Rest in peace to my nigga Stretch, my nigga `PacSo much painYeah, yeahAll my, niggas, so much painYeahYeah, so muchThey`ll never take me alive, I`m gettin` high with my fo`-fiveCocked on these niggaz time to dieEven as a lil` nigga, you could picture me hot gun in the rainI shed the tear `cause this nigga here inherits the painAnd now I`m labeled as a thug nigga, you know the gameSmokin` weed, fuckin` hoes, slangin` thangs, that`s the life I liveEven if I tried to go back I`d get lost(Come back)And everything I seem to love I done lostFuck the world if they can`t understand meWhat else could I do? I had to feed my fuckin` familyYo` lies is my truth, so I`m a drug to your youthAnd you don`t want `em nowhere near me, now that they can hear meI spits razors, never been a stranger to homicideMy city`s full of tote-slangers and chalk linesWhy do we die at an early age?Nigga so young but still a victim of a twelve-gaugeFeel the rage this world has bestowed upon meAnd I don`t give a fuck `cause they don`t give a fuck `bout meSo I keep drinkin` Henessy, bustin` at my enemiesWill I live to see twenty-three? There`s so much painI`m tired of the strain and the pain(So much pain)I`m tired of the strain and the painYears and years of strugglin` all my lifeRunnin` wild as a kid, grew up blazin` `em rightI`m in a little cell I call my soul latelyIt`s been a givin` me hell and my heart is screamin`, don`t enterI`ve been cursed, for what it`s worth I feel deadSpittin` to you, I know I`m in way over my headBut Lord hear me, I believe in your 7 day theoryThree souls done sent this whole world teary(Can you hear me?)Too hot for you to stand near meIt`s so much pain, and niggaz wanna kill meI`m tired of the stress and the strainBut my, grimiest grimeys got love for meThey`re blazin`, sendin` shotguns up above for meMy face in, Hennessy with no chaserCoke rises on every way in, keep us hustlin` niggaMe and my man got a plan to get this paper niggaSo if you owe nigga, look for the gauge to blow niggaI figured I`d be considered a killerDoin` crime excited my mind and leadin` the blindI can`t express my compassion, my satisfactionFor gettin` fucked up and blastin`, we all been thereTaught from young to shoot, show no fear and lieAnd wipe the tears from yo` mother`s eyes, so much painI`m tired of the strain and the painOh oh, no no, no no, no noI`m tired of the strain and the pain(They`ll never take me alive)I`m tired of the strain and the pain(They`ll never take me alive)Tired of the strain and the pain(They`ll never take me alive)I`m tired of the strain and the pain(They`ll never take me alive)(Cocked on these suckers, time to die)They got me mobbin` like I`m loc`d and ready to get my slug onI load my clip and slip my motherfuckin` gloves onI ain`t scared to blast on these suckers if they test meTrust, I got my glock cocked, playa if they press meBust on motherfuckers with a passionBetter duck `cause I ain`t lookin` when I`m ba-blastin`I`m a nut and drinkin` HennessyAnd gettin` high on the lookout for my enemiesDon`t wanna die, tell me why, `cause the stress gettin` majorA buck-fifty `cross the face with my razorWhat can I do but be a thug until I`m dead and gone?I keep my brain on the game and stay headstrongThese sorry bastards wanna kill me in my sleepI`m real they cannot seeAnd everyday is just a struggle, steady thuggin` on the streetsAnd I be, ballin` loc, don`t let `em make you worryKeep swingin` at these suckers `til you buriedI was born to raise hell, a nigga from the gutter, word to motherI`m tough, I`m kickin` dust up, ready to bustI`m on the scene steady muggin` mean until they kill meI`ll be livin` this life, I know you feel me, there`s so much painI`m tired of the strain and the pain, painI`m tired of the strain and the painI`m tired of the strain and the pain, painI`m tired of the strain and the painYea