“Ambitionz Az A Ridah” by 2Pac

"Ambitionz az a Ridah" comes from All Eyez on Me, 2Pac's fourth studio album, released in 1996. He wrote the lyrics in 1995 while in prison on sexual abuse charges, and once he was out he went into Can-Am Studios in Tarzana, Los Angeles, and recorded it on October 13, 1995; Kurupt later said 2Pac laid down the first verse in 45 minutes. Daz Dillinger produced it, with 2Pac co-producing and Suge Knight as executive producer, building the beat on Joeski Love's "Pee-Wee's Dance" and, as Daz put it, giving it a gangsta twist.

The rhymes are about being ready for whatever comes and getting even with the people who crossed him, with nods to Mike Tyson and to his 1994 shooting, plus a sample of ring announcer Michael Buffer's trademark fight-night catchphrase. DJ Quik and Carlos Warlick mixed it.

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