Me and My Girlfriend Lyrics

[Verse 4: 2Pac]
I love finger-fuckin' you, all of a sudden I'm hearin' thunder
When you bust a nut, niggas be duckin' or takin' numbers
Love to watch you at a block party, beggin' for drama
While unleashin' on the old-timers, that's on my mama
I would trade my life for yours, behind closed doors
The only girl that I adore, everything I'm askin' for
Talkin' to me, beggin' me to just take you around
Seventeen, like Brandy you just wanna be down
Talkin' loud when I tell you be quiet
You move the crowd, bustin' rounds, activatin' a riot
That's why I love you so, no control, down to roll, unleash
After a hit, you break apart, then back to one piece
Much love to my one and only girlfriend,
the world is ours
Just hold me down, baby, witness the power
Never leave a nigga alone, I love you black or chrome
Turn this house into a happy home: me and my girlfriend

[Chorus: 2Pac]
All I need in this life of sin
Is me and my girlfriend
Down to ride to the bloody end
Just me and my girlfriend
All I need in this life of sin
Is me and my girlfriend
Down to ride to the bloody end
Just me and my girlfriend
All I need in this life of sin
Me and my girlfriend
Down to ride to the bloody end
Me and my girlfriend


[Outro: 2Pac]
Lost in the whirlwind
'96 Bonnie and Clyde, me and my girlfriend
Doin' 85 when we ride
Trapped in this worldwind
Born as a ghetto child, raised in this whirlwind
Look for me, lost in the whirlwind
'96 Bonnie and Clyde, me and my girlfriend
Doin' 85 when we ride
Trapped in this world of sin
Born as a ghetto child, raised in this whirlwind
Look for me, lost in the whirlwind
'96 Bonnie and Clyde, me and my girlfriend
Doin' 85 when we ride
Trapped in this world of sin
Born as a ghetto child, raised in this whirlwind
Look for me, lost in the whirlwind
'96 Bonnie and Clyde, me and my girlfriend
Lost in the whirlwind
'96 Bonnie and Clyde, me and my girlfriend
Me and my girlfriend

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About

Genius Annotation

“Me and My Girlfriend” is a metaphorical song, where 2Pac refers to his gun as his girlfriend, using personification as a figure of speech.

Young Noble, a member of Pac’s Outlawz group, has explained that the main inspiration for this track was the Nas song “I Gave You Power” where he raps from the perspective of a gun.

The Beatles“Happiness is a Warm Gun” also talks about a gun as a girl.

Tupac recorded this song on July 29, 1996. Just under 6 Weeks before the Las Vegas tragedy. Another song on the album “Life Of An Outlaw” was also recorded the same day according to the dates written on the masters.

Q&A

Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning

What did 2Pac say about "Me and My Girlfriend"?
Genius Answer

He got that concept from Nas. Remember Nas did that song about the gun [“I Gave You Power” from the 1996 album It Was Written]? ‘Pac used to like that song. … You hear a nice idea, and you flip it and make it better. That was one of those shits. … He felt like a lot of mutherfuckas was against him, and that didn’t sit well with him neither. Muthafuckas made it like an East Coast/West Coast situation, when in reality 'Pac and all the Outlawz is from the East Coast. That was just one of those songs where 'Pac was riding on his enemies.

— Young Noble

‘Pac had the idea for the song already. We was in the studio trying to come up with the right track for it. I remember Hurt-M-Badd was up there working on the drums and 'Pac wasn’t really feeling what was coming up on there and then Ricky Rouse just came up and said, “'Pac, I got something. I got a song I wrote.” He a cool brother, but he was always worrying about his publishing. So he’s like, “'Pac, I got some shit for this shit, it’s some Spanish shit. But I got to get my publishing on it. I got to get my writer’s credit on that.” 'Pac was like. “Hell yeah.”

Ricky Rouse started playing this guitar shit. ‘Pac went crazy. He was like. “That’s it right there. That’s what I’m looking for.” Then he started singing, just came up with the hook. He told us all to write verses for that, too. All of us wrote verses but he just shot us down like, 'Nah, that ain’t tight enough."

He had ol' girl Queen-she play the part of the gun in the song-‘Pac had her come in once the song was done. I know her as queen she used to work at Death Row. She was the receptionist up there. She go by Virginya Slim now, and she’s signed to Death Row. She the one that talking that shit like, “Like what? West side, N. Die N, Die!”

— E.D.I., XXL, 2003

How did the beat come together?
Genius Answer

According to Hurt-M-Badd, 2Pac challenged him to come up with a beat on the spot.

Everything surrounding my heart went to my feet. Sweat just broke out all under my arm. But I’m also that type of person, I love a challenge when it comes to something I do … I just told the DJ to sample a kick and a snap from the keyboard. Everybody was looking at me like “What?” Looking at me crazy like, “He don’t know what he’s doing.” Before you know it. I had the drums going and I look over at the guy with the bass guitar. I told him to come in with something, and I gave him a little rhythm. He came in with it. Before you know it – Tupac was on the couch – he had this look on his face like, “I don’t believe this guy.” By the time we laid the guitar strings, he was up on the floor like, “Yeah!” Every time he’d get a track that he liked, he would listen to it and come up with the hook in his head. Then he’d turn around to the Outlawz and say, “Here’s the hook, listen to this,” and came up with “Me And My Girlfriend.”

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Recorded At
Ameraycan Studios (North Hollywood)
Release Date
November 5, 1996
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