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  • Letter To The President
  • Still I Rise
  • Secretz Of War
  • Baby Don''t Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)
  • As The World Turns
  • Black Jesus
  • Homeboyz
  • Hell 4 A Hustler
  • High Speed
  • The Good Die Young
  • Killuminati
  • Teardrops And Closed Caskets
  • Tattoo Tears
  • U Can Be Touched
  • Y''all Don''t Know Us

  • Artists > 2pac > Still I Rise > Letter To The President




    Uhh.. dear Mr. President

    Whas happenin


    I''m writin you because, s**t is still real f**ked up in my neighborhood

    Pretty much the same way, right around the time when you got elected

    Ain''t nothin changed

    All the promises you made, before you got elected..

    .. they ain''t came true



    [2Pac]

    Tell me what to do, these ni**az actin up in the hood

    Send mo'' troops, dear Mr. President

    (Me and my homies is wonderin what''s goin on.. holla!)

    Tell me what to do, these ni**az actin up in the hood

    Send mo'' troops..



    Why should I lie, when I can dramatize


    ni**az fell victim to my lyrics, now traumatized

    Simply by spittin I''ve been blessed given riches, enemies suspicious

    cause I''m seldom in the company of bi**hes

    Plus the concepts I depict, so visual, that you can kiss

    each and every trick or bi**h, inside the s**t I kick

    My heaviest verse''ll move a mountain

    Casualties in ma*s amounts, brothers keep countin

    f**k the friendships, I ride alone

    Destination Death Row, finally found a home

    Plus all my homies wanna die, call it euthanasia

    Dear Lord, look how sick this ghetto made us, sincerely

    yours I''m a thug, the product of a broken home

    Everybody''s doped up, ni**a what you smokin on


    Figure if we high they can train us

    but then America f**ked up and blamed up

    I guess it''s cause we black that we targets

    My only fear is God, I spit that hard s**t

    In case you don''t know, I let my pump go

    Get
    ride for M''Thulu
    like I ride for Geronimo

    Down to die, for everything I represent

    Meant every word, in my letter to the President



    Dear Mr. President, tell me what to do

    These ni**az actin up in the hood, send mo'' troops

    (What should I do
    )

    Dear Mr. President, tell me what to do

    These ni**az actin up in the hood, send mo'' troops



    [Kastro]

    Oh youse a ball in the White House, I hope you comfortable

    cause yo I spend my nights out, with the lights out

    under the safety of darkness, amongst the crazed and the heartless

    and young soul bros, ready to rode a starship

    Launch it, leave a ni**a flat for scratch, the Godless

    I gotta get chips, but you can''t understand that

    Wanna ban rap
    Stand back, before you get hurt

    It''s the only thing makin pay besides smoke and work

    On a mission listen more chips my goal and position

    First on my decision I realized the same ni**a

    Trippin to drastic measures tryin to get stacks of cheddar

    Muh''f**kers hate cops, wait it ain''t gettin better

    But you keep, tellin us, that it is

    while your motherf**kin troops keep killin our kids, dig

    Don''t be surprised if you see us

    Dumpin with nuttin but artillery to free us, motherf**ker



    Dear Mr. President, tell me what to do

    These ni**az actin up in the hood, send mo'' troops

    Dear Mr. President, tell me what to do

    These ni**az actin up in the hood, send mo'' troops



    [Edi Amin]

    Strapped and angry, with no hope and heartbroke

    Fightin first my trained brain until it''s not so

    It''s hostile, ni**az lick shots to watch the glocks glow

    Cadres of coppers patrol us like we some animals

    And it ain''t no peace, my peace a piece on my streets

    to people beefin and things, squeakin on they beefs for weeks

    Mr. President, it''s evident, nobody really care

    for a struggle out the gutter, twenty-two with gray hair

    I was raised to raise hell, frail and my heart stale

    So I''ma bring hell to earth until my heart fail

    But y''all play fair, give me and mine, I''ll share

    Til y''all show us you care, it''s gon'' be mayhem out here

    Me and these 223''sll freeze the biggest with ease

    I''m still a ni**a you fear, bring the beast to his knees

    and I''ve been born to represent, for that I''ve been heaven sent

    And I meant, every word, in my letter, to the President



    s**t is still f**ked up y''all

    And y''all wonder when it''s gon'' get better

    and it ain''t gon'' get better



    [2Pac]

    Dear Mr. President, tell me what to do

    These ni**az actin up in the hood, send mo'' troops

    Dear Mr. President, tell me what to do

    These ni**az actin up..



    Heavenly Father may I holla at you briefly

    I wanna meet the President, but will he meet me


    He''s scared to look inside the eyes of a Thug ni**a

    We tired of bein scapegoats for this capitalistic drug dealin

    How hypocritical is Liberty


    That blind bi**h ain''t never did s**t for me

    My history, full of casket and scars

    My own black nation at war, whole family behind bars

    And they wonder why we scarred, thirteen lookin hard

    Sister had a baby as an adolescent, where was God


    Somewhere in the middle of my mind

    is a ni**a on the tightrope, screamin let him die

    Can''t lie I''m a thug, drownin in my own blood

    Lookin for the reason that my momma''s strung out on drugs

    Down to die, for everything I represent

    Meant every word, in my letter to the President



    [Big Syke]

    Blacks is broke, think it''s a joke that we livin low


    Y''all sniffin blow and postin what they hittin fo''


    Tell the secretary it''s necessary we get paid

    Look what you made, little kids gettin sprayed

    Day after day, and night after night

    Battles and wars to the daylight

    We might change and rearrange if you do somethin

    Til then we gonna keep it comin, Mr. President

    Hehe

    And I meant every word in my letter to the President

    [2Pac]

    Word motherf**kin life

    f**k this ni**a think
    Cuttin taxes, takin off welfare

    We ''sposed to just sit here, go broke and die, starvin


    Motherf**kers crazier than a motherf**kin



    ni**a this Thug Life, Westside Outlaw Immortalz ni**a

    We fin'' to hustle til we come up



    Dear Mr. President, tell me what to do

    These ni**az actin up in the hood, send mo'' troops

    Dear Mr. President, tell me what to do

    These ni**az actin up in the hood, send mo'' troops

    Dear Mr. President, tell me what to do

    These ni**az actin up in the hood, send mo'' troops

    Dear Mr. President, tell me what to do

    These ni**az actin up in the hood, send mo'' troops



    Dear Mr. Clinton, s**t

    It''s gettin harder and harder for a motherf**ker

    to make a dollar in these here streets

    I mean s**t, I hear you screamin peace

    But we can''t find peace

    til my little ni**az on these streets get a piece

    I know you feel me cause you too near me not to hear me

    So why don''t you help a ni**a out
    Sayin you cuttin welfare

    That got us ni**az on the street, thinkin who in the hell care


    s**t, y''all want us to put down our glocks and our rocks

    but y''all ain''t ready to give us no motherf**kin dollars

    What happened to our 40 acres and a mule fool


    We ain''t stupid

    Think you got us lookin to lose

    Tryin to turn all us young ni**az into troops

    You want us to fight your war

    What the f**k I''m fightin for


    s**t, I ain''t got no love here

    I ain''t had a check all year

    Taxin, all the blacks and

    police beatin me in the streets

    f**k peace



    These ni**az actin up in the hood, send mo'' troops