Tupac Shakur
Tupac Amaru Shakur (/ˈtuːpɑːk ʃəˈkʊər/ TOO-pahk shə-KOOR; June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor. As of 2007, Shakur has sold over 75 million records worldwide. His double disc albums All Eyez on Me and his Greatest Hits are among the best selling albums in the United States. He has been listed and ranked as one of the greatest artists of all time by many magazines, including Rolling Stone which ranked him 86th on its list of The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. He is consistently ranked as one of the greatest rappers ever, as well as one of the most influential rappers of all time.
Shakur began his career as a roadie, backup dancer and MC for the alternative hip hop group Digital Underground, eventually branching off as a solo artist. The themes of most of Shakur's songs revolved around the violence and hardship in inner cities, racism and other social problems. Both of his parents and several other people in his family were members of the Black Panther Party, whose ideals were reflected in his songs.
The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (commonly shortened to The 7 Day Theory or Don Killuminati and sometimes called Makaveli) is the fifth studio album by Tupac Shakur. Released under his new stage name Makaveli, it was his first studio album to be posthumously released. The album was completely finished in a total of seven days during the first week of August 1996. The lyrics were written and recorded in only three days and mixing took an additional four days. These are the last songs Shakur recorded before his fatal shooting on September 7, 1996. The album was originally due for release in March 1997, but due to his death, Suge Knight released it four months earlier.
George "Papa G" Pryce, Former Head of Publicity for Death Row, claimed that "Makaveli which we did was a sort of tongue-in-cheek, and it was not ready to come out, [but] after Tupac was murdered, it did come out... Before that, it was going to be a sort of an underground."
Concept
Though Shakur had been using the new name Makaveli or Makaveli Tha Don as far back as All Eyez On Me, the Makaveli album was conceived as a sort of introduction for Shakur's alternate stage name. Thus, the album’s sleeve contains the text, "Exit 2Pac, Enter Makaveli". The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory was recorded and mixed in 7 days in August 1996.
Krazy
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Krazy (BlackGirl song)
"Krazy" is the title of a top forty R&B and dance single by BlackGirl. The song is the first single from BlackGirl. Larry Flick of Billboard referred to the single as "engaging and chock full of pleasant harmonizing". A music video spent various weeks in the top-twenty of the BET network.
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Krazy (rapper)
Krazy, born Michael Wilson, is an American rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana. He started in the group called Murder Inc.. Krazy would later sign to No Limit Records & join the 504 Boyz. Krazy is currently signed with No Limit Forever Records.
Music career
Music beginnings
In the beginning of his music career Krazy started in the group called Murder Inc. which included himself, Legend Man, MC L a.k.a. L or L the Black Robin Hood & a female rapper called Alamo. On September 25, 1995 they would release their debut album entitled Playin' for Keeps via Hard Head Records. In 1997 they would release their second album entitled Let's Die 2-Gether via Hard Head Records.
1998-99: I Shed Tears For The World & Please Don't Kill Me
On July 21, 1998 Krazy would release his debut album I Shed Tears For The World via Ruff Era Records. On August 10, 1999 Krazy would release his second album entitled Please Don't Kill Me via his label Breather Entertainment & Ruff Era Records.
2000-04: 504 Boyz, No Limit, Breather Life & Us Killing Us
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by Makaveli
Krazy
by: MakaveliBring me a cigarette dog
It got me feeling crazier than a motherfucker
I got bad ass in this motherfucker
Puffing on ly, hoping that it get me high
Got a nigga goin krazy
I feel krazy
Time goes by, puffing on ly
Hoping that it gets me high
Got a nigga feelin krazy
I feel krazy
Tell 'em bout it
Last year was a hard one, but life goes on
Bumping my head against the wall, learn the right from wrong
They say my ghetto instrumental, detrimental to kids
As if they can't see the misery, in which they live
Blame me for the outcome, ban my records, Check it
Don't have to bump this, but please respect it
I took a minus, and now the hard times are behind us
Turnt it to a plus, now they stuck, living blinded
Hennessey, got me feelin bad, time to stop drinkin
Rollin in my drop-top Jag, what's that cop thinkin
Sittin in my car, watch the stars and smoke
I came a long way, but still I got so far to go
Dear mama, don't worry, I'ma watch for snakes
Tell Setch that I love her, but it's hard today
I got the letter that she sent me, and I cry for weeks
This what came out, when I tried to speak
All I heard was
Chorus:
Time goes by, puffing on ly
Hoping that it gets me high
Got a nigga feelin krazy
I feel krazy
Time goes by, puffing on ly
Hoping that it gets me high
Got a nigga feelin krazy
I feel krazy
I see Bloods and Crips running up the hill
Looking for a better way
My brothas and sistas it's time to bill
Cause even thug niggas pray
Hopin God hear me
I entered the game, look how much I changed
I'm no longer innocent, casualties of pain
Made a lot of money, seen a lot of places
And I swear I seen a peaceful smile on my mama face
When I gave her the keys to her own house
This your land
Your only son done became a man
Watching time fly
I love my people, do or die
But I wonder why, we scared to let each other fly
Dream 1-6-7-1, the day, mama pushed me out her womb
Told me, nigga get paid
No one can understand me
The black sheep, outcasted from my family
Now packin heat
I run the streets, a young runaway, live for today
When he die, I can hear him say, come on
{Chorus}
God help me out here, cause I'm possessed
I need to root of all evil, from my stress
This man, he's like a strong prescription drug
It's got me addicted to the pleasure and the pain, it inflicted
Somethin bout the paper with the pictures of the Presidents' head
Damn, it's like a muthafuckin plague that spread
It's epidemic, forgotten, forgotten it got worse
I keep my head on straight
Makin money cause it's curse
Makin money makes a difference day by day
So we gotta stay paid, no doubt, day in and day out
This life is like a vicious cycle, caught fightin to live
No matter how hard you try
You see death, you gotta die
A lot of my, peers didn't make it to the years to come
Dear life, do him right, or dear life, leave him done
Who has the answers, I wonder
I turned to my elders
They aged in experience, but they can't even tell ya
Or tell me, that there'll be
Light at the end of the road, Why?
Cause they don't even know
A million things run through my mind
Then I find, you ain't gotta be in jail to be doing time
Remember this too
{Chorus} (2x)
I feel fucked up in this bitch
I smoke half an ounce to the head
Chocolate Thai, Indo, Orion, Lamb's Bram, Buddah
All that shit, I'm fucked up in this muthafucka
And Hennessey don't help, and Hennessey don't help
Thug passion in this muthafucker
Makaveli the Don, puttin it down to the fullest
Maximum overload, 3 day theory, Killuminati to your body
With the impact of a 12 guage shotty
Double eyes slugs, no love, straight thugs
One time for my niggas in the jail cell
One time for my niggas that are livin hell
One time for my niggas in the jail cell
One time for my niggas doin life in hell
One time for my niggas on death row
One time for my niggas on death row
One time for my niggas livin broke
One time for my niggas livin broke
One time for my niggas in the jail cell
Gettin high, puffing on ly
Wonder if it get me high
Yeah, Krazy