Resist The Temptation (feat. Amel Larrieux)

[Verse 1]

Resist the temptation of the beast

You'll slip and lose your grip and forever fall asleep

The venom is contagious, be wary of its spell

What you thought would be heaven, turns out to be hell

I wonder if she knows, the devil's taking off her clothes

Deep into her soul, slow, now he's in control

Poppa's doing worse, a victim of his deadly curse

Wouldn't be the first, to leave the ghetto in a hearse

Oh and how it hurts, the children pay the biggest price

Never get the chance, to grow up with a happy life

Blame it on the rock, but we know that's a bunch of crap

Someone from the top, supplying us with plenty crack

Keep 'em in a daze, don't let them see the other way

Let 'em all get paid, won't live to see another day

See they never got a breath of the sunshine

Now the kid's addicted and only hit it one time

We're destined to be dead as a nation

Don't let it come to this, resist the temptation

[Amel Larrieux]

From, pyramid top to, bottom of bowl

From, whips and lock your fist and afro

We, dug too deep to give up this gold

Don't beat boy, and you won't be sold

Running on empty, you ain't gon' go

Running on empty, lead you to nowhere

We fact, nobody can lie

So: RE, SIST, THE, TEMPTATION

[2Pac]

Gamble for your soul with the devil

You wonder how low, can you go, before you finally reach the lowest level

As everybody sit and stares

There's no use looking in your eyes 'cause there isn't anybody there

And though it may make you wanna cry

Got you stealing from your family and you don't even know why

I guess you think they'll understand

You feel cold, 'cause you sold your soul to the dopeman

Oh now there's no turning back, in fact

It's decided, that you would live and die for the crack

You got no friends cause you cheated 'em all

Feel lonely, low, defeated and small

No one was there when I took the wrong path

And nobody'd care if I died in a blood bath

But is this my destiny?

Tell the lord they got my mind, but he can have the rest of me

Cause I'm ready to end it all

One bullet to the brain, forgive my sins and all

I didn't mean to be a bother

A failure as a son, a husband and a father

I wish I could turn back the time

Go back and find, why I let it crack my mind

And my only explanation, it came to this

Resist the temptation

[Amel Larrieux]

From, pyramid top to, bottom of bowl

From, whips and lock your fist and afro

We, dug too deep to give up this gold

Don't beat boy, and you won't be sold

Running on empty, you ain't gon' go

Running on empty, lead you to nowhere

We fact, nobody can lie

So: RE, SIST, THE, TEMPTATION

[2Pac]

Your death left family behind

Your wife and your son find a gun, and pieces of daddy's mind

On the door and on the floor

Now her husband is dead, what else is she living for?

So now she picks up the gun

Now son is the only one

Grows up in adoption homes

Gets older, bolder, and cold 'cause he's left alone

To him, nothing is funny

Mind set on one thing, making his money

Since I was left with no hope

I want money and gold ropes and so I slang dope

Now I'm the neighborhood dopeman

And as long 'cause they smoking I'll never be broke man

I live the life of a trifle

Following a cycle, so I'm just a psycho

But if I had a better life

I would have lived a good life and did more things right

Hard to resist temptation

With all the aggravation and the frustration

Of living in the ghetto

Your mind gets twisted, just like a pretzel

So it's time that I check out

But one nosy cop, just won't let me get out

They got me trapped once again

With a choice: shoot the cop, or live life in the pen

I can't stand the frustration

Resist the temptation

[Amel Larrieux]

From, pyramid top to, bottom of bowl

From, whips and lock your fist and afro

We, dug too deep to give up this gold

Don't beat boy, and you won't be sold (resist the temptation)

Running on empty, you ain't gon' go

Running on empty, lead you to nowhere

We fact, nobody can lie

So: RE, SIST, THE, TEMPTATION

[2Pac and Amel Larrieux]

Five Thousand

This song go out to the Underground Railround

Digital Underground