***2PAC FANZ EXCLUSIVE***
2Pac became the unlikely martyr of gangsta rap, and a tragic symbol of the toll its lifestyle exacted on urban black America. At the outset of his career, it didn't appear that he would emerge as one of the definitive rappers of the '90s -- he started out as a second-string rapper and dancer for Digital Underground, joining only after they had already landed their biggest hit. But in 1991, he delivered an acclaimed debut album, 2Pacalypse Now, and quickly followed with a star-making performance in the urban drama Juice. Over the course of one year, his profile rose substantially, based as much on his run-ins with the law as his music. By 1994, 2Pac rivaled Snoop Dogg as the most controversial figure in rap, spending as much time in prison as he did in the recording studio. His burgeoning outlaw mythology helped his 1995 album Me Against the World enter the charts at number one, and it also opened him up to charges of exploitation. Yet, as the single "Dear Mama" illustrated, he was capable of sensitivity as well as violence. Signing with Death Row Records in late 1995, 2Pac released the double-album All Eyez on Me in the spring of 1996, and the record, as well as its hit single "California Love," confirmed his superstar status. Unfortunately, the gangsta lifestyle he captured in his music soon overtook his own life. While his celebrity was at its peak, he publicly fought with his rival, the Notorious B.I.G., and there were tensions brewing at Death Row. Even with such conflicts, however, 2Pac's drive-by shooting in September 1996 came as an unexpected shock. On September 13, six days after the shooting, 2Pac passed away, leaving behind a legacy that was based as much on his lifestyle as it was his music.
LYRICS TO ''WHEN WE RIDE ON OUR ENEMIES''
Fugees
Fugees and Mobb Deep trying to diss now to huh
Ahahaha
Well I ain't prejudice, I don't give a fuck
This is what it sounds like
When we ride on our Enemies
Biatch!
When we ride on our Enemies
[Verse 1]
Heyyy
Got some static with some niggas on the other side of town
Let my little cousin K roll
He's a rider now
What they want from us mothafucken thug niggas
Used to love niggas, now I plug niggas
It's slug niggas
Am I wrong?
Niggas making songs, trying to get with us
Must be gone off stress weed, in the west we trust
To the chest I bust
Then we ride to the sun come, shining back to brighten up the sky
How many die?
Heard the Fugee was trying to do me
Look bitch I cut your face, this ain't no mothafucken movie
Then
We watch the other two die slow
Castrated entertaining at my mothafucken side show
Bounce and I'm planning mo'
Time to exterminate my foes
I can't stand you hoes
Now label this my fucking trick shot
My lyrics running all you cowards out of hip-hop
When we ride, on our Enemies
[Chorus]
When we ride on our Enemies
I bet you mothafuckas die
When we ride
On our Enemies
When we ride on our Enemies
Bet all you mothafuckas die
When we ride
On our Enemies
[Verse 2]
Come take a journey through my minds eye
You cross the game, don't explain nigga
Time to die
Say good bye
Watch my eyes when I pull the trigger
So right before you die you bow before a bigger nigga
Now dry your eyes
You was heartless on your hits
Niggas love to scream peace after they start some shit
Pay attention here's a word to those that robbed me
I'll murder you
Then I, run a train on Mobb Deep
Don't fuck with me
Nigga you barely living
Don't you got sickle cell
See me and have seizure on stage
You ain't feeling well
Hell
How many niggas want to be involved?
See I was only talking to Biggie
But I'll kill all of ya'll
Then ball
Then tell the Brat to keep her mouth closed
Fuck around and get tossed up
By the fucken Outlawz
Before I leave make sure everybody heard
Know I meant every mothafucken word
When we ride, on our Enemies
