2003 single by Tupac featuring The Notorious B.I.G.

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Runnin' (Dying to Live)

<p>"<b>Runnin' (Dying to Live)</b>", is a posthumous song by American rapper <a href="/en/Tupac_Shakur" title="Tupac Shakur" class="wl">2Pac</a>, with an additional posthumous verse from <a href="/en/The_Notorious_B.I.G." title="The Notorious B.I.G." class="wl">The Notorious B.I.G.</a> It was released as the first single from the soundtrack album <i><a href="/en/Tupac:_Resurrection_(soundtrack)" title="Tupac: Resurrection (soundtrack)" class="wl">Tupac: Resurrection</a></i> on September 30, 2003.</p>

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<div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none" about="#mwt7">2003 single by Tupac featuring The Notorious B.I.G.</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: "Runnin' (Dying to Live)", Single by Tupac fe...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox vevent mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary notheme" style="background-color: khaki; font-size: 125%;">"Runnin' (Dying to Live)"</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size"><a href="/en/File:Runnin.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Runnin.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/75/Runnin%27_%28Dying_to_Live%29_%28Tupac_Shakur_single_-_cover_art%29.jpg/220px-Runnin%27_%28Dying_to_Live%29_%28Tupac_Shakur_single_-_cover_art%29.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" data-file-type="bitmap" height="220" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/75/Runnin%27_%28Dying_to_Live%29_%28Tupac_Shakur_single_-_cover_art%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/75/Runnin%27_%28Dying_to_Live%29_%28Tupac_Shakur_single_-_cover_art%29.jpg 2x" alt="Runnin%27_%28Dying_to_Live%29_%28Tupac_Shakur_single_-_cover_art%29.jpg"></a></span></td></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description notheme" style="background-color: khaki;"><a href="/en/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)" class="wl">Single</a> by <a href="/en/Tupac_Shakur" title="Tupac Shakur" class="wl">Tupac</a> featuring <a href="/en/The_Notorious_B.I.G." title="The Notorious B.I.G." class="wl">The Notorious B.I.G.</a></th></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description notheme" style="background-color: khaki;">from the album <i> <a href="/en/Tupac:_Resurrection_(soundtrack)" title="Tupac: Resurrection (soundtrack)" class="wl">Tupac: Resurrection</a> </i></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">September 30, 2003</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">1994</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Music_genre" title="Music genre" class="wl">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><div class="hlist ">
<ul><li><a href="/en/Hardcore_hip_hop" title="Hardcore hip hop" class="wl">Hardcore hip hop</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><span class="duration"><span class="min">3</span>:<span class="s">52</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Record_label" title="Record label" class="wl">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/en/Amaru_Entertainment" title="Amaru Entertainment" class="wl">Amaru</a></li><li><a href="/en/Interscope_Records" title="Interscope Records" class="wl">Interscope</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/en/Songwriter" title="Songwriter" class="wl">Songwriter(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><div class="hlist ">
<ul><li><a href="/en/Tupac_Shakur" title="Tupac Shakur" class="wl">Tupac Shakur</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/The_Notorious_B.I.G." title="The Notorious B.I.G." class="wl">Christopher Wallace</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Easy_Mo_Bee" title="Easy Mo Bee" class="wl">Osten Harvey</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Eminem" title="Eminem" class="wl">Marshall Mathers</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Edgar_Winter" title="Edgar Winter" class="wl">Edgar Winter</a></li></ul>

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<td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0;">"<a href="/en/Still_Ballin'" title="Still Ballin'" class="wl">Still Ballin'</a>" <br>(2002)</td>
<td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding:.2em .1em;">"<b>Runnin' (Dying to Live)</b>" <br>(2003)</td>
<td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em;">"<a href="/en/One_Day_at_a_Time_(Em's_Version)" title="One Day at a Time (Em's Version)" class="wl">One Day at a Time (Em's Version)</a>" <br>(2004)</td></tr>
</tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background: khaki"><a href="/en/The_Notorious_B.I.G." title="The Notorious B.I.G." class="wl">The Notorious B.I.G.</a><span> </span>singles chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">
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<td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0">"<a href="/en/Notorious_B.I.G._(song)" title="Notorious B.I.G. (song)" class="wl">Notorious B.I.G.</a>"<br>(1999)</td>
<td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em">"<b>Runnin' (Dying to Live)</b>"<br>(2003)</td>
<td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em">"<a href="/en/Nasty_Girl_(The_Notorious_B.I.G._song)" title="Nasty Girl (The Notorious B.I.G. song)" class="wl">Nasty Girl</a>"<br>(2005)</td></tr>

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<p>Produced by <a href="/en/Eminem" title="Eminem" class="wl">Eminem</a>, the song uses The Notorious B.I.G.'s vocals from a 1994 recording known as "<a href="/en/Runnin'_from_tha_Police" title="Runnin' from tha Police" class="wl">Runnin' from tha Police</a>", one of the few collaborations recorded by 2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G. during their lifetimes. 2Pac's vocals are taken from a re-recorded version intended for Thug Life's only studio album <a href="/en/Thug_Life:_Vol._1" title="Thug Life: Vol. 1" class="mw-redirect wl">Thug Life: Vol. 1</a> that was later scrapped due to the feud between both artists.</p>

<p>The song peaked at #19 for the week of December 20, 2003 on the <a href="/en/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100" class="wl">Billboard Hot 100</a>, becoming one of 2Pac's highest charting songs and his second most successful posthumous release as a lead artist.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></p>



"Runnin' ", is a posthumous song by American rapper 2Pac, with an additional posthumous verse from The Notorious B.I.G. It was released as the first single from the soundtrack album Tupac: Resurrection on September 30, 2003. Produced by Eminem, the song uses The Notorious B.I.G.'s vocals from a 1994 recording known as "Runnin' from tha Police", one of the few collaborations recorded by 2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G. during their lifetimes. 2Pac's vocals are taken from a re-recorded version intended for Thug Life's only studio album Thug Life: Vol. 1 that was later scrapped due to the feud between both artists. The song peaked at #19 for the week of December 20, 2003 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming one of 2Pac's highest charting songs and his second most successful posthumous release as a lead artist. 