Artist: 2Pac (Makaveli) Album: Hit 'Em Up II Song: Grab the Mic (Staring Through My Review II) Typed by: dy_face@yahoo.com I grabbed the mic and tried to say Yes y'all -----------> Rakim Somebody in the house say YEAH! ----------------------> Chuck D I grabbed the mic and tried to say Yes y'all -----------> Rakim They got me staring at the world through my rearview ---> Tupac Somebody in the house say YEAH! ---------------------> Chuck D [Verse One: Tupac] Nobody thought I'd make it, the world called me loser Just a high school dropout, young drug abuser Mama told me there'd be days like this, I never listened Spent my childhood years; in my neighborhood prison The world don't give a fuck about the kids I can see from the poverty and the evil shit they did To my young nation Participation more hesitation can turn lethal When ain't no love for a young nigga he turned evil And burn people with no hope, there's no peace To all my niggaz start regulating on your streets Busting the neighborhood scatters, anther drug war There ain't no use in negotiating with drug lords Tried conversating but he won't listen He said the world is a living hell for God's children Picture him still in a pen, doing life plus two While I'm staring at the world through my rearview I grabbed the mic and tried to say Yes y'all -----------> Rakim They got me staring at the world through my rearview ---> Tupac To the tick tock you don't stop ----> MC Ricky D AKA Slick Rick [Verse Two: Tupac] It's clearer now, cause I'm a newer individual Plus I'm a Don, not just a small time criminal Time has changed, homies died, only lives remain Massive amounts of narcotics help me hide the pain Wishing on Benz, came up on a Jag They got a yacht for the quiet times, reflect on the past All my homeboys that didn't make it, for you I'll do it Remember back in the days as young truants HUH! telling me to beware Because you cared and helped me to be prepared Cemetery full of homies no longer here But what about the babies, lost in watching burglars Too dumb to be a dealer, too young to be a murderer I'm begging you God, don't make their lives too hard They're already scarred, too doped up to see the stars We're living to die, everybody is high, plus I'm high too Staring at the world through my rearview HUH! I grabbed the mic and tried to say Yes y'all -----------> Rakim Somebody in the house say YEAH! ----------------------> Chuck D They got me staring at the world through my rearview ---> Tupac I grabbed the mic and tried to say Yes y'all -----------> Rakim To the tick tock you don't stop ----> MC Ricky D AKA Slick Rick [Verse Three: Tupac] Pictures are plenty, handle the semi, sipping Henni' I hustle for pennies, know my own feared by many I watched and took notes as a child I strategized Witnessing crack dealings and drug killings have scattered lives Niggaz don't know me but they think That we could be closer than homies Nigga you're phony so quit buying drinks Mind on my money, you're funny about my currency Niggas don't wanna see me Shooting but they worry me, living to tell Prison is hell for a nigga, they're using my bail Built bigger jails for a nigga Father I'm feeling tired, forgive me, cause I'm a sinner Living life as a thug, while ducking cops and the criminals Homies is dead and buried, past time has gone Don't ask why trick nigga cause my mind is gone And if I die, then let me watch what we've been through Staring at the world through my rearview HUH! Somebody in the house say YEAH! ----------------------> Chuck D Staring at the world through my rearview ---------------> Tupac I grabbed the mic and tried to say Yes y'all -----------> Rakim They caught me staring at the world through my rearview -> Tupac I grabbed the mic and tried to say Yes y'all -----------> Rakim [Tupac] Staring at the world through my motherfucking rearview Peep what a nigga trying to say; recognize that a nigga done did it all And seen it all and got shit to say to the motherfuckers that ain't seen shit and did shit yet Peep game, look you little young motherfuckers Stop running your heads up against brick walls These old niggaz got something for you nigga better listen Gotta get your over the dump You know, you got to get over the humps ha ha Staring at the world through my motherfucking rearview That's right baby, Thug life, West Side Death Row, outlawz, you what time it is Staring at the world through my rearview HUH! They got me staring at the world through my rearview Alright I grabbed the mic and tried to say Yes y'all -----------> Rakim Somebody in the house say YEAH! ----------------------> Chuck D I grabbed the mic and tried to say Yes y'all -----------> Rakim To the tick tock you don't stop ----> MC Ricky D AKA Slick Rick