Stay True

(album: Thug Life - 1994)

[2Pac:]
Yeah nigga, drop the top on your motherfucking ride
This how we do it on the West Coast, baby

[2Pac:]
Rolling down the four-o-five
Getting high, white boys done wrecked their shit
To check my ride
I ain't being bootsy
Crusing in a six-o Impala, driving like I'm in a hooptee
A Car full of balling cats
Keep yo hand on the strap and take all the craps
Niggas know my steelo
All legit, but I'm draped like a nigga moving kilos
Shit don't stop, cause I can make that ass drop
Make the front hop
And hit the three-wheel-motion, all day hit the freeway
Take it easy, uh
Let's slide and pick up some hoochies
Ride, right back to the movies
High, talking back to the screen, drinking liquor
Having big dreams of getting richer
I'm living that...

[2Pac (Mopreme & Stretch):]
Thug Life, y'all know the rules
Gotta do what 'cha gotta do (Stay true!)
Yeah, thug life, y'all know the rules
Gotta do what 'cha gotta do (Stay true!)
Uh, thug life, y'all know the rules
Gotta do what 'cha gotta do (Stay true!)
Yeah, thug life, y'all know the rules
Gotta do what 'cha gotta do (Stay true!)

[2Pac (Stretch):]
Big Stretch represent the real nigga
Flex, Live Squad and this motherfucker catch wreck
(Thug Life)
(Sharp as a rough knife)
(Shaking the dice, we roll on dough with nothing nice)
(So the Vice wanna follow us around Raise up)
(Got 'em running as we clown through the town Blaze up)
(Another one, had to throw another gun)
(Don't need another case)
(You can see it on my face, son)
(But I ain't falling yet)
And I gotta give a shout to my ballers at
Mopreme, tell 'em why the hoes dream
Getting high of a nigga like a dope fiend

[Mopreme:]
Cause I'm non-stop and I'm always hustling
24/7, ain't nothing proper
When a, young G's flipping keys for a living
Try to make a mill of the time that I'm giving
Tripping mad
I'm crazy
Can't nobody fade me
And I been going insane lately
And everybody tryna hold me back
I'm 'bout to snap
You better move back
You know I led a ...

[2Pac (Mopreme & Stretch):]
Thug Life, y'all know the rules
Gotta do what 'cha gotta do (Stay true!)
Thug life, y'all know the rules
Gotta do what 'cha gotta do (Stay true!)
Uhm, thug life, y'all know the rules
Gotta do what 'cha gotta do (Stay true!)
Thug life, y'all know the rules
Gotta do what 'cha gotta do (Stay true!)

[2Pac:]
Man! I don't worry about the five-O
If they start cause it's all about survival
Just stay smart, keep your mind on your bank roll
Always stay ahead of these stank hoes
These days it's an all out cat race, and look at me
Just caught another catch case, that makes three
My lawyers getting cash, off that ass, don't even ask
Why I'm buck wild, don't smile, don't laugh
To the young G's coming up; Peep game
Don't let the money make you change or act strange
Stay focused, all in together now
Keep pumping loud pull the crowd put my top down
Is that 2Pac, Thug Life? Hell yeah
Tryna dirty up my name but I'm still here
Which way do I turn? I'm strapped
Lost in the storm I can't turn back with that...

[2Pac (Mopreme & Stretch):]
Thug life, y'all know the rules
Gotta do what 'cha gotta do (Stay true!)
Thug life, y'all know the rules
Gotta do what 'cha gotta do (Stay true!)
Thug life, y'all know the rules
Gotta do what 'cha gotta do (Stay true!)
Thug Life, y'all know the rules
Gotta do what 'cha gotta do (Stay true!)