Released on February 16, 1993

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[Intro: Scarface & E-40 samples]

"I got a head, but ain't no screws in it"

"Money, money, money by the ton"

"I got a head, but ain't no screws in it"

"Money, money, money by the ton"

"I got a head, but ain't no screws in it"


[Verse 1: 2Pac]

Roll up and get swoll' up, hold up

How ya gonna play me like a sunken Dunkin' Donut?

I done came a long way to get checks

So give me respect when I get wreck

Or get your motherfuckin' chin checked

Once again, it's your friend outta Oakland

Hoping I can rock the shit to get ya open

Say you're looking for some real shit, then catch

A funkified batch, like that!!

Oakland's on the map

2Pac is on the big screen strivin'

Gotta love a nigga for survivin'

I wear a lot of old school jewels

Look how the fools drool, ooohh

Stop lookin at me hard 'cause you're buffer

My nine is buckin' bigger motherfuckers

Turnin' men to suckers

Niggas wanna spark a little ruckus

Better duck, 'cause I'll be poppin' them motherfuckers

They wanna throw their hands up, that's tight

Hit 'em wit' my "ain't never had shit" left, right

Then hit 'em wit' the uppercut, duck quick

Shit outta luck, fuckin' stuck with that rough shit

Fuck a pop song, fuck a video, fuck Arsenio

Fuck the radio – do you hear me though?

Give a holla to my niggas in the pen

And my murderous partners wit their MAC 10s

I represent the real 'cause I'm ill, G

Glock cocked 'til the day they kill me

I'm representin'

[Chorus: 2Pac, Scarface & E-40 samples]

"Money, money, money by the ton"

"I got a head, but ain't no screws in it"

Strictly representin'

"Money, money, money by the ton"

"I got a head, but ain't no screws in it"


[Verse 2: 2Pac]

Peace to Redman, Treach, Vin Rock, Kay Gee the great one

Mary J. Blige, Pete Rock, and Troy, the late son

Heavy D, CL Smooth, and Queen Latifah

Too $hort, Tony Toni Tone, LayLaw, and Pico

Ed – the Special motherfucker and the Lover

The tribe – A Tribe Called Quest and Jungle Brothers

Das EFX, EPMD, and Ice Cube

House of Pain – funky blunted ass white dudes

Cypress Hill – yeah, the ill niggas

Digital Underground – my real niggas!

Raw Fusion, Organized Konfusion

Wycked and The Mouse Man, Spice 1 and Pooh Man

TLC, Eric B., Rakim, and Scarface

Stretch, Maj, K-Low, pumpin' the Squad's bass

Thoro Headz, Punany Don, The Click

E-40, The Govenor, and Richie Rich

Young Guns in the house pumpin' the flava

Thugadon, DJ Diz, Roughneck Behavior

Off the head, my freestyle flow

Just a couple of motherfuckers that I know

Be strictly representin'

[Chorus: 2Pac, Scarface & E-40 samples]

"Money, money, money by the ton"

"I got a head, but ain't no screws in it"

Yeah, strictly representin'

"Money, money, money by the ton"

1 motherfuckin', 2 motherfuckin', 3 motherfuck', 4

"I got a head–" (Damn, who did I forget?)

"But ain't no screws in it"

"But ain't no screws in it"


[Verse 3: 2Pac]

I'm a soulja, daddy was a soulja strong

And the struggle must continue, so it's on

Raised in a house full of bad motherfuckers

Mad motherfuckers, never had, so we grab

From the sad motherfuckers

Now they know me, the homies

Raised by some crazed ass well paid OG's

Ah shit! Pulled up in a Benzy, snatch

The wheel as I peel off, catch

A cocktail, block sale's hit, raise a fist

So they know who make the hit

Can I flip it? I make it wicked as I rip it (Uh)

To get specific – if the shoe fits, then kick it

It's for the gifted, pump your fist if you with it

Here's your ticket to see Mr. Wicked rip shit

Now they wanna ban me (Told ya)

All I wanted to be was a soulja

Bang bang boogie, it's a stick up

Quit now, nigga, eat a dick up

Huh, I'm representin'