Running
Tupac feat. Notorious B.I.G Lyrics

Where Brooklyn at? Where Brooklyn at?
Asking where all the people from Brooklyn are.

Where Brooklyn at?
Asking where all the people from Brooklyn are.

1, 2, 3, and...
Counting down to start the song.

Now they say you ain't never suppose to envy no man
Some say you shouldn't be jealous of others.

Can't tell that to a dingy old man
A grizzled old man won't listen to that advice.

Who see a young nigga getting plently dough man
An old man who sees a young man getting a lot of money.

Icy Audemar, Hendy gold band
Watches and rings with lots of diamonds.

With a mean girl like Lindsay Lohan
A mean girl like Lindsay Lohan.

That's why I keep the 9 in the Bentley door pan
The singer keeps a 9mm handgun in the door of his Bentley.

Trust it's gon' bust you roll on us
If you try to mess with us, you'll get shot.

Know it's gon' blow for my dough
If someone threatens his money, he'll retaliate.

Why would you try with that guy
Why would you try to mess with him?

Scene told you he keep it G
He keeps it 'G,' meaning he's tough and doesn't back down.

We can bang like the two chains on my neck
We can fight like the two chains around my neck.

The hood is Iraq I'm Hussein in the 'jects
The streets are dangerous and he's like Saddam Hussein in the projects.

The coupe's up take the new Lame for a sec
He's driving a new car and he's taking it for a spin.

12" up, new cane in the deck nigga
He's playing music loud and a new drugs are being dealt.

Right now with a squeezer and a coozie
He has a gun and a drink.

And I'm goin out like Keyshia with the uzi
He's going out in a blaze of glory like Keyshia with her Uzi.

[Chorus]
Repeating the chorus of the song.

They talk about it, we all about it
Other people talk about things, but they actually do them.

They making plans, we sit and counting
They plan things while he just counts his money.

Our cheddar stack it's just like a mountain
Their money is stacked high like a mountain.

You heard about it 'cause she running her mouth
The woman is gossiping and spreading the news.

She want's to ride, and she's trying to hide it
The woman wants to have sex with him, but she's trying to be discreet about it.

I'm cool as ever, she's too excited
He's calm while the woman is excited.

Her man look like, he want to fight
The woman's boyfriend looks like he wants to fight.

But he ain't doing nothing, but running his mouth
But he's not really doing anything, just talking.

Fuck around and feel the fury of a high nigga
If you provoke him, you'll feel the wrath of an angry drug user.

When I get busy throw your hands in the sky nigga
When he gets aggressive, you should put your hands up in surrender.

I got the illest of the ill mentality, niggas be grabbing me
He has a very aggressive mentality and people are afraid of him.

Knowing that they'd rather be stabbing me
They would rather harm him than be friends with him.

All up in my back trying to take my track
People are trying to copy his style and steal his ideas.

When I used to sell crack I ain't had problems like that
He had less trouble when he was dealing drugs.

Street rules, watch your pockets and your jewels
In the streets, you have to keep an eye on your money and jewelry.

A nigga front, throw the gat to the fool
If someone tries to start a fight, he'll give a gun to someone else to handle it.

Necks wanna move but's getting blasted
Other people try to act tough but end up getting shot.

Streets to a flows from the ill ghetto bastard
His rhymes are influenced by the tough streets he grew up in.

As I release masterpieces like adhesive
He's creating great music that sticks with people.

Stuck to your ass, like tissue when your wiping fast
His music sticks to people like tissue paper sticks to your butt when you wipe too fast.

MC's have a hard time believing
Other rappers have a hard time accepting how good he is.

I mark with death, hard to kill like Steven
He's difficult to kill, like Steven Seagal in the movie 'Marked for Death.'

When Jake come I'm leaving, the black man's motto
The police ('Jake') are coming, so he's going to leave. This is a common fear among black men.

You got a better chance playing lotto
He's saying the odds of surviving a run-in with the police are like the odds of winning the lottery.

What you want nigga?
Asking what someone wants from him.

Ah, Yo
A way to grab someone's attention.

Now watch me dip-dip-di-dive all over the beat
Watch me rap well on this song.

Now watch me drip-drip-dri-di all over the street
Watch me be successful in the music industry.

The general consensus is you'll be the dominating fleet
Everyone thinks he'll be successful and on top.

Bitch raw, and let me continue to bring the heat
He's going to keep making great music.

You know who been the kings of the block, the kings of the drops
He and Notorious B.I.G. are the most successful rappers from the hood.

The kings of the crap music and the kings of the cross
They're the best in both gangster rap and Christianity.

Niggas fire then drop shit like the purest of powder
Other rappers are hot for a while then fade away quickly.

That's why most of these niggas little song be sounding like ours
Other rappers copy their style.

Couple years ago, niggas probably thought I was dying
During his feud with Notorious B.I.G., people thought he was washed up and his career was over.

Now same niggas are idolizing put our face in the shrine
Those same people now worship him.

Yeah I took a little time to cook and show you what's really hot
He took a break from music but came back better than ever.

How the fuck any of you niggas think you feeling my spot
Nobody can replace him as the top rapper.

Why you niggas getting mad at us, we shit on your floors
He's saying other rappers are mad at him because he's more successful than them.

All in your house nigga, our strategies is different from yours
His methods for making music and becoming successful are different from other rappers.

Listen, you come you can do it while I continue to preach
Other rappers can try to copy him, but he'll just keep making great music.

Snoop, fam, bigger Bust of the stand if you can't reach
He's giving a shoutout to other rappers like Snoop Dogg and Busta Rhymes.

Uhhh, uhhh
A sound effect used in rap music.

Fox then B.I.G.
Referring to his own nickname ('fox') and Notorious B.I.G.

Who fucking with Fox, who want it with I
Who's messing with him and Notorious B.I.G.?

Bust a shot for me and Big from the villfredo sky
A reference to the drive-by shooting that killed Notorious B.I.G.

Got my Joan Fross shit on, hop off my dick
Wearing expensive jewelry and telling people to stop bothering him.

Canary bangle-round I ain't gon' 20 carrots on this bitch
Wearing a gold bracelet with a diamond.

Pull up the Phantom, show 'em how we switch
Driving a fancy car and showing off.

From the Bentley blinds spur kill 'em with the six
Driving a Bentley and killing people with his rhymes.

Bed-Stuy what up y'all, what up with your girl
Shouting out his neighborhood and asking how everyone is.

How she leave dude broke tell them boys on work
He's bragging about taking other people's girlfriends and leaving them with nothing.

I'm in the G5 Jedi, Brooklyn what's your chrome
He's flying in a private jet and asking other people in Brooklyn what kind of gun they have.

'Cause that niggas lying home if the tutti with the dead-eye
If you don't have a good gun, you'll be killed.

My nigga Neck got hit up in his truck
One of his friends got shot in a car.

And no Stranel ain't the same since Homo got touched
Another friend is different after losing someone close to them.

Nasty with the pistol, nasty with the clit
He's good with guns and women.

See I'm a beast with it, fucking 'til I'm crippled
He's wild with both guns and sex.

Ill nuns squeezing the lhama
He's saying he's good with guns ('squeezing the llama').

Bog roll dutty, Fox and Poppa
Dirty toilet paper, referring to his own nickname ('fox') and Notorious B.I.G.

Run for your gun you suckers
He's telling other people to run away if they don't have a gun.

B.I.G. I'm a get them motherfuckers
He's going to get the people who killed Notorious B.I.G. and others.

Don't you worry about a thing, bang-bang-boogie
He's saying everything will be okay, even if there's a gunfight.

I got a few chickens that's gon' work that noggie
He has a few women who will do whatever he wants.

In the lack with a sack go and put it on the mat
He's riding in a limousine with drugs and giving them to someone else.

What it do nephew (Where Brooklyn at?)
Asking how someone's doing (in a friendly way) and where they're from.

Uh, turning it out, run in your house
He's going to kill it on this song and come into someone's house.

Gun in your mouth, motherfucker quit running your mouth
He's threatening to put a gun in someone's mouth if they keep talking too much.

What you really want from a nigga?...
Asking someone what they really want from him.