Death Row. That's where motherfuckers is endin up. Dear mama I'm caught up in this sickness. I rob my adversaries but Slick done left a witness. Wonder if they'll catch me or will this nigga snitch. Should I shoot his bitch or make the nigga rich?. Don't wanna commit murder but damn they got me trapped. Hawkin while I'm walkin and talkin behind my back. I'm kind of schizophrenic I'm in this shit to win it. Cause life's a Wheel of Fortune here's my chance to spin it. Got no time for cops who trip and try to catch me. Too fuckin trigger happy to let them suckers snatch me. Niggaz gettin jealous (jealous) tryin to find my stash. Whip out the nine now I'ma dive and pump your ass. Peter picked a pepper but I can pick a punk. Snatched him like a bitch and threw him in the trunk. The punk thought I was bluffin but swear I'm nothin nice. Before I take your life first wrestle with these mics. I listen to him scream Tray Deee went insane. I guess the little mites had finally found his brain. New Rovers pull me over I'm sentenced to the pen. Remember that little bird he snitched and told a friend. It's trouble on my mind I'm with the old timers. And fuck five-oh blaow blaow.. turn em into forty-niners. (Chorus). 2pac singing-. Bye bye I was never meant to live. Can't be positive when the ghetto's where you live. Bye bye I was never meant to be. Livin like a thief runnin through the streets. Bye bye and I got no place to go.... Where they find me? 16 on Death Row. . Dear mama these cops don't understand me. I turned to a life of crime cause I came from a broken family. My uncle used to touch me I never told you that. Scared what you might do I couldn't hold you back. I kept it deep inside I done let it fuel my anger. I'm down for all my homies no mercy for a stranger. The brother in my set is 16 is wet. It's hard to adapt when you're black and you're trapped in a livin Hell. I shouldn'ta let him catch me. Instead of livin sad in jail I coulda died free and happy. And my cellmate's raped on the norm. And passed around the dorm you can hear his asshole gettin torn. They made me an animal. Can't sleep instead of countin sheep niggaz countin cannibals. And that's how it is in the pen. Turn old and cold and your soul is your best friend. My mama prayed for me. Tell the Lord to make way for me prepare any day for me (why?). Cause when they come for me they find a struggler. To the death I take the breath from your jugular. The trick is to never lose hope. I found my buddy hangin dead from a rope 16 on Death Row. (Chorus). Dear mama they sentenced me to death. Today's my final day I'm countin every breath. I'm bitter cause I'm dyin so much I haven't seen. I know you never dreamed your baby would be dead at 16. I got beef with a sick society that doesn't give a shit. And they too quick to say goodbye to me. They tell me the preacher's there for me. He's a crook with a book that motherfucker never cared for me. He's only here to be sure. I don't drop a dime to God bout the crimes he's commitin. on the poor and how can these people judge me?. They ain't my peers and in all these years they ain't never love me. I never got to be a man must be part of some big plan. to keep a nigga in the state pen. And to my homies out buryin motherfuckers. Steer clear of these Aryan motherfuckers. Cause once they got you locked up. They got you trapped you're better off gettin shot. I'm convinced self-defense is the way. Please stay strapped pack a gat every day. I wish I woulda known while I was out there. Now I'm straight headin for the chair. (Chorus). 16 on Death Row. It's to all my partners in the penetentiaries. 16 on Death Row.