Nigga
2Pac & Jadakiss Lyrics

Niggas! (Yeah!) (Uh)
Start of the song with chanting of the word "niggas"

Who's afraid of the punk police?
As black people in America, we don't fear the police but they fear us

Niggas run the streets, no justice no peace
We are in control of our neighborhoods, and unless we receive justice, there will be no peace

Fuck the law, rather draw than do time
We don't care about the law; we'd rather use our guns than go to jail

Don't fuck with mine, cross the line, my two nines
If you mess with my people, I'll use my guns against you

Go baya baya when I shoot 'em
I'll continue to shoot until the target is eliminated

Korean mothafuckers was crooked, so niggas had to burn and loot 'em
The Koreans were exploiting us, so we had to burn their shops and loot their goods

Now the streets ain't safe at night
Our neighborhoods are dangerous places at night because of the violence caused by us

My Niggas! Straight take his life
My friends will kill if they think it's necessary

So don't sleep when my Jeep creep up, how we hit 'em
Don't let your guard down because we'll surprise attack you from our Jeep

Empty the clip, then dip 'cause we did 'em
Shoot all the bullets in the magazine, then leave the scene because we killed them

Lickin' of shots for Latasha that's proper
We'll shoot bullets in honor of Latasha Harlins, who was killed by a Korean store owner

Love for my niggas but a glock for the coppers
We care about our friends, but we carry guns to protect ourselves from police officers

So what the fuck you want to do now
What are you going to do about our actions?

I packed a .9 last year, in '99 I'm packin' 2 now
I carried a 9mm gun last year, and now I'm carrying two in 1999

And even if they pull their triggers
Even if the police shoot at us

They can shoot one man,
They can only kill one of us

But nothings gonna stop the plan of true niggas
We have a plan, and nothing will stop us from achieving our goals

My dimes make the fiends go to sleep,
The drugs I sell put the addicts to sleep

So they call 'em bedrocks
They call the drugs bedrocks because they make people sleep like a rock

Niggas is like photographers, all they take is head shots
We only shoot to kill, not to harm

Your last words'll be, "damn what's all these red dots?"
You'll only realize you're in danger when you see the red laser dots of our guns

Niggas nowawadays, they worry me, my bars is therapy
Today's black people make me concerned, so I use my music to cope

As long as you usin' them thoroughly,
If you use my lyrics correctly and seriously

Muah til the day that they bury me
I'll keep using my music to express myself until the day I die

My niggas is stronger and tighter now than they probably will ever be
My friends and I have grown closer and more united than ever

And I'm a product of the '70's
I was raised in the 1970s

The hood got niggas on punishment,
Our neighborhood punishes those who don't conform to its norms

That's why they never leave
That's why people don't leave the neighborhood even if they don't like it

If I ain't eatin' with you, I'm probably beefin' with you
If I'm not friends with you, then I'm probably fighting you

If no money ain't involved ain't no need for me speakin' with you
I won't talk to you if there's no money involved

I know you got a gun but I'm hopin' you keep it with you
I know you have a gun, but I hope you don't use it against me

'cause unfortunately, I'm one of them rappers that keep a pistol and
Unfortunately, I am one of the rappers who carries a gun

You know what the llama do,
You know what my gun can do

Shady/Aftermath, Ruff Ryders,
I'm associated with Eminem's label, Dr. Dre's label, and DMX's crew

and of course Amaru,
And of course, I represent my own record label

Lotta people honor you, probably 'cause of the way you used to bring the drama to
A lot of people respect me because of the drama I used to bring

Whoever you wanted to,
I used to fight with anyone I wanted

You a leader when you can get a leader to follow you
You're a true leader when you can make another leader follow you

But anyway, life goes on,
Anyway, life continues

So I'll see you when I art in heaven like our fathers do
I'll see you in heaven when I die, like our fathers before us

Niggas! ('Cause bein' a nigga means you love niggas)
Being black means you love other black people

Niggas! (Jada!, ey yo)
Another chant of the word "niggas"