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

The song is a posthumous remix of the 1994 track " Runnin' from tha Police ," originally produced by during a brief window when 2Pac and Biggie were friends.

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

Biggie's verse is a 1993 recording, while 2Pac’s verse is a re-recorded take intended for the Thug Life: Vol. 1 album before the bicoastal feud escalated. Lyrical and Contextual Analysis The song is a posthumous remix of the

Featured verses from 2Pac, Biggie, Stretch, and Dramacydal over a lighter, up-tempo beat with a hook by Lil' Vicious. 1 album before the bicoastal feud escalated

expresses shock at Pac’s death, recorded just weeks before his own murder: "I would never wish death on nobody... because there ain't no coming back from that" . Critical Legacy