[2pac:]
Rest in peace to my motha$#&@a Biggie Smalls
That's right boy, it's goin on

Right here, Thug Life
God bless the dead


God bless the dead & buried ^!$$%
Don't worry if you see God first tell Him %#@! got worse
I ain't mad, I know you're representin the crew

And I can picture you in Heaven with a blunt & a brew
$#&@ the world, pain was a part of the game
If you a baller, money went as quick as it came

My role models gone or they locked in the pen
Straight hustlas, caught up in the whirlwind
The other day, I thought I seen my homeboy Biggie

Sayin %#@! don't stop, ^!$$%, no pity
We all hoods, and all we ever had was dreams
Money makin motha$#&@as plot scandalous schemes

In the gutter, you learn to have a criminal mind
I was addicted to tryin, never meant to do time
My epitaph will read "Was the last of Gs

Kicked the %#@! to make the white man bleed
God bless the dead"


[Chorus - 2pac:]
God bless the dead
God bless the dead

God bless the dead

[2pac:]

Man, ain't nobody promised me a thang
I been caught up in this game
Ever since I was a little mother$#&@a wantin to hang

I can see 'em in my head, pow
Memories of my ^!$$% but he dead now
Lookin back in my yearbook all the years took

Half my peers, they're stretched for years
And if I die will they all shed tears
Two to the dome, leave me alone, let me get my head clear

Paranoid got me lookin in the mirror
Behind me, life without my nine, I'd rather do the time
See I'm old enough to know that ain't no justice

$#&@ the police & all the courts same way they $#&@ed us
And why the hell am I locked in jail
They let them white boys free, we be shocked as hell

In my mind I can see it comin
And all the time it's a plot to keep a ^!$$% runnin
By keepin gun & never run unless I'm comin at ya

Cry later but for now let's enjoy the laughter
God bless the dead


[Chorus]

[2pac:]

Rest in peace to all the mother$#&@as that passed too early
All the young mother$#&@as that was took in they prime
Real mother$#&@in Gz, this one is for you

Yo Stretch, Biggie

[Stretch:]

Yo Big this is to you my ^!$$%
Springfield Hollis crew, Thug Life, YGz
Sendin they respect, know I mean?

You my ^!$$% for life, forever
You're always gonna be with a ^!$$%
No matter what, don't forget that


I pray before I go to sleep
"Dear God save my place before I start to eat, cause times is hard

So I'm covered to my knees, oh why?
Why you had to take my ^!$$% with the rock I buy?
You had to take a good one, a ghetto hood son, uzi weighin a ton

^!$$%s terrified of comin from the young gun
Hearin that they did it outta fear don't amaze me
But it's mind blowin, so I'm flowin goin crazy

Slip for @@#! the gun but he didn't run like a punk
He shoulda had the gauge in the trunk
For spunk is what he had, kid, I'd ratha attack Big
Now ya bout to smell the aftermath of what the mack did
Wannabe suckers wanna test, I'm tellin you, yes

The teflon's bout to rip through your $#&@in vest
Guess who? I'll make a mess of your crew quick
The spirit Biggie Smalls and the ??? clique, yeah
God bless the dead
God bless the dead

God bless the dead
God bless the dead