They Don’t Give A F**** About Us

[Intro: 2Pac]

Y'all ain't never just tripped and pictured

And just looked at the whole situation

'Cause once you look at it

You know (Really do)

[Chorus: 2Pac]

They don't give a fuck about us

They don't give a fuck about us

They don't give a fuck about us

If I choose to ride, thuggin' 'til the day I die

Nobody gives a fuck about us

But when I start to rise

A hero in they children's eyes

Now they give a fuck about us

[Verse 1: 2Pac]

Some say niggas is hard-headed 'cause we love to trip

Equipped with game so we bang with this thuggish shit

I see you tryin' to hide, hopin' that nobody don't notice

You must always remember: you're still a member of the hopeless

See, you're black like me, so you snap like me

When these devils try to plot, trap our young black seeds

Look it, cops are just as crooked as the niggas they chasin'

Lookin' for role models, our father figures is basers

Some say expect Illuminati take my body to sleep

Niggas at the party with they shotties just as rowdy as me

Before I fear computer chips, I gotta deal with brothers flippin'

I don't see no devils bleedin', only black blood drippin'

We can change — what your mouth say?

I'm watchin' niggas work their lives out without pay

Whatever it takes to switch places with the busters on top

I'm bustin' shots, make the world stop

They don't give a fuck about us

[Chorus: 2Pac, E.D.I. Mean]

Now If I choose to ride, thuggin' 'til the day I die

Nobody gives a fuck about us

But when I start to rise

A hero in they children's eyes

Now they give a fuck about us

If I choose to ride, thuggin' 'til the day I die

Nobody gives a fuck about us

But when I start to rise

A hero in they children's eyes (Uh-huh)

Now they give a fuck about us

[Verse 2: E.D.I. Mean]

It's the morning after and now all the laughter is gone

Time to reflect on what you did, 'cause they sayin' you wrong

I'm sure you had your reasons, dawg, I don't doubt you

See, the simple fact of the matter is they don't give a fuck about you

Or them five mouths you forced to feed (Uh-huh), not includin' yourself

All you want is wealth, they perceive it as greed

So as you loaded up that MAC and continue to bust

Your mind was on paper, thinkin' they don't give a fuck about us

[Verse 3: 2Pac]

I'm seein' it clearer, hatin' the picture in the mirror

They claim we inferior, so why the fuck these devils fear ya?

I'm watchin' my nation die, genocide the cause

Expect a blood bath, the aftermath is y'alls

I told you, last album, we need help 'cause we dyin'

Give us a chance, help us advance, 'cause we tryin'

Ignored my whole plea, watchin' us in disgust

And then they beg when my guns bust

They don't give a fuck about us

[Chorus: 2Pac]

Now If I choose to ride, thuggin' 'til the day I die

Nobody gives a fuck about us

But when I start to rise

A hero in they children's eyes

Now they give a fuck about us

If I choose to ride, thuggin' 'til the day I die

Nobody gives a fuck about us

But when I start to rise

A hero in they children's eyes

Now they give a fuck about us

[Verse 4: Kastro]

Now, all the homies got love for me

Down to catch a slug for me

Guaranteed to bleed deeply, now that's love

Shit, nobody else would give a fuck

If I'm tore down, from the floor down, six-feet deep in the cut

What the fuck done went wrong?

How long will I be mourned?

When I'm gone, same song, ain't give a fuck all along

And who am I to blame 'em? Just do or die through the rainin'

Since they don't give a fuck, I don't; feel what I'm sayin'?

[Verse 5: Kadafi]

Now, thug niggas die but multiply in doubles

Wrapped in plastic or closed casket for our troubles

Present times, we busted, like bubbles

With the police, this nation's peace sent here to run you

Now look at what this crooked world has come to

I grew up on the other side of perfect, a life of hurtin'

Man, I still hustle, so I'm dyin' certain

So why spend your time poor and workin', I see no reason

So I stay ballin' season to season

Why you stuck thinkin' that they give a fuck?

[Verse 6: Napoleon]

You tell me my world is in peace, but nigga, you're lyin'

'Cause half of my niggas long gone

Buried in the dirt just for tryin'

Sometime I think my block is dyin' and that is awful

To wake up to another day, shit ain't changed that's awful

I wake up sweatin', dreamin', coughin'

Seein' me upside down backwards head twisted

While I'm layin' in the coffin

The shit comes around so often; so tell me somethin'

Before I take it out on the world, and get to dumpin'

Nigga, I'd be soft if I ain't go through the strugglin'

I'm doin' the same thing you did at my age, and that's hustlin'

On the edge of straight bustin'

Well, since you don't give a fuck, I be frontin'

I'ma drink my Hennessy like it ain't nothin'

[Chorus: 2Pac]

If I choose to ride, thuggin' 'til the day I die

They don't give a fuck about us

But while I'm kickin' rhymes

Kick it to they children's minds

Now they give a fuck about us

They wanna see us die

They kick us every time we try

'Cause they don't give a fuck about us

So while I'm gettin' high

I'm watchin' as the world goes by

'Cause they don't give a fuck about us

If I choose to ride, thuggin' 'til the day I die

They don't give a fuck about us

But while I'm kickin' rhymes

Kick it to they children's minds

Now they give a fuck about us

They wanna see us die

They kick us every time we try

'Cause they don't give a fuck about us

So while I'm gettin' high

I'm watchin' as the world goes by

'Cause they don't give a fuck about us

Riiise… riiise!