Tupac - Who Do You Believe In? (Original)
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Published 2008-03-12
Let us pray
Heavenly Father, hear a nigga down here
Before I go to sleep
Tell me, who do you believe in?
Who do you believe in?
[Verse One: 2Pac]
I see mothers in black cryin, brothers in packs dyin
Plus everybody's high, too doped up to ask why
Watchin our own downfall, witness the end
It's like we don't believe in God cause we livin in sin
I asked my homie on the block why he strapped, he laughed
Pointed his pistol as the cop car passed and blast
It's just another murder, nobody mourns no more
My tear drops gettin bigger but can't figure what I'm cryin for
Is it the miniature caskets, little babies
Victims of a stray, from drug dealers gone crazy
Maybe it's just the drugs, visions of how the block was
Crack came and it was strange how it rocked us
Perhaps the underlyin fact they hide explain genocide
It's when we ride on our own kind
What is it we all fear, reflections in the mirror
We can't escape fate, the end is gettin nearer
[Chorus 2X: 2Pac]
Who do you believe in?
I put my faith in God, blessed and still breathin
And even though it's hard, that's who I believe in
Before I'm leavin, I'm askin the grievin - who do you believe in?
[Verse Two: 2Pac]
Can't close my eyes cause all I see is terror
I hate the man in the mirror
Cause his reflection makes the pain turn realer
Times of Armageddeon, murder in mass amounts
In this society where only gettin the cash counts
I started out as a beginner
Entered the criminal lifestyle became a sinner
I make my money and vacate, evade prison
Went from the chosen one to outcast, unforgiven
And all the Hennessy and weed can't hide, the pain I feel inside
You know, it's like I'm livin just to die
I fall on my knees and beg for mercy, not knowin if I'm worthy
Livin life thinkin no man can hurt me
So I'm askin -- before I lay me down to sleep
Before you judge me, look at all the shit you did to me, my misery
I rose up from the slums, made it out the flames
In my search for fame will I change? I'm askin
[Chorus]
[Verse Three: Kadafi]
Faith in Allah, believe in me and this plastic
Cause so far I done witnessed to many dead niggaz in caskets
With they chest plates stretched like elastic
And what's worse I'm on front line, holdin down camp, still mashin
Heard my cousin, one of the old heads from the block
Just came home October of '95 back in Yardsville stuck
with a three to five, if he don't act up, now he realize
If you don't stay wise, then in this game you fucked
Talk to my baby girl, give me the word on what she heard
One of the grimmies is snitchin, Diamond a stool pigeon I talked to him
He said he didn't, my man said he did, in fact he's sure
Cause he just came home off of bail
[2Pac] Now tell me
[2Pac]
Who do you believe in?
I put my faith in God, blessed and still breathin
[singing while 2Pac speaks]
Who do you believe in? Put my faith in God, and
Blessed and still breathin
[singer + (2Pac)]
Even though it's hard (Who do you believe in?)
That's who I believe in (Put my faith in God)
Before I'm leavin (Even though it's hard)
I'm askin the grievin
(Before I'm leavin I'm askin the grievin - who do you believe in?)
Who do you believe in? (Who do you believe in?)
Who do you (Blessed and still breathin)
Oh blessed, oh blessed
(Before I'm leavin I'm askin the grievin - who do you believe in?)
[singer]
Oh who do you
Do you believe in
Hohhhhh-ohhhhh
[2Pac over singer]
Who do you believe in?
I put my faith in God, blessed and still breathin
And even though it's hard, that's who I believe in
Before I'm leavin I'm askin the grievin - who do you believe in?
[singer + (2Pac)]
I'm askin (Who do you believe in?)
I'm askin you (Put my faith in God)
(That's who I believe in)
(Before I'm leavin I'm askin the grievin - who do you believe in?)
[2Pac]
Who do you believe in?
I'm blessed and still breathin
That's who I believe in
Before I'm leavin, I'm askin the grievin
Who do you believe in?
Who do you believe in? [echoes to fade]
All Comments (21)
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pac can make grown men crie. this dude cuts deep with his lyrics raw emotions pac can touch any soul from any race from any part of the world
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"It's like we don't believe in God cause we livin in sin" So true, Tupac is the realest man i've ever listened too.
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I remember in high school my teacher asked “who knows what’s genocide means”? I rose my hand and said “it’s when we ride on our kind” all bc of GOAT TUPAC 💪🏽💯
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One of the most underrated pac songs ever.
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Had this playing in the bakery today, surprising people loved it. 😂 even some old fuckers were head bobbin
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nobody can top Pac when it comes to heartfelt songs like this. Not one.
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“Who do you believe in? I put my faith in god, Blessed and still breathing”🙏🏾
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"I hate the man in the mirror Cause his reflection makes the pain turn realer: an honest quote, still here 2020 playing and feeling it✌✌✌
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The Greatest Rapper Who Ever Lived Hands Down 2Pac 🐐
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Tupac is the most rare occurrence in rap that I cannot see happening again.
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Pac chose to sample Manifest Destiny by Jamiroquai because he was feeling their album in prison in 95. British artist Nina B from Barnsley put him onto various artists, including the hugely popular Oasis too.
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Nobody comes close to raw emotional lyrics like this except #2 DMX, but Tupac was the best, and still #1. Nobody's beating them.
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It hurts me. He was praying to god.. His deepest..feelings. His pain..supression of what life is..this is deep
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2-Pac is the MJ of rap. The GOAT hands down.
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This is my favorite 2pac song ever. The man was a fuckin poet, an artist, a true cultural messiah. Rest in peace Tupac
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I can’t do much but thank God for Tupac! 🎉 After 45 lives of living I can honestly say 2pac was 1 of a kind; in saying this, no one can be compared to Him! No One! Take it how you wanna!
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This song is so spiritual and relatable it made me cry when I first heard it real talk!
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the last few bars of his second verse is one of the deepest confessions ive heard...Pac was strugglin..and yet he kept it real till the end
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This song ain't even about religion its straight up about life. Pac would speak for the lost ones. The ignorant ones that had no clue what's going on. Pac fought for the ones that needed sight and had no sense of purpose. A true prophet. For ever will live the great prophet Pac.
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Cant nobody do it like Pac. Songs like this separate him from everone else
