Runnin' (Dying to Live)

:"For the 1994 song by 2Pac, see Runnin'" Infobox Single
Name = Runnin' (Dying to Live)


Artist = 2Pac featuring The Notorious B.I.G.
from Album =
Released = 2003
Format = CD
Recorded =
Genre = Hip hop
Length = 3:51
Label = Amaru
Writer = Tupac Shakur
Christopher Wallace
Producer = EminemExtra chronology
Artist = 2Pac
Type = singles
Last single = Still Ballin
This single = "Runnin' (Dying to Live)"
Next single = One Day at a Time (Em's Version)Extra chronology
Artist = The Notorious B.I.G.
Last single = Dead Wrong 1999
This single = "Runnin' (Dying to Live)" 2004
Next single = Nasty Girl 2005"Runnin' (Dying to Live)", by Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. was the first released single from the posthumous soundtrack album "". The video contains interviews of both Tupac and Biggie. It is the only song from the album to feature a music video. The chorus is from the Edgar Winter's song "Dying to Live" which was edited to a higher pitch for the song. The song won the award for "best soundtrack song" in 2003. It charted at #19 on The Billboard Hot 100. Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. originally recorded the song together in 1994. The song was originally produced by New York producer Easy Mo Bee and was called "Runnin' (From tha Police)".The interview of Biggie was recorded only a couple of weeks before his death.

The edited version mutes all language, violence and drug references, even The Biggie's comment about 2Pac being shot again. In the video, it has past images of 2Pac and Biggie, as once their verses ended, the volume control appears to be dropping lower, as if they were just non-human.

Track listing

# "Runnin' (Dying to Live)" - Feat. Notorious BIG
# "Still Ballin' [Nitty Remix] " Feat. Trick Daddy
# "Runnin' (Dying to Live)" - Instrumental
# "Runnin' (Dying to Live)" - CD-Rom Video