The only way to change me is let me blow my brains out
stuck in the middle of the game to get the pain out
Pray to my God everyday but he don't listen

the poverty bothers me but mama's working wonders in the kitchen
Listen I can hear her crying in the bedroom
praying for money we never think would she be dead soon

Am I wrong for wishing I was somewhere else
I'm 13 can't feed myself
Can I blame daddy 'cause he left me

wish he would've helped me
too much like him 'til my mama don't love me
On my own at a early age gettin' paid

and I'm strapped so I'll never be afraid
Where did I go astray I'm hanging in the back streets
running with G's and dope fiends will they jack me?

Can't turn back my eyes on the prize
I got nothing to lose
everybody gotta die

say good-bye to the bad guy
that one you $#&@ed when you passed by
Buck buck [gunshots] from a Glock

let the glass fly
Do or Die walk a mile in my shoes
and you'd be crazy too

with nothing to lose

[Chorus]


I got nothing to lose
(that's why I got gang related rhymes)

got nothing to lose [5x]
nothing to lose


[Verse 2]

I thank the Lord for my many blessings

though I'm stressin' keep a vest for protection
from the barrel of the Smith & Wesson
and all my ^!$$%s in the pen'

here we go again
Ain't nothing separating us from a MAC 10
Born in the ghetto as a hustler older

straight soldier bucking at them busters
No matter how you try ^!$$%s never die
We just retaliate with hate then we multiply

see me striking down the block hittin' corners
Mobbin' like a mother$#&@er livin' like I wanna
Ain't no stoppin' at the red lights I'm sideways

Thug Life mother$#&@er crime pays
Let the cops put they lights on
chase me ^!$$%

zig-zaggin' through the freeway
race me ^!$$%
In a high speed chase with the law

the realest mother$#&@er that you ever saw
I'm livin' raw 'til they bury me don't worry me
I'm high livin' like I ain't afraid to die

And you could walk a mile in my shoes
and you'd be crazy too


[Chorus]

[Verse 3]


Ain't no escape from a deadly fate
and everyday there's a million black bodies put away

I'm startin' to lose hope
it seems everybody's on dope
Mama told me to leave 'cause she was broke

Sometimes I choke on the indo
peepin' out the window alone on my own
I'm a criminal

Got no love from the household I'm out cold
in the streets give me mother$#&@ing peace
I got nothing to lose

and something to prove
What do I do livin Thug Life ^!$$% stay true
I wonder when they kill me
is there a Heaven for a real G
Lord forgive me if you feel me

'Cause all my life I was dirt broke
with no hope little skinny mother$#&@er wantin' dough
I hated cutting suckers with my razor blade
but everyday it's a struggle to get major paid
Anyway it's so hard on a ^!$$% in this city

no pity and ain't no love for the scrubs that be buyin dimes
If you could walk a mile in my shoes you'd be crazy too
with nothing to lose

[Chorus]


[Outro]
They wonder what type ^!$$% be a Thug Life ^!$$%
We be the craziest...Mutha$#&@a!
You know!

They wonder what type ^!$$% be a Thug Life ^!$$%
We be the craziest!