16 On Death Row Lyrics
D[ Lyrics from: http://www.cloverlyrics.com/e1696-2_pac~16_on_death_row_lyrics.html ]01;ath Row<br />That's where motherfuckers is endin up<br /><br />Dear mama, I'm caught up in this sickness<br />I robbed my adversaries, but slipped and left a witness<br />Wonder if they'll catch me, or will this nigga snitch<br />Should I shoot his bitch, or make the nigga rich?<br />Don't wanna commit murder, but damn they got me trapped<br />Hawkin while I'm walkin, and talkin behind my back<br />I'm kind of schizophrenic, I'm in this shit to win it<br />Cause life's a Wheel of, Fortune here's my chance to spin it<br />Got no time for cops, who trip and try to catch me<br />Too fuckin trigger happy, to let them suckers snatch me<br />Niggaz gettin jealous (jealous) tryin to find my stash<br />Whip out the nine, now I'ma dive and pump your ass<br />Peter picked a pepper, but I can pick a punk<br />Snatched him like a bitch, and threw him in the trunk<br />The punk thought I was bluffin, but swear I'm nothin nice<br />Before I take your life, first wrestle with these, mics<br />I listen to him scream, Tray Deee went insane<br />I guess the little, mites had finally found his brain<br />New Rovers pull me over, I'm sentenced to the pen<br />Remember that little, bird, he snitched and told a, friend<br />It's trouble on my mind, I'm with the old timers<br />And fuck five-oh, blaow blaow.. turn em into forty-niners<br /><br /><em>[Tupac sings]<br />Bye bye, I was never meant to live<br />Can't be positive, when the ghetto's where you live<br />Bye bye, I was never meant to be<br />Livin like a thief, runnin through the streets<br />Bye bye, and I got no place to go...<br />Where they find me? 16 on Death Row<br /><br />Dear mama, these cops don't understand me<br />I turned to a life of crime, cause I came from a broken family<br />My uncle used to touch me, I never told you that<br />Scared what you might do, I couldn't hold you back<br />I kept it deep inside, I done let it fuel my anger<br />I'm down for all my homies, no mercy for a stranger<br />The brother in my cell, is 16 as well<br />It's hard to adapt, when you're black and you're trapped in a livin Hell<br />I shouldn'ta let him catch me<br />Instead of livin sad in jail I coulda died free and happy<br />And my cellmate's raped on the norm<br />And passed around the dorm, you can hear his asshole gettin torn<br />They made me an animal<br />Can't sleep, instead of countin sheep, niggaz countin cannibals<br />And that's how it is in the pen<br />Turn old and cold, and your soul is your best friend<br />My mama prayed for me<br />Tell the Lord to make way for me, prepare any day for me (why?)<br />Cause when they come for me they find a struggler<br />To the death I take the breath from your jugular<br />The trick is to never lose hope<br />I found my buddy hangin dead from a rope, 16 on Death Row<br /><br /><em>[Tupac sings]<br />Bye bye, I was never meant to live<br />Can't be positive, when the ghetto's where you live<br />Bye bye, I was never meant to be<br />Livin like a thief, runnin through the streets<br />Bye bye, and I got no place to go...<br />Where you find me? 16 on Death Row<br /><br />Dear mama, they sentenced me to death<br />Today's my final day, I'm countin every breath<br />I'm bitter cause I'm dyin, so much I haven't seen<br />I know you never dreamed, your baby would be dead at 16<br />I got beef with a sick society that doesn't give a shit<br />And they too quick to say goodbye to me<br />They tell me the preacher's there for me<br />He's a crook with a book, that motherfucker never cared for me<br />He's only here to be sure<br />I don't drop a dime to God bout the crimes he's commitin<br />on the poor, and how can these people judge me?<br />They ain't my peers and in all these years, they ain't never love me<br />I never got to be a man, must be part of some big plan<br />to keep a nigga in the state pen<br />And to my homies out buryin motherfuckers<br />Steer clear of these Aryan motherfuckers<br />Cause once they got you locked up<br />They got you trapped, you're better off gettin shot up<br />I'm convinced self-defense is the way<br />Please, stay strapped, pack a gat every day<br />I wish I woulda known while I was out there<br />Now I'm straight headin for the chair<br /><br /><em>[Tupac sings]<br />Bye bye, I was never meant to live<br />Can't be positive, when the ghetto's where we live<br />Bye bye, I was never meant to be<br />Livin like a thief, runnin through the streets<br />Bye bye, and I got no place to go...<br />Where you find me? 16 on Death Row<br /><br />16 on Death Row<br />It's to all my partners in the penitentiaries<br />16 on Death Row<br />