[ti:Rebel Of The Underground] [ar:Tupac] [al:Resurrection] [00:00.36]Rebel.. rebel.. REBEL [00:03.84]Rebel.. rebel.. [00:08.37]They just can't stand the reign, or the occasional pain [00:11.12]from a man like me, who goes against the grain [00:13.43]Sometimes I do it in vain, so with a little bass and treble [00:16.77]Hey Mister! It's time for me to explain that I'm the rebel [00:19.87]Cold as the devil [00:21.63]Straight from the underground, the rebel, a lower level [00:24.14]They came to see the maniac psychopath [00:26.80]The critics heard of me, and the aftermath [00:29.07]I don't give a damn and it shows [00:30.93]And when I do a stage show I wear street clothes [00:33.66]So they all know me [00:35.42]The lyrical lunatic, the maniac emcee [00:38.04]I give a shout out to your homies [00:40.27]And maybe then, the critics'll leave your boy alone, G [00:43.09]On the streets or on TV [00:44.78]It just don't pay to be, a truth tellin MC [00:47.60]They won't be happy till I'm banned [00:49.66]The most dangerous weapon: an educated black man [00:52.41]So point blank in your face, pump up the bass [00:54.29]and join the human race [00:57.16]I throw peace to the Bay [00:58.84]Cause from the Jungle to Oaktown, they backin me up all the way [01:01.93]You know you gotta love the sound [01:03.61]It's from the rebel -- the rebel of the underground [01:06.77]Rebel he's a rebel, rebel of the underground [01:15.93]Now I'm face to face with the devils [01:18.05]Cause they breedin more rebels than the whole damn ghetto [01:21.15]And police brutality [01:22.72]shit it put you in the nip and call it technicality [01:25.64]So you reap what you sow [01:27.45]So reap the wrath of the rebel, jackin em up once mo' [01:30.30]Now the fox is in the henhouse, creepin up on your daughter [01:33.65]While you sleep I got her sneakin out [01:35.01]Tupac ain't nuttin nice [01:36.55]I'll be nuttin how I wanna, and doin what I'm gonna [01:39.54]Now I'm up to no good [01:41.44]The mastermind of mischief movin more than most could [01:44.71]So sit and slip into the sound [01:46.31]Peep the rebel -- the rebel of the underground [01:49.10]Rebel he's a rebel, rebel of the underground [01:58.14]They say they hate me, they wanna hold me down [02:00.51]I guess they scared of the rebel -- the rebel of the underground [02:03.63]But I never let it get me [02:05.29]I just make another record bout the punks tryin to sweat me [02:08.33]In fact, they tryin to keep me out [02:09.87]Try to censor what I say [02:11.37]cause they don't like what I'm talkin bout [02:13.10]So what's wrong with the media today? [02:14.97]Got brothers sellin out cause they greedy to get paid [02:17.35]But me, I'm comin from the soul [02:19.26]And if it don't go gold, my story still gettin told [02:22.50]And that way they can't stop me [02:24.25]And if it sells a couple of copies, the punks'll try to copy [02:25.67]It's sloppy, don't even try to [02:29.03]I'm a slave to the rhythm, and I'm about to fly through [02:31.90]So yo to the people in the ghetto [02:34.14]When ya hear the bass flow, go ahead and let go [02:36.45]Now everybody wanna gangbang [02:38.47]They talkin street slang, but the punks still can't hang [02:41.09]They makin records bout violence [02:43.40]But when it comes to the real, some brothers go silent [02:45.91]It kinda make you wanna think about [02:47.96]that ya gotta do some sellin out, just to get your record out [02:49.54]But 2Pacalpyse is straight down [02:52.70]So feel the wrath of the rebel -- the rebel of the underground [02:55.36]Tupac is a rebel, rebel of the underground