[dorky sounding white guy]
Mr. Shakur, can you please explain the meaning
behind your violent lyrics?


[2Pac]
Explain the meaning?

The $#&@ these ^!$$%z talkin bout?

[sounds of running and sirens in background]


[Kid]
Damn...

[Cop]
Police, FREEZE!
[Kid]

Can't get %#@! off!
[Cop]
I said FREEZE you miserable black son of a (*##$!

[Kid]
What, come on, come on!


[gun shot]

[Pac]:

Tupac Shakur as himself
[Soul]:
Tupac Shakur as 'Souljah'


[Soul]
My attitude is %#@!ty

My message to the censorship committee
Who's the biggest gang of ^!$$%z in the city?
[Pac]

The critics or the cops?
[Soul]
The courts or the crooks, don't look so confused

Take a closer look
[Pac]
^!$$%z get they neck broke daily

Tryin to stay jail free
[Soul]
What the $#&@ does Quayle know

of young black males?
[both]
Please tell me

[Soul]
Message to the censorship committee
Who's the biggest gang of ^!$$%z in the city?

[Pac]
Huh, I pack a nine millimeter cause I got em livin hotter
than the 4th of July, if I gotta die, I gotta

[Soul]
Momma told me, "Don't let em fade me..
.. ^!$$% don't let em make you crazy!"

Game is what she gave me
[Pac]
Gotta watch your back, strapped

[Soul]
Real ^!$$%z rat-pack
[Pac]

If you get your $$# taxed, bring a gat back
That's not the way we made it
[Soul]

That's just the way it is
[both]
Slangin rocks, in front of ^!$$%z kids

[Pac]
I came up
My message to the censorship committee

Who's the biggest gang of ^!$$%z in the city?
Cops pull me over, check my plates, but I'm legal
[Soul]

You couldn't get me, figure, "$#&@ with a ^!$$%z people"
[Pac]
They got me trapped, gat with the mother$#&@in hammer back

[Soul]
Cops on my back, just cause I'm black, SNAP
[Pac]
Now I'm guilty?
Message to the censorship committee

Who's the biggest gang of ^!$$%z in the city?
[both]
All you punk police will never find peace
on the streets til the ^!$$%z get a piece, $#&@ em!
[Soul]

They kill you to control ya
(PAY) top dollar for your soul
[both]
Real ^!$$%z don't fold, straight souljah!
[Pac]

Can't find peace on the streets
til the ^!$$%z get a piece, $#&@ police, hear them screamin
$#&@ em! Can't find peace on the streets
til the ^!$$%z get a piece, $#&@ police, hear them screamin
(I hear ya!)

$#&@ em! Can't find peace on the streets
til the ^!$$%z get a piece, $#&@ police, screamin
(I hear ya!)
$#&@ em! Can't find peace on the streets
til the ^!$$%z get a piece, $#&@ police, screamin
(I hear ya!)

$#&@ em! Can't find peace on the streets
til the ^!$$%z get a piece, $#&@ police (I hear ya!)
$#&@ em! Can't find peace on the streets
til the ^!$$%z get a piece, $#&@ police (I hear ya!)
$#&@ em! Can't find peace on the streets
til the ^!$$%z get a piece, $#&@ police (I hear ya!)
The ^!$$%z scream $#&@ em!

[Soul]
Mother$#&@in punk police (I hear ya!)
Thinkin they run the mother$#&@in streets
It's mo' ^!$$%z than it's police
Think (I hear ya!)
One ^!$$%, teach two ^!$$%z
teach three ^!$$%z, teach fo' ^!$$%z (I hear ya!)

teach mo' ^!$$%z, and we could run this %#@!!
[both]
I hear ya!

"They finally pulled me over and I laughed
Remember Rodney King and I blast on his punk $$#" (I hear ya!)
[repeat 10 X with snips and scratches]

[Soul]
Souljah!