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When Thugz Cry

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When Thugz Cry

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Intro:

When Thugz Cry

Now I lay me down to sleep

I pray to Lord my guns to keep

If I die before I wake

I pray to Lord my soul to take

Got us dying

When Thugz Cry

Times is hard

Verse One:

Born thuggin' and lovin'

The way I came up, big money clutchin'

Bustin' while evadin' cocaine bust

My po's rushin'

To my cushin' into insanity

They shot at my cousin now we bustin' at they whole family

These cowards wanna see me burried, I ain't worried

I got a line on the D.A. cause I'm fuckin' the secretary

I black out, start cussin, bust 'em, and touch 'em all

They panicin' bitches duckin', I rush 'em, and fuck 'em all

Probably be an old man before I understand

Why I had to live my life with pistols close in hand

Kidnapped my homie sister cut her face up bad

They even raped her so we blazed they pad

Automatic shots rang out, on every block

They puttin hits on politicians even cops

I ain't lyin', they got me sleepin' with my infrared beams

And in my dreams I hear muthafuckas screamin'

What is the meanin'?

When Thugz Cry

Chorus:

Oh Why

Should you send your child off to die

In the streets of chalk

When they die

Let the rocks cry out

When Thugz Cry

Dear God

(When Thugz Cry)

Oh Why

Does It Have To Be This Way Ahh

Children of today won't stay wise

(When Thugz Cry)

Let the children hear

When Thugz Cry

Dear God

Oh Why

(Ha)

Verse Two:

Maybe my addiction to friction got me buggin'

Where is the love, never quit my ambitionz to thug

Ain't shed a tear since the old school years of elementary

Niggaz I used to love they closed the penitentiary

Still homie keep it real, how does it feel?

To loose your life over somethin' that you did as a kid

You all alone no communication, block on the phone

Don't get along with your pops and plus your moms is gone

Where did we go wrong? I put my soul in this song

To help us grow in time but now our minds is gone

We went from brothas and sistas to niggaz and bitches

We went from welfare livin' to worldwide riches

But somethin' change in this dirty game

Everythin' strange, lost all my homies over cocaine, Man

See they ask me if I shed a tear, I ain't lie

See, you gotta get high or die

Cause even thugz cry

Chorus:

Oh Why

Should you send your child off to die

In the streets of chalk

(When Thugz Cry)

When they die

(We don't shed tears, we shed blood)

Let the rocks cry out

When Thugz Cry

(Do you still wanna be a thug)

Dear God

Oh Why

Does It Have To Be This Way Ahh

Children of today won't stay wise

Let the children hear

When Thugz Cry

Dear God

Oh Why

Verse Three:

And all I see are these paraniod bitches, illegal inventions

Bustin' muthafuckas with upper cuts, I leave 'em with dentures

Cause in my criminal mind nobody violates the Don

I write your name on a piece of paper, and now your family's gone

Well perpetrate like you could handle my team

So merciless in mind try to take command of your dreams

Leavin muthafuckas drowin in they own blood

Clown and taking pictures

Later, laugh about the punk bitches

That turn snitches

Regulate my area the terror I represent

Make your people disappear, your wonderin' where they went

Am I cold, or is it just I sold my soul?

Addicted to the streets

Never find true peace I'm told

Come take my body, God

Don't let me suffer any longer

Smoke a pound of marijuana so I know it ain't long

Where is the end to all my misery?

Is there a close?

I suppose that's why I murder my foes

When Thugz Cry

Chorus:

Oh Why

Should you send your child off to die

In the streets of chalk

(I Shed Tattoo Tearz For Years)

When they die

Let the rocks cry out

(To My Dead Homeboyz and the prison peace)

When Thugz Cry

Dear God

Oh Why

(Yall ain't never heard my cries, nigga, what about if you would die)

Does It Have To Be This Way Ahh

Children of today won't stay wise

Let the children hear

When Thugz Cry

Dear God

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