[Verse 1]    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 gettin' 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 [gunshots] from a Glock  tempured glass fly  Do or Die walk a mile in my shoes  and you'd be crazy too  with nothing to lose    [Chorus]    I got nothing to lose  (that's why I got gang related)  got nothing to lose [5x]  nothing to lose    [Verse 2]    I thank the Lord for my many blessings  though I'm stressin' 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 seperating 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 hittin' co'ners  Mobbin' like a muthafucka livin' like I wanna  Ain't no stoppin' at the red lights I'm sideways  Thug Life muthafucka criiime pays  Let the cops put they lights on  chase me nigga  zig-zaggin' through the freeway  race me nigga  In a high speed chase with the law   the realest muthafucka that you ever saw  I'm livin' raw 'til they bury me don't worry me  I'm high livin' like I ain't afraid to die  And you could walk a mile in my shoes  and you'd be crazy too    [Chorus]    [Verse 3]    Ain't no escape from a deadly fate  and everyday there's a million black bodies put away  I'm startin' to lose hope  it seems everybody's on dope  Mama told me to leave 'cause she was broke  Sometimes I choke on the indo  peepin' 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 li'l skinny muthafucka wantin' 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 buyin' time  If you could walk a mile in my shoes you'd be crazy too  with nothing to lose    [Chorus]    [Outro]  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!