

The video contains interviews of both Tupac and Notorious B.I.G. heard at the end of the track was recorded only a few weeks before his death. The chorus is from Edgar Winter's song " Dying to Live" (from the album Edgar Winter's White Trash), which was edited to a higher pitch for the song. Easy Mo Bee subsequently received songwriting credits on "Runnin' (Dying To Live)". The song is a remake of an Easy Mo Bee-produced song called " Runnin' from tha Police", recorded by Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. The song peaked at #19 for the week of Decemon the Billboard Hot 100, becoming one of 2Pac's highest charting songs and his second most successful posthumous release as a lead artist.

2Pac's vocals are taken from a re-recorded version intended for 2Pac's third studio album Me Against The World that was later scrapped due to the feud between both artists. 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. It was released as the first single from the soundtrack album Tupac: Resurrection on September 30, 2003. " Runnin' (Dying to Live)", is a posthumous song by American rapper 2Pac, with an additional posthumous verse from The Notorious B.I.G. Single by Tupac featuring The Notorious B.I.G.

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