2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G. - Runnin’ (Dying to Live) lyrics

Between you and Biggie it was like
Who's gon’ who’s gon’ who rules the
Nigga kingdom and shit, basically, you know
What I'm saying? I was like
This is like a fucking it is that
Election it’s an election and shit
It is that you know what I am saying?
Me and Biggie's situation is
Smaller than that
Me and Biggie’s situation is like

You know
I wonder if they'll laugh when I'm dead
Why am I fighting to live if
I'm just living to fight? (You don't know?)
Why am I trying to see when
There ain't nothing in sight?
Why am I trying to give when
No one gives me a try?
Why am I dying to live if
I'm just living to die?

Check it, I grew up a fuckin' screw-up
Got introduced to the game
Got a ounce and fuckin' blew up
Choppin' rocks overnight
The nigga Biggie Smalls tryna turn
Into the black Frank White
We had to grow dreads
To change our description
Two cops is on the milk box missin'
Show they toes, you know they got stepped on
A fistful of bullets, a chest full of Teflon
Run from the police, picture that
Nigga, I'm too fat
I fuck around and catch a asthma attack
That's why I bust back, it don't faze me
When he drop, take his Glock and I'm Swayze
Celebrate my escape, sold the Glock
Bought some weight
Lay back, I got some money to make
Motherfucker

You know
I wonder if they'll laugh when I'm dead
Why am I fighting to live if
I'm just living to fight?
Why am I trying to see when
There ain't nothing in sight?
Why am I trying to give when
No one gives me a try?
Why am I dying to live if
I'm just living to die? (It's on me)

But still I'm havin' memories of high
Speed when the cops crashed as I laugh
Pushin' the gas while my Glocks blast
We was young and we was dumb
But we had heart in the dark
Will we survive through the bad parts?
Many dreams is what I had, and plenty wishes
No hesitation in extermination
Of these snitches envious bitches
They still continue to pursue me
A couple of movies
Now the whole world's tryna screw me
Even the cops tried to sue me
So what can I do?
But stay true, sippin' 22's of brew
And now media is tryna test me
Got the press askin' questions
Tryna stress me
Misery is all I see, that's my mind state
My history with the police will
Shake the crime rate my main man had two
Strikes, slipped, got arrested, and flipped
He screamed "Thug Life!" and emptied the clip
Got tired of runnin' from the police

You know
I wonder if they'll laugh when I'm dead
Why am I fighting to live if
I'm just living to fight?
Why am I trying to see when
There ain't nothing in sight?
Why am I trying to give when
No one gives me a try?
Why am I dying to live if
I'm just living to die?

They wanted a new regime and
My regime includes East coast
Includes West coast

I was more shocked than anything
You know what I'm sayin'?
But I wasn't more shocked of him dying
I was more shocked of him
Pac is a strong dude, yo
I know dude
You know what I'm sayin'? Real strong
So when they was like he got
Shot, I was just more like
"Again?" you know what I'm sayin'?
He always getting shot, or shot at
He going to pull through this one again
Make a few records about it
And it's going to be over
You know what I'm sayin'?
But when he, when he died
I was just like, "whoa"
You know what I'm saying? Kinda took me by
I mean
Even though we was going through our drama
I would never wish death on nobody
You know what I'm sayin'?
Because there ain't no coming back from that