[Hook 1: Nanci Fletcher & 2Pac] n***as out there jealous cause we be bailin' with d**h Row They try to playa hate, but they can't fade us though We be mobbin' through the neighborhood, yeah With that funky sound (so funky) We be throwin' down This goes out to you playa You know, you know who you are [Hook 2: 2Pac] Gotta be careful, can't let the evil of the money trap me So when ya see me n***a, you better holla at me Gotta be careful, can't let the evil of the money trap me So when ya see me n***a, you better holla at me Gotta be careful, can't let the evil of the money trap me So when ya see me n***a, you better holla at me [Verse 1: 2Pac] Are you confused? You wonder how it feels to walk a mile inside the shoes of a n***a who don't have a thing to lose When me and you was homies No one informed me it was all a scheme You infiltrated my team and sold a n***a's dreams How could you do me like that? I took ya family in I put some cash in ya pocket, made you a man again And now you let the fear put your a** in a place Complicated to escape, it's a fool's fate Without your word you're a shell of a man I lost respect for ya, n***a We can never be friends I know I'm runnin' through your head now What could you do? If it was up to you, I'd be dead now I let the world know, n***a, you a coward Ya could never be live Until you die See the motherf**in' b**h in your eye Type of n***a, that let the evil of the money trap me When ya see me, n***a, you better holla at me (holla at me) [Hook 2: 2Pac & Nanci Fletcher] Gotta be afraid, don't let the evil of the money trap me So when ya see me, n***a, you better holla at me You better beware where you lay We better not find where you stay So I gotta be careful, can't let the evil of the money trap me So when ya see me, n***a, you better holla at me You better beware where you lay We better not find where you stay [Verse 2: 2Pac] Curious, spittin' lyrics on the verge of furious I'm addicted to currency n***a that's why we're doin' this I got shot up, I surprised the n***as the way I got up And then I hit the studio, it's time to blow the block up No hesitation This information got you contemplatin' Heartbreakin' and eliminatin' with this conversation Break him and let him see the face of a mental patient It's a celebration of my criminal elevation, more participation I want members that call the fifty states To keep the nation anticipatin' until we break Will I be great, is it my fate? To live the life of luxury, some n***as bought my tapes So much jealousy it scares me So be prepared, cause only the strong survive Life isn't fair (fair) Probably never knew the way it feels to die So you see come f** with me, I give that a** a try!! n***a, holla at me [Hook 2: 2Pac & Nanci Fletcher] Gotta be careful, can't let the evil of the money trap me So when ya see me, n***a, you better holla at me You better beware where you lay We better not find where you stay And now I gotta be careful, can't let the evil of the money trap me So when ya see me, n***a, you better holla at me You better beware where you lay We better not find where you stay [Verse 3: 2Pac] I should've saw the signs, I was blinded Criminal minds of a young black brotha doin' time So many brothas framed in this dirty game It's a shame, so much pressure on my brain while she blame me Secrets in the dark, only her and I know Now I'm sittin' in the state pen', doin' time slow Guess she made a bad decision That got me livin' just like an animal I'm caged up in state prison My n***as dissin' cause hell hath no fury like a woman's scorn A cemetery full of motherf**ers not knowin' Picture my prophecy I got some attacking me, on top of me I'm runnin' from the coppers, but never let 'em stop me Cause I'm a soldier Hell, ever since I was a little n***a havin' fantasies of one day getting older n***as is paranoid, trust; a no no Love is a mystery, f** the po po Holla at me [Hook 2: 2Pac & Nanci Fletcher] So when you see me n***a You better holla at me You better beware where you lay We better not find where you stay Gotta be careful, can't let the evil of the money trap me So when ya see me, n***a, you better holla at me You better beware where you lay We better not find where you stay A n***a gotta be careful, can't let the evil of the money trap me So when ya see me, n***a, you better holla at me You better beware where you lay We better not find where you stay [Hook 1: Nanci Fletcher] n***as out there jealous cause we be bailin' with d**h Row They try to playa hate, but they can't fade us tho' We be mobbin' through the neighborhood, yeah With that funky sound (so funky) We be throwin' down [Hook 2: 2Pac & Nanci Fletcher] Gotta be careful, can't let the evil of the money trap me So when ya see me n***a, you better holla at me You better beware where you lay We better not find where you stay Gotta be careful, can't let the evil of the money trap me So when ya see me n***a, you better holla at me You better beware where you lay We better not find where you stay