[00:01.19] (2Pac) [00:04.45] As the world turns. [00:05.64] As the world turns my ni**az grow and grow and grow [00:09.00] And get dough and roll and ride [00:10.69] Ni**az die and mommas cry [00:12.22] Ni**az got alibis and suicides and homicides [00:14.98] And three strikes and yo' life and my life and times change [00:18.05] And ni**az fame, as the world turns. [00:20.22] Though I walk thru the valley of hell the shadow follows me [00:23.11] Wisdom hard to swallow tomorrow expect apologies [00:26.02] You probably panic, stranded in search of a better planet [00:28.69] Realism hard to understand, we stand slanted [00:31.27] And still stranded, merciless thieves stole the best of me [00:33.86] I pray to black Jesus to please take the rest of me [00:36.54] And still, the best of us build, and reach monetary gains [00:39.71] Some of us kill, but still, most of us can change [00:42.25] If we search deeper, god bless the hustler, curse the first sleeper [00:45.70] Enemies get beside me, flows go deeper inside [00:49.48] We we ride plots keep all my enemies blinded [00:52.06] Time will soon show, a thought can last for years [00:54.68] Outshinin them fakes smile plastic tears [00:57.24] Like last year, ni**az stuck in the past, and it's clear [00:59.88] Just some busta a*s bastards allergic to cash this year [01:02.32] Makaveli for the Mob, M-O-B [01:05.15] Killin bustaz is my motherf**kin job, him or me [01:07.76] Lyrically fatally driven, ni**az reported missin [01:10.21] My competition dead or in prison, as the world turns... [01:12.65] (Chorus: Darryl 'Big D' Harper, (Tupac - in background)) [01:13.15] (Turns. turns, turns, turns, and turns [01:15.33] My ni**az grow and grow and grow [01:17.78] And gettin dough and dough and dough [01:20.04] From this state to that state [01:22.09] From this cell to that cell, as the world turns) [01:23.02] As the world keeps turnin round and round [01:23.34] It's gon' be goin round as the world turns. and steady turnin [01:23.68] (Young Noble) [01:23.95] As the world turn burnin paths, starin through my rearview [01:26.23] It's a war goin on, and the President is in too [01:28.73] I hear Tu-Pac sayin, "Watch em they'll kill you" [01:31.48] Sippin Thug Pa*sion, scrub actin like he feel you [01:34.05] Steady plottin, ready or not; Outlawz lost [01:36.75] But not forgotten, from Gittere to Compton [01:39.17] A spitter of the hotness, long timeness [01:41.82] So like six I ain't never been rich [01:44.11] I need cream, to buy Ellene a dream house [01:46.81] She no longer fiend out y'all, Outlawww [01:49.44] (Napoleon) [01:49.86] Another lonely ni**a with a 12-gage pump [01:52.12] With a 12-hour rush to run and get this money, f**k these punks [01:54.72] Road rules I swim in the dirt, I stay in some skirt [01:57.43] I hit where it hurts, I ride or die for my turf [01:59.61] I ride or die for Makaveli the legendary war thug ni**a [02:02.87] Kadafi betta unslug this ni**a, Seike betta undrug this ni**a [02:05.22] Out of the buildin we street children with no souls [02:07.83] Our hearts gon' stay cold, the war gon' stay on [02:10.14] We serve em, like Pac told us to, catch em wet with the tec [02:13.18] Hit em in the neck and watch him die like he supposed to [02:15.65] Napoleon the front line soldier, front times over [02:18.09] Rider for the mightly dollar rather drunk or sober [02:20.74] Ni**a talkin thug walkin all through yo' squad [02:23.19] Y'all ni**az scared by a dog, I got my fo'-fo' for y'all [02:25.68] It's like a hot, heated day homie, warfare don't play homie [02:28.79] Better be prepared than try to dunk away from these strays homie [02:31.49] Worlds turn, thangs burn, all in one shot [02:33.80] Rest in peace to the fallen soldiers, all that we got [02:36.14] As the world turns. [02:37.57] (Chorus: Darryl 'Big D' Harper, (Tupac - in background)) [02:37.96] (And my ni**az roll and ride, hahaha [02:39.56] Ni**az gettin swoll out [02:41.41] And it don't stop and it don't quit [02:44.14] That real s**t! As the world turns. [02:46.72] Ni**az die for [02:48.27] How many you ni**az try for this? As the world turns [02:52.71] Murderin methods. haha OUTLAW!) [02:56.65] As the world keeps turnin round and round [02:57.18] It's gon' be goin round as the world turns. and steady turnin [02:57.53] As the world keeps turnin round and round [02:57.89] It's gon' be goin round as the world turns. [02:58.15] (E.D.I. Amin) [02:58.46] Only haters caught feelings, when my homie caught millions [03:00.21] And acquired the desired status of boss livin [03:02.88] We cross driven, cornered into a life that's hellish [03:05.67] Payin our dues with bloodshed, ain't s**t y'all could tell us [03:07.99] Fellas - mount up, it's time for battle, it's on now [03:10.31] Two worlds collidin armies ridin soldiers, gone wild [03:12.90] Sometimes I think my glory days was back in my youth [03:15.32] I sought too for family, but I got it lost in these ounces [03:17.99] Now as the world turns court adjourns, I'm sentenced to burn [03:20.96] The cost of my sins too much, nuttin left to earn [03:23.52] (Kadafi) [03:24.13] October 9th 1977 first day out my baby carriage [03:26.75] Married my Mack-11 hit the block playin [03:28.90] Only five years up in this bi**h, poppa runnin from the Feds [03:31.81] Puttin peanut butter on the walls to hide his prints [03:34.24] Me on my own, not yet grown but only man of the home [03:37.40] To protect my zone in these streets I roam [03:39.44] Dough on d-low, downin straight shots of Cristal Brothers [03:41.72] Hundred dollar snot box on cee-lo, f**k eighth [03:43.97] I need a kilo, got a plot, move my block down state [03:46.71] Got the drop on the spot, movin pounds of weight [03:49.33] F**k my fate and lots of loot to burn, a hustler's yearn [03:52.12] For this dirty money earned as this crooked world turns [03:54.63] (Chorus: Darryl 'Big D' Harper repeats as Tupac speaks) [03:56.11] (2Pac) [03:56.54] Hahaha. as the world turns. [03:58.38] And turns and turns and turns. haha [04:02.60] This for the soldiers out there involved in the everyday struggle [04:06.48] Hopin to bubble, keep on hustlin, as the world turns [04:10.48] Money come and go, hoes come and go, foes come and go [04:16.36] Friends come and go. my soldiers, stay eternal [04:21.54] Outlaw Immortalz, dedicated [04:24.69] I send this to black Jesus, only he can feed us [04:29.04] When you need us, as the world turns [04:31.71] Throw this s**t in the deck, hahah [04:34.39] Ni**az gettin chin checked [04:36.95] From the East to the West best to wear a vest [04:38.62] Ni**a we ain't the ones to test, f**k you [04:40.83] As the world turns [04:42.34] Outlaw ridahs, Mutah right beside us [04:46.48] Camillion, wanna make a million [04:49.74] Haha legit, as the world turns. haha. [04:52.68] Burn baby burn [04:55.74] (Napoleon) [04:56.25] A lot of ni**az get burned as the world turns [05:00.79] A lot of ni**az gettin burned as the world turns. [05:04.69] Gettin burned as the world turns [05:06.65]