Yes.
Yes.
My lil shortys gonna be a thug.

Father like son, like son like dad.
My family all into makin this cash.
Shorty's gonna be a thug.

Like father, like son, like son, like dad.
My family's all into makin this cash.
My lil, shortys gonna be a thug.

Like father, like son, like son, like dad.
My family's all into makin this cash.


[Chorus]

Look in yo eyes

an I see, the reflection of me
my little guy
thank the Lord for blessin me wit a seed

before he died
my father taught these lessons to me
an before I die, I share the same lessons that he was stressin to me

^!$$% it's in yo blood, you gone be a thug
no matter the cause
^!$$%s born to floss, an be the boss

that's how he was taught
I raised you in the North
away from the hood where, times are hard

but as soon as the, grind get hard
you put yo time in God.


[Verse 1]

It's in our blood

thuggin
til the days of my death
my last breath taken by the ATF like, David Koresh

my steps of life
my last testimony, God bless my wife
my lil son gone be set for life, always dressed up nice

and smokin Kryponite
might grow up an rip the mic
or slang some chickens like his great grandpappy

whatever makes the man happy
grands snappy
but Lord forbid, he try to do the same %#@! that his pappy did

^!$$%, end up in some khaki %#@!
handcuffed, in back of the bus wit a gang of other ^!$$%s $#&@ed up
then shipped up, %#@! greed

%#@! get deep
^!$$%s bleed
information juss to get free

that's why you never see no busta ^!$$%s hangin wit me
be a loner
if you ain't got that $#&@in Dragon tattoo on ya

knock a ^!$$% on his $$#, so fast the class makes have to use amonia
to wake him up
nurse, pick him up

an take him up
hit the dice game in the alley way
yo ^!$$% break 'em up.


[Chorus: Yukmouth]


Look in yo eyes
an I see, a reflection of me
my little guy

thank the Lord for blessin me wit a seed
before he died
my father taught these lessons to me

an before I die, I share the same lessons that he was stressin to me
it's in yo blood, you gone be a thug
no matter the cost

born to floss, an to be the boss
that's how he was taught
I raised you in the North

away from the hood where, times are hard
but as soon as the, grind get hard
you put yo time in God
it's in our blood.


[Verse 2]

And send a letter to my killa
whoever it my be
I know that death is callin, I can hear it pagin me

chasin me
(ch-ch... haha)
like Jason be
but ain't no breakin me
or takin the safe from me

not even a $#&@in 8 from me
be ready to catch a thirty-eight to the chest straight from me
even if they wasted me
my son will be replacin me
on the street makin g's

like his poppy was
smokin chronic budded
sellin drugs like his poppy does
see his poppy was a, mutha $#&@in soldier
hittin figure eights up in Nova
always smokin doja

wit a pocket full of quarters
went from bein a small timer, to highroller
to the block controller
set up shop, an got it locked wit all the rocks an powdered cola
now the cowards know the time
taught you to grind before your time
I taught you how to hold a 9

taught you how to stay sharper than a poker prime
^!$$% focus yo mind, on the money
$#&@ a big behind
an keep a click of down $$# ^!$$%s, an then you'll be fine
these are the rules
^!$$% choose to utilize or loose
pay yo dues

if I die juss get my face tattooed
up on yo shoulder, or right over your heart
cuz, when it get dark
that's when this %#@! starts, an daddy didn't raise no marks!

[Chorus x3]