[00:00.14] [Ja Rule] [00:00.50] Rest in peace to my nigga Stretch, my nigga 'Pac [00:05.68] So much pain [00:11.64] Uhh. yeah, huh, yeah [00:17.70] All my, niggas. so much pain [00:22.03] Uhh. huh, yeah [00:24.68] Yeah, so. much. [00:26.21] Ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhhhh [00:29.86] Ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhhhh [00:30.25] [Ja Rule] [00:30.86] They'll never take me alive, I'm gettin high with my fo'-five [00:33.43] Cocked on these niggaz time to die [00:35.65] Even as a lil' nigga, you could picture me hot gun in the rain [00:39.33] I shed the tear, cause this nigga here inherits the pain [00:41.82] And now I'm labeled as a thug nigga - you know the game [00:45.04] Smokin weed, fuckin hoes, slangin thangs, that's the life I live [00:47.90] Even if I tried to go back I'd get lost (come back) [00:51.20] And everything I seem to love I done lost [00:53.61] Fuck the world if they can't understand me [00:55.82] What else could I do? I had to feed my fuckin family [00:58.63] Yo' lies is my truth, so I'm a drug to your youth [01:01.09] And you don't want 'em nowhere near me, now that they can hear me [01:04.39] I spits razors, never been a stranger to homicide [01:07.38] My city's full of tote-slangers and chalk lines [01:10.95] Why do we die at an early age? [01:13.21] Nigga so young, but still a victim of a twelve-gauge [01:15.83] Feel the rage this world has bestowed upon me [01:18.74] And I don't give a fuck 'cause they don't give a fuck 'bout me [01:21.66] So I keep - drinkin Hennessy, bustin at my enemies [01:24.99] Will I live to see twenty-three? There's so much pain [01:27.58] [Chorus] [01:27.90] Ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhhhh [01:31.09] I'm tired of the strain and the pain (so much pain) [01:33.56] Ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhhhh [01:36.14] I'm tired of the strain and the pain [01:38.29] [Ja Rule] [01:39.09] Years and years of strugglin all my life [01:41.53] Runnin wild as a kid, grew up blazin 'em right [01:44.20] I'm in a - little cell I call my soul lately [01:46.96] It's been a - givin me hell and my heart is screamin, "Don't enter" [01:50.59] I've been cursed, for what it's worth I feel dead [01:52.97] Spittin to you, I know I'm in way over my head [01:55.79] But Lord hear me, I believe in your "7 Day Theory" [01:58.64] Three souls done sent this whole world teary (can you hear me?) [02:01.50] Too hot for you to stand near me [02:03.11] It's so much pain, and niggaz wanna kill me [02:05.09] I'm tired of the stress and the strain [02:07.21] But my, grimiest grimeys got love for me [02:09.32] They're blazin, sendin shotguns up above for me [02:12.40] My face in, Hennessy with no chaser [02:15.43] Coke rises on every way in - keep us hustlin nigga [02:19.05] Me and my man got a plan to get this paper nigga [02:21.70] So if you owe nigga, look for the gauge to blow nigga [02:24.72] I figured I'd be considered a killer [02:26.82] Doin crime excited my mind and leadin the blind [02:29.75] I, can't express my compassion, my satisfaction [02:33.13] For gettin fucked up and blastin - we all been there [02:36.26] Taught from young to shoot, show no fear and lie [02:38.40] And wipe the tears from yo' mother's eyes - so much pain [02:41.39] [Chorus] - repeat 2X [03:03.85] ("They'll never take me alive..." - 2Pac) [03:04.98] Ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhhhh [03:07.29] I'm tired of the strain and the pain [03:08.95] ("They'll never take me alive..." - 2Pac) [03:11.04] Ooohhh, tired of the strain and the pain [03:14.94] ("They'll never take me alive..." - 2Pac) [03:18.44] I'm tired of the strain and the pain [03:20.54] ("They'll never take me alive..." - 2Pac) [03:22.58] Ooooooohhhhhh, nooooooooooooo [03:24.04] ("Cocked on these suckers, time to die" - 2Pac) [03:25.21] [2Pac] [03:25.47] They got me mobbin like I'm - loc'd and ready to get my slug on [03:28.52] I load my clip and slip my motherfuckin gloves on [03:31.82] I ain't scared to blast on these suckers if they test me [03:34.34] Trust, I got my glock cocked, playa if they press me [03:37.46] Bust on motherfuckers with a - PASSION [03:40.27] Better duck 'cause I ain't lookin when I'm - BA-BLASTIN [03:42.99] I'm a nut and drinkin Hennessy [03:44.98] And gettin high on the lookout for my enemies [03:47.72] Don't wanna die, tell me why? [03:49.42] Cause the stress gettin major [03:51.08] A buck-fifty 'cross the face with my razor [03:54.08] What can I do but be a thug until I'm dead and gone [03:57.00] I keep my brain on the game and stay headstrong [03:59.80] These sorry bastards wanna kill me in my sleep [04:02.56] I'm real they can not see [04:03.53] And everyday is just a struggle, steady thuggin on the streets [04:06.26] And I be, ballin loc, don't let 'em make you worry [04:09.22] Keep swingin at these suckers 'til you buried [04:11.65] I was born to raise - hell, a nigga from the gutter, word to mother [04:14.25] I'm tough - I'm kickin dust up, ready to bust [04:17.78] I'm on the scene steady muggin mean; until they kill me [04:20.87] I'll be livin this life, I know you feel me [04:23.06] There's so much pain [04:24.37] [Chorus] - repeat 2X w/ variations [04:38.26] Ooooohhhhh, pain [04:39.62]