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   God is gone, when thugs cry, too much is hard      Born thuggin' and lovin' the way I came up   Big money clutchin', bustin' while evadin' cocaine busts   My pulse rushin', send my pulses into insanity   Shout at my cousin now we bustin' if they yo' family   The coppers wanna see me buried, I ain't worried   I got a line on the DA '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   Why I had to live my life with pistols close at hand   Kidnapped my homie's sister, cut her face up bad   They even raped 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 meaning, when thugs cry?      Oh why, children 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 why, 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      Heh, 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   Niggaz I used to love, enclosed in penitentiaries   But still homie keep it real, how does it feel   To lose your life, over somethin' that you did as a kid?   You all alone, no communication, block on the phone   Don't get along with yo' Pop, and plus your Moms is gone      Where did we go wrong? I put my soul in the song   To help us grow at times, but now our minds are gone   We went from brothers and sisters, to niggaz 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, children 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 why, 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 on a piece of paper, now your family's gone   Why perpetrate like you can handle my team?   So merciless that my attack'll take command of your dreams   Leavin motherfuckers drownin' in they own blood   Clownin' takin' pictures later   Laugh bout the punk bitches, that turned snitches      Regulate my area, the terror I represent   Makin yo' 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, children 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 why, 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      Oh why, children 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 why, 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