Discover the poetic beauty in ‘Runnin on E’ by 2Pac. This lyric breakdown takes you on a journey through the artist’s thoughts, emotions, and the story they aim to tell. From clever metaphors to evocative imagery, we delve into the nuances that make this song a lyrical masterpiece. Whether you’re a fan of 2Pac or a lover of well-crafted words, our detailed analysis will give you a deeper understanding and appreciation of this song.
If you a bad boy
If you a bad boy then you die
Westside outlawz when we ride, get me high
They f***ed up when the rob me
Put another contract on Mobb Deep
If you a bad boy then you die
Westside outlawz when we ride, get me high
They f***ed up when the rob me
Put another contract on Mobb Deep
I focus my locus thought on my enemies
Sip off the Hennessey it’s necessary to finish me
I’m in this social immortal when it comes to the phone book
Jersey them n****s they think I’m crazy and creepy
And as we speak they tryin’ to find me a therapist
Rapid fire I clap and hire till you die a liar
Strap in back to the corners droppin’ on to spin the tires
My man define ya 357 anaconda
This enough to bring your mama then turn around and hear the drama
Havoc I gotta have it steady blastin’ at Prodigy
Mobb 6 feet deep you try to blast me till death
And I suppose you got the dopest moves like Chucky on fresh
You know the verdict, who what when why he died murdered
Get your physical diverted and your vision deserted
Ever since mama got f***ed and papa ducked out
Look at us murderous thugs showin’ less love in the drug house
Similar to savage it’s a wonder we manage
Bring chaos causin’ damage on our quest for cabbage
They ask my style similar to cash we flaunt it
Most wanted by the population murdered you for it
Exploit your weakness revenge flow deep without release
Criminal orders across the waters bringin’ the war to the streets
Why fear me, fear the s*** I speak
Once this s*** drop it’s heard on every f***in” street
Like the sound of police who run the street really
And every hood let you grow
From the hustlaz up at Harlem to the shot callers in O’
And though, Congress, don’t want us to progress our step
My homie buried at an early age hustled to death
His last breath, a lesson I posses like jewels
Stay thugged out keep it movin’
Halfway thugs are bugged when we stalk the streets
Sort of like thugs and narcotics when we walk the streets
You speak the big p**** throw down and drop it
Hit you with 6 shots lay the law down and throw the shells in my pocket
Getting mine with nine coked extorting
Block shots with 22’s with my socks with the butt hangin’ out the chalk
You never seen time I travel across the mean crime
My rolls like a million dollar bills folded in green slime
With my foes erased drink my henney straight no chasin’
Catch my body like Haitian 5 minutes from the station
Hit the hole like Allen Iverson with confidence
The bigger prick don’t mean no evidence or proof the I was present
At the scene of the crime around 10 n****s bleed
After they made this punk fag motherf***er bleed
All the money was bloody as s***, y’all n****s shoulda seen it
Bust a cap and freak with, bow down on your knees s***
The glock to your head n****, don’t let inside action
Hit innocent by-standers when he blasted, shot f***in’ backwards
Little homies puttin’ work for stripes
But is it worth your life a g-rides runnin’ red lights
I wish somebody would have t old me then
Since I’m an outlaw like Napolean ain’t no cell they can hold me in
Caucasian crazy like Arabians
Hold this spot like some n****s fade me in having the scene chase me
When they want the product n**** I got the smoke
Got the weed and the coke what you need what you want
What you working with I’m some immortal s***
Outlawz we straight hurtin’ s*** use artillery to murder with
Put then on the box gangsta party like Pac
Life’s hard from the ox me and my n****s on top
I know the law hate me dearly, comin’ for me
We outlaws, thugged out, n****s runnin’ on E
I know the law hate me dearly, comin’ for me
We outlaws, thugged out, n****s runnin’ on E
I know the law hate me dearly, comin’ for me
We outlaws, thugged out, n****s runnin’ on E
I know the law hate me dearly, comin’ for me
We outlaws, thugged out, n****s runnin’ on E
I know the law hate me dearly, comin’ for me
We outlaws, thugged out, n****s runnin’ on E
With the leaded Pac, f*** the law
Carry steal ’cause I live in the n**** side of the law
Ridin’ foes ’cause I can’t let hoes catch me slippin
Quick to blow and dispose if you block on hittin’
Ridin high, blazing, kryptonite got a n**** dazing
Burpin and smurkin got on his knees before I grave em
Ride em, look behind him, I see him, he slipped
At a stop light in a growin night, this motherf***en trick
Slide over so I can dip and put it in him
Damn, I guess this motherf***er know that I sent it
Hit the pedal now we high speeding
With the metal trying to make these motherf***ers die freezing
Up the way I seen him slow down
S***! I think I’m gonna bust these hoes down
Caught them runnin’ on e it kind of funny to me
They know they was f***in” with me but they dumb to see
Open up fire watchin’ me spy when my shells split em
Plus all them tricks and the b****es go to hell with em
F*** em they phony claimin’ they homies but the foes
Speakin’ on thug n****s daily while we nailing they hoes
Explode boldly at my stage shows and formation
Words known to spray blaze as I raise my thug nation
Crooked thoughts cops get bought no longer caught
Did you cry when my girl died
Put out the hit politc n****s worldwide grabbin’ my dick
I’ll never learn take away the pain with sherm
Throwin’ gas on my enemies watchin’ them burn
Call my posse, I’m shootin’ up the casket take the body
Whip the corpse like a pinata and party
His last breath a straight lesson I posses like jewels
Stay thugged out keep it movin’
If you a bad boy then you die
Westside outlawz when we ride, get me high
They f***ed up when the rob me
Put another contract on Mobb Deep