2pac - In The Event Of My Demise lyrics

In the event of my demise when my heart can beat no more I hope I die for a principle Or a belief that I have lived for I will die before my time Because I feel the shadow's depth So much I wanted to accomplish Before I reached my d**h I have to come to grips with the possibility And wiped the last tear from my eyes I loved all who were positive In the event of my demise In the event of my demise don't shed no tear I'll share my wisdom with the world, they'll know I was here Know I was clear, every thing I said I meant A outlaw, when I was born they prepared my ditch Said I won't live long, statistic showed I'm tryna past 24 realistic goal, listen all You gotta stay cold inside That's what I tell myself when I feel alone sometime But I can't cry, I don't tear no more I love god, from d**h I don't fear no more A part taken in this movement to better my people Though they see me on TV, I tell them we equal Don't look at me as a stranger, I'm one of your own We was rised in concrete and grew as a rose Still I rise, but never get a chance to fly Mama please don't cry In the event of my demise In the event of my demise can't breathe no more hope I die for a principle something I lived for dying before my time feel the shadows of depth Trying to fulfill all my dreams before I reach my d**h came to grips with the possibility The world's k**ing me, and my soldiers die young with no sympathy I wipe the last tear from my eyes I loved all who stand strong In the event of my demise If I should die before I awake let my family be straight of the money I make Give my son, what he needs, other than his father Is it self respect, better get his honor with the law come to swallow my soul, it's so big Cause the street took enough of my life, we all see It's a cycle make you feel psycho Everything struggles behind this man, see nobody love you Got a piece of the streets and it's gonna die with me may your, soul forgive me Makaveli's within me In principle we stand by stronger than power We gon' die by the rules you can never devour On the earth from my birth fell nothing but pain Only thing I ever gave was the baby the name That's my heart, and if I should go I'll go on in sparks That's the event of my demise, and it lurks in the dark [Chorus] Now as I stand here, a man here Not a perfect one, but a searching one Seek in another, blazing time Sound crazy but I'm actually tryin' to escape my mind Tryna rise in time but hoping that you didn't notice When i was at my low as So I knew they were watching, I couldn't stop it So many things I wanted to accomplish Too many dreams, wasted with no promise From out the darkness I struggle to see the light Rumble deep in the night Hustlin' with all of my might Some won't see it that way But us is given praise But all of them will dream That I did it my way In the event of my demise I was born to a storm that won't lead up And I was raised to stay brave with my head up But thing ain't got better We still gettin' wetter in this bad weather I need more than a sweater and a leather Yo, ain't nothin' meant to last forever So the struggling and the ?starving? ain't gon' last forever And my will, probably be like two lines long It will read I'm dead but my soul lives on And my spirit still living though my body is gone In the event of my demise I love all who stay strong I love all who stay strong In the event of my demise, com'on In the event of my demise when my heart can beat no more I hope I die for a principle Or a belief that I have lived for I will die before my time Because I feel the shadow's depth So much I wanted to accomplish Before I reached my d**h I have to come to grips with the possibility And wiped the last tear from my eyes I loved all who were positive In the event of my demise