Nothin` But Love

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