Say he wanna be

Shawty′s gonna be a thug

Said he wanna beOne day he's gonna be

Said he′s gonna be

Shawty's gonna be a thug

Said he's gonna be

One day he′s gonna be

Say he wanna be

Shawty′s gonna be a thug

Said he gonna be

One day he's gonna be

Said he wanna be

Shawty′s gonna be a thug

He was a nice middle class n-

But no one knew the evil he'd do when he got a little bigger

Give it up to final blaze

While puffing on a Newport

Plottin′ on another way to catch a case

Was only 16, yet convicted as a felon

With a bunch of old n-

But you the only one they telling

I tell you it's a cold world, stay in school

You tell me it′s a man's world, play the rules

And fade fools, break rules until we major

Blaze up, getting with hoes through my pager

Was raised up, commencing to money makin' tactics

It′s getting drastic, niggas got automatics

My fingers on the trigger, tell the Lord, "Make way for another straight thug n-"

I′m sitting getting buzzed, looking for some love from the homies

'Cause shawty wanna be a Thug

Said he′s gonna be

Said he's gonna be

One day he′s gonna be

Shawty's gonna be a thug

Said he′s gonna be

Say he's gonna be

Said he's gonna be

Shawty′s gonna be a thug

Said he′s gonna be

One day he's gonna be

Say he wanna be

Shawty′s gonna be a thug

Said he gonna be

One day he's gonna be

Said he wanna be

Shawty′s gonna be a thug

Straight from the Hall to the Penn

An adolescent n- scaling weight and standing six feet ten

He carried weight like a Mack truck

Gonna bust on some playa haters

If the mother- act tough

Then that's when the lethal weapon with the razor

This little n- smoking w- and getting blazed up

No one could figure, when the guns blast, pull the trigger

Could take the life of a young n-, guns bigger

No mother and father, you see, this n- all alone

Old timers my role model, the war zone

Relates with this game ′til its a part of me

My heart don't beat no fear, and it ain't hard to see

The future is looking dim

I′m trying to make a profit out of living in this sin

I′m in the dark getting buzzed, looking for some love out with the homies

'Cause shawty wanna be a thug

Said he′s gonna be

Said he's gonna be

One day he′s gonna be

Shawty's gonna be a thug

Said he′s gonna be

One day he's gonna be

Said he's gonna be

Shawty′s gonna be a thug

Said he′s gonna be

One day he's gonna be

Say he wanna be

Shawty′s gonna be a thug

Said he gonna be

One day he's gonna be

Said he wanna be

Shawty′s gonna be a thug

Shawty's gonna be a thug

You little bad a- n-, to the young niggas

Gotta stay sharp n-, play your part

You got plenty of time (you bad motherf-)

You only get three mistakes, and then that′s life big baby (niggas crazy)

Watch the signs

Damn, you ain't but 16 n-?

16

That's a bad motherf-