I Always Feel Like

" I Always Feel Like" is the lead single released from TRU's fourth studio album, Tru 2 da Game.

"I Always Feel Like"
Single by TRU featuring Mia X and Mo B. Dick
from the album Tru 2 da Game
Released	January 21, 1997
Recorded	1996
Genre	Gangsta rap
Length	5:10
Label	No Limit / Priority
Songwriter(s)	Percy Miller, Vyshonn Miller, Mia Young
Producer(s)	Beats By the Pound
Mia X singles chronology
"I Always Feel Like" (1997) "Make 'Em Say Uhh!" (1998)
Mo B. Dick singles chronology
"Gangstafield" (1996) "I Always Feel Like" (1997) "I Miss My Homies" (1997)
TRU singles chronology
"I Always Feel Like" (1997) "Hoody Hooo" (1999)

Background

The song incorporated the melody and contained re-sung elements of Rockwell's 1984 hit, "Somebody's Watching Me", with Mo B. Dick singing the hook from the original song. Mo B. Dick also produced the song, along with fellow Beats By the Pound members KLC and Craig B. Master P, Silkk the Shocker and Mia X performed the song.

Released less than a month before Tru 2 da Game, "I Always Feel Like" became the group's most successful single, reaching number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was also a sizable rap hit, peaking at number 11 on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles.

Single track listing

1. "I Always Feel Like" (Radio Version) - 4:15
2. "I Always Feel Like" (Street Version) - 5:40
3. "Pimp Shit" - 4:25
4. "Eyes of a Killa" - 4:11
5. "I Always Feel Like" (Album Version) - 5:10
6. "I Always Feel Like" - 5:31

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Billboard Hot 100	71
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	27
Billboard Hot Rap Singles	11

Year-end charts

Chart (1997)	Position
Billboard Hot Rap Singles[1]	32

References

1. "Billboard Year-End Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks - 1997". Retrieved 2011-10-27.