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Topsongs van 2Pac
Credits
AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN
2Pac
Stimme und Gesang
Rappin' 4-Tay
Stimme und Gesang
KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT
Doug Rasheed
Songwriter:in
Anthony Forté
Songwriter:in
Harold Scrap Fretty
Songwriter:in
Tupac Shakur
Songwriter:in
PRODUKTION UND TECHNIK
Doug Rasheed
Produzent:in
Harold Scrap Freddie
Produzent:in
Rick Clifford
Ingenieur:in
Alvin McGill
Ingenieur:in
Carlos Warlick
Mischtechniker:in
David Blake
Mischtechniker:in
Brian Gardner
Mastering-Ingenieur:in
Songteksten
[Intro]
Only God can judge me (That right?)
Only God, baby (Only God can judge me now)
Nobody else (Nobody else)
All you other motherfuckers get out my business (Really, only God can judge me now)
[Verse 1]
Perhaps I was blind to the facts, stabbed in the back
I couldn't trust my own homies, just a bunch of dirty rats
Will I succeed? Paranoid from the weed
And hocus-pocus, try to focus, but I can't see
And in my mind, I'm a blind man doin' time
Look to my future 'cause my past is all behind me
Is it a crime to fight for what is mine?
Everybody's dyin', tell me what's the use in tryin'
I've been trapped since birth, cautious 'cause I'm cursed
And fantasies of my family in a hearse
And they say it's the white man I should fear
But it's my own kind doin' all the killin' here
I can't lie, ain't no love for the other side
Jealousy inside, make 'em wish I died
Oh, my Lord, tell me what I'm livin' for
Everybody's droppin', got me knockin' on Heaven's door
And all my memories of seein' brothers bleed
And everybody grieves, but still nobody sees
Recollect your thoughts, don't get caught up in the mix
'Cause the media is full of dirty tricks
[Chorus]
Only God can judge me (Only God can judge me, only God)
Yeah, baby
Only God can judge me
Only God can judge me (Only God can judge me, only God)
(Only God can judge me) Only God can judge me, only God can
Only God can judge me, only God
Only God can judge me (Only God can judge me)
(Only God can judge me, only God) Only God can judge me
(Only God can judge me now) Flatline
[Verse 2]
I hear the doctor standin' over me, screamin' I can make it
Got a body full of bullet holes, layin' here naked
Still I can't breathe, something's evil in my IV
'Cause every time I breathe, I think they killin' me
I'm havin' nightmares, homicidal fantasies
I wake up stranglin', tangled in my bed sheets
I call the nurse 'cause it hurts to reminisce
How did it come to this? I wish they didn't miss
Somebody help me, tell me where to go from here
'Cause even thugs cry, but do the Lord care?
Try to remember but it hurts
I'm walkin' through the cemetery, talkin' to the dirt
I'd rather die like a man than live like a coward
There's a ghetto up in Heaven and it's ours
"Black Power" is what we scream as we dream in a paranoid state
And our fate is a lifetime I hate
Dear Mama, can you save me? And fuck peace
'Cause the streets got our babies, we gotta eat
No more hesitation, each and every Black male's trapped
And they wonder why we suicidal, running 'round strapped
Mr. Police, please try to see
That it's a million motherfuckers stressin' just like me
[Chorus]
Only God can judge me (Only God can judge me, only God)
Only God can judge, only God can judge (Only God can judge me now)
Only God can judge me (Only God can judge me, only God)
And only God can judge, only God can judge me (Only God can judge me)
Only God can judge me, only God
Only God can judge me (Only God can judge me now)
[Bridge]
That which does not kill me can only make me stronger (That's for real)
And I don't see why everybody feel as though
They gotta tell me how to live my life (You know?)
Let me live, baby, let me live
[Verse 3]
Pac, I feel ya, keep servin' it on the reala
For instance, say a playa-hatin' mark is out to kill ya
Would you be wrong for buckin' a **** to the pavement?
He gon' get me first, if I don't get him, fools start prayin'
Ain't no such thing as self-defense in the court of law
So judge us when we get to where we're goin', wearin' a cross
That's real, got him, lurked him, crept the fuck up on him
Sold a half a million tapes, now everybody want 'em
After talkin' behind my back like a bitch would
Tellin' them **** you could fade him, punk, I wish you would
It be them same motherfuckers in your face
That'll rush up in your place to get your safe
Knowin' you on that paper chase
Grass, glass, big screen and leather couch
My new shit is so fetti, already sold a key of ounce
Bitch, remember 2Pac and 4-Tay
Them same two brothers dodgin' bullets, representin' the Bay
Pac, when you was locked down, that's when I be around
Start climbin' up the charts, so sick, but they tried to clown
That's why they ride the bandwagon, still be draggin', sellin' lies
Don't think I don't see you haters, I know y'all in disguise
[Verse 4]
Guess you figure you know me 'cause I'm a thug
That love to hit the late night-club, drink then buzz
Been livin' lavish like a player all day
Now I'm 'bout to floss 'em off, player shit with 4-Tay
[Chorus]
Only God can judge (Only God can judge me, only God)
Only God can judge me, only God can judge me (Only God can judge me)
Only God can judge me, only God
Only God can judge me (Only God can judge me now)
Only God can judge me (Only God can judge me, only God)
Only God can judge, only God can judge (Only God can judge me)
Only God can judge (Only God can judge me, only God)
Only God (Only God can judge me now)
[Outro]
Only God, man (That right?)
That's real (Only God can judge me now)
Fuck everybody else, you know what I'm sayin'? (Only God can judge me now)
Man, look here, man
My only fear of death is comin' back to this bitch reincarnated, man (Only God can judge me now)
That's for the homie mental
We up out (Only God can judge me now)
Only God can judge me now
Only God can judge me now
Only God can judge me now
Written by: 2Pac, Doug Rasheed