Said he wanna be, shorties gonna be a thug   Said he wanna be, one day he's gonna be   Said he's wanna be, shorties gonna be a thug   Said he's gonna be, one day he gonna be      Say he wanna be, shorties gonna be a thug   Said he gonna be, one day he's gonna be   Said he wanna be, shorties gonna be a thug      He was a nice middle class nigga   But nobody knew the evil he'd do, when he got a little bigger   Get off the final blaze while puffing on a Newport   Plottin' on a another way to catch a case      Was only sixteen, yet convicted as a felon   With a bunch of old niggas but you the only one who ain't telling   I tell you it's a cold world, stay in school   You tell me its a man's world, play the rules      And fade fools, n' 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 trigga, tell the Lord   To make way for another straight thug nigga   I'm sitting getting buzzed, looking for some luv   From the homies, 'cuz shorty wanna be a thug      Said he gonna be, one day he's gonna be   Said he wanna be, shorties gonna be a thug   Said he gonna be, one day he's gonna be   Said he wanna be, shorties gonna be a thug      Said he gonna be, one day he's gonna be   Said he wanna be, shorties gonna be a thug   Said he gonna be, one day he's gonna be   Said he wanna be, shorties gonna be a thug      Straight from the Hall to the Penn   Adolescent nigga scaling weight and standing six feet ten   He carried weight like a Mack truck   Gonna bust on some playa haters if the motherfuckers act tough      Then thats when the lethal weapon with the razor   This little nigga smoking weed and getting blazed up   No one could figure, when the guns blast pull the trigga   Could take the life of a young nigga guns bigger      No mother and father, you see, the niggas all alone   Old timers my role model, the war zone   Released with this game 'til it's 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, 'cuz shorty wanna be a thug      Said he gonna be, one day he's gonna be   Said he wanna be, shorties gonna be a thug   Said he gonna be, one day he's gonna be   Said he wanna be, shorties gonna be a thug      Said he gonna be, one day he's gonna be   Said he wanna be, shorties gonna be a thug   Said he gonna be, one day he's gonna be   Said he wanna be, shorties gonna be a thug      Shorties gonna be a thug      You little bad ass nigga, to the young niggas   Gotta stay sharp nigga, play your part   You got plenty of time, you bad motherfuckers   You only get three mistakes, then thats life, big baby   Niggas crazy, watch the signs damn, you ain't but sixteen nigga?   Sixteen? That's a bad motherfucker