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

The 2003 single "" serves as a rare sonic bridge between 2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G. , transforming a competitive 1994 collaboration into a somber reflection on their shared mortality. Produced by Eminem for the soundtrack of the documentary Tupac: Resurrection , the track won "Best Soundtrack Song" and peaked at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 . Production Evolution

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. Runnin' (Dying To Live) - 2Pac (feat. Notorious B.I.G)

Eminem stripped away the original guest verses and replaced the upbeat production with a melancholic arrangement centered around a high-pitched sample of Edgar Winter's "Dying to Live". The 2003 single "" serves as a rare

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The 2003 single "" serves as a rare sonic bridge between 2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G. , transforming a competitive 1994 collaboration into a somber reflection on their shared mortality. Produced by Eminem for the soundtrack of the documentary Tupac: Resurrection , the track won "Best Soundtrack Song" and peaked at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 . Production Evolution

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.

Eminem stripped away the original guest verses and replaced the upbeat production with a melancholic arrangement centered around a high-pitched sample of Edgar Winter's "Dying to Live".