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 everyday but he don't listen   The poverty bothers me but mama's working wonders in the kitchen      Listen, I can hear her crying in the bedroom   Praying for money we never think would she be dead soon?   Am I wrong for wishing I was somewhere else?   At 13 can't feed myself      Can I blame daddy 'cause he left me? Wish he would've helped me   Too much like him 'til my mama don't love me   On my own at a 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 good-bye to the bad guy that one you fucked when you passed 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've got nothing to lose, got nothing to lose   (That's why I got gang related)   Got nothing to lose, got nothing to lose   (That's why I got gang related)      Got nothing to lose, got nothing to lose   (That's why I got gang related)   Nothing to lose   (That's why I got gang related)      I thank the Lord for my many blessings   Though I'm stressing keep a vest for protection   From the barrel of the Smith & Wesson   And all my niggas in the pen', here we go again      Ain't nothing separating us from a mack 10   Born in the ghetto as a hustla older   Straight soldier bucking at them bustas   No matter how you try niggas never die      We just retaliate with hate then we multiply   See me striking down the block hitting co'ners   Mobbing like a muthafucka living like I wanna   Ain't no stopping at the red lights I'm sideways      Thug life muthafucka crime pays   Let the cops put they lights on, chase me nigga   Zig-zagging through the freeway, race me nigga   In a high speed chase with the law      The realest muthafucka that you ever saw   I'm living raw 'til 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      Got nothing to lose, got nothing to lose   (That's why I got gang related)   Got nothing to lose, got nothing to lose   (That's why I got gang related)      Nigga, nothing to lose, nothing to lose   (That's why I got gang related)   Nothing to lose   (That's why I got gang related)      Ain't no escape from a deadly fate   And everyday there's a million black bodies put away   I'm starting to lose hope, it seems everybody's on dope   Mama told me to leave 'cause she was broke      Sometimes I choke on the indo, peeping out the window   Alone on my own, I'm a criminal   Got no love from the household I'm out cold   In the streets give me muthafucking peace      I got nothing to lose and something to prove   What do I do live thug life nigga 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 lil skinny muthafucka wanting dough   I hated cutting suckers with my razor blade   But everyday it's a struggle to get major paid      Anyway it's so hard on a nigga in this city   No pity and 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      Got nothing to lose, nigga, nothing to lose   (That's why I got gang related)   Got nothing to lose, nigga, nothing to lose   (That's why I got gang related)      That's why I got gang related   (Got nothing to lose)   That's why I got gang related      It was a what type nigga be a thug life nigga   We be the craziest, muthafucka   You know, it was a what type nigga be a thug life nigga   We be the craziest