Nothing to Lose

The only way to change me is maybe blow my brains out

Stuck in the middle of the game to get the pain out

Pray to my God every day but he don't listen

The poverty bothers me but momma's working wonders in the kitchen

Listen, I can hear her crying in the bedroom

Praying for money, but 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 have hugged me

Too much like him, so my momma don't love me

On my own at an early age

Getting 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 pass by

Buck-buck from a Glock, tempered 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

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

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 stressing, keep a vest for protection

From the barrel of a Smith & Wesson

And all my **** in the pen, here we go again

Ain't nothin' 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, **** never die

We just retaliate with hate, then we multiply

See me striking down the block, hitting corners

Mobbing like a motherfucker, living like I wanna

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

Thug Life, motherfucker, crime pays

Let the cops put they lights on

Chase me, ****, zig zagging through the freeway

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

The realest motherfucker that you ever saw

I'm living raw till they bury me, don't worry me

I'm high, living 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

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

Got nothing to lose

I got raw when I came to Cali

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 every day there's a million black bodies put away

I'm starting to lose hope

It seems everybody's on dope

Momma told me to leave 'cause she was broke

Sometimes I choke on the indo, creeping out the window

Alone on my own, I'm a criminal

Got no love from the household, I'm out cold

On the streets, screaming "Motherfuck peace!"

I got nothing to lose

But something to prove, what do I do?

Let a Thug Life **** 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 wanting dough

I hated cutting suckers with my razor blade

But every day is a struggle to get major pay

Anyway, it's so hard on a **** in the city

No pity, it ain't no love for the scrubs that be buying time

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

****, nothing to lose

I got raw when I came to Cali

Yeah

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 **** be a Thug Life ****

We be the craziest

Motherfucker

You know

They wonder what type **** be a Thug Life ****

We be the craziest