Still I Rise Lyrics - Singles - 2pac & Outlawz

Dear Lord 

As we down here, struggle for as long as we know 

In search of a paradise to touch (my nigga Johnny J) 

Dreams are dreams, and reality seems to be the only place to go 

The only place for us 

I know, try to make the best of bad situations 

Seems to be my life's story 

Ain't no glory in pain, a soldier's story in vain 

And can't nobody live this life for me 

It's a ride y'all, a long hard ride 

Somebody break me I'm dreamin, I started as a seed the semen 

Swimmin upstream, planted in the womb while screamin 

On the top, was my pops, my momma screamin stop 

From a single drop, this is what they got 

Not to disrespect my peoples but my poppa was a loser 

Only plan he had for momma was to fuck her and abuse her 

Even as a little seed, I could see his plan for me 

Stranded on welfare, another broken family 

Now what was I to be, a product of this heated passion 

Momma got pregnant, and poppa got a piece of ass 

Look how it began, nobody gave a fuck about me 

Pistol in my hand, this cruel world can do without me 

How can I survive? 

Got me askin white Jesus 

Will a nigga live or die, cause the Lord can't see us 

In the deep dark clouds of the projects, ain't no sunshine 

No sunny days and we only play sometimes 

When everybody's sleepin 

I open my window jump to the streets and get to creepin 

I can live or die, hope I get some money 'fore I'm gone 

I'm only 19, I'm tryin to hustle on my own 

On the spot where everybody and they pops tryin to slang rocks 

I'd rather go to college, but this is where the game stops 

Don't get it wrong cause it's always on, from dusk to dawn 

You can buy rocks glocks or a herringbone 

You can ask my man Ishmael Reed 

Keep my nine heated all the time this is how we grind 

Meet up at the cemetary then get smoked out, pass the weed nigga 

That Hennessey'll keep me keyed nigga 

Everywhere I go niggaz holla at me, "Keep it real G" 

And my reply til they kill me 

Act up if you feel me, I was born not to make it but I did 

The tribulations of a ghetto kid, still I rise 

Still I (still I) I rise (I rise) 

Please give me to the sky (the sky) 

And if (and if) I die (I die) 

I don't want you to cry 

I stay sharp as always 

Runnin ya bricks with blitz, through ya project hallways 

Dumpin crews like two's, nigga all day 

Secrets of war prepare me for the worst 

A life that's lavish full of cabbage or a life that's in a hearse 

But now my dreams it seeems though, be placin triple beams and things bro 

Diamond pinkie ring got the loot poppin out my jeans 

Now I plan to keep my glock cocked 

If trouble was searchin for me then why not? 

Show em what I'm made of plus raised on, on my block 

Chancellor Ave, where many turn to the street, thugs snatchin bags 

We out for power, makin cash it wasn't fast it'll make me mad 

I'm just like, pimpin 

My homey on the corner with his gat tucked, in 

Youngest they buckin somethin the life he leads 

The life he don't need, don't we all know 

He tryin to rise up and we just go doe, still he rise 

Dreams of lost hope 

I hit the strip broke where the fiends get coke 

And still I rise now I float cowards ghost 

Whenever we come around, I'm runnin down 

Clutchin a pound, live as sirens, duckin the sound 

I used to hustle with my moms til the sun came 

My homey Harm doin time from this drug game 

Stolen cars, war scars, born a Outlaw 

Behind bars, go to sleep just to see the stars 

Freedom is ours, though we trapped on a firm block 

Crackheads only ten learn to duck cops 

In ninety-six my glock's my plastic, passion for blastin bastards 

No faces for open caskets, peelin ya cap backwards 

Ya cowards ain't prepared for pistol practice 

I send my missiles through your mattress 

Leavin holes in your body like a cactus 

While me and my crew be boppin more greens than topic 

And loot to keep the seams in my motherfuckin jeans poppin 

Leavin ya spleen to pick up 

Half of you niggaz is softer than a Snicker 

Let's go to war and see who draw quicker 

And still I rise, and still I rise 

Still I (still I) I rise (I rise) 

Please give me to the sky (the sky) 

And if (and if) I die (I die) 

I don't want you to cry 

Still I (still I) I rise (I rise) 

Please give me to the sky (the sky) 

And if (and if) I die (I die) 

I don't want you to cry 

Y'all niggaz fake 

All day everyday 

So now I got roller blades, bitch 

Thought you knew 

Your mouth is rich 

C'mon pops, let's go