When Thugz Cry

When thugs cry

Now I lay me down to sleep

I pray the Lord my guns to keep

If I die before I wake

I pray the Lord my soul to take

Got us dyin'

When thugs cry, times is hard

Born thuggin', and lovin' the way I came up

Big money clutchin', bustin' while evadin' cocaine busts

My pulse rushin', semi clutchin' into insanity

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

The coppers wanna see me buried, I ain't worried

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

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

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

I'll probably be an old man before I understand

Why I have to live my life with pistols close at hand

Kidnapped my homie's 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 out on politicians, even cops

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

And in my dreams, I hear motherfuckers screamin'

What is the meanin' when thugs cry?

Oh, why should you send your child off to die?

In the streets of chalk where they lie

Let no wrongs cry out when thugs cry, dear God (When thugs cry)

Oh my, does it have to be this way?

Our children of today won't stay wise

Let the children hear when thugs cry, dear God, oh why?

Maybe my addiction to friction got me buggin'

Where is the love? Never quit my ambition to thug

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

**** I used to love enclosed in penitentiaries

But still, homie, keep it real, how does it feel

To lose your life over something that you did as a kid?

You all alone, no communication, block on the phone

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

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

To help us grow in time, but now our minds are gone

We went from brothers and sisters to **** and bitches

We went from welfare livin' to worldwide riches

But somethin' changed in this dirty game, everything's 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 thugs cry

Oh, why should you send your child off to die?

In the streets of chalk where they lie

Let no wrongs cry out when thugs cry, dear God

Oh my, does it have to be this way?

Our children of today won't stay wise

Let the children hear when thugs cry, dear God, oh why?

And all I see is these paranoid bitches, illegal adventures

Bustin' motherfuckers with uppercuts, I leave 'em with dentures

‘Cause in my criminal mind, nobody violates the Don

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

Why perpetrate like you can handle my team?

So merciless in my attack, I take command of your dreams

Leavin' motherfuckers drownin' in they own blood

Clownin', takin' pictures later

Laugh 'bout them punk bitches that turned snitches

Regulate my area, the terror I represent

Make your people disappear, you wonderin' where they went

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

Addicted to these 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 thugs cry

Oh, why should you send your child off to die?

In the streets of chalk where they lie (I shed tattooed tears for years)

Let no wrongs cry out when thugs cry, dear God (For my dead homeboys and my prison peers)

Oh my, does it have to be this way? (Y'all ain't never heard my cries, now you wonder why would you die?)

Our children of today won't stay wise

Let the children hear when thugs cry, dear God

Oh, why should you send your child off to die?

In the streets of chalk where they lie

Let no wrongs cry out when thugs cry, dear God

Oh my, does it have to be this way?

Our children of today won't stay wise

Let the children hear when thugs cry, dear God, oh why?