2Pac — City of Lies

[Interview Clip 1: 2Pac] "I swear to god! Can't nobody touch me right now. Maybe next month, all of this will be over, but this month, I'm taking every moving target out." [Hook] They got me trapped, but now I'm strapped, gettin' hotter Runnin' from the cop, as I try to cock my Glock The war won't stop That's why they wanna ban the music You ever notice how the cops can't stand the music See a black man coolin' with a Mexican We can all have peace on the sets again One time make it worst when they sweat us Send a army of pigs to come get us [Verse 2: 2Pac] Watch me clown, give me loving when I'm high I'm an outlaw baby, I'll be thugging 'til I die In my drop-top double-R, life as a rap star Hustle like a crack fiend 'til they catch me Go ask somebody to your show Watch them niggas out the sight of my night scope Cooking white dope got my nigga 25-to-life stretched out Trying to have all the better things in life Well Makaveli — a born leader, ten millimeter Change a nigga's future like a schizophrenic palm reader Heed, from out the bible I read See the meek shall inherit the Earth And the strong will lead Hittin' weed like it's alright I'm in the studio making music all night My enemies cry whenever I rise, they hated 'til the death Trying to beat me out my last breath Whatcha gonna do? [Interview Clip 2: 2Pac] "Only reason I am who I am today is because I can look directly into my face and find my soul. It's there, it's not sold, i didn't sell it, it's still within me, I still feel it, my heart is still connected to my Body." [Hook] They got me trapped, but now I'm strapped, gettin' hotter Runnin' from the cop, as I try to cock my Glock The war won't stop That's why they wanna ban the music You ever notice how the cops can't stand the music See a black man coolin' with a Mexican We can all have peace on the sets again One time make it worst when they sweat us Send a army of pigs to come get us [Verse 3: 2Pac] Rock-a-bye baby, I'm thugged out and so crazy Don't want to hurt a soul nigga, so don't make me I got a dream to see my whole team in Lexus Coupes My enemies dead n' buried, now the stress is through They try to ban me, 'cause the brothas makin' noise a lot I tear that asses and the boys 'bout to poise the block They got me trapped, but now I'm strapped, gettin' hotter Runnin' from the cop, as I try to cock my Glock The war won't stop That's why they wanna ban the music You ever notice how the cops can't stand the music See a black man coolin' with a Mexican We can all have peace on the sets again Give a shout-out to my homies in the Pen' They try to keep us down But we clown every time we hit the Top-10 Once again it's yo friend out of Oakland Hopin' they keep the hip hop clubs open Now we can fight, let 'em close them Or we could have peace at shows so we control 'em Now ain't nobody gettin' paid, it's a damn shame Why gangbang brothas in the same gang Take security to blame, 'cause they lettin' it off Brothas come to have fun but they settin' it off So I'm runnin' out of time, and it's cool, down with my (homeboy put it down) [Hook] They got me trapped, but now I'm strapped, gettin' hotter Runnin' from the cop, as I try to cock my Glock The war won't stop That's why they wanna ban the music You ever notice how the cops can't stand the music See a black man coolin' with a Mexican We can all have peace on the sets again One time make it worst when they sweat us Send a army of pigs to come get us [Interview Clip 3: 2Pac] "I can't explain why I shine and no one else shines. I think everybody shines in different things, and a lot of things I can't do. I can't play basketball like every other black person in America [Hook] x2 They got me trapped, but now I'm strapped, gettin' hotter Runnin' from the cop, as I try to cock my Glock The war won't stop That's why they wanna ban the music You ever notice how the cops can't stand the music See a black man coolin' with a Mexican We can all have peace on the sets again One time make it worst when they sweat us Send a army of pigs to come get us [Interview Clip 4: 2Pac] "But I don't have no mercy no more. They've had no mercy. They see. They tryna shoot my fucking balls off! What about my kids?"