Straight outta Oakland, California where we spark it on ya Give a shout out to my partners in the darkest corners
I remember drinkin Hennesey, smokin weed Fantasize about the things we´d grow to be Had a partner named Snoop, loved to clown a stank Smoke a pound a day, commenced to down a drank Shooting craps in the alley til they chased us off Pour a little for my homies but don´t waste it all Oooohweee, who popped that coochie best? On my tattooed chest is where the hoochies rest Having house parties in a crowded spot And you can tell it´s hot, they talk loud a lot Everybody wanna dance when the slow jam come Lookin dumb, cause you waitin for your chance to hump Straight grindin, everybody havin fun And it´s cool til a fool pull a loaded gun Cause another dude kicked his Bacardi over
He had to act a fool now the party´s over Gun shots rang like it´s thunder And everybody bum rushing and I´m rushing to get a number Says she got a man but she´s lying Why? I seen her talking to this other guy and.. he´s a dealer so you know she gonna sweat him I ain´t trippin I just hope he get em, I got nuttin but love
[chorus] [singers] Ain´t got nuttin but love for ya [2Pac] I´m down for yours, nuttin but love [repeat 4X]
I love to go back, to the block I got my game from Cause uh, old man still drinkin, his breath still stinkin
He´d love to tell ya what he´s thinkin But I can´t diss him he´s my elder He been livin here longer what that tell ya? And little girls playin double dutch Still blush, cause she don´t get in trouble much It´s uhh, ponytails and barrettes I gotta make it back home, before the sun decides to set And little boys playin stick ball, quick y´all Get out the street before they hit y´all And as I reminisce, I think about my ghetto bliss And wonder how we came to this I help an old lady across the street, the cost is free I can´t take what she offers me And this is how the world could be This is how the world should be Feels good to be back on the streets
Cause I know they got love for me, nuttin but love
[chorus]
When I was young I used to want to be a dealer see Cause the gold and cars they appealed to me I saw our brothers getting rich slangin crack to folks And the square´s getting big for these sack of dope Started thinking bout a plan to get paid myself So I made myself, raised myself Til the dealer on the block told me, "That ain´t cool You ain´t meant to slang crack, you a rapper fool"
I got my game about women from a prostitute And way back used to rap on the block for loot I tryed to make my way legit, haha But it was hard, cause rhymes don´t pay the rent And uhh, it was funny how I copped out I couldn´t make it in school, so finally I dropped out My family on welfare I´m steady thinking, since don´t nobody else care I´m out here on my own At least in jail I have a meal and I wouldn´t be alone I´m feelin like a waste, tears rollin down my face Cause my life is filled with hate Until I looked around me I saw nothing but family, straight up down for me Panthers, Pimps, Pushers and Thugs
Hey yo, that´s my family tree, I got nuttin but love
[chorus repeats for a while w/o 2Pac] Oaktown -- [singers] ain´t got nuttin but love for ya ain´t got nuttin but love for ya [repeats to fade]