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Written by: Joe Cocker, Dr. Dre, Chris Stainton, Roger
Troutman, Larry Troutman, 2Pac
Produced by: Dr. Dre
Released: Feb. '96 on Death Row
Charts: 24 weeks
Top spot: No. 6
When Tupac Shakur left jail in October 1995 after a sexual-assault conviction, Dre had a hit ready for him: a slice of West Coast funk, built around a Joe Cocker sample and a vocal from Zapp singer Roger Troutman. "I don't want it to be about violence," 2Pac said seven months before he was shot dead. "I want it to be about money."
Appears on: Greatest Hits (Death Row)