Runnin' (Dying to Live)

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"Runnin' (Dying to Live)"
Single by Tupac featuring The Notorious B.I.G.
from the album Tupac: Resurrection
Released	September 30, 2003
Recorded	1994
Genre	Hardcore hip hop
Length	3:52
Label	Amaru Interscope
Songwriter(s)	Tupac Shakur Christopher Wallace Osten Harvey Marshall Mathers Edgar Winter
Producer(s)	Eminem
2Pac singles chronology
"Still Ballin'" (2002) "Runnin' (Dying to Live)" (2003) "Thugs Get Lonely Too" (2004)
The Notorious B.I.G. singles chronology
"Notorious B.I.G." (1999) "Runnin' (Dying to Live)" (2003) "Nasty Girl" (2005)

"Runnin' (Dying to Live)", 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.^[1]