To Live & Die In L.A. – English Lyrics

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

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

- [Tupac] Somebody need to do a song for L.A.

- [Rapper] Straight up

- [Tupac] This go out to L.A. The new anthem

-California Love Part 2. One time

♪♪♪

♪ To live and die in L.A. ♪

♪ West Side, West Side, West Side ♪

♪ To live and die L.A. ♪

♪ Where everybody tryna' fatten they pockets ♪

♪ So many hustle for the cash so it's hard to knock it ♪

♪ Everybody got they own thing currency chasing ♪

♪ Worldwide through the hard times worrying faces ♪

♪ Shed tears as we bury brothers close to heart ♪

♪ What was a friend now a ghost in the dark ♪

♪ Hard part about it brother got smoked by a fiend ♪

♪ Tryna' floss on him blind to a broken man's dream ♪

♪ A hard lesson court cases keep 'em guessing ♪

♪ Plea bargain ain't an option now so I'm stressing ♪

♪ Cost me more to be free than a life in the pen ♪

♪ Making money off of cuss words writing again ♪

♪ Learn how to think ahead so I fight with my pen ♪

♪ Late night down Sunset liking the scene ♪

♪ What's the worst they could do to a player ♪

♪ Got me lost in hell to live and die in L.A. on bail ♪

♪ To live and die in L.A. it's the place to be (To live and die in L.A.) ♪

♪ You've got to be there to know

it what everybody wanna see (To live and die in L.A.) ♪

♪ To live and die in L.A. it's the place to be (To live and die in L.A.) ♪

♪ You've got to be there to know it what everybody wanna see ♪

♪ It's the city of angels and constant danger ♪

♪ South Central L.A. can't get no stranger ♪

♪ Full of drama like a soap opera ♪

♪ On the curb watching the ghetto bird helicopters ♪

♪ I observe so many homies getting three strikes ♪

♪ Tossed in jail ♪

♪ Swear the pen right across from hell ♪

♪ I can't cry 'cause it's home now ♪

♪ I'm just a player on his own now living life thug style ♪

♪ So I can't smile ♪

♪ Writing to my loved ones sending 'em pictures ♪

♪ Thinking Cali just sun and switches ♪

(Tupac laughs)

♪ Better learn about the dress code B's and C's ♪

♪ All them other suckers copycats these is G's ♪

♪ I love Cali like I love women ♪

♪ 'Cause every brother in L.A. ♪

♪ Got a little bit of thug in 'em ♪

♪ We might fight amongst each other but I promise you this ♪

♪ We tear the roof off get us pissed to live and die in L.A. ♪

♪ To live and die in L.A. it's the place to be (To live and die in L.A.) ♪

♪ You've got to be there to know it what everybody wanna see (To live and die in L.A.) ♪

♪ To live and die in L.A. it's the place to be (To live and die in L.A.) ♪

♪ You've got to be there to know it what everybody wanna see ♪

♪ It wouldn't be L.A. without Mexicans ♪

♪ Black love brown pride on the sets again ♪

♪ Pete Wilson trying to see us all broke I'm on some madness ♪

♪ Out for everything they owe remember K-day ♪

♪ Weekends, Crenshaw, M.L.K, automatics rang free ♪

♪ Guess we lost our way ♪

♪ Gang signs being shown brother love your hood ♪

♪ But recognize and it's all good ♪

♪ So where my G's at ♪

♪ Brothers getting shermed out ♪

♪ Snoop Dogg in the double all perved out ♪

♪ M.O.B. Big Suge got the low low bounce and turn ♪

♪ Dogg Pound in the Lex more amounts to earn ♪

♪ I got some Watts players with me O.F.T.B. ♪

♪ They brought some food but I'm cool left the rest for me ♪

♪ I got Neck Bone, Head Ron, Punchy too ♪

♪ Big Rock plus Tre so this one's for you ♪

♪ I hit the studio drop a jewel hoping it pay ♪

♪ Live my life watching time fly to live and die in L.A ♪

♪ To live and die in L.A. it's the place to be (To live and die in L.A.) ♪

♪ You've got to be there to know it what everybody wanna see (To live and die in L.A.) ♪

♪ To live and die in L.A. it's the place to be (To live and die in L.A.) ♪

♪ You've got to be there to know it what everybody wanna see ♪

- Send this one out to 92.3

L.A. is the mother on one of those spots.

106

♪ Never sunshine, never sunshine ♪

All the radio stations across the country that bump it.

So we can go triple, quadruple and five times platinum

All the fans that bought my album

All the true ones. East Coast and West, North and South

One love. California Love Part 2. West Side. Without Dre

No doubt. Haha

To live and die in L.A.

West Side. No doubt West Side. Haha, yeah

♪ To live and die in L.A. ♪

- [Tupac] Machiavelli the Don. Death Row's finest.

The newest. Haha.

♪ To live and die in L.A. Mm-hm ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
hustle /ˈhʌsəl/ B1	verb - to work hard or be busy, often in a hurried or energetic manner noun - a means of earning money, often in a quick or informal way
currency /ˈkʌrənsi/ B1	noun - a system of money in general use in a particular country
worrying /ˈwʌrɪɪŋ/ A2	adjective - causing anxiety or trouble
bury /ˈbɛri/ A2	verb - to place a dead body in the ground
ghost /ɡoʊst/ A1	noun - the soul of a dead person believed to appear as a shadowy form
smoked /smoʊkt/ B2	verb - to kill someone, often with a gun
floss /flɒs/ B2	verb - to show off wealth or possessions
stressing /ˈstrɛsɪŋ/ A2	verb - to worry or feel anxious
pen /pɛn/ A1	noun - a place where people are confined as punishment
thug /θʌɡ/ B1	noun - a violent or ruthless person
soap /soʊp/ A1	noun - a dramatic television series with ongoing storylines
ghetto /ˈɡɛtoʊ/ B1	noun - a part of a city where a specific group lives, often in poor conditions
strike /straɪk/ A2	verb - to hit or collide with force
hood /hʊd/ B1	noun - a neighborhood or community, often associated with a specific group
recognize /ˈrɛkəɡˌnaɪz/ A2	verb - to identify or acknowledge someone or something
platinum /ˈplætɪnəm/ B1	noun - a certification for a music album indicating high sales