Runnin’....by Tupac

2Pac Featuring Notorious B.I.G. - Runnin' (Dying To Live)

From the album "Tupac Resurrection Soundtrack"

Reporter: "Between you and Biggie was like 'who's gon, who's gon, who rules this, this, the entertainment business and sh!t' basically, you know what I'm saying? I was like, this is like, an election"

Tupac: "It is that, me and Biggie's situation is smaller than that, me and Biggie's situation is like-"

[hook]
Oh, I wonder if they'll ever die in peace
Why am I fighting to live
If I'm just living to fight
Why am I trying to see
When there ain't nothing inside it
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 f***** screwup
Got introduced to the game, got a ounce and f***** blew up
Choppin rocks overnight
The nigga Biggie Smalls tryin to turn into the black Frank White
We had to grow dreads to change our description
Tupac on the milk box missin
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, nigga 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
Summer break, my escape, sold the glock, bought some weight
Laid back, I got some money to make, m*****f*****

[hook]
Ooh I wonder if they'll ever die in peace
Why am I fighting to live
If I'm just living to fight
Why am I trying to see
When there ain't nothing inside it
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 having
Memories of high speeds when the cops crash
As I laugh, pushin the gas
When my ***** 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 b!tches
They still continue to persue me
A couple of movies,
Now the whole world is tryin to screw me
Even the cops is tryin to sue me
So what can I do but stay true?
Sippin 22's of brew and now,
The media is tryin to test me,
Got the press askin questions
Tryin to stress me
Misery is all I see
That's my mind state
My history with the police; just check the crime rate
My main man had 2 strikes - slip
Got arrested and flicked
He screamed "THUG LIFE" and emptied a clip
Got soured of runnin from the police

[hook]
Ooh, I wonder if they'll ever die in peace
Why am I fighting to live
If I'm just living to fight
Why am I trying to see
When there ain't nothing inside it
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

Biggie: "I was shocked more than anything, you know what I'm saying, but i wasn't more shocked of him dying- I was more shocked of him- Pac is a strong dude yo. I know dudes, Pac is real strong, so when they was like He got shot, I was more like "Again?". You know what I'm saying, he's always getting shot or shot at, he gonna pull through this one again, make a few records about it, and it's gonna be over, you know what I'm saying. But when he died, I was just like "Woah. You know what I'm saying,. Caught it to me by- You know even through we was going through our drama, I was never which who would step on nobody, You know what I'˜m saying, cause they were coming back from Heaven