2Pac — Grab The Mic Starin’ Through My Rear View 2

[Samples] "I grabbed the mic and try to say, 'yes, y'all' " (Starin' at the world through my rearview​​​) (​​"Somebody in the house say YEAH!") "I grabbed the mic and try to say, 'yes, y'all' " ​​(Starin' at the world through my rearview​​​) (​​​"Tick tock ya don't stop") ​"I grabbed the mic and try to say, 'yes, y'all' " (Got me starin' at the world through my rearview​​​) ​("Somebody in the house say YEAH!") "I grabbed the mic and try to say, 'yes, y'all' " ​​​"Tick tock ya don't stop" [Verse 1] Nobody thought I'd make it, the world called me loser Just a high school dropout, young drug abuser Mama told me there'd be days like this, I never listened Spent my childhood years in my neighborhood prison The world don't give a fuck about the kids I can see from the poverty and the evil shit they did To my young nation Participation, more hesitation could turn lethal When ain't no love for a young nigga, he turn evil And burn people with no hope, there's no peace So all my niggas start regulatin' on your streets Bustin' the neighborhood scatters, another drug war There ain't no truce or negotiatin' with thug lords Tried conversatin' but he won't listen He said the world is a livin' hell for God's children Picture him still in the pen', doin' life plus two While I'm starin' at the world through my rearview [Samples] "I grabbed the mic and try to say, 'yes, y'all' " (Starin' at the world through my rearview​​​) (​​"Somebody in the house say YEAH!") "I grabbed the mic and try to say, 'yes, y'all' " ​​(Starin' at the world through my rearview​​​) (​​​​​​"Tick tock ya don't stop") [Verse 2] It's clearer now, 'cause I'm a noted individual Plus I'm a don, not just a small time criminal Times have changed, homies died, only lives remain Massive amounts of narcotics help me hide the pain Wishin' on a Benz, came up on a Jag Then got a yacht for the quiet times, reflect on the past All my homeboys that didn't make it, for you I'll do it 'member back in the days as young truants HUH! tellin' me to beware Because you cared, helped me to be prepared Cemetery full of homies no longer here But what about the babies, lost in watchin' burglars Too dumb to be a dealer, too young to be a murderer I'm beggin' you God, don't make their lives too hard They're already scarred, too doped up to see the stars We're livin' to die, everybody is high, plus I'm high too Starin' at the world through my rearview HUH! [Samples] "I grabbed the mic and try to say, 'yes, y'all' " (Got me starin' at the world through my rearview​​​) (​​"Somebody in the house say YEAH!") "I grabbed the mic and try to say, 'yes, y'all' " ​​(Starin' at the world through my rearview​​​) (​​​"Tick tock ya don't stop") ​"I grabbed the mic and try to say, 'yes, y'all' " ​"Somebody in the house say YEAH!" [Verse 3] Pictures are plenty, handlin' semi, sippin' Henny I hustle for pennies, know my own feared by many I watched and took notes as a child I strategized Witnessin' crack dealings and drug killings have scattered lives Niggas don't know me but they think That we could be closer than homies Nigga you're phoney so quit buyin' drinks Mind on my money, you're funny, you're about my currency Niggas don't wanna see me Shootin', but they ain't worry me, livin' to tell Prison is hell for a nigga, they're usin' my bail Built bigger jails for a nigga Father I'm feelin' tired, forgive me, 'cause I'm a sinner Livin' life as a thug, while duckin' cops and the criminals Homies is dead and buried, past times are gone You ask why I drink liquor? 'Cause my mind is gone And if I die, then let me watch what we been through Starin' at the world through my rearview HUH! [Samples] (Starin' at the world through my rearview​​​) (​​"Somebody in the house say YEAH!") "I grabbed the mic and try to say, 'yes, y'all' " ​​They caught me starin' at the world through my rearview​​​ "I grabbed the mic and try to say, 'yes, y'all' " ​​​"Tick tock ya don't stop" "I grabbed the mic and try to say, 'yes, y'all' "​ "Somebody in the house say YEAH!" "I grabbed the mic and try to say, 'yes, y'all' " ​​​"Tick tock ya don't stop" "I grabbed the mic and try to say, 'yes, y'all' " "Somebody in the house say YEAH!" "I grabbed the mic and try to say, 'yes, y'all' "​ ​​​"Tick tock ya don't stop" "I grabbed the mic and try to say, 'yes, y'all' " "Somebody in the house say YEAH!" "I grabbed the mic and try to say, 'yes, y'all' " ​​​"Tick tock ya don't stop" "I grabbed the mic and try to say, 'yes, y'all' " "Somebody in the house say YEAH!" "I grabbed the mic and try to say, 'yes, y'all' " ​​​"Tick tock ya don't stop" [Collision] Starin' at the world through my motherfucking rearview Peep what a nigga trying to say; recognize that a nigga done did it all And seen it all and got shit to say to the motherfuckers That ain't seen shit and did shit yet Peep game, look you little young motherfuckers Stop running your heads up against brick walls These old niggas got something for you nigga you better listen Better get your over that hump, you know? You got to get over the humps ha ha Staring at the world through my motherfucking rearview That's right baby, Thug life, West Side Death Row, Outlawz, you know what time it is Staring at the world through my rearview HUH! They got me staring at the world through my rearview Aight [Samples] "I grabbed the mic and try to say, 'yes, y'all' " "Somebody in the house say YEAH!" "I grabbed the mic and try to say, 'yes, y'all' " ​​​"Tick tock ya don't stop" "I grabbed the mic and try to say, 'yes, y'all' " "I grabbed the mic and try to say, 'yes, y'all' " ​​​"Tick tock ya don't stop" "I grabbed the mic and try to say, 'yes, y'all' "​