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= 2PAC & BIGGIE-RUNNING =

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LYRICS:

Sway (MTV interviewer) speaking] Between you and Biggie it was like, Who's gon', who's gonna... Who rules the... the... the "nigga kingdom" and shit, basically You know what I'm sayin'... I was like, this is like a fuckin' election, it's an election and shit, You know what I'm saying?

[2Pac speaking] It is that... it is that! Me and Biggie situation is smaller than that Me and Biggie situation is like...

[Ambulance radio] Central, we got a black male shot - in critical condition...

[Reporter] Tupac Shakur was shot seven times in the chest,

[2Pac speaking] While I'm in jail, strangers is tellin' me: "You don't know? Biggie home boy shot you! And they bragging!" And that's why what I'm doing... I know what I'm doin', I'm destroying them. I'm DESTROYING them...

You know, I wonder if they'll laugh when I'm dead... Why am I fighting to live If I'm just living to fight? Why am I trying to see When there ain't nothing in sight? Why am I trying to give When no one gives me a try? Why am I dying to live If I'm just living to die?

[Notorious B.I.G.] Check it; I grew up a f* screw-up Got introduced to the game Got an ounce and f* ' blew up Toppin' rocks overnight The nigga Biggie Smalls Tryin to turn into the black Frank White We had to grow dreads to change our description Two cops is on the milk box missin' Show they toes and know they got stepped on A fist full of bullets, a chest full of teflon Run from the police - picture that Nigga I'm too fat, I f*+around and catch an asthma attack That's why I bust back, it don't phase me When he drop take his Glock and I'm Swayze Celebrate my escape, sold the Glock, bought some weight Laid back - I got some money to make Motherf !

You know, I wonder if they'll laugh when I'm dead... Why am I fighting to live If I'm just living to fight? Why am I trying to see When there ain't nothing in sight? Why am I trying to give When no one gives me a try? Why am I dying to live If I'm living to die?

[Notorious B.I.G. speaking] Tupac's still dead, you know what I'm saying? Just... don't feed into it! If you feed into it, it's only going to escalate You know what I'm sayin'? I know about the truth I know what people would believe for was the truth...

[2Pac] It's on me! But still I'm havin' memories of high speed When the cops crashed as I laughed Pushin' the gas when ma Glocks blast We was young and we was dumb, but we had heart In the dark, where we survived through the bad parts Many dreams is what I had and plenty wishes, No hesitation in extermination of these snitches Envious B *** ,** they still continue to pursue me A couple o' movies, now the whole world's tryin' to screw me Even the cops try to sue me So what can I do but stay true? Sippin' 22s of brew? And now the media's tryin' to test me Got the press asking questions, trying to stress me Misery is all I see, that's my mind state My history with the police is... check the crime rate! My main man had two strikes slipped Got arrested and flipped He screamed "Thug Life!" and emptied a clip Got tired of runnin' from the police


 * You know, I wonder if they'll laugh when I'm dead...**
 * Why am I fighting to live**
 * If I'm just living to fight?**
 * Why am I trying to see**
 * When there ain't nothing in sight?**
 * Why am I trying to give**
 * When no one gives me a try?**
 * Why am I dying to live**
 * If I'm living to die?**


 * THE SONG **


 * I chosed this song because I think that 2pac and notorious are two rappers that are both dead but that they have been very important for rap music and that other artists have a lot to envy about them. **
 * As you will already know 2pac was shotted to death in 1996,and Notorious died 2 years after in a fight. These rappers where very good but also had problems with justice and where always in fights. **
 * I find interesting the fact that there’s an interview through the song, because it was never done and it’s a very original idea. **


 * This song is a mix, it wasn’t done by them but the MTV music channel mixed different rimes from them ,but the melody is original from a 2pac’s song also called Runnin’. **
 * It starts with Notorious in an interview saying that 2pac was and will ever be the best rapper that has ever existed, and after the melody starts and Notorious starts rapping. **

Notorious’s part:


 * Biggie speaks about all he has done to be where we was,all he suffered to become a famous rapper and how difficult it was. For example when he says’ We had to grow dreads to change our description’ which says that not onlyBiggie but normally famous rapper come from a very conflictive infancy and were very poor. **
 * Also he says,’Run from the police’ which means that they were always in problems,as i’ve said befote and the were always runnin’ from the police trying to not get caught. **
 * In the last verses Notorious makes referente to 2Pac’s death,they were good friends and it’s death hurted him a lot,but not Orly to him but to rap music,because one of the best poets in the World had died,and in a fight, which made things worse. **

2pac’s part:


 * 2pac’s part seems like if it’s being singed from the sky,like if he was singing us he’s memories of a famous rapper. For example when he says,’But I still have memories of high Speedy,When the cops crashed as I laughed’ like making referente to his past life. **
 * Like boggie,he also makes referente to the police,he says,’My history with the police is…check the crime rate’ which clearly shows how rappers had many problems with criminality and the police. **
 * 2pac hated the media,like many famous people do. He makes referente to them when he says’ Envious bitches’ which means that they were frustrated,that the Orly thing they did was talk and talk about 2pac and their Rights,drugs addictions…. **


 * 2pac & Biggie **

2PAC ** : Thupac Amaru Shakur was born in 1971 in East Harlem, NY. 2pac was a rapper,but also an actor,productor and poet. He’s the person that most album has sold in history,even more than The Beatles,with 120 millions around the World. **
 * His lyrics always tañed abput violence and poorness,but also talks about political and economical problems. **
 * One year before dying,he was shotted 2 times,but still lived. 2pac thought that rap Industries were behind that and that’s my nowadays there’s a loto f rivalisation between the East and the West coast. **

BIGGIE ** : Christppher George Letore Wallac was born in 1972 in Brooklyn, NY. He had many names,like Big Poppa,Frank White(thanks to his movie) but mainly Notorious B.I.G(Business Instead of Game). **
 * When he was only 14 years old he started with drugs and to earn money(listen to the song Juicy) he started selling drugs in Bedfor-Stuyvesant. After leaving that style of life,he worked on being a rapper,and in 1994 when he published his album Ready To Die with songs like Party and bullshit or Hypotize he was already an idol for many people. He dies one year after than 2pac also shotted,his death setted up an extreme rivalisation between many urban bands in the whole of the United States. **



ACTIVITY(FILL IN THE GAPS)

It's on me! But still I'm havin' memories of high speed When the _ as I laughed Pushin' the gas when ma Glocks blast ___, but we had heart__ __In the dark, where we survived through the bad parts__ __Many dreams is what__ ___,__ __No hesitation in extermination of these snitches__ __Envious Bitches, they still continue to pursue me__ __A couple o' movies, now the whole world's tryin' to screw me__ __Even the cops__ _ __So what can I do but stay true?__ __Sippin' 22s of brew?__ __And now the media's tryin' to test me__ _, trying to stress me Misery is all I see, that's my mind state My history with the police is... check the crime rate! My main man had two strikes slipped Got arrested and flipped He screamed "" and emptied a clip