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2Pac

Killuminati

Release date: 21st December 1999

From Still I Rise
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About This Track

2Pac adopts the persona of Makaveli on this track, channelling aggression and street philosophy through a narrative of survival and dominance. The production sits low and menacing, allowing his voice to occupy the foreground as he moves through scenarios of violence and retribution with a matter-of-fact delivery. There is no boasting here, only statement; he frames himself as inevitable, a force that cannot be stopped or reasoned with. The song trades in the language of thug life but grounds it in material desperation. He speaks of prison visions, three-strike laws, the hunger for money that drives criminal behaviour. Alongside Outlawz on the chorus, he constructs 'Killuminati' as both a crew name and a philosophy, something that exists beyond individual survival. The track moves between personal testimony and collective declaration, between the specific pressures of his own circumstances and a broader commentary on systemic entrapment.

"Killuminati" is a track by 2Pac, from the album Still I Rise, released 21st December 1999. Full lyrics are available below.

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2Pac

2Pac

Lyrics

Killuminati

[Intro: 2Pac]

Makaveli the Don, break on 'em!

Ah put ya, ah put ya hands on ya, hands on ya heater

Hands on ya, hands on ya heater, hands on ya, hand…

[Verse 1: 2Pac]

Let it be prophesized; niggas'll die because your crew's doom

Around the way niggas get murdered by the full moon

Heard it in whispered tones, niggas is bold and they choose to roll

I kill 'em all, watch now, nigga, truth be told

Westside was the war cry, look how they scatter

Niggas dyin' by my 30-odd, brains is splattered

Wonder why these niggas crossed me, I'm certified crazy

So sick the world made me now d-d-die

Every time I ride is for reasons

Hard to kill a nigga 'cause I'm comin' back like Jesus

Bow down to my ill nation, runnin' from drug cases

Lookin' at my congregation so full of thug faces

Mama gave a nigga breath, a life of stress

I invest in a vest and makin' niggas watch they every step

Label me a threat and I ain't even got started with this shit yet

Thug style, baby, hands on my pistol, listen

I'm a rider, every nigga breathin' pay attention (Listen)

'Bout to show you motherfuckers how it feel to drop a body

A simple glimpse of my lifestyle, Killuminati…

[Chorus: Kastro & 2Pac]

Yo, Makaveli, they can't stop you

Hold it down!

Killuminati and we got you, got you

Yo, Makaveli, they can't stop you

Hold it down!

Killuminati and we got you, got you

Yo, Makaveli, they can't stop you

Hold it down!

Killuminati and we got you, got you

Yo, Makaveli, they can't stop you

Hold it down!

Killuminati and we got you, got you

[Verse 2: 2Pac]

After the fire comes the rain, after the pleasure there's pain

Even though we broke for the moment, we'll be ballin' again

'Til I make it, yo, my military be prepared for them bustaz

Similar to bitches too scary, get too near me, we rushin'

Visions of over-packed prisons, millions of niggas thug livin'

Pressures and three strikes, I hope they don't test us

They pull the heat out, ammunition in crates

Psssh! Move without a sound as we slide down pistols in place

They got me fiendin' for currency, the money be callin'

It’s like I’m - dreamin', seein' scenes of me ballin'

Participated in felonious behavior

Cock the cocked 45, snatchin' niggas pagers

Labeled a mark soon as we start, it was hard to quit

We started out drinkin' 40's, moved to harder shit

Goddamn, now I'm a grown man, I follow no man

Nigga, got my own plan, and it's called Killuminati

[Chorus: Kastro & 2Pac]

Yo, Makaveli, they can't stop you

Killuminati and we got you, got you

Killuminati

Yo, Makaveli, they can't stop you

Hold it down!

Killuminati and we got you, got you

Yo, Makaveli, they can't stop you

Hold it down!

Killuminati and we got you, got you

Yo, Makaveli, they can't stop you

Hold it down!

Killuminati and we got you, got you

[Verse 3: E.D.I. Amin]

I spend most of my time bankin', niggas

Because they hate a nigga, comin' across fake niggas

But we made niggas, old school and I'm thinkin'

Y'all some bitch made niggas and you steadily sinkin'

O-U-T, L-A-W-Z, ain't nothing fuckin' with that

We bustin' back, comin' back for the stacks

Laugh last, cash cash, all I want is the paper

Givin' them fuckers tool whips, I rule haters

Y'all can't fade us, we kill, steal and peal quickly

The boss niggas, definitely, put it down strictly

E.D.I. Amin, until the law come for me

Kill 'em all for shorty, '99 Killuminati

[Verse 4: Kadafi]

They got me thinkin' strugglin' and hustling's my only fate

Toppin' graems on the kichen plate

Tryin' to keep that money straight

Times is rolling three up these streets sleep

But when I crack, hammer cocked back, rapped in my sheets

My life's been crossed, crooked since a seed

It hurts, got a package from the devil, payin' my deeds

Preoccupied by the greed in this crooked life I lead

More funds to spend or bigger guns to squeeze

Me and my thugs clock G's, sippin' naughty thangs

Real as these tats on my body, and it's Killuminati

[Chorus: Kastro & 2Pac]

Yo, Makaveli, they can't stop you

Hold it down!

Killuminati and we got you, got you

Yo, Makaveli, they can't stop you

Hold it down!

Killuminati and we got you, got you

Yo, Makaveli, they can't stop you

Hold it down!

Killuminati and we got you, got you

Yo, Makaveli, they can't stop you

Hold it down!

Killuminati and we got you, got you

[Outro: 2Pac]

(Makaveli the Don until I'm gone, I maintain)

Makaveli up in this bitch, worldwide mash, Westside

(Makaveli the Don until I'm gone, I maintain)

The question we ask, do you know what time it is?

You know what type of shit we be

(Makaveli the Don until I'm gone, I maintain)

You want that hip-hop real, it's that hip-hop that's real

Hold it down, hold it down! Hip-hop that's worldwide, feel?

(Makaveli the Don until I'm gone, I maintain)

Fuck with me, nigga, you get killed!

It don't get no realer than this

(Makaveli the Don until I'm gone, I maintain)

What's my motherfuckin' name, nigga?

My niggas, we all bad

(Makaveli the Don until I'm gone, I maintain)

What's my muh'fuckin name, nigga?

What's my muh'fuckin name?

(Makaveli the Don until I'm gone, I maintain)

Outlawz in this bitch, Death Row at its finest

(Makaveli the Don until I'm gone, I maintain)

Repeat! Death Row at it's finest

Nigga, you know what time it is

(Makaveli the Don until I'm gone, I maintain)… Outlawz…

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Track details

From Still I Rise

1999
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Still I Rise
Still I Rise
2Pac
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1999
  1. —Letter to the President
  2. —The Good Die Young
  3. —Teardrops and Closed Caskets
  4. —U Can Be Touched
  5. —Killuminati
  6. —Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)
  7. —As the World Turns
  8. —Black Jesuz
  9. —High Speed
  10. —Hell 4 a Hustler
  11. —Tattoo Tears
  12. —Still I Rise

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2010
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2007
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Rap Phenomenon EP
2003

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
2Pac, E.D.I. Mean, Kastro, Tony Pizarro, Yaki Kadafi
Producer
Tony Pizarro
Bass
Darrell Crooks
Guitar
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Background Vocals
Qierra Davis-Martin
Mastering Engineer
Brian Gardner
Mixing Engineer
E.D.I. Mean, Tim Nitz, Tony Pizarro
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