2pac - How Long Will They Mourn Me? (Rare Original Remix Version) lyrics

[Verse 1: 2Pac] So many, buried peers, throughout the years While pouring out liquor and beers For all my homies that wasn't here Can't help but shedding tears at the cemetery Makin' me wonder if this loaded pistols necessary Even the preacher could see the pain in my mother's eyes While walkin' by, can't help but sympathize when brothers die Maybe the pain will make the situation change No murder for murder, but homicide will never end, this crooked game Bullets is blasted, time pa**, brothers in masks Retaliation is the aftermath All that remains is a corpse wrapped in plastic Call up his momma tell her; her babies in the casket No love for 'em Just put his body in the grave Even the pistols and all the prayers couldn't save 'em Look how they played 'em They should've murdered me when I was born 'Cause now I'm trapped in the violence of the storm How long will they mourn me? [Hook: Kyle Rifkin] How long will they mourn me? I was ready to raise hell when I was home see Whatever it is, I know I gotta be me, I gotta be free To all of my homies, you gotta strive to be free How long will they mourn me, mourn me, mourn me? Hey! oo yeah, yeah, yeah [Verse 2: DJ King Assa**in] Kicking back drinking liquor, smoking blunts and skunk And reminiscing about my n***as that's dead and gone So many homies lost they lives, even though it's do in life Three strikes in the pen', never sent them again In this life full of sinnin' and only god can judge me Whether it's bad or ugly I'm tryin' to maintain, take control of every time I think it's love n***a's jealousy for what? Fell victim to a slug Now they label us thugs but real thugs givin' love Fake thugs hold love for a brother coming up or b*tch!! Stuck in work, n***as sprung off the guts They k** my n***a for what Thug for ever Kato And when I'm gone, will they mourn me? [Verse 3: Big Syke] Every breathin' day Homie You stayed down when them other bustas didn't know me From my heart to the trigger, I miss my dawg Reminiscing of the days as a young hog I remember kickin' back, you wanted to lack I live the super fly, and you wanted to be the mack Up all night smoking and drinking Hung around so much, you knew what I was thinkin' Tell me Lord, why you take big Kato? So confused not knowing which way to go I'm goin' crazy 'cause I'm runnin' out of time I can't take it, I'm losin' my mind So day after day, ride after ride We'll hook up on the other side Watch over your family and your newborn 'Til we meet again homie How long will they mourn me? [Hook: Kyle Rifkin] How long will they mourn me? I was ready to raise hell when I was home see Whatever it is, I know I gotta be me, I gotta be free To all of my homies, you gotta strive to be free How long will they mourn me, mourn me, mourn me? Hey! oo yeah, yeah, yeah [Verse 4: Rated R (Double Jeopardy)] Damn although I'm tired of feeling sad I'm tired of putting in work I'm tired of cryin', watch my homies leave the earth I know soon one day I'll be in the dirt And my peoples'll be mournin' When they get a call from the coroner All my dawgs can do is get they [?] And get tossed up [?] hit me deep that's the funeral home Rest in love to the homie Kato See you in the crossroads real soon For now let me pour out some brew I can't forget my homie R.I.P. big baller How long will you mourn me when I be dead and gone? [Verse 4: Macadoshis (Mac 10)] We know life's a f**in' trip, and everybody gotta go But tell me why it had to be my n***a Kato? Another n***a fell victim to the chrome It's enough to make you crazy, it's f**in' with my dome You only live once on this Earth A n***a had it bad, since the day of my motherf**in' birth My n***as say they down and they always be my homie But when a n***a gone, how long will you mourn me? [Hook: Nate Dogg & 2Pac] I wish it would have been another (Yeah! Mac 10 in this motherf**er, yeah!) How long will you mourn me?! How long will they mourn my brother? (Thug Life, boy, Nate, blowin' that sh**) I wish it would have been another (Nate Dogg, do that sh**, n***a, yeah) How long will you mourn me?! How long will they mourn my brother? (This for my n***a Kato, and all his kids) How long will you mourn me?! I wish it would have been another How long will they mourn my brother?