[Lawyer]
Mr. Shakur, can you please explain the meaning
Behind your violent lyrics?
[2Pac]
Explain the meaning?
The f** these n***as talkin bout?
* sounds of running and sirens in background *
[Kid] Damn...
[Cop] Police, FREEZE!
[Kid] Can't get sh** off!
[Cop] I said FREEZE you miserable black son of a b**h!
[Kid] What, come on, come on!
Ghetto Gospel, Ghetto Gospel
Ghetto Gospel, Ghetto Gospel
Ghetto Gospel, Ghetto Gospel
My message to the censorship committee
Who's the biggest gang of n***as in the city?
The critics or the cops?
The courts or the crooks, don't look so confused
Take a closer look:
n***as get they neck broke daily
Tryin to stay jail free
What the f** does Quayle know
What young black males need?
Please tell me
Message to the censorship committee
Who's the biggest gang of n***as in the city?
Huh, I pack a nine millimeter cause I gotta
Livin hotter than the 4th of July, if I gotta die, I gotta
Momma told me, "Don't let em fade me..
.. n***a don't let em make you crazy!"
Ghetto Gospel, Ghetto Gospel
Ghetto Gospel, Ghetto Gospel
Ghetto Gospel, Ghetto Gospel
Ghetto Gospel, Ghetto Gospel
That's not the way we made it
That's just the way it is
Slangin rocks, fed a n***a's kids
I came up
My message to the censorship committee
Who's the biggest gang of n***as in the city?
Cops pull me over, check my plates, but I'm legal
You couldn't get me, figure f** with a n***as people
They got me trapped, gat with the motherf**in hammer back
Cops on my back, just cause I'm black, Snap
Now I'm guilty?
Message to the censorship committee
Who's the biggest gang of n***as in the city?
All you punk police will never find peace
On the streets til the n***as get a piece, f** em!
They k** you to control ya
Pay top dollar for your soul
Real n***as don't fold, straight souljah!
Can't find peace on the streets
Til the n***as get a piece, f** police, hear them screamin
f** em! Can't find peace on the streets
Til the n***as get a piece, f** police, hear them screamin
(I hear ya!)
f** em! Can't find peace on the streets
Til the n***as get a piece, f** police, screamin
(I hear ya!)
f** em! Can't find peace on the streets
Til the n***as get a piece, f** police, screamin
(I hear ya!)
f** em! Can't find peace on the streets
Til the n***as get a piece, f** police (I hear ya!)
f** em! Can't find peace on the streets
Til the n***as get a piece, f** police (I hear ya!)
The n***as scream f** em!
Motherf**in punk police (I hear ya!)
Thinkin they run the motherf**in streets
It's mo' n***as than it's police
Think (I hear ya!)
One n***a, teach two n***as
Teach three n***as, teach fo' n***as (I hear ya!)
Teach mo' n***as, and we could run this sh**!
I hear ya!
[Outro - Repeat 10 X]
They finally pulled me over and I laughed
Remember Rodney King and I blast on his punk a** (I hear ya!)