[00:00.92]Said he wanna be, shorty's gonna be a thug
[00:02.86]Said he wanna be, one day he's gonna be
[00:05.26]Said he's gonna be, shorty's gonna be a thug
[00:08.05]Said he's gonna be, one day he's gonna be
[00:10.59]Said he wanna be, shorty's gonna be a thug!
[00:13.04]Said he wanna be, one day he's gonna be
[00:15.82]Said he wanna be, shorty's gonna be a thug
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[00:18.37]Was a nice middle-class *****
[00:20.36]But no one knew the evil he'd do when he got a little bigger
[00:23.70]You'd often find him blazed, for puffing on a Newport
[00:26.99]Plotting on a another way to catch a case
[00:29.13]Was only 16, yet convicted as a felon
[00:32.08]With a bunch of old ******, but you the only one ain't tellin'
[00:34.71]I tell you it's a cold world, stay in school
[00:37.11]You tell me it's a man's world, play the rules
[00:39.70]And fade fools, break rules until we major
[00:42.04]Blaze up, getting with hoes through my pager
[00:44.69]Was raised up, commence to money-makin' tactics
[00:47.32]It's getting drastic, ****** got automatics
[00:50.37]My finger's on the trigger
[00:52.01]Tell the Lord to make way for another straight thug *****
[00:54.95]I'm sitting, getting buzzed, looking for some love
[00:58.69]From the homies, ‘cause shorty wanna be a thug
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[01:00.93]Said he's gonna be, said he's gonna be
[01:03.78]One day he's gonna be, shorty's gonna be a thug
[01:06.46]Said he's wanna be, said he's wanna be
[01:08.91]One day he's gonna be, shorty's gonna be a thug
[01:11.55]Said he's gonna be, one day he's gonna be
[01:14.14]Said he wanna be, shorty's gonna be a thug
[01:16.97]Said he wanna be, one day he's gonna be
[01:19.67]Said he wanna be, shorty's gonna be a thug
[01:21.81]
[01:22.16]Straight from the hall to the pen
[01:23.81]An adolescent ***** standing way higher than six feet ten
[01:27.20]He carried weight, like a Mack truck
[01:29.39]Gonna bust on playa haters, if them *********** act tuff
[01:32.73]Then that's when, a lethal weapon with the razor
[01:35.12]This little ***** smoking **** and getting blazed up
[01:37.91]No one could figure, when the guns blast, pull the trigger
[01:40.69]Could take the life of a young *****, guns bigger
[01:43.28]No mother and father, you see, the *****'s all alone
[01:46.07]Old timers my role model, the war zone
[01:48.62]Been laced with this game 'til it's a part of me
[01:51.45]My heart don't beat no fear, and that ain't hard to see
[01:54.05]The future is looking dim
[01:55.74]I'm tryin' to make a profit out of living in this sin
[01:58.28]I'm in the dark, getting buzzed, looking for some love
[02:02.46]Out with the homies, ‘cause shorty wanna be a thug
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[02:05.41]Said he's gonna be, said he's gonna be
[02:07.40]One day he's gonna be, shorty's gonna be a thug
[02:09.98]Said he's wanna be, one day he's gonna be
[02:12.53]Said he's gonna be, shorty's gonna be a thug
[02:15.22]Said he's wanna be, one day he's gonna be
[02:17.81]Said he wanna be, shorty's gonna be a thug
[02:20.40]Said he wanna be, one day he's gonna be
[02:23.14]Said he wanna be, shorty's gonna be a thug
[02:25.43]
[02:25.88]Shorty's gonna be a thug
[02:31.86]Little bad ass *****, to the young ******
[02:35.35]Gotta stay sharp, *****, play your part!
[02:38.59]Got plenty of time (you bad ***********)
[02:41.18]You only get three mistakes, and then it's life, big baby
[02:43.57](****** craaazy) Watch the signs!
[02:46.41]Damn, *****! Sixteen, *****?
[02:49.35]Sixteen?! Too bad, ************