"My homeboy just left the pen'... he ain't been out a week / He stuck a nigga for a Lexus, now he back in the streets / So much pain."
In the vast ocean of hip-hop remixes, few manage to strip a track down to its emotional core and rebuild it into something entirely new yet just as powerful. The is one of those rare artifacts. It takes the raw, agonized bars of a young Tupac Shakur and drapes them over a haunting, minimalist electronic soundscape.
When you read the lyrics on a page, they are angry. But when you hear them over Izzamuzzic’s production, they become .
These lyrics illustrate 2Pac's frustration and questioning of the world around him, as well as his resilience and determination to keep pushing forward.
"My homeboy just left the pen'... he ain't been out a week / He stuck a nigga for a Lexus, now he back in the streets / So much pain."
In the vast ocean of hip-hop remixes, few manage to strip a track down to its emotional core and rebuild it into something entirely new yet just as powerful. The is one of those rare artifacts. It takes the raw, agonized bars of a young Tupac Shakur and drapes them over a haunting, minimalist electronic soundscape.
When you read the lyrics on a page, they are angry. But when you hear them over Izzamuzzic’s production, they become .
These lyrics illustrate 2Pac's frustration and questioning of the world around him, as well as his resilience and determination to keep pushing forward.