[Intro:] 2'Pac speaks about the unseen talent we as artist put behind our craft...

[Hook-2x:]
(I swear) sometimes I be thinking -
How I deal with this shit!?/
21 years -
How I live with this shit!?/
Can't imagine how it feel -
To get a mill in this bitch!/
Vowed to keep it treal -
This as real as it gets/...

[1st Verse:]

I remember writing rhymes -
I wasn't even trying to flex/
I was rhyming bout them diamonds -
That was shinning round my neck/
Hell yea - I was grinding - mind on
Trying to get a check/
Spending time - writing lines -
Getting mine - thats a bet!/
Never signed - but its fine -
I wasn't trying to be the best!/
In my mind - with my grind -
I was bound to be a vet!/
Take em' back to 99'
You would find me in the jects'/
Talking Mt.Zion -
We're designed to be a threat/
You think a nigga lying? - til that iron -
Get to firing at ya set!/
Nigga's dying - Bitches crying -
No denying - its a mess/
Toting nines - with a vest -
Doing crimes - for the stress/
For a dime sack - they might just -
Shoot your spine - through ya chest/
"I was blind - got finessed" -
Now I'm smarter than I was/
A underground King -
Cause its hard to go above/
Cause they drowning out my sounds -
In a town full of haters/
Use to show them love -
Now I'm fresh all out of favors/...

[Hook-2x:]
(I swear) sometimes I be thinking -
How I deal with this shit?/
21 years -
How I live with this shit?!/
Can't imagine how it feel -
To get a mill in this bitch!/
Vowed to keep it treal -
This as real as it gets/...

[2nd Verse:]

They'll never take me alive -
I will survive - got that 4'5 loaded/
So therefore I gotta tote it -
Devoted to the cause -
Even though they hope I fall/
Its still motherfuck them'
I'm exposing all the flaws/
Dick riding hoes -
They be all up on my balls/
All because - I'm prevailing -
As I'm yelling fuck the laws/
If it wasn't for my dogs -
In the hood - falling through/
Telling me - that they can really see -
The good in all I do/
I tell them that I'm trying -
Been a lot of nights of crying/
Dealing with the pain -
In my veins - all the time/
I be bout to lose my mind -
Thats a sign of insanity!/
What else could I do? -
Can't even trust my own family!/
Felt like they Abandoned me -
And left me here to die!/
So you know ain't the ONE -
They expect to be alive/
Still be setting shit on fire -
With the albums I release/
If I wasn't rapping - I would never -
Have No Peace/...

[Hook-2x:]
(I swear) sometimes I be thinking -
How I deal with this shit?/
21 years -
How I live with this shit?!/
Can't imagine how it feel -
To get a mill in this bitch!/
Vowed to keep it treal -
This as real as it gets/...

[Goes off:] 2Pac speaks again about the "time and talent" us musicians put into our art form and how it has an impact on the lives of others...