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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
2Pac
Vocals
Big Syke
Vocals
Gil Scott-Heron
Sampled Artist
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Gil Scott-Heron
Songwriter
Johnny Jackson
Songwriter
TUPAC AMARU SHAKUR
Songwriter
Tyruss Gerald Himes
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Johnny J.
Producer
Bob Morse
Recording Engineer
Brian Gardner
Mastering Engineer
Gabe Chiesa
Mixing Engineer
Dino Johnson
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Rule number one, **** die daily
Ready for whatever, hell yeah, what type **** be a thug life ****?
Them thug life **** be the craziest, run up ****
[Verse 2]
There's no way to survive in the city, it's a shame
**** die from my hollow point bullet to the brain
Will I survive or will I die is what I wonder
Puffin on blunts and getting drunk to keep from going under
Getting lost in the madness, blunted, getting tipsy
Got my pistol out the window screaming, Lord, come and get me
Am I sick or am I just another victim?
Unloading my clip, I'm watching every bullet split when I kick 'em
**** dies from automatic gunfire
Your time to expire, nobody cry, every man gotta die
When they bury me, they bury me a G
Rest in peace to all the homies got to Heaven before me
Pour some liquor on the curb for the **** that's caught
Had a motherfucking warrant but he didn't go to court
Goddamn, and one day we'll all be together
Until then I'm ready for whatever, come on
[Verse 3]
Yeah, **** moving something in the nine-trey
It's all about making money, getting yours
And knocking coppers off the motherfucking planet
Word to the motherfucking nine, ****
We gonna make this motherfucker ours
If they don't feel me they gon' kill me
So Syke, get scandalous, ****
[Verse 4]
Am I going to Hell or will I reach Heaven? (Hell no)
After all this shit I did with my Mac-11
Did I sell my soul? Mama wouldn't saved me
That's the way that daddy raised me
Oh God, help me, I'm losing it
So fuck it, take me, I'm doing it
I need to change and look for a better way
I got a hundred round clip to my AK
Committing sins, I might die in vain
So fuck it, we'll live off the street fame
God didn't send me in the right direction
I'm getting hit by a diesel in the intersection
I know you're out there, help a young brother (You hear me?)
Till then I'ma smoke motherfuckers
Things wouldn't be so bad if we got the things that we never had
I'm ready for whatever
[Verse 5]
That's my motherfucking **** there, big balling ass Syke
Yeah ****, you schooled them young busters
On how it is to be a real motherfucking G
In the nine-trey motherfuckers is dying daily so you best be packing
If you ain't, boo-yaow motherfucker
[Verse 6]
Dear mama, I know you worry 'cause I'm hardly at home
Every other night in jail, got you pacing by the phone
Wanna shake it 'cause I can't take it, got me living in Hell
Like I'm walking with a secret that'll kill me if I tell
I live the thug life and can't nobody change me
Not to the brain, going insane, just a part of the game
So much pain in the fast lane, finally a dry eye
When I die, bury me with my .45
And let the Devil feel the wrath of a ****
Going to Hell with my finger on the trigger
Now everybody's staring
Got a **** losing hair and they wonder if I'm all there
Well, don't blame me, blame the flame that flickers
When **** getting richer (Mo' money)
Now tell me if you wanna live forever, **** dying so be ready for whatever
[Verse 7]
Yeah, ready for whatever, ready for whatever
Thug life **** and we be ready for whatever
Let me go like this, ready for whatever
Huh, Big Syke he be ready for whatever, my **** Kato, ready for whatever
Pain he is ready for whatever and my **** Bam Bam, he ready for whatever
My **** Banks be ready for whatever
Modu he's ready for whatever, Big Serg, ready for whatever
Charlie Tango, be ready for whatever
My **** Pac be ready for whatever
Yeah, ready for whatever, ready for whatever
[Verse 8]
My big ballin ass **** Boom, ready for whatever for sure
Yeah, you know, this how the players do it
I know you're standing there confused, you're wondering
What type of **** is a thug life ****?
Yeah ****, we be the balling player ass ****
About getting riches, bitches and plenty loc, ya hear me?
Ready for whatever
Written by: 2Pac, Gil Scott-Heron, Himes Tyruss Gerald, Johnny J., Tyruss Himes