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

Tru 2 da Game

Tru 2 da Game is the fourth studio album released by rap group, TRU. It was released February 18, 1997 for No Limit Records and was produced by Beats By the Pound . The album found a large amount of success, peaking at #8 on the Billboard 200 and #2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums...

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Background

The song incorporated the melody and contained re-sung elements of Rockwell's

Rockwell (musician)

Rockwell is an R&B performer who was signed to the Motown label.-Biography:...

 1984 hit, "Somebody's Watching Me

Somebody's Watching Me

"Somebody's Watching Me" is the debut single by R&B artist Rockwell, released on the Motown label in 1984. The song's lyrics relate the narrator's paranoid fear of being followed and watched. It featured former Motown artists Michael Jackson on the chorus and Jermaine Jackson on additional backing...

", with Mo B. Dick

Mo B. Dick

Ruhi Anubis Yazid , better known as Mo B. Dick is an American singer and producer who is a member of the production team The Medicine Men, formerly called Beats By the Pound, which produced most of No Limit Records releases from 1995 to 1999. He released his debut album, Gangsta Harmony, April 13,...

 singing the hook from the original song. Mo B. Dick also produced the song, along with fellow Beats By the Pound

The Medicine Men

The Medicine Men, formerly known as Beats by the Pound, is a four-man hip hop and R&B platinum-selling remix and production team.The group is composed of the former In-house production team The Medicine Men, formerly known as Beats by the Pound, is a four-man hip hop and R&B platinum-selling remix...

 members KLC

KLC

KLC is a rap producer from the Third Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana . He found fame as a member of No Limit Records' Beats By the Pound, and since leaving the label has been the leader of the Medicine Men, consisting of the same producers as the original Beats by the Pound, as well as some new talent...

 and Craig B. Master P

Master P

Percy Robert Miller , better known by his stage name Master P or his business name P. Miller, is an American rapper, actor, entrepreneur, investor, and producer. He is the founder of the popular label No Limit Records, which went bankrupt and was relaunched as New No Limit Records through Koch...

, Silkk the Shocker and Mia X

Mia X

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 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

Billboard Hot 100

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. 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

Peak positions

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Billboard Hot 100	71
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	42
Billboard Hot Rap Singles	11

Year-End charts

End of year chart (1997)	Position
Billboard Hot Rap Singles	32