Dre Pierré - 1996 lyrics

[Intro: 2Pac, Sway, Dre Pierré] [2Pac, Sway] Represent by example And if you truly had a better lifestyle Then you'll get five million sales I'm not saying my lifestyle is the best I'm saying this is the lifestyle most lived by the most motherf**ers out there Or variation of No matter where you are I'm not no gangsta, like on some k** a n***a sh** (Right, Right) I'm on some survival sh** Whether you a girl and you got three kids, you tryna go to school and work and make it That's 2Pac I came from a crack mama, high school dropout, look at me now Every time they throw an obstacle in front of me, I face it Let everybody know how it feels when I'm going through it and then hurdle it And let everybody see it Every time it comes in front of me I have an interview, tell everything that happened, do it and overcome it [Dre Pierré] Yea See they wanna see us fall and put each other down But we only got one way to go, all we can do is rise 400 years n***as thought I just stopped rapping I was just putting in work, and I haven't even started And you motherf**ers thought it was my demise already Uh, 1-9-9-6 (Yea) Marked the beginning for my (1-9-9-6) n***as in the H one time (Yea), represent uh (Check me out now) Yea, (Uh) for my n***as worldwide (Yea) one time just represent (One time) G.O.E (Yea) This that Garden Of Eden [Verse 1] Welcome to the unforgiving land of that S.W.A.T. town The place they wanna see us all fall and put each other down Where n***as pack gats, but no rubbers for protection Cause when the nuts bust hollow tips it's lethal weapon Dre P tryna hit the rap scene, seeing green by the time I'm 19, EP reign supreme Flying coast to coast, Atlantic to Pacific Let me be specific ya'll sh** is like hieroglyphics No man can understand the pa**ion that I'm down for I can't wait to say I made it CD's in the stores I want it all but happiness don't come free The price you pay could have a n***a spinning in 360° Tired of dick riding n***as and these scheming hoes They all come and go The friends and the foes At my shows screaming Dre Pierré I miss the days when I didn't even know was Mary Jane [Hook] (DJ Scratching) "1-9-9-6 ask ya b**h" "9-6 sh**" n***as puff that Mary Jane High off the La Yo we gettin' live, Eternal Presence, yea Yo I'm representing for my peoples in the S.W.A.T., uh Worldwide n***a From Cali to N.Y [Verse 2] Sega Genesis, Nintendo 64s, wired telephones Staying up late 'til the break of dawn Reminiscing, always looking back I'm sick of that, time to think forward but my people's off track No coastal wars but it's still east and west n***as scared to walk in the hood without a vest It's a test when God put the ghetto people in the slum September 7th gunshots rung, everybody run If Joey got two shots for 2Pac's k**er Give me a whole clip with them two triggers Them figures ain't nothin', would you please frontin' On my clique, turn nothing into something obstacles we overcoming f** reality and dreams I'm 'bout a make it happen The main attraction spittin' fire more than a dragon I can't lie this the start of ya ending 1 double 9-6 2014 I'm representing Yea I said I'm representing [Hook] 2014 n***a, 2015, 2016 we gone keep moving on n***a (Motherf**er) [Outro] Alright n***a go to the next track man We 'bout to get live out this motherf**er If you wanna rewind this track, then gone head you know what to do Let's go on to the next sh**, start it up