[2PAC] Instead of me fulfilling my prophecy, I have to start one Instead of me doing a good job of carrying on an empire, I have to build one That's a hell of a job [Verse 1] Man for the job Yea working towards all my goals Better than clocking in And working for Ari Gold Laundry at the bank Spend and watching my money fold Political party unknown But shorty working that pole man I'm from the 212, where nightmares come true The cop do come through But only to hunt u Tryna get up out this motherf**er Gotta die go to heaven to be a legend that's uncool like my mothers brother Come and take a strange visit To a hood where lifespan is insane midget, crazy short We ain't living Screaming more money more problems But I ain't wit it Where I'm from n***as had problems But see the money never came it Ima take this limelight Make sure that I Shine bright Identical deaf twins I should of been signed twice Anti-nonsense Talent God sent illuminating out the darkness equals me I'm a motherf**ing star b**h All first verse [Big Pun] You know just don't say anything to me Just to say anything, Don't Common sense don't ask me how do I get on You how you get on you work hard and get lucky [Verse 2] They ask me what im livin' like Motherf**er I'm just livin' life Studio, then perform, back to the studio n***a, Then a flight Orlando Walt Disney This is magic pin the stripes Pray sunrise and sin at night Hoping I can get it right 1/1 wit the flow yea n***a my pen is tight 20/20 wit my goals yea n***a my vision right Not ya com-rad, Dr Conrad k** the mic Haters This is for hood dudes that never made it Could be college educated, but just not as dedicated If its not refrigerated we don't drink it
If it wasn't innovative didn't think it Not loud enough my n***a we don't stank it Soo good to the d**h of him It's so bad for the rest of them These dudes is filled wit estrogen Whip not in motion but the car sick Calm sh** all u n***as my sons You will never see this don trip Cause I'm a muthaf**ing star b**h [Aaliyah] I stay up on what's going on in music You know what's happening and all that But I won't let those things influence me to stray From what I want to do [Verse 3] I'm tryna be Pac before the fight Aaliyah before the flight Big before that soul train music awards night Pun before the heart attack Harlem's back Reason why I started rap B-b-be B-b-Be a motherf**ing legend n***a duh Party all night studio is my club Hard work gotta pay off (echo) That's what he scream as I walk thru the blocks Girls a fall on jock Tryna get to the point that they lactating (Laugh) So they can milk a motherf**er for all that he got Lord please protect me from these conniving hoes And turn true statements into lies they told From a city where our parents couldn't buy us clothes So we put our faith in a ball or writing flows No Kanye yet and still that's the Target (targ-ey) No target, Ahh sh** cause I'm a motherf**ing star b**h [Notorious B.I.G] My music really ain't got no messages For somebody else to listen to it and learn from It's just basically an autobiography of my self You can take either way you want to You can take it as you want to be like me Or you can take it as you want to stay away from what I was doing I can't really be that role model type of n***a I leave that to the parents and teachers and sh** I'm just making music, that's it