Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
2Pac
Vocals
Dramacydal
Vocals
Isaac Hayes
Sampled Artist
Minnie Riperton
Sampled Artist
Puff Johnson
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
2Pac
Songwriter
Burt Bacharach
Songwriter
Hal David
Songwriter
RICHARD RUDOLPH
Songwriter
Carsten Schack
Songwriter
Leon Ware
Songwriter
Malcolm Greenidge
Songwriter
Minnie Riperton
Songwriter
Karlin
Songwriter
Yafeu Akiyele Fula
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
SoulShock
Producer
Brian Gardner
Mastering Engineer
Jay Lean
Mixing Engineer
Karlin
Producer
Lyrics
[Chorus]
It's just me against the world
Ooh, ooh
Nothing to lose
It's just me against the world, baby
Oh, oh
I got nothing to lose
It's just me against the world
Oh, oh
Stuck in the game
Me against the world, baby
[Verse 1]
Can you picture my prophecy?
Stress in the city, the cops is hot for me
The projects is full of bullets, the bodies is dropping
There ain't no stopping me
Constantly moving while making millions
Witnessing killings, leaving dead bodies in abandoned buildings
Carries the children 'cause they illing
Addicted to killing and the appeal from the cap peeling
Without feeling, but will they last or be blasted?
Hard headed bastard
Maybe he'll listen in his casket, the aftermath
[Verse 2]
More bodies being buried, I'm losing my homies in a hurry
They're relocating to the cemetery
Got me worried, stressing, my vision's blurry
The question is will I live?
No one in the world loves me
I'm headed for danger, don't trust strangers
Put one in the chamber whenever I'm feeling this anger
Don't wanna make excuses 'cause this is how it is
What's the use unless we're shooting? No one notices the youth
It's just me against the world, baby
[Chorus]
Me against the world, ooh, yeah
It's just me against the world
Ooh, ooh
It's just me against the world
Me against the world, ooh, ooh
'Cause it's just me against the world, baby
Hey
Me against the world
Ooh, yeah
I got nothing to lose
It's just me against the world, baby
I got nothing to lose
[Verse 3]
Could somebody help me?
I'm out here all by myself
See ladies in stores, Baby Capone's living wealthy
Pictures of my birth on this Earth is what I'm dreaming
Seeing Daddy's semen, full of crooked demons, already crazy
And screaming, I guess them nightmares as a child
Had me scared but left me prepared for a while
Is there another route for a crooked outlaw?
Veteran, a villain, or young thug
Who one day shall fall
[Verse 4]
Every day is more death and plus I'm dough-less
I'm seeing more reasons for me to proceed with thieving
Scheme on the scheming and leave they peeps grieving
'Cause ain't no bucks to stack up, my nuts is backed up
I'm 'bout to act up, go load the MAC up, now watch me clack-a
Try and make the fat cuts, but, yo, it ain't working
And evil's lurking, I can see him smirking
When I gets to perving, so what?
Go put some work in and make my mail, making sales
Risking twenty-five with a L, but, oh, well
[Chorus]
Me against the world
With nothing to lose
Ooh, yeah
It's just me against the world
Ooh, ooh
It's just me against the world, baby
Me against the world
I've got nothing to lose
Oh
It's me against the world
Oh, oh, yeah
It's just me against the world, baby
Oh, oh
With nothing to lose
Ooh, ooh
It's just me against the world, baby
Me against the world, oh
Me against the world
I got nothing to lose
It's just me against the world, baby
Oh, oh
Hey
[Verse 5]
With all this extra stressing
The question I wonder is after death, after my last breath
When will I finally get to rest?
Through this oppression
They punish the people that's asking questions
And those that possess, steal from the ones without possessions
The message I stress, to make it stop, study your lessons
Don't settle for less, even the genius asks his questions
Be grateful for blessings
Don't ever change, keep your essence
The power is in the people and politics we address
[Verse 6]
Always do your best, don't let this pressure make you panic
And when you get stranded
And things don't go the way you planned it
Dreaming of riches, in a position of making a difference
Politicians and hypocrites, they don't wanna listen
If I'm insane, it's the fame made a brother change
It wasn't nothing like the game, it's just me against the world
[Chorus]
Me against the world
Nothing to lose
It's just me against the world, baby
Me against the world
Got me stuck in the game
It's just me against the world
Oh, oh
I'm ashamed to lose
It's just me against the world, baby
Me against the world, oh, oh
[Outro]
That's right
I know it seem hard sometimes, but, uh
Remember one thing
Ooh, ooh
Through every dark night
There's a bright day after that
Ooh
So no matter how hard it get, stick your chest out
Oh, oh
Keep your head up and handle it
Me against the world
Me against the world
Me against the world
Written by: Burt F Bacharach, Carsten Shack, Hal David, Kenneth Karlin, Leon Ware, Malcolm R Greenidge, Minnie Riperton, Richard J Rudolph, Tupac Amaru Shakur, Yafeu A Fula