How Do You Want It
2Pac f/ K-Ci & JoJo Lyrics

How do you want it? How does it feel?
Asking the listener about their preferences and feelings

Comin' up as a nigga in the cash game livin' in the fast lane, I'm for real
Growing up as a black man in a world of success, and that is not a joke.

How do you want it? How do you feel?
Reiterating the earlier question about the listener's preferences and feelings

Love the way you activate your hips and push your ass out
Appreciating the way the listener moves their body

Got a nigga wantin' it so bad I'm bout to pass out
The listener's movements cause the artist to desire them intensely

Wanna dig you, and I can't even lie about it
Admitting to wanting the listener physically

Baby just alleviate your clothes, time to fly up out it
Encouraging the listener to remove their clothing

Catch you at a club, oh shit you got me fiendin' body talkin' shit to me but I can't comprehend the meaning
Feeling stimulated by the listener's body but finding it hard to understand what it means.

Now if you wanna roll with me, then here's your chance
Giving the listener an opportunity to engage with the artist

Doin' eighty on the freeway, police catch me if you can
Driving quickly and recklessly, daring the police to try and catch them

Forgive me I'm a rider, still I'm just a simple man
Acknowledging being a gangster, but also being a straightforward person

All I want is money, fuck the fame I'm a simple man
Preferring wealth over popularity or notoriety

Mr. International, playa with the passport, Just like Aladdin bitch, get you anything you ask for
Being globally known and having means to provide for those close to them

It's either him or me, champagne, Hennessey
Suggesting that the listener choose between the singer and someone else, and enjoying drinking expensive alcohol

A favorite of my homies when we floss, on our enemies
Enjoying showing off wealth and success in front of detractors

Witness as we creep to a low speed, peep what a hoe need, Puff some mo' weed, funk, ya don't need
Observing the needs of women as they smoke marijuana

Approachin' hoochies with a passion, been a long day, But I've been driven by attraction in a strong way
Approaching women with a strong desire fueled by a long day

Your body is bangin' baby I love it when you flaunt it, Time to give it to daddy nigga now tell me how you want it
Praising the listener's body and asking how they want sexual activity to proceed

Comin' up as a nigga in the cash game I'm livin' in the fast lane, I'm for real
Reiterating growing up as a successful black man

Tell me is it cool to fuck? Did you think I come to talk am I a fool or what?
Asking if it's acceptable to engage in sexual activity and denying being foolish by seeking such activity

Positions on the floor it's like erotic, ironic 'cause I'm somewhat psychotic
Finding the chosen sexual positions to be erotic and acknowledging potential mental health issues

I'm hittin' switches on bitches like I been fixed with hydraulics, Up and down like a roller coaster
Metaphoring sexual activity like hitting car switches and likening movements to a roller coaster ride

I'm up inside ya I ain't quittin' til the show is over
Expressing the singer's desire to continue sexual activity until completion

'Cause I'ma rider in and out just like a robbery, I'll probably be a freak and let you get on top of me
Referring to themself as a gangster and admitting to being sexually adventurous

Get her rockin' these Nights full of Alize, a livin' legend
Drinking Alize and enjoying legend status

You ain't heard about these niggas play these Cali days
Implying that those who haven't heard of the singer are ignorant of California life

Delores Tucker, youse a motherfucker, Instead of tryin' to help a nigga you destroy a brother
Criticizing Delores Tucker for attacking black culture

Worse than the others, Bill Clinton, Mr. Bob Dole, You're too old to understand the way the game is told
Criticizing politicians who are too old and out-of-touch to understand the artist's lifestyle

You're lame so I gotta hit you with the hot facts, Want some on lease? I'm makin' millions, niggas top that
Revealing that he's making money far beyond his detractors and calling them boring

They wanna censor me; they'd rather see me in a cell, Livin' in hell, only a few of us'll live to tell
Suggesting that the singer is being suppressed and noting that very few will live to be successful later in life

Now everybody talkin' bout us I could give a fuck I'd be the first one to bomb and cuss
Acknowledging how others criticize the singer and expressing a lack of concern by threatening violence

Nigga tell me how you want it
Reiterating the earlier question about the listener's preferences

Raised as a youth, tell the truth I got the scoop on how to get a bulletproof, because I jumped from the roof before I was a teenager, mobile phone, SkyPager game rules, I'm livin' major, my adversaries
Reflecting on a rough childhood and detailing how it led to the artist becoming successful, and encountering enemies along the way

Is lookin' worried, they paranoid of gettin' buried, One of us gon' see the cemetery
Noting that enemies are concerned with facing death, and suggesting that either speaker or their opponent will end up dying

My only hope to survive if I wish to stay alive, Gettin' high, see the demons in my eyes, before I die
Contemplating death and coping through drug use

I wanna live my life and ball, make a couple million, And then I'm chillin' fade 'em all, these taxes
Desiring wealth and success and planning on retiring after making money, but noting the burden of taxes

Got me crossed up and people tryin' to sue me, Media is in my business and they actin like they know me
Being sued and dealing with media attention and intrusion into personal affairs

Hahaha, but I'ma mash out, peel out, I'm with it quick I'se quick to whip that fuckin' steel out, Yeah nigga it's some new shit so better get up on it when ya see me tell a nigga how ya want it
Laughing at the situation and expressing a willingness to use physical force if necessary, and issuing a warning to others to pay attention