2 PAC - R U Still Down lyrics

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R u still down (x3)<br><br>Now up and at em it's on, I was raised to be strong<br>And mama told me be a thug since the day I was born<br>I came up, out the gutter never changed my style<br>Got for real about my papers, cause the game was wild<br>And the fame was a plot to try to change me<br>And what's strange is nobody knew my name 'fore it came<br>Now the whole world is calling me a, killer<br>All I ever did, was try to reach the kids with the real<br>All the time I was ballin, never heard my friends callin<br>Couldn't stop myself from fallin, I'm all in<br>Shit's gettin sleazy, believe me<br>Best to take what ya need, but don't be greedy<br>Cause in my mind, I see sunshine, I thought<br>I didn't have to run, now I'm duckin from the gun yellin, 'one-time'<br>Take your time to feel my record, and if you did<br>Chill a second, my blind method, will still wreck it<br>My young homies stay strong<br>I wonder if they'll listen to a nigga when he gone, r u still down? <br><br>(chorus) x5<br>Raise em up... r u still down? <br><br>I'm gettin high, so a nigga think he touch the sky<br>Turn tough inside, in the rush to die<br>Livin life as a thug time to face the truth<br>What's goin on with the wasted youth, please god<br>Come and save me (save me), had to work with what ya gave me<br>And got a nigga goin crazy<br>I can't read the signs, I'm blind, but a nigga know<br>He need his nine, cause times, they ain't what they used to be<br>Ain't a penitentiary built big enough for me<br>And my niggaz on the streets, man listen<br>Cause these ain't the old days<br>Ain't no way i'ma bustin my ass and gettin no pay<br>It seems I can't find my focus, and homey I ain't paranoid<br>I seen the future and it's hopeless<br>Lord knows, it's hard on a young scrub<br>It seems I had less problems when I slung drugs<br>But since I'm tryin lace niggaz with the game<br>Wanna see me locked in chains, tryin to dirty up my name<br>And them same motherfuckers that was callin me<br>Will be the first to turn their backs, when I'm fallin, see<br>I should have seen it from the jump, but now it's clear<br>This one nigga got the town in fear, but r u still down<br><br>(chorus)<br><br>I wrote this for my critics and my, enemies<br>Last year ya used to love me, huh remember me<br>Now ya hate me with a passion, tryin to get me stuck in the mix<br>I'm stayin sharp, got no time for them tricks<br>And now they wonder if I'm goin to jail<br>Just as well, cause my life on the streets - a living hell<br>And I can't sleep, they got my phone tapped, and mercy lord<br>Come get me 'fore they hurt me<br>Ran outta tears, and through the years couldn't change me<br>My daddy left me alone, and so I'm angry<br>I never did nothin wrong, my mama told me, baby it's on<br>And now I'm hustlin and bustlin bones<br>Never said it came easy, I'm makin cheese<br>Buyin all the things on tv, and gettin skeezed<br>Wish my homeboys could see me now<br>Little bad motherfucker runnin wild through the town<br>Please tell me, r u still down? <br><br>R u still down, to raise em up? remember me (x2)<br>R u still down, to raise em up? <br><br>R u still down, to raise em up? remember me (x3)<br>R u still down, to raise em up? <br><br>R u still down, to raise em up? remember me (x3)<br>R u still down, to raise em up? <br><br>That's right y'all, give them bitches the motherfuckin middle finger<br>Raisssse em up<br>These hoes can't fade me, don't these bitches know we crazy? <br>Thug life, niggaz, be, the sickest<br>You feel me? now get that shit written down<br>God damn!<br>Took four years and a motherfuckin case for these motherfuckers to feel me<br>Ain't that a bitch? <br><br>R u still motherfucking down? <br>Old hoe ass fake ass niggaz<br>We out this motherfucker