Dre Pierré - 1996 [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

[Intro: 2Pac, Sway, Dre Pierré]

[2Pac, Sway]
Represent by example
And if you truly had a better lifestyle
Then you'll get five million sales
I'm not saying my lifestyle is the best
I'm saying this is the lifestyle most lived by the most motherfuckers out there
Or variation of
No matter where you are
I'm not no gangsta, like on some kill a nigga shit (Right, Right)
I'm on some survival shit
Whether you a girl and you got three kids, you tryna go to school and work and make it
That's 2Pac
I came from a crack mama, high school dropout, look at me now
Every time they throw an obstacle in front of me, I face it
Let everybody know how it feels when I'm going through it and then hurdle it
And let everybody see it
Every time it comes in front of me
I have an interview, tell everything that happened, do it and overcome it

[Dre Pierré]
Yea
See they wanna see us fall and put each other down
But we only got one way to go, all we can do is rise
400 years
Niggas thought I just stopped rapping
I was just putting in work, and I haven't even started
And you motherfuckers thought it was my demise already
Uh, 1-9-9-6
(Yea) Marked the beginning for my (1-9-9-6) niggas in the H one time (Yea), represent uh
(Check me out now) Yea, (Uh) for my niggas worldwide (Yea) one time just represent (One time)
G.O.E (Yea)
This that Garden Of Eden

[Verse 1]
Welcome to the unforgiving land of that S.W.A.T. town
The place they wanna see us all fall and put each other down
Where niggas pack gats, but no rubbers for protection
Cause when the nuts bust hollow tips it's lethal weapon
Dre P tryna hit the rap scene, seeing green by the time I'm 19, EP reign supreme
Flying coast to coast, Atlantic to Pacific
Let me be specific ya'll shit is like hieroglyphics
No man can understand the passion that I'm down for
I can't wait to say I made it CD's in the stores
I want it all but happiness don't come free
The price you pay could have a nigga spinning in 360°
Tired of dick riding niggas and these scheming hoes
They all come and go
The friends and the foes
At my shows screaming Dre Pierré
I miss the days when I didn't even know was Mary Jane

[Hook]
(DJ Scratching)
"1-9-9-6 ask ya bitch"
"9-6 shit"

Niggas puff that Mary Jane
High off the La
Yo we gettin' live, Eternal Presence, yea
Yo I'm representing for my peoples in the S.W.A.T., uh
Worldwide nigga
From Cali to N.Y

[Verse 2]
Sega Genesis, Nintendo 64s, wired telephones
Staying up late 'til the break of dawn
Reminiscing, always looking back
I'm sick of that, time to think forward but my people's off track
No coastal wars but it's still east and west
Niggas scared to walk in the hood without a vest
It's a test when God put the ghetto people in the slum
September 7th gunshots rung, everybody run
If Joey got two shots for 2Pac's killer
Give me a whole clip with them two triggers
Them figures ain't nothin', would you please frontin'
On my clique, turn nothing into something obstacles we overcoming
Fuck reality and dreams I'm 'bout a make it happen
The main attraction spittin' fire more than a dragon
I can't lie this the start of ya ending
1 double 9-6 2014 I'm representing
Yea I said I'm representing

[Hook]

2014 nigga, 2015, 2016 we gone keep moving on nigga
(Motherfucker)

[Outro]
Alright nigga go to the next track man
We 'bout to get live out this motherfucker
If you wanna rewind this track, then gone head you know what to do
Let's go on to the next shit, start it up