Uhh.. dear mr. president Whas happenin? Iв'm writin you because, shit is still real fucked up in my neighborhood Pretty much the same way, right around the time when you got elected Ainв't nothin changed All the promises you made, before you got elected.. .. they ainв't came true [2pac] Tell me what to do, these niggaz actin up in the hood Send moв' troops, dear mr. president (me and my homies is wonderin whatв's goin on.. holla!) Tell me what to do, these niggaz actin up in the hood Send moв' troops.. Why should I lie, when I can dramatize? Niggaz fell victim to my lyrics, now traumatized Simply by spittin Iв've been blessed given riches, enemies suspicious Cause Iв'm seldom in the company of bitches Plus the concepts I depict, so visual, that you can kiss Each and every trick or bitch, inside the shit I kick My heaviest verseв'll move a mountain Casualties in mass amounts, brothers keep countin Fuck the friendships, I ride alone Destination death row, finally found a home Plus all my homies wanna die, call it euthanasia Dear lord, look how sick this ghetto made us, sincerely Yours Iв'm a thug, the product of a broken home Everybodyв's doped up, nigga what you smokin on? Figure if we high they can train us But then america fucked up and blamed up I guess itв's cause we black that we targets My only fear is god, I spit that hard shit In case you donв't know, I let my pump go Get ? ride for mв'thulu? like I ride for geronimo Down to die, for everything I represent Meant every word, in my letter to the president Dear mr. president, tell me what to do These niggaz actin up in the hood, send moв' troops (what should I do? ) Dear mr. president, tell me what to do These niggaz actin up in the hood, send moв' troops [e.d.i. amin] Oh youse a ball in the white house, I hope you comfortable Cause yo I spend my nights out, with the lights out Under the safety of darkness, amongst the crazed and the heartless And young soul bros, ready to rode a starship Launch it, leave a nigga flat for scratch, the godless I gotta get chips, but you canв't understand that Wanna ban rap? stand back, before you get hurt Itв's the only thing makin pay besides smoke and work On a mission listen more chips my goal and position First on my decision I realized the same nigga Trippin to drastic measures tryin to get stacks of cheddar Muhв'fuckers hate cops, wait it ainв't gettin better But you keep, tellin us, that it is While your motherfuckin troops keep killin our kids, dig Donв't be surprised if you see us Dumpin with nuttin but artillery to free us, motherfucker Dear mr. president, tell me what to do These niggaz actin up in the hood, send moв' troops Dear mr. president, tell me what to do These niggaz actin up in the hood, send moв' troops [kastro] Strapped and angry, with no hope and heartbroke Fightin first my trained brain until itв's not so Itв's hostile, niggaz lick shots to watch the glocks glow Cadres of coppers patrol us like we some animals And it ainв't no peace, my peace a piece on my streets To people beefin and things, squeakin on they beefs for weeks Mr. president, itв's evident, nobody really care For a struggle out the gutter, twenty-two with gray hair I was raised to raise hell, frail and my heart stale So iв'ma bring hell to earth until my heart fail But yв'all play fair, give me and mine, Iв'll share Til yв'all show us you care, itв's gonв' be mayhem out here Me and these 223в'sll freeze the biggest with ease Iв'm still a nigga you fear, bring the beast to his knees And Iв've been born to represent, for that Iв've been heaven sent And I meant, every word, in my letter, to the president Shit is still fucked up yв'all And yв'all wonder when itв's gonв' get better And it ainв't gonв' get better [2pac] Dear mr. president, tell me what to do These niggaz actin up in the hood, send moв' troops Dear mr. president, tell me what to do These niggaz actin up.. Heavenly father may I holla at you briefly I wanna meet the president, but will he meet me? Heв's scared to look inside the eyes of a thug nigga We tired of bein scapegoats for this capitalistic drug dealin How hypocritical is liberty? That blind bitch ainв't never did shit for me My history, full of casket and scars My own black nation at war, whole family behind bars And they wonder why we scarred, thirteen lookin hard Sister had a baby as an adolescent, where was god? Somewhere in the middle of my mind Is a nigga on the tightrope, screamin let him die Canв't lie Iв'm a thug, drownin in my own blood Lookin for the reason that my mommaв's strung out on drugs Down to die, for everything I represent Meant every word, in my letter to the president [big syke] Blacks is broke, think itв's a joke that we livin low? Yв'all sniffin blow and postin what they hittin foв'? Tell the secretary itв's necessary we get paid Look what you made, little kids gettin sprayed Day after day, and night after night Battles and wars to the daylight We might change and rearrange if you do somethin Til then we gonna keep it comin, mr. president Hehe And I meant every word in my letter to the president [2pac] Word motherfuckin life Fuck this nigga think? Cuttin taxes, takin off welfare We в'sposed to just sit here, go broke and die, starvin? Motherfuckers crazier than a motherfuckin ? ? Nigga this thug life, westside outlaw immortalz nigga We finв' to hustle til we come up Dear mr. president, tell me what to do These niggaz actin up in the hood, send moв' troops Dear mr. president, tell me what to do These niggaz actin up in the hood, send moв' troops Dear mr. president, tell me what to do These niggaz actin up in the hood, send moв' troops Dear mr. president, tell me what to do These niggaz actin up in the hood, send moв' troops Dear mr. clinton, shit Itв's gettin harder and harder for a motherfucker To make a dollar in these here streets I mean shit, I hear you screamin peace But we canв't find peace Til my little niggaz on these streets get a piece I know you feel me cause you too near me not to hear me So why donв't you help a nigga out? Sayin you cuttin welfare That got us niggaz on the street, thinkin who in the hell care? Shit, yв'all want us to put down our glocks and our rocks But yв'all ainв't ready to give us no motherfuckin dollars What happened to our 40 acres and a mule fool? We ainв't stupid Think you got us lookin to lose Tryin to turn all us young niggaz into troops You want us to fight your war What the fuck Iв'm fightin for? Shit, I ainв't got no love here I ainв't had a check all year Taxin, all the blacks and Police beatin me in the streets Fuck peace These niggaz actin up in the hood, send moв' troops