[Intro] 16 on d**h Row, d**h Row That's where mothaf**as is endin' up 16 on d**h Row [Verse 1: 2Pac] Dear Mama, they sentenced me to d**h Today's my final day, I'm countin' every breath I'm bitter ‘cause I'm dying, so much I haven't seen I know you never dreamed your baby would be dead at 16 I got beef with a sick society That doesn't give a sh** And they too quick to say goodbye to me They tell me the preacher's there for me He's a crook with a book That mothaf**a never cared for me He's only here to be sure I don't drop a dime to God About the crimes he's committin' on the poor And how can these people judge me? They ain't my peers, and in all these years They ain't never love me I never got to be a man, must be part of some big plan To keep a n***a in the state pen And to my homies out buryin' mothaf**as Steer clear of these Aryan mothaf**as ‘Cause once they got you locked up They got you trapped, you're better off gettin' shot up I'm convinced self-defense is the way Please, stay strapped, pack a gat every day I wish I would've known while I was out there Now I'm straight headin' for the chair [Hook] Bye bye, I was never meant to live Can't be positive when the ghetto's where you live Bye bye, and I got no place to go Where they find me; 16 on d**h Row [Verse 2: Eminem] They think they're crazy, but they ain't crazy Let's face it, sh**, basically they're just playing sick They ain't sh**, they ain't saying sh**; spray 'em, 50! A to the K, get in the way I'll bring 2Pac and them with me And turn this day into f**ing mayhem You staying with me? Don't let me lose you, I'm not tryin' to confuse you When I let loose with this Uzi And just shoot through your Isuzu You get the message? Am I getting through to you? You know what's coming? You motherf**ers don't even know, do you? Take some Big and some Pac and you mix 'em up in a pot Sprinkle a little Big L on top; what the f** do you got? You got the realest and illest k**ers tied up in a knot The juggernauts of this rap sh**, like it or not It's like a fight to the top just to see who'd die for the spot You put your life in this, nothing like surviving a shot Y'all know what time it is, soon as 50 signs on this dot sh**, what you know about d**h threats, ‘cause I get a lot Shady Records was 80 seconds away from the towers Some cowards f**ed with the wrong building They meant to hit ours Better evacuate all children, it's nuclear showers There's nothing spookier You now about to witness the power [Hook] 16 on d**h Row Bye bye, and I got no place to go Where they find me; 16 on d**h Row [Verse 3: Notorious B.I.G.] Check it, I grew up a f**ing screw up Got introduced to the game, got a ounce and f**ing blew up Chopping rocks overnight The n***a Biggie Smalls trying to turn into the black Frank White We had to grow dreads to change our description Two cops is on the milk box missing Show they toes you know they got stepped on A fist full of bullets a chest full of Teflon Run from the police picture that, n***a I'm too fat I f** around and catch a asthma attack That's why I bust back, it don't phase me When he drop, take his Glock, and I'm Swayze [Bridge: 2Pac] I'm sentenced to the pen Remember that little bird? He snitched and told a friend It's trouble on my mind, I'm with the old-timers And f** five-0! Blaow, blaow! Turn 'em into forty-niners [Outro] Bye bye, I was never meant to live Can't be positive when the ghetto's where you live Bye bye, I was never meant to be Livin' like a thief, runnin' through the streets Bye bye, and I got no place to go Where they find me; 16 on d**h Row