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Edgar Winter’s White Trash

Dying to Live

1971 · via 2Pac

Edgar Winter wrote “Dying to Live”; Edgar Winter’s White Trash put out the earliest release of it on file, in 1971. Also recorded by Grumbleweeds (released 1972) and Yusuf (released 2014). 2Pac’s “Runnin’ (Dying to Live)” (2003) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

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The credits on that track run from Biggie and Eminem all the way back to Edgar Winter, who wrote the song it runs on. Put on the 1971 record and you can hear where 2Pac's title came from.

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Credited writer: Edgar Winter.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1971.

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2Pac’s “Runnin’ (Dying to Live)” (2003) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

Other recordings on file · first release year

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