(feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg, Soulja Slim)

[Chorus: Master P]

Daddy wasn't home so mama raised me
I'ma thug but still mama bathed me [x4]


[Verse 1: Master P]
I live my life as a thug, roll wit' some killas
Slang crack to some dope fiends, ride wit' some drug dealers

Find me in 3rd ward pullin' all nightas
Keep a tech 9 @@#!ed for any ^!$$% that don't like me
Throw up your soldier rags if you rowdy

I represent a million mutha$#&@as thats 'bout it
Mama couldn't control my destiny as a street thug
Find me in the Range Rover buyin, sellin street drugs

Even though, this ghetto got me crazy
Everytime I go to jail mama get me out cause I'm her baby


[CHORUS x2]

[Verse 2: Snoop Dogg]

I'ma gangsta, located in the alleys and Cali
Shoot dice wit' killas and smoke wit' the dealers
You can't tell me %#@! 'bout these streets homey

I don' seen it and done it and lived the real from the phony
Out for this money, homies maintain they composure
Since kids on the streets sellin' dope by the police

Now I'ma a soldier mutha$#&@a for the chips
When I dips the trips, GP straight for DP
But the scripts how mama raised me

Pops wasn't home, left us all alone
Wasn't no thang, cause my mama had game
She showed me everythang except how to be a man

I understand, for all the streets and the jail time I caught
The pain I brought, that wasn't what you taught
It's probably pops fault how I ended up

Gangbangin', crack slangin', not given' a $#&@
Two strikes in my life, a ^!$$% fed up
Mama said don't let up, and baby boy keep your head up


[CHORUS x2]


[Verse 3: Soulja Slim]
Now picture me a ghetto child, runnin' wild
Maybe if you emphasize, ^!$$%s supposed to pick us

The world wouldn't be like it is now
I made moms proud, when you mention me she smile
If feels good buyin' moms a car and a house

And my pops been locked up for ten years
Life was a struggle moms shed so many tears
That's why baby ain't got nothin' that I love so much

The only one can hurt my feelings, when she fuss
Momma I love you cause you brought me hear
But ^!$$%s startin' to hate and it's gettin' dark in here

But I remember what you told me, and what ya' showed me
Take it slowly


[CHORUS x4]