Still I Rise
Amuru Shakur

Dear Lord
As we down here, struggle for as long as we know
In search of a paradise to touch (my nigga Johnny J)
Dreams are dreams, and reality seems to be the only place to go
The only place for us
I know, try to make the best of bad situations
Seems to be my life's story
Ain't no glory in pain, a soldier's story in vain
And can't nobody live this life for me
It's a ride y'all, a long hard ride

Somebody break me I'm dreamin', I started as a seed the semen
Swimmin' upstream, planted in the womb while screamin'
on the top, was my pops, my momma screamin' stop
From a single drop, this is what they got
Not to disrespect my peoples but my poppa was a loser
Only plan he had for momma was to fuck her and abuse her
Even as a little seed, I could see his plan for me
Stranded on welfare, another broken family
Now what was I to be, a product of this heated passion
Momma got pregnant, and poppa got a piece of ass
Look how it began, nobody gave a fuck about me
Pistol in my hand, this cruel world can do without me
How can I survive? Got me askin' white Jesus
will a nigga live or die, cause the Lord can't see us
in the deep dark clouds of the projects, ain't no sunshine
No sunny days and we only play sometimes
When everybody's sleepin'
I open my window jump to the streets and get to creepin'
I can live or die, hope I get some money 'fore I'm gone
I'm only 19, I'm tryin' to hustle on my own
on the spot where everybody and they pops tryin' to slang rocks
I'd rather go to college, but this is where the game stops
Don't get it wrong cause it's always on, from dusk to dawn
You can buy rocks glocks or a herringbone
You can ask my man Ishmael Reed
Keep my nine heated all the time this is how we grind
Meet up at the cemetery then get smoked out, pass the weed nigga
That Hennessey'll keep me keyed nigga
Everywhere I go niggas holla at me, Keep it real G
And my reply til they kill me
Act up if you feel me, I was born not to make it but I did
The tribulations of a ghetto kid, still I rise

Still I (still I) I rise (I rise)
Please give me to the sky (the sky)
And if (and if) I die (I die)
I don't want you to cry

I stay sharp as always
Runnin' ya bricks with blitz, through ya project hallways
Dumpin' crews like two's, nigga all day
Secrets of war prepare me for the worst
A life that's lavish full of cabbage or a life that's in a hearse
But now my dreams it seems though, be placin' triple beams and things bro
Diamond pinkie ring got the loot poppin' out my jeans

Now I plan to keep my glock cocked
If trouble was searchin' for me then why not?
Show em what I'm made of plus raised on, on my block
Chancellor Ave, where many turn to the street, thugs snatchin' bags
We out for power, makin' cash it wasn't fast it'll make me mad
I'm just like, pimpin'
My homey on the corner with his gat tucked, in
Youngest they buckin' somethin' the life he leads
the life he don't need, don't we all know
He tryin' to rise up and we just go doe, still he rise

Dreams of lost hope
I hit the strip broke where the fiends get coke
and still I rise now I float cowards ghost
Whenever we come around, I'm runnin' down
clutchin' a pound, live as sirens, duckin' the sound
I used to hustle with my moms til the sun came
My homey Harm doin' time from this drug game
Stolen cars, war scars, born a Outlaw
Behind bars, go to sleep just to see the stars
Freedom is ours, though we trapped on a firm block
Crackheads only ten learn to duck cops

In ninety-six my glock's my plastic, passion for blastin' bastards
No faces for open caskets, peelin' ya cap backwards
Ya cowards ain't prepared for pistol practice
I send my missiles through your mattress
Leavin' holes in your body like a cactus
While me and my crew be boppin' more greens than topic
and loot to keep the seams in my motherfuckin' jeans poppin'
Leavin' ya spleen to pick up
Half of you niggas is softer than a Snicker
Let's go to war and see who draw quicker
and still I rise, and still I rise

Still I (still I) I rise (I rise)
Please give me to the sky (the sky)
And if (and if) I die (I die)
I don't want you to cry

Still I (still I) I rise (I rise)
Please give me to the sky (the sky)
And if (and if) I die (I die)
I don't want you to cry

Y'all niggas fake
All day everyday
So now I got roller blades, bitch
Thought you knew
Your mouth is rich
C'mon pops, let's go


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  16 on Death Row   2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted   2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted [Nu-Mixx]   4 tha Hustlas   Against All Odds   All About You   All Eyez on Me   All Out   Ambitionz Az a Ridah   Ambitionz Az a Ridah [Nu-Mixx]   As the World Turns   As the World Turns   Ballad of a Dead Soulja   Better Dayz   Black Cotton   Black Jesuz   Black Starry Night (Interlude)   Breathin   Bury Me a G   California Love   California Love [Remix]   Can U Get Away   Case of the Misplaced Mic   Catchin Feelins   Changes   Changes [#]   Check Out Time   Cradle to the Grave   Crooked Ass Nigga   Crooked Nigga Too   Dear Mama   Dear Mama [Death Row Tracks]   Dear Mama [Instrumental Moe Z. Mix]   Dear Mama [Instrumental]   Dear Mama [Remix][#]   Death Around the Corner   Definition of a Thug Nigga   Definition of a Thug Nigga [From the Original Moti...   Do for Love   Do for Love [Album Version]   Enemies With Me   Everything They Owe   Fake Ass Bitches   Friends   Fuck the World   Ghetto Gospel   Ghetto Gospel   Ghetto Gospel [Radio Edit]   Ghetto Star   God Bless the Dead [#]   Good Life   Got My Mind Made Up   Got My Mind Made Up   Gotta Get Mine   Hail Mary   Happy Home   Heartz of Men   Heavy in the Game   Hell 4 a Hustler   Hell 4 a Hustler   Hellrazor   Hennessey   High Speed   Hit Em Up   Hit Em Up [*][Multimedia Track]   Hit Em Up [Nu-Mixx]   Hold on Be Strong   Holla at Me   Homeboyz   Homeboyz   How Do U Want It   How Do U Want It?   How Do You Want It   How Do You Want It [Nu-Mixx]   How Do You Want It?   How Long Will They Mourn Me?   I Get Around   I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto   I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto [Hip-Hop Version]   I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto [Instrumental]   I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto [Soulpower Album M...   I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto [Soulpower Hip Hop...   If I Die 2Nite   If My Homie Calls   Initiated   International   Intro   Keep Ya Head Up   Killuminati   Killuminati   Last Wordz   Lastonesleft   Late Night   Let Them Thangs Go   Letter 2 My Unborn   Letter to the President   Letter to the President   Lie to Kick It   Life Goes On   Life Goes On [Nu-Mixx]   Lord Knows   Lost Souls   Loyal to the Game   Loyal to the Game   Loyal to the Game [DJ Quik Remix]   M.O.B.   Me & My Homies   Me Against the World   Me and My Homies   Me and My Homies   Military Minds   My Block   My Closest Roaddogz   N.I.G.G.A. (Never Ignorant About Getting Goals Acc...   Never Be Beat   Never Had a Friend Like Me   No More Pain   Nothin but Love   Nothing to Lose   Old School   One Day at a Time   One Night Stand   Only Fear of Death   Open Fire   Out on Bail   Outlaw   Pain   Panther Power   Part 2   Part Time Mutha   Playa Cardz Right (Female)   Playa Cardz Right (Male)   Playa Cardz Right [Instrumental]   Pour out a Little Liquor   R U Still Down? (Remember Me)   Ratha Be Ya N____   Ready 4 Whatever   Rebel of the Underground   Redemption   Runnin on E   Secretz of War   Shorty Wanna Be a Thug   Skandalouz   Sleep   So Many Tears   So Much Pain   So Much Pain   Something 2 Die 4 (Interlude)   Something Wicked   Staring Through My Rear View   Static   Still I Rise   Street Fame   Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z...   Tattoo Tears   Tattoo Tears   Teardrops and Closed Caskets   Teardrops and Closed Caskets   Temptations   The Good Die Young   The Streetz R Deathrow   There U Go   This Life I Lead   Thug 4 Life   Thug Luv   Thug N U Thug N Me   Thug Nature   Thug Passion   Thug Style   Thugs Get Lonely Too   Thugz Mansion   Thugz Mansion [7 Remix]   To Live & Die in L.A.   Toss It Up   Toss It Up [*][Multimedia Track]   Trapped   Troublesome   U Can Be Touched   U Can Be Touched   Unconditional Love [#]   Under Pressure   Until the End of Time   Until the End of Time [RP Remix]   Untouchable   Violent   Whatcha Gonna Do   Whatz Next   When I Get Free [Album Version]   When I Get Free II   When Thugz Cry   When We Ride   Where Do We Go from Here (Interlude)   Who Do U Believe In   Who Do You Believe In   Who Do You Love?   Why U Turn on Me   Wonda Why They Call U B____   Words of Wisdom   World Wide Mob Figgaz   Young Black Male   Young Niggaz

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