
ruthless
villain,
straight
killer,
straight
take,
no
sszzz-s.
You
know
what
I'
Yo,
Tupac
will
go
ahead
and
rock
this.
Juice
helped
me
because
it
gave
me
that
trust.
It
let
me
trust
my
instincts.
I
was
real
confident
about
what
I
could
do,
what
it
would
look
like
afterwards.
My
next
guest
has
not
only
become
one
of
today'
but
he'
one
of
today'
Please
welcome
Tupac
Shakur.
TUPAC:
I
know
what
I
feel
like
when
I'when
I'
So
I
was
just
trying
to
get
that
feeling.
Why
are
you
always
so
mad?
The
exciting
performance
in
the
film
is
the
one
of
that
young
man,
Tupac
Shakur
is
his
name.
What
do
you
want
from
me?
Nothing.I
think
you'
We
could
start
with
your
phone
number.
This
is
a
22-year-old
young
actor,
Tupac
Shakur.
He'and
I
hope
I
get
to
see
him
again
real
soon.
TUPAC:
When
I
was
doing
Poetic
Justice,
I
had
to
tone
myself
down
a
lot
to
be
Lucky.
Lucky
is
doing
it
the
opposite
way
that
Bishop
did.
He'
he'
he'
I'See,
I
get
a
feeling
there
are
two
Tupacs.
See,
I
mean,
you'
yet
you'
I'had
an
incident
with
a
limo
driver
during
a
taping
of
In
Living
Color.
The
rap
star
Tupac
Shakur
is
free
on
bond
tonight
after
his
arrest
this
weekend
in
Atlanta.
The
22-year-old
singer
and
actor
was
charged
with
shooting
two
off-duty
police
officers.
The
wounds
were
not
serious.
NEWSCASTER:
The
fight
that
led
to
the
shooting
in
Marin
City
reportedly
broke
out
in
this
field
on
Saturday
night.
Marin
Festival
USA
was
in
full
swing.
Neighbors
say
Tupac
should
have
known
better
than
to
let
anyone
bring
a
gun
here.
Since
he
got
big,
they
claim
he'
That
change
has
broken
some
hearts.
Tupac
was
homeless.
He
came
from
here.
We
helped
him
out.
TUPAC:
Over
my
career,
I
got
arrested,
like,
12
times,
some
by
mistake,
some
fate
and
some
unwarranted.
But
for
whatever
reason,
I
got
to
see
police
more
than
I
wanted
to.
In
some
of
my
cases,
they
dropped
the
charges.
But
because
of
trouble
in
all
of
these
court
cases,
it
was
really
hard
at
that
point
in
my
life
for
me
to
be
trying
to
do
a
movie.
I
don'I
think
I
was
talented,
but
I
didn'
the
concentration
I
should
have
had.
And
I
was
immature,
and
my
ego
was
out
of
control.
Harry
Connick
ain'
Oh-oh-oh,
stay
with
me
I
had
to
get
humble
again
before
I
could
do
this.
And
there
may
be
more
hot
water
waiting
for
Tupac,
based
on
what
he
tells
the
new
issue
of
rap
magazine
The
Source
about
costarring
with
Janet
Jackson
in
her
big-screen
debut,
Poetic
Justice.
Among
other
complaints,
Tupac
says
Janet'
before
shooting
a
love
scene
with
Janet.
TUPAC:
I
don'
but
suddenly,
out
of
the
blue,
they
wanted
me
to
take
an
AIDS
test
for
this
love
scene.
And
I
did
not
disagree
if
we
were
really
going
to
make
love.
I
said,
"If
I
can
make
love
with
Janet
Jackson,
I'
But
if
I'
just
like
somebody
else
did,
and
they
didn'
Not
only
am
I
not
taking
a
test,
but
get
out
of
my
trailer.
You
know,
I
was
like...
And
they
sent,
like,
four
different
people
to
ask
me.
First
they
sent
the
producer,
then
they
sent
the
black
dude,
then
they
sent
John,
then
they
sent
a
girl.
You
know,
it
don'
Just--
To
me,
it
was
just
like
an
insult.
We
had
a
good
experience
on
the
set.
You
look
like
the
type
of
guy
to
care.
And
what'
TUPAC:
I
really
thought
I
made
a
friend.
I
thought,
"I
know
Janet
Jackson
for
life."
Soon
as
the
movie
was
over,
it
was
like,
"Boop.
This
number
has
been
changed."
And
it
was
like
a
movie.
I
mean,
it
was
like
the
day
after
the
movie
wrapped.
"I'
"This
number'
But
still,
when
I
see
her
again,
I'
I
love
women.
I'
I
love
women
with
a
passion.
I
do.
I
do.
Sometimes
now
I
just
be
wanting
to
call
Prince
and
just
be
like,
"Can
we
hang?"
'Hold
on.
I'
Seeing
somebody
my
age.
How
you
doing?
Fine,
how
you
doing?
Yourself?
I
have
respect
for
women.
Ultra
respect
for
women.
I
like
being
around
females,
I'
I
don'
when
I'WOMAN:
Don'
You
got
me
blushing.
I'Oh,
sorry.
I'
No,
you
enough.
I'But
on
TV,
they'
Don'No
need
to
ask,
he'
Smooth
operator
Smooth
operator
Smooth
operator
TUPAC:
Madonna
is
real
nice.
She'
She
was
real
cool,
like
any
one
of
my
homeboys.
Jasmine
Guy,
she
helped
me.
She'Jada
Pinkett.
Jada'
She
will
be
my
friend
for
my
whole
life.
Well,
I'
in
life,
if
you
ain'
We'
Be
like
Ossie
Davis
and
Ruby
Dee.
Pic,
you
always
got
a
place
in
my
heart.
TUPAC:
She
can
have
my
one
heart,
my
liver,
my
lungs,
my
kidneys,
my
blood,
marrow,
all
of
that.
Keep
your
head
up Keep
your
head
up
Ooh,
child,
things
are
going
to
get
easier
Keep
your
head
up
Ooh,
child,
things
will
get
brighter
TUPAC:
I
think
my
mother
taught
me
to
understand
women
a
lot
more
than
my
peers
can.
When
I
was
young,
I
was
surrounded
by
strong
women.
My
sister'
She'
My
mother
was
a
matriarch.
If
you
raised
by
a
woman,
you'
You'
Since
we
all
came
from
a
woman,
got
our
name
from
a
woman
And
our
game
from
a
woman
I
wonder
why
we
take
from
our
women
Why
we
rape
our
women,
do
we
hate
our
women?
I
think
it'
Time
to
heal
our
women
Be
real
to
our
women
But
I'To
me,
I'
the
hardest
nigga
out
there,
because
I'
But
I'
Oh,
yeah
I'because
I'
And
that'has
made
me
successful
and
famous.
So
sensitive.
Don'Well,
basically...
Bugaloo.
WOMAN:
Bugaloo?
Boogaloo?
Marlon
Wayans,
I
am
playing
the
role
of
Bugaloo.
What
is
Bugaloo?
Where
did
that
name
come
from?
Some
white
guy'
"What'
"What
are
they
calling
each
other
these
days?"
Check
it
out
I
get
around
What
you
mean
you
don'
Round
and
round
and
round
we
go
I
get
around
The
Underground
just
don'
TUPAC:
When
I
got
famous,
I
got
famous
friends.
Mickey
Rourke
was
a
good
friend,
good
person.
He'My
memory
of
him
would
be
the
night
that
he'
He
didn'
and
I
was
like,
"Man,
buy
her
some
Cristal.
"Even
if
you
fighting,
Cristal
will
make
someone
forgive
you,
trust
me."
They
be
like,
"What
was
we
fighting
about?"
He'
I
was
like,
"Mickey
Rourke
gotta
be
twice
my
age,
and
I'
I
get
around
Ain''
Ain'
'
Ain''
TUPAC:
I
always
gave
Biggie
a
lot
of
props.
The
Notorious
B.I.G.
I
thought
at
the
time
he
was
my
friend.
Mike
Tyson,
we
used
to
kick
it.
He'
The
only
difference
in
me
and
Mike
is
that
he'
But
I
got
the
same
heart
he
got.
You
know
what
I'
My
brother,
I'
WOMAN:
I
really
enjoyed
your
performance.
I
thought
you
were
great.
Appreciate
it.
Thank
you
very
much.
I
like
that
people
come
to
me
and
go,
"You
did
a
good
job."
I
was
loving
that
somebody
came
and
said,
"Tupac,
you
a
great
actor."
I'
TUPAC:
Being
famous
gave
me
confidence.
ED
LOVER:
Is
Tupac
a
sexy
motherfucker?
TUPAC:
The
screams
of
the
crowd
gave
me
confidence.
CROWD:
Go
Tupac,
go
Tupac,
go.
ED
LOVER:
Let
me
hear
you
say,
"Go
Thug
Life,
go
Thug
Life,
go."
CROWD:
Go
Thug
Life,
go
Thug
Life,
go.
That'
Now,
I'
I
got
you
now!
I
got
you
now!
I
put
it
down.
I
wanna
get
into
the
head
seat.
Excel
at
it.
Do
it
one
more
time,
clear
as
possible.
Can
we
double
it,
and
then
we
see
what
it
sound
like?
I
believe
that
I'
If
not,
everybody
lose
their
jobs.
Everybody
gonna
lose
their
jobs!
Back
to
servant.
Playing
the
drums
in
the
corner.
But
nobody
could
call
me
a
sellout.
I'
I
didn'
I
loved
that,
you
know,
even
though
I
was
with
Janet
Jackson
in
big
movies,
I'
Damn,
sweetheart,
you
got
some
thighs
on
you
Now
I
can'
Get
you
all
alone
in
my
bedroom
People
could
not
believe
it.
I
used
to
thrive
off
that.
Being
up
in
the
party,
and
somebody
turn
around
and
go,
"Oh,
my
God,
that'
And
everybody
going
crazy
'
lights
out,
drinking,
hella
drunk.
You
know,
drunk
with
everybody
else.
But
that'
that'
My
fans
know
that
I'
My
fans
go
to
jail
just
like
me.
They
understand
me.
Half
my
fans
are
white.
The
white
fans,
they
listen
just
as
much
as
the
black
fans.
The
ones
that
have
approached
me
have
been
genuine
fans.
These
are
the
people
that
are
going
to
have
jobs
in
the
future
and
are
going
to
hire
my
family.
Get
down,
man!
(
children
chattering
)
But
many
of
my
fans
don'
Some
have
jobs,
some
don'
Some
are
on
welfare,
you
know?
Some
are
not.
Some
are
rich
and
some
are
poor,
but
they
all
share
that
hopeless
feeling.
I
got
the
underdogs
on
my
side.
Body
bags
of
adversaries
that
I
had
to
bury
TUPAC:
I'
than
they
are
of
me.
CROWD:
An
outlaw,
outlaw,
outlaw
TUPAC:
Everybody
just
be
screaming,
and
I
get
uncomfortable.
It'to
a
deer
being
caught
in
the
headlights.
It'
to
say
at
the
right
time.
I
live
Thug
Life
and
let
the
money
come
to
me
'
I'
I
mean,
it
was
cool
because
I
got
to
speak
to
young
black
males
all
over
the
country
about
this
new
idea
called
"Thug
Life,"
which
is
a
new
kind
of
Black
Power.
When
I
say,
"Thug
Life,"
I
mean
t
t
that
shit,
'
I
don'
if
you
a
man,
if
you
an
African-American,
if
you
whatever
the
fuck
you
think
you
are.
We
thugs
and
niggas
to
these
motherfuckers!
And
until
we
own
some
shit,
I'
How
you
going
to
be
a
man
and
we
starving?
You
can
walk
by
five
different
houses,there
ain'
How
we
going
to
be
a
man?
How
we
going
to
be
African-Americans
if
we
all
need
a
gun?
We
thugs
and
we
niggas
until
we
set
this
shit
right.
Trust
me
when
I
tell
you
that
shit.
Young
black
males
out
there
identify
with
Thug
Life,
but
I
couldn'
I
could
handle
it,
but
not
right
away.
REPORTER:
Mr.
Shakur,
can
we
get
a
comment?
Hell,
no.
Thug
Life.
Pardon
me?
Thug
Life.
That'
What'
(
indistinct
chattering
)
What
did
happen?
Thug
Life.
TUPAC:
Imagine
you
have
14,000
people
ready
to
do
whatever
you
want.
When
you
have,
all
over
the
country,
people
waiting
to
hear
what
you
wanna
do.
All
of
a
sudden,
I
got
people
in
the
penitentiary,
bigtime
OG
criminals,
calling
me,
telling
me
they
want
me
to
lead
their
movement.
I
mean,
I'
So
they
told
me
to
watch
my
language.
Oh,
yeah,
uh,
uh
Fuck
that.
Holler
if
you
hear
me
I'
I
felt
like,
"I
got
every
man
in
America
"who
wants
to
take
orders
from
me,
who
wants
to
know
what
I
wanna
do."
Holler
if
you
hear
me,
pump,
pump
if
you'
Wants
to
know,
"What'
And
that
makes
me
scared.
My
homeys
in
the
back
streets,
the
black
streets
They
fear
me
when
they
rolling
in
they
phat
jeeps
This
ain'
Telling
all
my
brothers,
get
they
strap
on
And
look
for
me
in
the
struggle
Hustling
to
the
other
brother'
Holler
if
you
hear
me
And
I'I
was
having
concerts,
they
were
sold
out,
white
boys,
Mexicans,
blacks,
and
they
would
do
whatever
I
say.
I
could
tell
all
those
people
to
turn
in
a
circle,
and
they
would
do
it.
I
was
having
love,
I
mean,
like,
undeniable
love,
and
I
was
scared.
Holler
if
you
hear
me
I
was
scared,
but
so
was
America,
so
was
somebody
else.
I'
And
I'
but
we'
our
children
live
in
today.
TUPAC:
But
that
makes
me
want
to
rise
to
the
occasion.
It
makes
me
want
to
give
my
whole
life
to
it.
And
I
will
give
my
whole
life
to
this
plan
that
I
have
for
Thug
Life.
That'
That'
When
I'
I
mean,
not
criminal,
someone
that
beats
you
over
the
head.
I
mean,
the
underdog.
The
person
that
had
nothing
succeeds,
he'
because
he
overcame
all
obstacles.
It
doesn'
To
me,
thug
is
my
pride,
not
being
someone
that
goes
against
the
law,
not
being
someone
that
takes,
but
being
someone
that
has
nothing,
and
even
though
I
have
nothing
and
there'
My
chest
is
out.
I
walk
tall.
I
talk
loud.
I'
I'
I
think
they
are
un-American.
TUPAC:
I
don'
why
America
doesn'
America
is
Thug
Life.
What
makes
me
saying,
"I
don'
different
than
Patrick
Henry
saying,
"Give
me
liberty
or
give
me
death"?
What
makes
my
freedom
less
worth
fighting
for
than
Bosnians
or
whoever
they
wanna
fight
for
this
year?
They
should
give
money
to
the
ghetto.
I
mean,
I
think
even
gangs
can
be
positive.
It
just
has
to
be
organized.
It
has
to
steer
away
from
being
self-destructive
to
being
self-productive.
I
organized
the
OGs
on
the
East
Coast
and
the
West
Coast
in
the
penitentiaries
to
come
up
with
codes
of
ethics
for
criminals.
It'
It'
In
Watts,
Compton,
Chicago,
wherever.
We
got
these
people
all
over
the
country
saying,
"Yes.
We
go
by
this
code.
"We'"that
are
not
involved
with
the
street
gang,
"with
the
drug
trade
or
the
illegal
business
at
all.
"All
that
kidnapping
and
shooting
drive-bys,
we
against
that."
Thug
Life
ain'
We
wanna
patrol
our
streets.
So
all
we
saying
is,
if
every
motherfucker
out
here
right
now
gave
up
one
dollar
and
put
it
into
this
Thug
Life
fund,
the
money
don'
it
go
to
somebody
from
y'
They
take
the
money,
and
we
do
this
shit
every
month.
I'I'
I'For
that
shit
to
happen,
we
can'
and
everybody
gotta
be
down
for
that
shit.
And
we
just
going
to
start
slowly
but
surely
taking
our
communities
back.
Regulate
our
community.
Organize.
We
need
to
start
taking
care
of
our
own.
We
gotta
start
somewhere,
and
I
don'
What
is
the
message,
though?
The
message
is
that
we
coming,
all
the
people
you
threw
away,
the
dope
dealers,
criminals,
they
will
be
legit,
sitting
next
to
you
in
first
class,
thanks
to
your
boy.
You
know
those
little
things
they
have
for
mice,
where
they
go
through
and
there'
Well,
society
is
like
that.
They'but
as
soon
as
you
start
asking
too
many
questions
and
you'
(
crowd
chanting
indistinctly
)
CROWD:
...is
not
all
right.
There
is
absolutely
no
reason
for
a
record
like
this
to
be
published
by
a
responsible
corporation.
Never
before
has
there
been
such
a
will
to
use
music
to
advertise
self-destructive
violence.
It
glorifies
violence.
It'FEMALE
REPORTER:
Adding
insult
to
injury,
she
says,
is
rapper
Tupac
Shakur
being
nominated
for
an
NAACP
Image
Award.
TUPAC:
All
of
a
sudden,
I
got
the
whole
world
fearing
me,
and
I
ain'
I
haven'and
they'
I
challenge
the
view
that
those
who
revel
in
violence
and
depravity,
on
the
screen
or
in
the
song,
bear
no
responsibility
when
that
spirit
spreads
into
our
culture.
I
don'
I
know
he
don'
He'
he'
Oh!
But
he'
TABITHA
SOREN:
Right.
He'
You
don'
COMMENTATOR:
WPGC
in
Washington,
D.C.
dropped
violent
or
demeaning
lyrics.
KACE
in
Los
Angeles
followed
suit.
They'
in
a
community
that
is
crowded
with
guns.
TUPAC:
I'
We
are
a
part
of
the
black
community.
I'
Yes,
my
raps
are
filled
with
rage.
One
of
these
days,
we
gotta
bust
back
for
the
homeys
You
have
to
be
logical.
You
know?
If
I
know
that
in
this
hotel
room
they
have
food
every
day,
and
I'
and
they
open
the
door,
let
me
see
the
party,
let
me
see
them
throwing
salami
all
over,
I
mean,
just,
like,
throwing
food
around,
but
they'
Every
day,
I'
We
are
hungry,
please
let
us
in
We
are
hungry,
please
let
us
in
After
about
a
week
that
song
is
going
to
change
to:
We
hungry,
we
need
some
food
After
two,
three
weeks,
it'
Give
me
the
food
or
I'
After
a
year,
then
you'
I'Coming
through
the
door
blasting
It'
We
asked
ten
years
ago.
We
was
asking
with
the
Panthers.
We
was
asking
with
them,
you
know,
the
Civil
Rights
Movement.
We
was
asking.
Those
people
that
were
asking,
they'So
now
what
do
you
think
we'
I
put
my
gun
away
and
grab
my
AK
It'
House
full
of
alcoholics
Now
we'
(
sound
of
gunshot
)
There'
because
the
kids
see
that
and
they
mimic
you.
That'
But
the
positive
side
is
the
kids
who
live
in
a
household
where
the
mother
is
a
crackhead,
or
whatever,
and
he
hears
the
rap.
He'
"So
I
don'
To
me,
it'
I
live
the
Thug
Life,
baby,
I'
One
person
might
hear
that
and
just
like
the
way
it
sounds.
But
I'
and
feels
like
it'
So
when
I
say,
"Hopeless,"
and
when
I
say
it
like
that,
it'
And
even
if,
when
I
reach
him,
it
makes
it
look
glorious
to
the
guy
that
doesn'
I
can'He'
But
for
the
person
I
was
trying
to
reach,
he'I
think
I'
Once
you
start
worrying
about
what
you'
I
get
writer'
Kind
of
like,
"I
can'
That'
Now
I
have
to
just
block
it
out
and
trust
my
heart
that
I'
Pretty
spit-I
was
spitting.
Chill
out.
Chill
out.
That'
That'
That'Hey,
have
a
good
summer.
(
spits,
laughs
)
Have
a
good
summer,
beyotch!
But
I'Like
some
of
the
things
I
said
when
I
was
fighting
the
Hughes
brothers.
I
beat
up
the
directors
to
Menace
II
Society.
Let
me
tell
the
whole
world.
All
right,
tell
them
why
you
did...
These
chump,
punk,
schlump...
Hey!You'No,
they
won'
Check
this
out,
they
fired
me
but
did
it
in
a
roundabout,
punk,
snitch
way.
So
I
caught
them
on
the
streets
and
beat
they
behinds.
Okay,
Tupac!
I
was
a
menace
to
the
Hughes
brothers.
It
ain'
I
still
got
more
for
you
chumps!
'
I'
(
all
clamoring
)
TUPAC:
My
big
mouth.
Y'
I
do
what
I
gotta
do,
you
do
what
you
gotta
do.
Long
as
I
give
you
12
tracks
of
that
real
shit,
you
give
me
my
$12,
and
we
even.
I
don'
I
don'
(
Tupac
chuckles
)
My
big
mouth.
I
got
a
big
mouth,
can'
I
talk
from
my
heart,
I'We
were
talking
about
some
other
people
in
this
business
that
you
feel
don'
We
was
talking
about
Spike
Lee,
Arsenio
Hall,
Eddie
Murphy
and
the
rest
of
them.
I
thought
I
was
charming,
but
I
was
immature.
I
did
things
without
thinking.
Michael
Jackson,
Randy
Jackson,
Janet
Jackson,
Paula
Abdul,
all
of
them.
She
wants
to
not
be
black,
but
wants
to
sell
to
black
folks.
I
don'
going
out
of
her
way
to
say
she'
My
actions
came
before
thought.
Things
that
I
did,
things
I
said.
There'
Eddie
Murphy,
with
all
that
dough
he'
he
hasn'He
does
a
lot
of
charity.
Well,
charity
doesn'
Everybody
knows
that.
I
was
young
and
dumb.
You
know,
being
mad
at
Spike
Lee
and
all
those
people,
all
of
that.
The
thing
I
said
about
Quincy
Jones,
that
he
shouldn'
I
said
I
was
sorry
personally
for
that.
I
wasn'I'
and
I'Come
on,
come
on!
And
that
turned
into
more
legal
problems.
WOMAN:
The
People
truly
believe
that
Mr.
Shakur
has
shown
no
remorse
whatsoever
for
his
action
in
this
case.
The
people
view
Mr.
Shakur'
on
Yo!
MTV
Raps
as
bragging.
He
was
proud
of
what
he
did
and
does
not
feel
sorry
for
what
he
did.
I
just
want
to
say,
judge,
that,
as
far
as
the
remorse,
I
have
a
great
deal
of
remorse.
As
far
as
I
want
you
to
treat
me
different,
I
don'
to
make
right
from
all
the
bad
things
that
I
got.
I
got
a
lot
of
things
against
me
and
people
that
look
up
to
me.
And
I
don'
JUDGE:
I
guess
it'
I
obviously
find
that
the
defendant
is
a
talented
individual.
However,
this
court
believes
that
jail
time
is
always
warranted
when
you
have
a
battery
with
some
injury
involved.
The
defendant
will
serve
15
days
in
the
county
jail.
I
think
the
judge
was
fair.
I
still
don'
but
he
was
as
fair
as
he
could
be.
Really,
to
my
homeboys,
I
mean,
a
fight
is
a
fight,
battery
is
battery.
A
two
and
a
half
minute
problem
just
cost
me
15
days
in
jail,
and
that
was
lenient.
But
my
most
serious
legal
problems
came
from
women.
I
get
around
How
I
was
acting
with
women.
The
Underground
just
don'
DIONNE
WARWICK:
I
will
no
longer
sit
passively,
allowing
this
degradation
to
be
continued
by
our
children.
TUPAC:
I
think
we
live
in
a
very
sexist
society,
and
everybody'
It'
Let
them
ho'
I
mean,
with
her
permission,
I
might
smack
a
girl
on
the
butt
in
the
video.
I
might
be
drinking
champagne
or
something
like
that,
but
everything
in
moderation,
and
everything
with
class.
Fingertips
on
the
hips
as
I
dip
Gotta
get
a
tight
grip,
don'
Loose
lips
sink
ships,
it'I
love
the
way
she
licks
her
lips,
see
me
jocking
Put
a
little
twist
in
her
hips,
'
I
don'
where
there'
I
don'I
think
all
women
are
different.
You
wonder
why
they
call
you
bitch
You
wonder
why
they
call
you
bitch
We
African-American
women,
particularly,
are
tired
of
being
called
ho'
bitches
and
sluts
by
our
children.
Dear
Ms.
DeLores
Tucker,
you
keep
stressing
me
Fucking
with
a
motherfucking
mind
I
figured
you
wanted
to
know
why
we
call
them
ho'
If
I
do
something
that
has
a
bad
woman,
then
people
go,
"Oh,
he
hates
women."
No,
look,
I
don'
But
I
think
that
there
are
definitely
a
type
of
female,
label
them
a
bitch,
who,
their
main
thing
is
to
get
what
they
can
get,
and
they
revel
in
breaking
a
nigga'
and
taking
what
he
owns.
Shut
the
fuck
up!
There'
Women
know
there
are
bitches
out
there.
I
don'They
know.
They
say
it
louder.
They
just
think
we'
they'
I
give
a
holler
to
my
sisters
on
welfare
Tupac
cares
and
don'
That'with
"Keep
Ya
Head
Up"
and
"Get
Around."
I
said,
"I'
"about
women
like
my
mom,
or
like
my
sister,
"who
I
think
represent
a
strong
black
woman."
I
did
that.
I'
If
I
just
did
songs
like
"Keep
Ya
Head
Up,"
it
would
make
me
seem
more
than
I
am,
but
I'America,
America
God
shed
his
grace
on
thee Stop.
MAN:
I'TUPAC:
Come
on,
Mr.
Cameraman.
This
is
some
real
private
shit
that'
Bye.
Anyway,
I'
Do
you
think
there'
in
terms
of
men
being
promiscuous?
Yeah,
but
we
didn'
I'
I'
How
can
we
rap
about
a
world
that
is
not
like
that?
It'But
do
you
look
down
on
your
male
friends
if
they'I
don'
Only
people
I
look
down
on
are
people
who
don'
If
a
girl
sleeps
with
a
lot
of
guys,
she'
You'but
because
you'
So
now
you
put
a
price
on
yourself.
Or
'
Guys,
when
they
sleep
around,
they
do
it
for
free.
At
that
particular
time,
a
lot
of
girls,
they'
that
that'
They
wanna
be
associated
with
that
person.
It'
It'
Because
I'
when
they
didn'
and
I
can
see
it,
nothing.
And
then
as
soon
as
somebody
whisper
who
I
was,
it'
You
make
yourself
want
that
person.
TABITHA
SOREN:
How
do
you
feel
about
that?
I
don'
can
stand
next
to
you
one
year,
and
next
year,
they
cannot
stand
there.
They'They
just
can'
But
last
year
I
was
in
the
same
club,
walking
around,
lonely
like
a
motherfucker.
Couldn'
I
was
too
skinny,
too
something,
and
now,
"He'
But
I
still
enjoyed
sex
without
the
emotional
connection.
And
it
was
always
a
fantasy
for
me
to
have
sex
with
a
lot
of
people
in
the
room.
But
I
didn'
(
sound
of
police
sirens
wailing
)
Rap
singer
Tupac
Shakur
was
released
on
$50,000
bail
today,
accused
of
a
sexual
attack
in
a
New
York
hotel.
The
singer
was
arrested
Thursday
night
after
a
woman
claimed
that
he
and
three
other
men
overpowered
her
in
a
hotel
suite.
Are
you
disappointing
your
fans?
Very
disappointing,
but
they'
REPORTER:
Surrounded
by
bodyguards
and
attorneys,
Tupac
Shakur
made
his
way
into
Manhattan
Criminal
Court.
There,
the
22-year
old
rapper
and
two
friends
were
charged
with
sodomy
in
the
first-degree.
The
allegations
and
charges
stem
from
an
incident
last
Thursday
in
which
a
woman
claims
she
was
held
down
by
the
rap
star
as
he
and
two
others
allegedly
sodomized
her.
The
allegations
by
this
young
lady
are
without
merit.
REPORTER:
Defense
attorneys
say
the
woman
went
to
the
room
consensually,
and
tapes
of
an
answering
machine
that
reportedly
indicate
her
interest
in
Shakur
were
erased
by
police.
Okay,
so
you
tell
me
when
your
lawyers
have
asked
you
to
stop.
Um,
the
girl
who
claims
that,
uh-What
does
she
claim?
I
can'
But
it'
TUPAC:
I
wasn'
My
charge
was
sexual
abuse,
forcibly
touching
the
buttocks.
I
have
a
female
saying
that-
I
can'
Okay.
It
just
bothers
me
so
much,
you
know
what
I'
To
go
through
my
life
and
everything
I
did,
coming
out
of
a
family
and
household
with
just
women,
to
get
to
this
point
to
have
a
woman
say
that
I
took
something
from
her.
It
was
hard.
REPORTER:
It
was
an
emotional
day
for
a
20-year-old
female
fan,
who
admitted
that
she
had
consensual
sex
with
Shakur
on
Sunday
night,
four
days
before
her
alleged
rape
in
the
hotel
room.
During
her
cross-examination,
defense
attorney
Michael
Warren
painted
a
picture
of
a
starstruck,
naive
girl
anxious
to
have
sex
with
Shakur.
Word
on
the
street
is
that
you
had
a
relationship
with
this
woman
prior
to
all
this
friction.
I
guess,
if
you
can
say
that'
I
bumped
in
a
club.
I
seen
her
at
a
club.
Okay,
Let'
There
was
oral
copulation?
Yeah,
she
performed
oral
sex
on
the
dance
floor.
Now,
a
lot
of
guys
could
say
what
they
wouldn'
and
what
they
would
do,
but
when
it
happens,
you
know?
Yeah.
It
just
goes
down.
And
it'
She
did
some
things
there
at
the
club,
and
we
got
together
later
that
night.
I
saw
her
again
another
time
with
these
guys
that
introduced
me
to
her.
Everybody
was
having
a
good
time,
not-
Didn'
Me
and
her
went
in
there,
she
gave
me
a
massage,
came
out,
went
to
sleep,
woke
up,
she'And
she'
"This
is
not
the
last
you'
I'
she'
And
the
next
thing
I
know,
I'
So
in
your
opinion
there
was
no
truth
to
the
sexual
abuse
charges?
Not
on
my
part
at
all.
REPORTER:
The
defense
pounded
away
at
her,
asking
her
why
she
didn'
at
the
time
of
the
alleged
attack.
The
woman
testified
that
Shakur'"Tupac
needs
his
fans.
Don'
Millions
of
girls
would
love
to
be
in
your
shoes
right
now."
TABITHA
SOREN:
What
about
your
cronies?
That
was
a
big
misconception,
that
those
people
that
was
with
me
was
my
friends.
It
was
not
my
friends.
What
were
they
doing
in
your
room?
I
hang
around
with
a
lot
of
people.
And
that'
about
Led
Zeppelin,
all
of
them.
They
don'
This
guy
got
the
weed?
Okay,
you
can
kick
it.
This
guy
got
the
money?
Okay,
you
can
kick
it.
This
guy
has
connections
to
all
the
clubs?
Okay,
you
can
kick
it.
I
don'But
that
was
my
fault,
I
had
that
kind
of
environment
around
me.
I
didn'
I'
Well,
where
are
they
at?
Why
me?
Because
I'
No,
I'I
don'
but
I
don'
I
just
don'
I
just
couldn'
See
the
cameras.
It
wasn'
like
a
normal
citizen.
REPORTER:
Hi,
Tupac.
Can
you
tell
me
how
you'
Well,
I
just
had
to
listen
to
the
prosecution'
and
it
was
just
so
far
from
the
truth
that
it
has
me
drained
at
the
end
of
the
day.
But
I'I'
in
this
trial.
It'loud
rap
music,
tattoo-having
thugs.
It'
I
can'
They
talking
about
there'
even
though
you
put
that
all
over
the
paper.
Print
the
facts
so
everybody
can
sort
it
out.
My
life
is
ruined
because
nobody
has
a
chance
to
get
the
facts.
REPORTER:
And
the
fact
is,
there
was
no
semen
found.
No
semen
found,
no
forcible
entry,
no
entry
into
the
anal,
no
nothing.
None
of
that.
I
wanted
to
explain
it.
TABITHA
SOREN:
If
you
could
go
back
to
the
night
when
the
sexual
abuse
occurred,
is
there
anything
that
you
would
do
differently?
Yeah.
What?I
would
not
have
closed
my
eyes
until
she
was
out
of
the
room,
until
everybody
was
out
of
the
room.
So
when
you
left
the
room
and
left
her
with
those
people...
I
didn'
I
didn'
She
came
over
herself?
Right.
She
came
over,
knew
those
people,
knew
everything.
I
just
didn'
But
I'
not
being
a
goodhearted
man,
I
guess,
or
whatever,
or
being
more
considerate.
At
any
point,
were
you
aware
that
she
was
involved
in
something
she...
WOMAN:
Cut.
That'
MAN:
Excuse
me.
None
of
these
legal
matters
can
be
asked.
Well,
I
can-I
have
a
list
of
the
stuff
you'
All
right.
MAN:
The
gentleman
is
out
on
bail.
TABITHA
SOREN:
I
see.
I
couldn'
This
would
never
have
happened
to
anybody
else.
It
would
never
have
gone
this
far.
They
have
no
evidence
on
me,
and
it'And
now
my
life
is
over.
You
know,
this
is
a
year
later.
A
year
after
everybody
in
the
world'
been
thinking
I'
After
this,
the
whole
world
going
to
owe
me
an
apology.
'
and
didn'
And
I
should,
because
this
is
some
crazy,
crazy,
crazy
madness.
(
sound
of
gunshots
)
MAN:
Central,
I
got
a
black
male
shot
at
48th
and
7th.
Put
a
rush
on
the...
MAN:
Last
night,
just
after
midnight,
at
723
7th
Avenue,
that'
rap
star
Tupac
Shakur
and
three
members
of
his
group
were
robbed
and
shot.
TUPAC:
They
shot
me,
straight
up.
I
just
kept
thinking,
"They
really
did
shoot
me."
When
I
wasn'
immediately
I
was
like,
"Oh,
man."
I
was
like,
"No,
this
ain'
I
know
how
it'
It'You
ain'
I'And
I
didn'
I
was
like,
"I
got
shot
five
times.
I'REPORTER:
When
Shakur
resisted,
he
was
shot
five
times,
twice
in
the
head
and
twice
in
the
groin
area.
And
his
most
serious
wound,
a
gunshot
through
the
hand,
hitting
an
artery
in
his
thigh.
He'
Until
it
happened,
I
really
did
believe
that
no
black
person
would
ever
shoot
me.
I
believed
that
I
didn'
You
know,
I
was
like,
"I
represent
them.
"I'They
would
never
do
me
wrong."
I
believe
that
this
was
a
robbery.
Anybody
who
was
going
to
walk
into
that
building
was
going
to
be
robbed.
TUPAC:
The
police
don'
As
far
as
that
Vibe
interview,
just
read
everything
over
and
read
my
reply,
read
their
reply,
read
what
people
say.
Everybody
that
was
there
knows
what
happened.
My
recollection
of
the
story
was,
I
was
shooting
a
video,
the
second
half
of
"Warning,"
which
is
the
B-side
of
"Big
Poppa,"
and
I
was
shooting
around
the
block.
And
I
heard
my
man
was
up
at
the
studio
doing
a
Junior
M.A.F.I.A.
session.
So
I
got
off
at
the
reception
area,
and
I
saw
Andre
and
Little
Shawn.
I
said,
"What'
and
he
comes
out
shot.
The
Tupac
article
had
me
pissed
off,
you
know
what
I'
Because
first
of
all,
he
dissed
my
man,
saying
my
man
turned
his
back
on
him,
when
I
know
for
a
fact
that
didn'
you
know
what
I'
And,
like,
the
rumors
that'is
on
some
tip
like
we
set
him
up.
And
that'
PUFFY
COMBS:
As
soon
as
he
comes
out
shot,
me
and
my
man
try
to
sit
him
down.
He
called
his
mom.
He
asked
my
man
if
he
could
roll
him
a
blunt.
We
asked
if
he
was
all
right.
He'We
were
just
there
trying
to
comfort
him.
Andre
Harrell
went
an
made
sure
he
was
calling
the
ambulance.
And
everybody
that
was
there
was
very
supportive
of
him.
It
was
just
the
total
opposite.
As
soon
as
he
came
out,
everybody
ran
towards
him.
There
was
nothing
but
love
and
concern.
They
got
different
accounts
of
what
happened,
and
I'
BIGGIE
SMALLS:
I
also
understand
that
if
you
was
to
get
shot
five
times,
your
mind
is
just
completely
spinning.
You'So
it'
I
was
there
for
the
whole
thing.
No
one
else
was
there
for
the
whole
thing.
I
don'
of
why
the
story
was
said
in
another
way
of
context.
It'I
just
said
it.
Now
that
I
said
it,
it'
You
can
believe
me
or
not,
I
did
what
I
had
to.
God
knows
the
truth.
There'
I'
After
getting
shot,
I
was
like,
"Shit,
I
don'
REPORTER:
In
a
bizarre
twist
of
events,
rap
singer
Tupac
Shakur
checked
himself
out
of
Bellevue
Hospital
Wednesday
night.
REPORTER
2:
Just
hours
after
surgery,
Tupac
checked
himself
out
of
Bellevue
Hospital
against
doctor'
TUPAC:
It
was
just
time
to
leave.
I
didn'
The
phone
kept
ringing.
I
kept
getting
these
crazy
phone
calls.
At
that
point,
I'
I
couldn'
I
was
like,
"I'
And
I
felt
like
I'I
couldn'
And,
what,
are
the
police
going
to
come
in
and
kill
me?
Or,
you
know,
is
there
secret
police?
I
was
so
deep
into
the
weed
at
that
point.
And
I
was
like,
"I'
I
felt
like
just
a
prisoner
to
my
own
fame.
That'
I
felt
like,
"If
everybody'
why
ain'REPORTER:
Mr.
Shakur?
BODYGUARD:
Open
up,
please.
Open
up,
please.
BODYGUARD:
Excuse
me.
BODYGUARD
2:
Step
back,
please.
Just
keep
it
tight,
that'REPORTER:
Mr.
Shakur,
how
are
you
this
morning?
REPORTER
2:
The
jury
continued
deliberations,
then,
after
two
days
of
incredible
plot
twists
worthy
of
a
Hollywood
drama,
Tupac
Shakur
has
finally
had
one
question
answered.
Tonight,
the
jury
found
him
guilty
of
three
counts
of
sexual
abuse,
but
innocent
on
six
other
charges,
including
sodomy.
MAN:
Tupac!
BODYGUARD:
Back
it
up!
No!
Please,
give
me
some
space.
Please,
man.
REPORTER:
Why
did
you
decide
to
leave
the
hospital?
Please,
y'
Let
me
get
through!
Back
it
up.
Why
did
you
leave?
REPORTER:
And
sentencing
for
this
trial
has
yet
to
be
scheduled.
MAN:
Take
your
time.
BODYGUARD:
Back
the
fuck
up!
TUPAC:
Where
I
was
sent
was
a
maximum-security
penitentiary.
I
know
when
I
was
young,
I
couldn'
I
mean,
I
was
scared
and
everything,
but
I
felt
as
though
that'
But
now
that
I'
I
know
everybody
that
go
to
jail
come
out
and
say,
"This
ain'
You
got
somebody
that
tells
you
when
you
can
get
up,
when
you
can
shower,
do
this,
do
that.
They
can
speak
to
you
any
way
they
want
to,
and
you'
You
can
die
here,
you
know
what
I
mean?
Just
yesterday,
a
dude
was
murdered.
He
wasn'
This
dude
was
in
here
on
a
drug
beef.
He'
By
another
prisoner
who
had
life.
He
had
nothing
to
lose,
you
know
what
I
mean?
I
came
to
jail.
I'
it'
It'
In
the
beginning,
me
and
the
guards
had
problems.
I
got
smacked
and
treated
bad.
They
just
did
everything
they
could
do
to
break
me
because
I
used
to
talk
a
lot
of
shit,
but...
As
soon
as
I
got
there,
they
went,
"There
he
goes."
He
goes,
"Who?"
and
he
goes,
"There'
I
was
like,
"Oh,
shit,
he
said
nigger!"
And
everybody'
And
I
was
like,
"Oh,
my
God,
this
is
where
I'
He
just
said
"nigger"!
You'Nig-gas.
He'Nig-gers
was
the
ones
on
the
rope,
hanging
off
the
thing.
Niggas
is
the
ones
with
gold
ropes,
hanging
out
at
clubs.
I
learned
things
there.
In
jail,
it'
I
was
talking
to
skinheads
and
everything.
'all
right,
that'
Just
like
I
want
people
to
respect
my
opinion
when
I'
But
I
want
you
to
treat
me
with
respect,
and
I'This
guy,
this
skinhead,
"hate
black
people"
all
over,
he
getting
autographs
for
his
little
cousins.
I
felt
like
I
accomplished
something.
I
know,
by
him
getting
my
autograph,
that
meant
something
to
me,
you
know
what
I
mean?
He
couldn'
TABITHA
SOREN:
The
food
was
terrible,
I
guess.TUPAC:
Oh,
my
goodness.
They'
The
liver
surprise.
They'
They'
trying
to
get
it
to
throw
into
rotation.
I
was
like,
"We
just
had
this
yesterday.
I
liked
it
already,
goddamn."
TABITHA
SOREN:
No
Tater
Tots?
No.
Are
you
crazy?
Tater
Tots?
I
used
to
get
baked
potatoes
with
a
huge
finger
imprint
on
it.
All
right.
It
was
bad.
No,
you
don'
Jell-O
with
hair
all
in
the
mold.
I'how
are
you
going
to
mess
up
Jell-O?"
Jell-O
is
so
wholesome
and
family-like.
It
just
ruins
it
for
me.
To
have
a
hair
in
there,
yeah.
I
mean,
I'
Put
the
hair
in
my
Jell-O.
And
you
can'
I'
"Can
I
see
the
cook,
please?"
The
cook
is
a
big
dude
named
Bubba
Joe.
For
the
first
eight
months
I
spent
in
solitude
23
hours
a
day,
reading.
I
wrote
a
script
called
Live
2
Tell.
I
got
How
to
Write
a
Screenplay,
that
big
famous
book
by
Syd
Field.
I
got
that,
and
I
remembered
all
of
the
scripts
I
ever
read,
and
I
wrote
one.
I
read
a
lot
of
good
books.
I
read
a
lot
of
Maya
Angelou'
The
Art
of
War
by
Sun
Tzu.
But
in
terms
of
writing
music
and
lyrics,
I
couldn'
Everybody'
He
going
to
come
out,
he
going
to
have
the
bomb
album."
But
it'
Prison
kills
your
spirit,
straight
up.
It
kills
your
spirit.
I
couldn'
because
I
was
a
caged
animal.
But
when
I
was
in
jail,
a
lot
of
people
supported
me.
Jasmine
Guy,
Jada
Pinkett,
Mickey
Rourke,
he
just
wrote
me
funny
stories.
But
the
name
that
sticks
out
in
my
head
the
most,
I'To
me,
he
is
the
bomb
forever.
I
will
be
his
number
one
fan
forever,
because
when
I
got
his
letter,
I
was
like,
"Whoa!"
I
was
screaming
out
to
everybody,
"Guess
who
wrote
me!"
One
time,
they
had
a
story
on
the
local
news
that
Madonna
was
coming
to
visit
me.
Madonna
has
so
much
power
that
the
guards
let
me
take
an
extra
shower
because
they
thought
she
was
coming
to
visit
me.
TABITHA
SOREN:
Wow.
I
had
guards
walking
me
downstairs,
everything,
trying
to
peep
a
look.
And
did
she
come?
No.
No,
I'
But
you
got
the
extra
shower?
Hey,
I
got
the
shower.
Good-looking.
Do
it
again.
The
person
that
supported
me
the
most
was
my
mother.
When
my
mother
got
clean,
we
got
real
close
again.
And
even
as
a
crack
fiend,
Mama
You
always
was
a
black
queen,
Mama
I
finally
understand,
for
a
woman
It
ain'I
don'
My
moms
is
the
bomb,
you
know.
The
world'
You
are
appreciated Lady
Don'
Dear
Mama
"Dear
Mama"
is
the
song
I
wrote
just
for
my
mother.
But
it'
I'
"Dear
Mama"
was
from
Me
Against
the
World,
which
was
completed
before
I
went
to
jail.
It'
Me
against
the
world,
baby
When
it
got
released,
it
was
the
number
one
record.
Me
Against
the
World
was
one
of
those...
My
career
highs.
It
was
a
trip
in
jail.
They
used
to
say
stuff
like,
"You'
"Won'
Ha,
ha"
I'"my
album
is
number
one
in
the
country
right
now.
It
just
beat
Bruce
Springsteen."
And
they
used
to
be
like,
"Go
back
to
your
cell."
Plus,
I
used
to
get
Entertainment
Weekly
in
the
mail,
and
I
used
to
see
where
my
record
was
and
just
trip
out
and
be
like,
"Damn.
Number
one
in
the
whole
country."
To
me,
it
will
always
be
my
favorite
album,
and
jail
made
me
wanna
dig
deeper.
It
took
five
bullets
for
me
to
see
what
was
really
going
on.
In
jail,
you
get
perspective,
and
you
start
looking
at
things
differently,
like
everything
is
not
so
important.
You
know,
you
try
not
to
take
it
personal.
Because
you'
If
they
say
something
you
don'you
can'
You
gotta
be
like,
"Okay,
look
man,
would
you
mind
not
calling
me...?"
You
know
what
I
mean?
Anger
management
like
a
mother.
When
I
was
in
jail,
I
tried
not
to
have
negative
feelings
towards
nobody.
It'
So
I
had
people
telling
me,
"You
softened
up."
Ain'
If
anything,
my
mentality
was
like,
"Trust
nobody.
Trust
nobody."
It'
I
could
be
killed
as
soon
as
I
get
out
of
here.
I
just
thought,
"I
already
took
five
bullets,
and
if
I
can
help
it,
I
don'
Rapper,
actor
and
sex
abuse
convict
Tupac
Shakur
walked
out
of
a
New
York
jail
last
week,
bailed
out
to
the
tune
of
$1.4
million
by
Suge
Knight
of
Death
Row
Records,
which
has
signed
Shakur
to
a
record
deal.
My
closest
friends
did
me
in.
My
closest
friends,
my
homeys.
People
who
I
done
took
care
of
their
whole
family,
I
done
took
care
of
everything
for
them,
looked
out
for
them,
put
them
in
the
game,
turned
on
me.
So
I
just
thought
about,
"How
could
I
make
them
sorry
they
ever
did
this
to
me?
"How
can
I
come
back,
like,
50
times
stronger
and
better?"
Fear
is
stronger
than
love.
Remember
that.
Fear
is
stronger
than
love.
All
the
love
I
gave
didn'
No
question,
sign
with
Death
Row.
California
All
of
a
sudden,
I
was
out
on
bail,
pending
my
appeal.
If
I
win
my
appeal,
which,
if
God
wills,
I
will,
I
would
have
done
11
months
for
nothing.
California
Knows
how
to
party
California
Knows
how
to
party
You
see
that,
judge?
I
didn'
Probation
people,
I
did
not
curse.
Give
me
my
props.
Let
me
stay
free.
I
was
relieved,
happy
to
be
home.
In
the
city
of
L.A.
I
wanted
to
drive
up
and
down
Sunset
because
I
love
L.A.
with
a
passion.
I
love
Sunset,
I
love
everything
about
L.A.
Can
I
get
tatted
up
real
quick?
I
want
a
crown
right
here.
You
know,
the
energy,
that'
Hello?
I'
we
on
Venice
Beach.
That'
I'
You'You
got
to
let
me
get
a
look
or
something.
It'that
last
week
you
were
in
this
little
cell,
and
then,
next
week,
I'
and
filet
mignon
and
lobster
and
shrimps.
Everybody
kept
going,
"Come
on,
let
me
take
you
out.
You
home?
Oh,
come
on.
Let
me
take
you
to
this!"
We
was
all
up
in
Roscoe'
I
even
celebrated
at
El
Pollo
Loco,
because
I
was
dreaming
about
El
Pollo
Loco
the
whole
time.
Then
I
went
straight
to
the
studio.
And
I
did
24
tracks
in
less
than
two
weeks.
You
can
mix
it
later
and
have
niggas
that
love
being
in
the
studio
all
night
just
add
the
drumbeat
and
shit.
You
can
do
that
after
the
rappers
leave
and
shit.
That'
Get
that
beat
popping,
throw
them
niggas
on
the
track,
do
it,
put
it
down.
After
we
finish,
everybody
be
here
and
listen
to
it,
be
like,
"This
is
the
hook."
We'
Plus,
I
had
so
much
to
say,
I
figured
this
would
be
the
best
way
to
vent,
instead
of
paying
some
psychotherapist
$50
million.
I
just
went
in
the
studio.
It
was
cheaper.
Here
we
go!
California,
get
up!
(
actors
cheering
)
Out
on
bail,
fresh
out
of
jail,
California
dreaming
Soon
as
I
step
on
the
scene
I'Fiending
for
money
and
alcohol
The
life
of
the
West
Side
player
Where
cowards
die
and
the
strong
ball
Only
in
Cali,
where
we
riot,
not
rally
to
live
and
die
In
L.A.,
we
wear
Chucks,
not
Ballies
Dressed
in
Locs
and
khaki
suits
and
ride
is
what
we
do
Flossin'
You
gotta
realize
one
thing:
Tupac
is
Death
Row.
(
speaks
indistinctly
)
I
feel
I
have
more
than
just
a
business
relationship
with
him.
He
the
type
can
be
like
a
brother,
a
friend.
I
really
like
everybody
on
the
record
company.
I
like
Suge,
Snoop
and
Dre.
I
hang
out
with
them
anyway,
so
now
it'
This
is
Tupac
and
Dr.
Dre,
and
this
is
the
Week
in
Rock!
Week
in
Rock,
baby!
Week
in
Rock,
baby!
I
came
out,
I
was
like,
"Dre,
I
want
some
beats
right
now."
He'
You
play
'
I
said,
"Dre,
you
know
you
owe
me
this.
"I'You
ain'
I
love
collaborating
with
creative
people
that'He
got
right
in
and
wrote
his
lyrics
while
he
was
behind
the
mike
and
dropped
it,
and
it'
Say
what
you
say,
but
give
me
that
bomb
beat
from
Dre
Let
me
serenade
the
streets
of
L.A.
Me
coming
to
Death
Row,
for
another
reason
was
Snoop.
ANNOUNCER:
Please
welcome
America'
Snoop
Doggy
Dogg
and
Tupac.
TUPAC:
The
man
got
so
much
style.
Ya'nine-six
flavor,
Death
Row.
But
who
knew
it
would
last,
this
West
Side
staff?
Yep,
yep,
yep.
This
is
me
and
Snoop,
"2
of
Amerikaz
Most
Wanted,"
the
bomb
track.
It'
It'
This
is
going
to
shake
the
whole
music
scene,
guaranteed.
SNOOP:
Up
out
of
there
DAZ:
Ain'
(
laughs
)
TUPAC:
Oh,
shit,
you
done
fucked
up
now
You
done
put
two
of
America'In
the
same
motherfucking
place
at
the
same
motherfucking
time
Ain'
Y'
Break
out
the
champagne
glasses
Picture
perfect,
I
paint
a
perfect
picture
Bomb
the
hoochies
with
precision
My
intention'
With
the
S-N-double-O-P
Dogg
my
fucking
homey
You'Sho''Now
I'
TUPAC:
Me
and
Snoop
represent
the
nucleus
of
the
entire
ghetto.
Snoop
represents
the
more
calm,
all
legit,
right
by
the
book,
no
waves,
let'
You'
And
then
you
work
so
hard
till
your
hair
turn
gray
Let
me
tell
you
about
life
and
about
the
way
it
is
You
see,
we
live
by
the
gun
so
we
die
by
the
gun'
Tell
me
not
to
roll
with
my
Glock
So
now
I
gotta
throw
away
Floating
in
a
black
Benz
and
trying
to
do
a
show
a
day
TUPAC:
I
represent
the
hard-core,
no-holds-barred,
no-prisoners,
relentless
thug.
They
wonder
how
I
live
with
five
shots
Niggas
is
hard
to
kill
on
my
block
Schemes
for
currency
and
dough-related
Affiliated
with
the
hustlers
and
so
we
made
it
TUPAC:
We
both
represent,
you
know
what
I
mean?
Both
sides
of
the
game.
The
calm
one
and
the...
relentless
one.
My
nigga,
Dogg,
with
me
eternally
the
most
wanted
Here'
If
you
come
to
Death
Row,
you
will
see
your
art
brought
to
a
bigger
plateau,
and
you
will
be
paid
one
of
these
days.
Death
Row.
Come
on.
Let'
This
is
for
my
homeboys
in
jail.
These
are
100s.
And
they
ain'
Plus,
there
was
the
money,
the
struggle
continues.
I
mean,
I
got
money,
but
I
have
to
pay
everybody
even
more
money.
I
owe
money
to
Death
Row.
So
it'
He'
People
wanna
sue
you,
and
I
have
to
settle
for
this
and
that
when
I
know
I
didn'just
because
it'
for
another
eight
months."
Makes
you
work
harder.
Next
year,
Death
Row
going
to
start
printing
our
own
money.
'
It'
Me,
Suge
and
Damu
going
to
be
on
the
$100
bill
like
this.
I
felt
I'
This
is
the
$100
bill
on
Death
Row
money,
right
here.
But
you
have
to
come
up,
you
start
from
the
bottom
and
work
up
to
the
top.
ANNOUNCER:
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
please
welcome
acclaimed
rap
artist
and
Grammy
nominee,
Tupac.
TUPAC:
What
people
fail
to
realize
is
that
this
is
not
just
play.
I
work.
Run!
Scatter,
scatter!
Drag
K
off
the
stage.
Y'Do
it
for
real,
man.
One,
two,
three.
Whenever
it'
I'I
can'Shit.
I
believe
I'
You
don'
You
don'
Y'
Anymore
Anymore
TUPAC:
When
I
was
in
jail,
I
couldn'
But
then
I
was
away
from
it
so
long,
I
said,
"I
really
like
going
to
the
studio.
I
really
like
creating."
Living
held
down,
my
game
plan,
to
be
trained
And
military
mind
of
a
thug
lord
I
like
music,
and
I
like
acting.
I
like
doing
it.
She'
She'
(
woman
humming
)
She
takes
the
scene
I
can
be
me.
I
can
be
whoever
because
I'
And
the
reason
I
sell
six
million
records,
the
reason
I
can
go
to
jail
and
come
out
without
a
scratch,
Come
on!
the
reason
I
am
who
I
am
today
is
because
I
can
look
directly
into
my
face
and
find
my
soul.
It'
So
lash
out
and
get
a
glass
Done
finally
got
his
own
drink,
call
it
the
best
Introducing
a
special
brew
made
for
a
chosen
few
I'
I
thought,
"I'
"Let'
Damu!
My
dog'
WOMAN:
Yeah.
Yeah.
He
wanna
kill.
I
love
my
artists.
I
mean...
I
don'I
consider
them
family.
So
it'
If
they
decided
to
turn
in
rapping
or
singing,
they'If
they
need
something,
what'
It'
strictly
for
business,
because
they'
'
You'
Plus,
you
know,
we'
I'
Yeah,
tell
me
about
that.
Hold
on.
Damu!
Damu,
sit!
But
Death
Row
has
a
reputation
for
having
sort
of
a
thug-like
mentality.
Wouldn'
Death
Row
has
a
bigger
reputation
for
success
than
anything
else.
REPORTER:
The
reason
for
all
of
the
fear
involves
the
world
of
this
man,
the
man
getting
out
of
the
limousine.
Six-foot-three,
335-pound
Marion
Knight,
known
by
the
nickname
of
"Suge,"
short
for
"Sugar."
It'professional,
business-oriented.
I
like
that.
REPORTER:
At
the
age
of
only
30,
and
with
a
lengthy
criminal
record,
including
three
felony
convictions,
Suge
Knight
has
managed
to
become
the
head
of
a
$100
million
record
company
and
one
of
the
most
powerful
and
feared
men
in
the
American
music
industry.
The
controversy
over
Death
Row
Records
and
its
owner
being
sort
of
a
gangster.
TUPAC:
Everybody'
Suge
ain'
No?
Nah,
man,
Suge
a
rider.
I
know
what
good
morals
are,
but
you'
good
morals
when
you'
If
you'
You'
and
you'
That'
I'
We
riding
with
him.
One
other
thing
I'
any
artist
out
there
that
want
to
be
an
artist
and
want
to
stay
a
star
and
don'
about
the
executive
producer
trying
to
be
all
in
the
videos,
all
on
the
records,
dancing,
come
to
Death
Row.
TUPAC:
When
I
got
out
of
jail,
the
West
Coast/East
Coast
shit
was
really
starting.
Wait,
the
East
Coast
don'
(
audience
cheering
)
The
East
Coast
ain'
and
Snoop
Dogg
and
Death
Row?
TUPAC:
West
Coast
was
Death
Row.
The
East
Coast
was
Bad
Boy.
PUFFY
COMBS:
Check
this
out.
I'
that
a
comment
was
made
about
a
little
bit
earlier.
TUPAC:
Everybody
thought
it'
a
war
for
record
sales
and
attention
and
all
that.
But
to
me
it
was
personal.
I
love
the
East
Coast.
I'
But
then
I
felt
like
Puffy
and
Biggie
and
all
them,
they
wanted
to
dirty
up
everything
I
worked
for.
So
it
made
me
come
back
more
relentless.
I'Yo,
Piggie,
man,
we
got
it
going
on,
baby.
It'
TUPAC:
So
I
directed
videos.
Hey,
'
I
mean,
you
safe?
Man,
I'
Heh.
Yeah?
"Happy
to
see
you."
A
lying
piece
of
shit.
'
It
was
Buff'
No,
man.
I'Please
don'
I
ain'
Once
we
homeboys,
we
always
homeboys,
even
if
you
is
a
fat
phony.
TUPAC:
And
I
did
a
song
with
Faith,
Biggie'
Faith'
I
just
want
to
send
a
shout-out
to
Faith.
Hey,
girl.
Then
I
did
"Hit
'
That'
Which
is
a
classic
battle
record.
First
off,
fuck
your
bitch
and
the
clique
you
claim
West
Side,
when
we
ride,
come
equipped
with
game
You
claim
to
be
a
player,
but
I
fucked
your
wife
We
bust
on
Bad
Boys,
niggas
fucked
for
life
I'
Thug
living
out
of
prison,
pistols
in
the
air
Biggie,
remember
when
I
used
to
let
you
sleep
on
the
couch
And
beg
a
bitch
to
let
you
sleep
in
the
house
Now
it'
Five
shots
couldn'
Now
I'
With
my
AK,
I'
Motherfucker
I'
Grab
your
Glocks
when
you
see
Tupac
Call
the
cops
when
you
see
Tupac
Who
shot
me?
But
you
punks
didn'
You'
Nigga,
I
hit
'
Everything
happened
so
fast
at
that
point.
West
Coast
But
looking
at
things
later,
the
East
Coast/West
Coast
thing,
it
just
got
out
of
control.
Dudes
was
getting
killed,
and
I
felt
responsible.
But
I
couldn'
We
ain'
just
certain
people.
I
got
this
new
project
coming
out
along
with
some
other
brothers
called
One
Nation.
It'to
kill
this
whole
new
vibe.
Everybody
want
to
be
on
about
it
being
a
war
between
the
East
Coast
and
West
Coast.
Right.It'
The
East
Coast/West
Coast
thing
is
something
that
journalists
are
making
up
to
get
paid
off,
so
it
can
drag
out
and
everybody
can
have
albums.
They'When
it
all
go
down,
don'and
be
like,
"Why
is
there
a
big
East
Coast/West
Coast
war?"
When
you'telling
them
about
a
war
that
they
would
never
know
exists.
So
that'
We
both
need
to
exercise
greater
restraint.
Damn,
sometimes
life
gets
messed
up.
When
I
was
on
Death
Row,
I
was
successful
but
not
happy.
TABITHA
SOREN:
Tupac,
your
life
has
been
marred
by
considerable
pain.
Do
you
think
you'
where
you
can
live
a
normal,
happy
life?
No.
But,
I,
uh...
I'I
have
to
make
the
life
that
I
do
live
as
happy
as
I
can
and
try
to
do
the
best
with
what
I
have.
Live
the
best
life
I
can
live,
be
as
happy
as
I
can
be.
Nothing
is
perfect
for
anybody,
I
don'I
felt
trapped.
Know
how
they
say,
"You
made
your
bed,
now
lay
in
it"?
I
tried
to
move.
I
can'
I
felt
I
can'
This
the
life
they
gave
me,
this
the
life
I
made.
I
felt
I
can'
not
for
the
courts,
not
for
the
parole
board,
not
for
nobody.
This
is
it.
I
also
just
felt
like
something
was
going
to
happen
to
me,
'
And
I
put
it
in
my
videos.
(
indistinct
chattering
)
That
nigga
ain'
No,
no,
no,
where
he
at?
(
gunshots
)
Yo,
watch
out!
TUPAC:
It
was
a
prophecy.
(
sound
of
bell
tolling
)
(
)
I
had
a
prophecy
about
my
death.
That'
and
do
three
songs
a
day,
get
things
ready.
We
don'
to
spend
all
of
this
time
doing
one
song.
We
don'
If
I
die
or
whatever,
it
can
happen.
If
anything
were
to
happen
to
me,
that
album'
So
it'I
felt
as
though
the
only
thing
that
can
kill
me
is
death,
and
even
then
my
music
will
live
forever.
Something
we
all
adore
The
one
thing
worth
dying
for
Nothing
but
pain,
stuck
in
this
game
Searching
for
fortune
and
fame
Something
we
all
adore
The
one
thing
we
dying
for
Nothing
but
pain,
stuck
in
this
game
Searching
for
fortune
and
fame
(
"Staring
At
The
World
Through
My
Rearview"
playing
)
Staring
at
the
world
through
my
rearview
Just
looking
back
at
the
world,
from
another
level
Ya
know
what
I
mean?
Starin'
REPORTER:
At
approximately
9
p.m.,
security
cameras
at
the
MGM
Grand
captured
Tupac,
Suge
Knight
and
members
of
the
Death
Row
entourage
beating
an
alleged
South
Side
Crip,
Orlando
Anderson.
REPORTER
2:
Tupac,
Suge
and
others
jumped
Anderson,
punching
and
kicking
him
to
the
ground.
Terrified
bystanders
scattered
as
the
group
streamed
into
the
casino
then
out
into
the
street.
Starin'
Go
on
baby,
scream
to
God,
he
can'
I
can
feel
your
heart
beatin'
Gettin'
Starin'
Scream
to
God,
he
can'
Heart
beatin'
Watching
time
fly
Starin'
Scream
to
God,
he
can'
Heart
beatin'
Watching
time
fly
(
sound
of
gunshot
)
TUPAC:
Whoa.
(
sound
of
bell
tolling
)
REPORTER:
Just
after
the
Mike
Tyson
Bruce
Seldon
fight,
Shakur,
along
with
record
company
executive
Marion
"Suge"
Knight,
headed
for
a
nightclub.
But
while
stopping
at
this
intersection,
a
car
with
four
people
pulled
up
and
opened
fire
on
Shakur
and
Knight.
REPORTER
2:
Tupac
Shakur
was
shot
several
times
in
the
chest.
The
driver,
his
record
producer,
was
grazed
in
the
head.
REPORTER
3:
He'
after
another
surgery,
still
listed
in
critical
condition.
REPORTER
4:
All
week
long,
fans
of
Tupac
have
gathered
here
outside
the
hospital.
REPORTER
5:
He'He'
He'
Jesse
Jackson'
And
despite
reports
that
his
wounds
were
not
life-threatening,
people
at
the
hospital
here
continue
to
tell
us
that
he
is
in
very
serious
condition.
REPORTER
6:
At
4:03
this
afternoon,
Tupac
Shakur
was
pronounced
dead.
TUPAC:
Who
shot
me?
Shit,
I
don'
Sorry.
My
death,
it'
But
I
have
no
bad
feelings.
I
have
love
for
everybody.
Please
welcome
the
mothers
of
Biggie
Smalls
and
Tupac
Shakur,
Afeni
Shakur
and
Voletta
Wallace.
(
)
TUPAC:
Coming
to
grips
with
my
past,
it
was
hard.
I
don'
I
feel
like
the
way
I
was
living
and
my
mentality
was
a
part
of
my
progression
to
be
a
man.
But
we
grow.
We
all
grow.
We'
You
either
evolve,
or
you
disappear.
I
don'
I'
But
I
still
get
love
from
my
community.
I
got
love
for
my
brothers
But
we
can
never
go
nowhere
Unless
we
share
with
each
other
We
gotta
start
makin'
Instead
of
two
distant
strangers
TUPAC:
I
owe
them
everything.
That'
I
got
love
there.
I
got
love
from
thugs
and
the
street
dudes.
And
that
kind
of
focuses
me
back
on
what
I
should
be
doing,
lay
out
the
real
mat
on
the
world
and
how
it
is.
The
message
is,
young
black
males
could
do
anything
if
you
just
give
us
a
shot,
stop
trying
to
beat
us
down.
And
to
my
homeboys,
we
need
to
be
in
control
of
ourselves.
I'but
I
guarantee
that
I
will
spark
the
brain
that
will
change
the
world.
So
keep
your
head
up.
Do
what
you'
And
then
inside
of
you,
I'(
)
REPORTER'
(
overlapping
sound
samples
)
...if
I'Why
am
I
trying
to
see
When
there
ain'
Why
I
am
I
trying
to
give,
when
no
one
gives
me
a
try?
Why
am
I
dying
to
live,
if
I'
Check
it,
I
grew
up
a
fuckin'
Got
introduced
to
the
game
Got
an
ounce
and
fuckin'
Choppin'
The
nigga
Biggie
Smalls
Tryin'
We
had
to
grow
dreads
to
change
our
description
Two
cops
is
on
the
milk
box
missin'
Show
they
toes,
you
know
they
got
stepped
on
A
fistful
of
bullets,
a
chest
full
of
Teflon
Run
from
the
police,
picture
that,
nigga
I'
I
fuck
around
and
catch
a
asthma
attack
That'
When
he
drop,
take
his
Glock,
and
I'Memories
of
high
speeds,
when
the
cops
crashed
As
I
laugh
pushin
the
gas
when
my
Glocks
blast
We
was
young
and
we
was
dumb,
but
we
had
heart
In
the
dark
when
we
survived
through
the
bad
parts
Many
dreams
is
what
I
had,
and
many
wishes
No
hesitation
in
extermination
of
these
snitches
And
these
bitches,
they
still
continue
to
pursue
me
A
couple
of
movies,
now
the
whole
world
tryin'
Even
the
cops
tried
to
sue
me
So,
what
can
I
do
but
stay
true?
Sippin
22'
The
media
is
tryin'
Got
the
press
askin'
Misery
is
all
I
see,
that'
My
history
with
the
police
is
check
the
crime
rate
My
main
man
had
two
strikes,
slipped
Got
arrested
and
flipped
He
screamed,
"Thug
Life!"
and
emptied
the
clip
Gots
tired
of
runnin'
You
know,
I
wonder
if
they'
When
I
am
dead
Yeah,
oh,
yeah,
oh,
yeah
Ha,
ha
My
game
plan
to
be
trained
and
military
Mind
of
a
thug
lord,
sittin'
Caught,
I'
Ballin'
Young
black
male,
crack
sales
got
me
three
strikes
Livin'Wonder
when
we
all
pass,
is
anybody
listenin'
Got
my
hands
on
my
semi
shotty,
everybody'
Please,
God,
can
you
understand
me,
bless
my
family
Guide
us
all,
before
we
fall
into
insanity
I
make
it
a
point,
to
make
my
peep
bumpin'
Drop
some
shit,
to
any
stupid
bitches
don'
Till
Makaveli
returns,
it'On
meAnd
you
can
hate
it
or
love
it,
but
that'
Gon'You
shoulda
listened,
I
told
you
not
to
fuck
with
me
With
me What
do
we
have
here,
now?
Now,
can
you
take
the
pressure,
that'
G-G-G-G-Unit!
Till
Makaveli
returns,
it'On
me What
do
we
have
here,
now?
And
you
can
hate
it
or
love
it,
but
that'
Gon'You
shoulda
listened,
I
told
you
not
to
fuck
with
me
With
me What
do
we
have
here,
now?
Now,
can
you
take
the
pressure,
that'
Gon'
Now
since
you'
My
success'
Lo
and
behold,
you
sold
your
soul
Nigga,
there'
Look
in
the
mirror,
ask
yourself
who
are
you?
If
you
don'
How
could
your
dreams
come
true?
Motherfucker,
I
sat
back
and
watched
You
pretended
to
be
'
But
you'
You
can'
I
warned
you
not
to
push
me
You
see
me
and
chills
run
up
your
spine
Hardly
even
in
the
same
war,
but
your
heart
ain'
Press,
they
look
at
me
like
I'
I
was
playin'
While
your
momma
had
your
punk
ass
playin'
I'Wake
up,
turn
on
your
TV
and
see
my
ass
again
You
cowardly
hearted,
you
couldn'
Fuck
The
Source,
I'
Till
Makaveli
returns,
it'On
me What
do
we
have
here,
now?
And
you
can
hate
it
or
love
it,
but
that'
Gon'You
shoulda
listened,
I
told
you
not
to
fuck
with
me
With
me What
do
we
have
here,
now?
Now,
can
you
take
the
pressure,
that'
Gon'
Till
Makaveli
returns,
it'On
me What
do
we
have
here,
now?
And
you
can
hate
it
or
love
it,
but
that'
Gon'You
shoulda
listened,
I
told
you
not
to
fuck
with
me
With
me What
do
we
have
here,
now?
Yeah,
oh,
yeah,
oh,
yeah
Ha,
ha
Sometimes
it'
To
wake
up
in
the
morning
mind
full
of
demons
I
don'
Got
me
heartbroken,
find
so
many
babies
screamin'
'
So
they
start
smokin
weed,
we'Until
we
learn
to
pray,
keep
our
families
in
shape
'Before
we
learn
to
fly
Somebody
else'
And
we
can
all
make
it
change,
or
so
I'
But
I
haven'
If
you
prefer
to
breathe
Communities
in
need
of
people
that
will
lead
Keep
yo'
Until
the
day
I
die,
I
promise
to
be
wise
With
my
heart
open,
greed
brings
only
misery
A
way
to
tragedy,
so
I
stay
sucker
free
Only
a
few
chosen
rise,
my
ghetto
queens
rise
Don'
For
the
door
to
open,
wise,
my
brothers,
speak
wise
Stay
focused
on
the
prize,
though
everybody
dies
We
can
only
learn
to
take,
our
anger
and
our
hate
Control
our
mental
state,
settle
down
and
set
it
straight
Maybe
we
can
learn
to
take
a
second
to
pump
the
brakes
Before
we
set
it,
regret
it
later
and
let
it
escalate
'
There'And
there'
To
the
point
that
he
just
breaks,
snaps
And
it'
You
think
that
we
was
learnin'
But
we
ain'
With
every
artist
comes
the
image
he
portrays
And
the
picture
that
he
paints
But
in
the
mist
of
all
this
anger
and
this
angst
Never
once
did
you
heard
me
say
I'And
I
ain'
But
I
know
that
I
will
always
continue
to
grow
As
long
as
I
lead,
and
never
follow
no
one
else'
There
will
never
be
another
me,
and
that
I
can
guarantee
That'
To
this
day,
the
game
will
never
be
the
same
No
matter
how
much
fame
and
success
they
attain
There
will
never
be
another
me
And
no
matter
what
they
do
There
will
never
be
another
you
You
can
search,
but
you'You
can
try
to
rewind
time,
but
in
your
hearts
and
your
minds
We
will
never
die,
we
are
forever
alive
And
we
continue
growin'
One
day
at
a
time
Don'And
caught
in
the
hype
Rappers
are
regular
people
minus
money
and
life
Seachin'
All
the
jewelry,
all
the
cars,
whose
crew'
Now
the
hip-hop
police,
the
villains
is
watchin'
And
the
kids
think
beef
is
they
only
option
Outlaws
born
filthy,
guilty
as
charged
My
memories
live
to
die,
my
Makaveli
lives
on
You
think
the
industry
is
fun,
ain'
And
when
your
money
is
up,
that'
So
if
he
died,
and
came
back,
would
he
try
to
save
rap?
We
needing
a
change,
the
drama
remains
I
spent
my
whole
life
fightin'
That
I
can'
And
hey,
now
and
then,
I
take
rights
and
some
lefts
I'Yeah,
that
there
is
a
fight
in
itself
So
I
just
pray
and
hope
God
take
a
like
to
myself
No
matter
how
much
I
try,
stay
alive,
I'
Still
standin
there
in
love
with
my
pride
One
way
at
a
time,
keep
the
faith
in
your
mind
When
we
continue
growin'
One
day
at
a
time
Damn
(
Tupac
chuckles
)