[00:01.406]Intro: 2Pac
[00:02.106]'Cause I hate to spend my life, my life, my life, my life
[00:04.746]Duckin' one-time! (Lost soul)
[00:07.546]How it start, how it start?
[00:09.526]Verse 1: 2Pac
[00:10.363]Started off with, runnin' from coppers
[00:11.722]Duck and hide from helicopters
[00:12.755]We open fire, who can stop us? Livin' the life of trife juveniles, hopin' for Rikers
[00:17.555]Gettin' 25 to life, if the judge don't like us
[00:20.316]In my clearest pictures, I see authorities itchin' to get us
[00:23.014]ATF, state feds, scandalous bitches
[00:25.123]I wasn't promised to it, wasn't bitter or sweet
[00:27.537]See if a nigga don't hustle, then a nigga don't eat
[00:30.062]On these streets, livin' do or die, circle complete
[00:32.989]Repetitive motions of felons in a rush for cheese
[00:35.410]Please understand my history, a man of many hats
[00:37.902]Livin' Thug Life, comin' equipped with plenty gats
[00:40.483]Maybe I was just a lost soul, trapped in time
[00:43.005]Livin' in between life, in the cracks, but blind
[00:45.561]Even though we had hope for dreams that never came
[00:48.080]Yet and still we all feel pain
[00:49.715][Chorus: 2Pac]
[00:49.963]Just wait until rain turn to sunshine
[00:52.389]'Cause I hate to spend my life, my life, my life, my life
[00:55.045]Duckin' one-time; stranded in the county in the worst way
[00:58.254]Hell of a way to spend my twenty-first birthday
[01:00.698]Born in the ghetto as a street thug
[01:03.074]It's for the neighborhood and weed spots that we love
[01:05.643]Lost souls... Lost souls, nigga, for my homeboys that passed on
[01:10.267]Words from the mind of a lost soul
[01:20.895][Verse 2: Young Noble]
[01:21.042]My brother Sean, first on my list, he came home
[01:24.023]Went back in and came back home again
[01:26.608]And he just violated parole
[01:28.570]Now Uncle Sam wants the time he owed
[01:30.422]Back to the system, Black and trapped in a prison
[01:33.472]I miss him, it's just my brother don't listen to nobody
[01:36.862]He hardheaded, stuck in his ways
[01:38.604]Won't change for nobody, all I could do is pray for him
[01:41.793]And I'm praying for myself
[01:43.569]Trying to beat the odds with the cards that we was dealt
[01:46.114]Young niggas need help, the suicide rate is up higher than ever
[01:49.672]Rest in peace to granny, send my love to KRS and the family
[01:53.531]We need to try to make it through the struggle as family
[01:56.330]They say rapping don't pay them bills
[01:58.536]Trappin' gon' pay them bills 'cause this ain't how we tryna live
[02:11.506][Verse 3: E.D.I. Mean]
[02:11.655]I've been waiting on the rain to turn to sunshine for a long time
[02:14.295]Stuck up on this grind, still want mine
[02:17.014]Lost a couple homies, miss some comrades
[02:19.464]But ain't no looking back when you gotta keep it crackin'
[02:21.987]Just had another birthday, guess I'm lucky
[02:24.053]Triple 7's, mama's still here to hug me
[02:27.017]My baby on the way, she need a whole lot
[02:29.634]She gon' get what she need, that's on pops
[02:32.214]I used to love the shit, but man, the shit changed
[02:34.542]It's a shame, niggas paid to be lame
[02:37.068]But, uh, some of the realest, some people give it up
[02:39.722]Lost souls around the world looking for love
[02:42.370]I'm forever thuggin' on them hoes, right or wrong
[02:44.731]Thug life embedded in me 'til I'm dead and gone
[02:47.463]It's in my heart, in my flesh, in my soul
[02:49.937]I used to be lost but now I know
[02:51.686][Chorus: 2Pac]
[04:01.948][Outro: 2Pac]
[04:02.291]All of y'all, keeping y'all in health
[04:03.278]All of y'all, keeping y'all in health
[04:05.073]Just to see you smile and enjoy yourself
[04:07.446]For all of y'all, keeping y'all in health
[04:10.046]Just to see you smile and enjoy yourself
[04:12.591]For all my dawgs, keeping y'all in health
[04:15.069]Just to see you smile and enjoy yourself
[04:17.498]For all my dawgs, keeping y'all in health
[04:20.091]Just to see you smile and enjoy yourself
[04:22.681]For all my dawgs, keeping y'all in health
[04:25.140]Just to see you smile and enjoy yourself
[04:27.717]Throw your hands up, throw your hands up
[04:29.869]Throw your hands up, throw your hands up
[04:32.670]It's for all my dawgs, keeping y'all in health
[04:35.105]Just to see you smile and enjoy yourself...