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 listenThe 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 thirteen, 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 goodbye to the bad guy

That one you fucked when you passed by

Buck-buck 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

I got raw when I came to Cali

I got nothing to lose

That′s why I got gang-related rhymes (got nothing to lose)

I got raw when I came to Cali

I got nothing to lose

That′s why I got gang-related rhymes (got nothing to lose)

I got raw when I came to Cali

I got nothing to lose

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

I got raw when I came to Cali

Nothing to lose

That′s why I got gang-related rhymes

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 niggas 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, niggas never die

We just retaliate with hate, then we multiply

See me striking down the block hittin' corners

Mobbin' like a motherfucker livin′ like I wanna

Ain′t no stoppin' at the red lights, I′m sideways

Thug Life motherfucker crime pays

Let the cops put they lights on

Chase me nigga, zig-zaggin' through the freeway

Race me nigga, in a high speed chase with the law

The realest motherfucker 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, with nothing to lose

I got raw when I came to Cali

I got nothing to lose

That′s why I got gang-related rhymes (got nothing to lose)

I got raw when I came to Cali

I got nothing to lose

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

I got raw when I came to Cali

And nothing to lose

That′s why I got gang-related rhymes (nothing to lose)

I got raw when I came to Cali (nothing to lose)

That's why I got gang-related rhymes

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 motherfucking peace

I got nothing to lose, and something to prove

What do I do livin' Thug Life, nigga 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 motherfucker wantin' dough

I hated cutting suckers with my razor blade

But every day it's a struggle to get major paid

Anyway it′s so hard on a nigga 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

I got raw when I came to Cali

Got nothing to lose

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

I got raw when I came to Cali

Got nothing to lose

That′s why I got gang-related rhymes (livin' with nothing to lose)

I got raw when I came to Cali

That′s why I got gang-related rhymes (got nothing to lose)

I got raw when I came to Cali

You know

That's why I got gang-related rhymes

They wonder what type nigga be a Thug Life nigga

We be the craziest

Motherfucker

You know

They wonder what type nigga be a Thug Life nigga

We be the craziest