Only God Can Judge Me

Faith and the street in the very same lines: on Only God Can Judge Me, Tupac brings both together. The track appears on the first disc of All Eyez on Me and is the album’s only song featuring San Francisco rapper Rappin’ 4-Tay. With around 260 million Spotify streams (as of October 7, 2026), it ranks among the most-played album tracks alongside the singles.

A Visit from the Bay Area and a Beat from Brooklyn

The song is one of the album’s Bay Area contributions. Tupac had moved to Marin City near San Francisco in 1988 (see Biography), and alongside 4-Tay, All Eyez on Me also features E-40, B-Legit, Richie Rich, and Dru Down. Anthony Forté, 4-Tay’s real name, grew up in San Francisco’s Fillmore District. He had his first guest verse on Too Short’s Life Is…Too Short; in 1994, “Playaz Club” (No. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100) and, together with the Spinners, “I’ll Be Around” (No. 39, No. 1 in New Zealand) reached the charts.

Doug Rasheed and Harold Fretty shared the production. Their beat draws on Top Billin’, the B-side of Make It Funky by Brooklyn duo Audio Two (1987). Milk Dee built the beat, produced by Daddy-O of Stetsasonic. The track ranks among the most quoted in hip-hop; in 2007, Milk Dee thanked in a line everyone who had sampled it and thereby brought him royalties. The recording was made during the sessions from October to December 1995 at Can-Am Studios; an exact date could not be verified.

Only God Should Judge, Not Courts or Media

The title is the program: only God should judge Tupac, not courts, media, or politicians. When the album was made, he stood convicted in New York of sexual abuse, but was free on bail posted by Suge Knight (details on the album page). The line can be read as a self-portrait: condemned by the justice system and the press, but claiming to answer to a higher authority.

In his verse, 4-Tay contributes the perspective from the street, where gun violence is part of daily life. The lyrics are deliberately not reproduced here; they can be found in lyric databases.

Grown Over the Years, Not Through the Charts

The song grew over the years rather than through the charts. A single or a video is not documented in the sources reviewed; the track lived off the album and later off streaming. On October 7, 2026, kworb.net recorded 260,342,163 Spotify streams for it. In 1999, rapper Master P titled his eighth studio album Only God Can Judge Me; it reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200 (Wikipedia).

4-Tay remained loyal to the region and in 1999 founded the group T.W.D.Y. with other Bay Area rappers. His guest appearance on Tupac’s album is among the career milestones Wikipedia lists, along with Master P’s West Coast Bad Boyz II (1997).