Hail Mary – English Lyrics

• By: Makaveli, The Outlawz
• Album: Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the raw and introspective world of Tupac Shakur's "Hail Mary." This iconic track offers a powerful look into the artist's final thoughts, blending street narratives with spiritual reflections. Learning English through "Hail Mary" allows you to explore rich, evocative language and complex themes of struggle, loyalty, and redemption, providing insight into a pivotal moment in hip-hop history and the mind of a legendary artist.

[English]

- THIS IS YOUR HOME NOW.

AND THE SOONER YOU GET THAT IN YOUR HEAD

THE BETTER OFF YOU'RE GOING TO BE.

- MAN, I DON'T NEED TO BE UP IN HERE BEHIND THESE BARS.

I CAN'T DO NOTHING BEHIND THESE BARS.

- OF COURSE YOU DO.

YOU'RE A CRIMINAL.

EVERYBODY IN HERE IS A CRIMINAL.

I'M A CRIMINAL AND YOU A CRIMINAL.

- LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, I WAS SET UP, OG.

KILLED MY BEST FRIEND.

- DON'T TRIP ON IT, KID.

[THUNDERSTORM AND LIGHTNING]

REVENGE HAS A FUNNY, FUNNY WAY OF SETTLING THE SCORE.

AND WHEN IT HAPPENS, YOU WILL KNOW.

[2PAC] ♪ MAKAVELI IN THIS, KILLUMINATI ♪

♪ ALL THROUGH YOUR BODY ♪

♪ THE BLOW IS LIKE A 12-GAUGE SHOTTY ♪

♪ UH, FEEL ME! (COME WITH ME, HAIL MARY, NIGGA, RUN QUICK, SEE) ♪

♪ AND GOD SAID HE SHOULD SEND HIS ONE BEGOTTEN SON ♪

♪ TO LEAD THE WILD INTO THE WAYS OF THE MAN ♪

♪ (WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE NOW? DO YOU WANNA RIDE OR DIE?) ♪

♪ FOLLOW ME! (LA, LA-DA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA) ♪

♪ EAT MY FLESH, FLESH OF MY FLESH! ♪

♪ COME WITH ME! ♪

♪ HAIL MARY, NIGGA, RUN QUICK, SEE ♪

♪ WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE NOW? ♪

♪ DO YOU WANNA RIDE OR DIE? ♪

♪ LA, LA-DA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA ♪

♪ I AIN'T A KILLER, BUT DON'T PUSH ME ♪

♪ REVENGE IS LIKE THE SWEETEST JOY NEXT TO GETTIN' PUSSY ♪

♪ PICTURE PARAGRAPHS UNLOADED, WISE WORDS BEIN' QUOTED ♪

♪ PEEPED THE WEAKNESS IN THE RAP GAME AND SEWED IT ♪

♪ BOW DOWN, PRAY TO GOD, HOPIN' THAT HE'S LISTENIN' ♪

♪ SEEIN' NIGGAS COMIN' FOR ME THROUGH MY DIAMONDS WHEN THEY GLISTENIN' ♪

♪ NOW PAY ATTENTION, BLESS ME PLEASE, FATHER, I'M A GHOST ♪

♪ IN THESE KILLING FIELDS, HAIL MARY, CATCH ME IF I GO ♪

♪ LET'S GO DEEP INSIDE THE SOLITARY MIND OF A MADMAN ♪

♪ SCREAMS IN THE DARK, EVIL LURKS, ENEMIES SEE ME FLEE ♪

♪ ACTIVATE MY HATE, LET IT BREAK TO THE FLAME ♪

♪ SET TRIP, EMPTY OUT MY CLIP, NEVER STOP TO AIM ♪

♪ SOME SAY THE GAME IS ALL CORRUPT AND FUCKED IN THIS SHIT ♪

♪ STUCK, NIGGAS IS LUCKY IF WE BUST OUT THIS SHIT ♪

♪ PLUS, MAMA TOLD ME NEVER STOP UNTIL I BUST A NUT ♪

♪ FUCK THE WORLD IF THEY CAN'T ADJUST, IT'S JUST AS WELL, HAIL MARY ♪

♪ COME WITH ME! ♪

♪ HAIL MARY, NIGGA, RUN QUICK, SEE ♪

♪ WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE NOW? ♪

♪ DO YOU WANNA RIDE OR DIE? ♪

♪ LA, LA-DA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA ♪

♪ COME WITH ME! ♪

♪ HAIL MARY, NIGGA, RUN QUICK, SEE ♪

♪ WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE NOW? ♪

♪ DO YOU WANNA RIDE OR DIE? ♪

♪ LA, DA-DA, DA, DA, DA-DA, DA ♪

♪ PENITENTIARIES IS PACKED WITH PROMISE-MAKERS ♪

♪ NEVER REALIZED THE PRECIOUS TIME THAT BITCH NIGGAS IS WASTIN' ♪

♪ INSTITUTIONALIZED, I LIVE MY LIFE A PRODUCT MADE TO CRUMBLE ♪

♪ BUT TOO HARDENED FOR A SMILE, WE'RE TOO CRAZY TO BE HUMBLE ♪

♪ WE BALLIN', CATCH ME, FATHER, PLEASE ♪

♪ ‘CAUSE I'M FALLIN' IN THE LIQUOR STORE ♪

♪ PASS THE HENNESSY, I HEAR YOU CALLIN', CAN I GET SOME MORE? ♪

♪ HELL, 'TIL I REACH HELL, I AIN'T SCARED ♪

♪ MAMA CHECKIN' IN MY BEDROOM, I AIN'T THERE ♪

♪ I GOT A HEAD WITH NO SCREWS IN IT, WHAT CAN I DO? ♪

♪ ONE LIFE TO LIVE, BUT I GOT NOTHIN' TO LOSE ♪

♪ JUST ME AND YOU ON A ONE-WAY TRIP TO PRISON, SELLIN' DRUGS ♪

♪ WE ALL WRAPPED UP IN THIS LIVIN', LIFE AS THUGS ♪

♪ TO MY HOMEBOYS IN CLINTON MAX DOIN' THEIR BID ♪

♪ RAISE HELL TO THIS REAL SHIT AND FEEL THIS ♪

♪ WHEN THEY TURN OUT THE LIGHTS, I'LL BE THERE IN THE DARK ♪

♪ THUGGIN' ETERNAL THROUGH MY HEART ♪

♪ NOW HAIL MARY, NIGGA! ♪

♪ COME WITH ME! ♪

♪ HAIL MARY, NIGGA, RUN QUICK, SEE ♪

♪ WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE NOW? ♪

♪ DO YOU WANNA RIDE OR DIE? ♪

♪ LA, DA-DA, DA, DA, DA-DA, DA ♪

♪ COME WITH ME! ♪

♪ HAIL MARY, NIGGA, RUN QUICK, SEE ♪

♪ WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE NOW? ♪

♪ DO YOU WANNA RIDE OR DIE? ♪

♪ LA, DA-DA, DA, DA, DA-DA, DA ♪

[KASTRO] ♪ THEY GOT A A-P-B OUT ON MY THUG FAMILY ♪

♪ SINCE OUTLAWZ RUN THESE STREETS LIKE THESE SCANDALOUS FREAKS ♪

♪ OUR ENEMIES DIE NOW, WALK AROUND HALF-DEAD ♪

♪ HEAD DOWN, K-BLASTED OFF OF HENNESSY AND THAI CHRONIC ♪

♪ MIXED IN, NOW I'M TWISTED, BLISTERED AND HIGH ♪

♪ VISIONS OF ME THUG-LIVIN' GETTIN' ME BY ♪

♪ FOREVER LIVE, AND I MULTIPLY, SURVIVED BY THUGS ♪

♪ WHEN I DIE THEY WON'T CRY UNLESS THEY COMIN' WITH SLUGS ♪

[YOUNG NOBLE] ♪ PEEP THE WHOLE SCENE AND WHATEVER'S GOIN' ON AROUND ME ♪

♪ BRAIN KIND OF CLOUDY, SMOKED OUT, FEELIN' ROWDY ♪

♪ READY TO WET THE PARTY UP ♪

♪ AND WHOEVER IN THAT MOTHERFUCKER, NASTY NEW STREET SLUGGER ♪

♪ MY HEAT SEEKS SUCKERS ON THE REGULAR ♪

♪ MASHIN' IN A STOLEN BLACK AC' INTEGRA ♪

♪ COCKED BACK, SIXTY SECONDS 'TIL THE DRAW, THAT'S WHEN I'M DEADIN' YA ♪

♪ FEET FIRST, YOU'VE GOT A NICE GAT BUT MY HEAT'S WORSE ♪

♪ FROM A THUG TO PREACHIN' CHURCH ♪

♪ I GAVE YOU LOVE, NOW YOU EATIN' DIRT ♪

♪ NEEDIN' WORK ♪

♪ AND I AIN'T THE NIGGA TO PUT YOU ON ‘CAUSE WORD IS BOND ♪

♪ WHEN I WAS BROKE, I HAD TO HUSTLE 'TIL DAWN ♪

♪ THAT'S WHEN THE SUN CAME UP, THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY UP ♪

♪ HOLD YOUR HEAD AND STAY UP ♪

♪ TO ALL MY NIGGAS, GET YOUR PAY AND WEIGHT UP ♪

[KADAFI] ♪ IF IT'S ON, THEN IT'S ON, WE RAPE BEAT-BREAKS ♪

♪ OUTLAWZ ON A PAPER CHASE, CAN YOU RELATE? ♪

♪ TO THIS SHIT I DON'T GOT BE THE SHIT I GOTTA TAKE ♪

♪ DEALIN' WITH FATE, HOPIN' GOD DON'T CLOSE THE GATE ♪

♪ IF IT'S ON, THEN IT'S ON, WE RAPE BEAT-BREAKS ♪

♪ OUTLAWZ ON A PAPER CHASE, CAN YOU RELATE? ♪

♪ TO THIS SHIT I DON'T GOT BE THE SHIT I GOTTA TAKE ♪

♪ DEALIN' WITH FATE, HOPIN' GOD DON'T CLOSE THE GATE ♪

[2PAC] ♪ COME WITH ME! ♪

♪ HAIL MARY, NIGGA, RUN QUICK, SEE ♪

♪ WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE NOW? ♪

- ♪ DO YOU WANNA RIDE OR DIE? ♪ - [PRINCE ITAL JOE] ♪ WE'VE BEEN TRAVELIN' ON THIS WEARY ROAD ♪

- [PRINCE ITAL JOE] ♪ SOMETIMES LIFE CAN BE A HEAVY LOAD ♪

♪ BUT WE RIDE, RIDE IT LIKE A BULLET ♪

- [2PAC] ♪ HAIL MARY, HAIL MARY - [PRINCE ITAL JOE] ♪ HAIL MARY ♪

- [PRISONER 1] DAMN SHAME, HUH.

WHAT DO-- HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME?

- [PRISONER 2] UH...

MAK...

- [BOTH] MAKA-- MAKA--

[BOTH LAUGH]

- [PRISONER 1] BOY MUST'VE HAD A GOOD LIFE, I HOPE.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - to move quickly on foot
kill /kɪl/ A2	verb - to cause the death of
revenge /rɪˈvɛndʒ/ B1	noun - action to inflict hurt or harm on someone for a perceived wrong
thug /θʌɡ/ B1	noun - a violent person, especially a criminal
flesh /flɛʃ/ A2	noun - the soft tissue of the body
ghost /ɡoʊst/ A2	noun - the soul of a dead person, believed to appear to the living
solitary /ˈsɒlɪˌtɛri/ B2	adjective - alone or isolated
enemy /ˈɛnəmi/ A2	noun - a person who feels hatred towards you
activate /ˈæktɪˌveɪt/ B1	verb - to make something active or operative
clip /klɪp/ A2	noun - a device for holding things together verb - to cut or sever with a sudden stroke
institutionalized /ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənəlaɪzd/ C1	adjective - confined or adapted to life in an institution
humble /ˈhʌmbl/ B1	adjective - modest or unassuming in nature
eternal /ɪˈtɜːrnal/ B2	adjective - lasting forever
multiply /ˈmʌltɪˌplaɪ/ B1	verb - to increase in number or quantity
survive /sərˈvaɪv/ B1	verb - to continue to live or exist
fate /feɪt/ B1	noun - the development of events outside a person's control
gate /ɡeɪt/ A1	noun - a movable barrier
bullet /ˈbʊlɪt/ A2	noun - a projectile fired from a gun
load /loʊd/ A2	noun - a burden or weight verb - to put cargo onto
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - the natural agent that stimulates sight adjective - not heavy or intense