Runnin' (dying To Live) - 2pac (feat. Notorious B.i.g) <2025>

Featured verses from 2Pac, Biggie, Stretch, and Dramacydal over a lighter, up-tempo beat with a hook by Lil' Vicious.

While the original 1994 verses focused on "runnin'" from law enforcement, the 2003 remix reframes the lyrics as a struggle for survival within the violent culture that eventually claimed both artists. Runnin' (Dying To Live) - 2Pac (feat. Notorious B.I.G)

The Edgar Winter sample— "Why am I fighting to live if I'm just living to fight? / Why am I trying to see when there ain't nothing in sight?" —acts as a philosophical inquiry into the "thug life" ideology. Featured verses from 2Pac, Biggie, Stretch, and Dramacydal