[ti:to live and die in l.a] [ar:2pac feat Val Young] [al:273714] [by:] [offset:0] [00:02.82]Street Science you're on the air [00:05.59]What do you feel when you hear a record like Tupac's new one [00:07.81]I love Tupac's new record [00:08.61]Right but don't you feel like that creates [00:09.59]A tension between East and West [00:10.84]He's talking about killing people [00:14.01]I had sex with your wife and not in those words [00:15.27]No doubt to live and die in LA [00:16.49]But he's talking about I wanna see you deceased [00:18.37]Intro: Makaveli [00:24.54]California -- what you say about Los Angeles [00:27.11]Still the only place for me that never rains in the sun and everybody got love [00:30.99]To live and die in LA where everyday we try to fatten our pockets [00:33.40]Us n***as hustle for the cash so it's hard to knock it [00:36.53]Everybody got they own thang currency chasing [00:39.55]Worldwide through the hard times worrying faces [00:41.80]Shed tears as we bury n***as close to heart [00:44.98]What was a friend now a ghost in the dark cold hearted about it [00:48.44]Ni**a got smoked by a fiend trying to floss on him [00:51.55]Blind to a broken man's dream a hard lesson [00:53.25]Court cases keep me guessing plea bargain ain't an option now [00:56.68]So I'm stressing cost me more to be free than a life in the pen [01:01.04]Making money off of cuss words writing again [01:03.02]Learn how to think ahead so I fight with my pen [01:06.71]Late night down Sunset liking the scene [01:08.65]What's the worst they could do to a ni**a got me lost in hell [01:12.53]To live and die in LA on bail my angel sing [01:15.30]To live and die in LA it's the place to be [01:20.15]You've got to be there to know it what everybody wanna see [01:25.59]To live and die in LA it's the place to be [01:31.14]You've got to be there to know it what everybody wanna see [01:37.72]It's the City of Angels and constant danger [01:39.66]South Central LA can't get no stranger [01:43.05]Full of drama like a soap opera on the curb [01:45.40]Watching the ghetto bird helicopters I observe [01:48.45]So many n***as getting three strikes tossed in jail [01:51.29]I swear the pen the right across from hell I can't cry [01:54.20]'Cause it's on now I'm just a ni**a on his own now [01:57.02]Living life Thug style so I can't smile [01:59.47]Writing to my peoples when they ask for pictures [02:02.40]Thinking Cali just fun and b**ches ha ha ha [02:05.09]Better learn about the dress code B's and C's [02:07.72]All them other n***as copycats these is G's [02:10.52]I love Cali like I love woman [02:12.60]'Cause every ni**a in LA got a little bit of Thug in him [02:16.07]We might fight amongst each other but I promise you this [02:18.68]We'll burn this b**ch down get us pissed [02:20.83]To live and die in LA [02:22.07](Let my angel sing) [02:22.94]To live and die in LA it's the place to be [02:26.47]You've got to be there to know it what everybody wanna see [02:31.88]To live and die in LA it's the place to be [02:37.54]You've got to be there to know it what everybody wanna see [02:43.86]'Cause would it be LA without Mexicans [02:46.50]Black love brown pride and the sets again [02:49.17]Pete Wilson trying to see us all broke I'm on some b******t [02:52.15]Out for everything they owe remember K-DAY [02:55.27]Weekends Crenshaw -- MLK [02:57.63]Automatics rang free n***as lost they way [03:00.30]Gang signs being showed ni**a love your hood [03:02.64]But recognize and it's all good where the w**d at [03:06.21]n***as getting shermed out [03:07.82]Snoop Dogg in this motherf**ker perved out M O B [03:11.34]Big Suge in the Low-Low bounce and turn [03:14.23]Dogg Pound in the Lex with a ounce to burn [03:16.46]Got them Watts n***as with me OFTB [03:19.53]They got some hash took the stash left the rest for me [03:22.32]Neckbone Tre Head Ron Punchy too [03:25.06]Big Rock got knocked but this one's for you [03:27.88]I hit the studio and drop a jewel hoping it pay [03:30.59]Getting high watching time fly to live and die in LA [03:33.60](Let my angel sing) [03:34.75]To live and die in LA it's the place to be [03:36.78]You've got to be there to know it what everybody wanna see [03:43.36]To live and die in LA it's the place to be [03:49.07]You've got to be there to know it what everybody wanna see [03:54.93]Outro: Makaveli [03:56.27]This go out for 92 3 and 106 [04:00.34]All the radio stations that be bumping my sh*t [04:03.14]Making my sh*t sells katruple quitraple platinum he he [04:07.18]This go out to all the magazines that supported me [04:10.27]All the real motherf**kers [04:12.79]All the stores the mom and pop spots [04:15.19]A&R people all you all motherf**kers [04:17.41]LA California Love part motherf**king Two [04:22.08]Without gay a** Dre