(feat. C-Murder, Eightball, Master P)    [Chorus (3X)]    Mama always told me (told me)   but papa never showed me (showed me)  So i live the life of a thug   and all I wanna do is smoke weed, ride, and sell drugs     Mama always told me it'd happen  but she never told me when  she said probably happen when I get much older  but I kinda wish it would of happened then  cuz I had my mind on gettin' some money  nigga I'm tryin' get rich  mom told me never trust these niggas  and ummm never put your faith in the bitch  see I hang with a bunch of grave yard villians  nigga robbin' sprees we stealin'  choppin' keys with drug dealers  click like pistol with killers  they tried to preech to me, couldn't preech to me  tried to teach me, couldn't teach me  see I've gotta learn the hard way on my own  cuz nobody else could give me a reason   they always told me I'll probably end up dead  or in the pen see me and P some outcasts   can't arrest the family tellin' the kids not to be like him  and see it was ruff some times but it had to be  enough trippin' on Cess go hand your back and pass the weed  I ran wild deep in the game off of change  nigga bitch won't fuck 'em nigga won't kill me   but its all in the game  see pop was too busy doin' his own thing to try to show me  but mom told me Silkk watch your paper   at the top it gets lonely, mama told me    [Chorus (2X)]    Mama always told me (told me)   but papa never showed me (showed me)  So i live the life of a thug   and all I wanna do is smoke weed, ride, and sell drugs    token guns on my side, no limit niggas gone ride  paper chasin' for millions Tru niggas won't die    make time for some dope nigga fuck bein' broke  I live my life on the ropes nigga fuck the P.O.    I leave you dead with the bustas   real niggas gone love us  we make crack with the killers and sell dope to the country    nigga nigga outlaws and dealers tattoo and killers  niggas bout it with millions now the world gone feel this    I'm staying TRU to the game you bitches callin' my name  mama told me to change its ghetto blood in my vein     see I got love for thugs never mix sex with drugs  my enemy in blood when I come bury me a thug  henessy and weed be a ball with desert   these shirts and kakis is how we work   hypnotized by change after fortune and fame  I roll 20's and thangs rolex and change but uh..    [Chorus (2X)]    Mama always told me (told me)   but papa never showed me (showed me)  So I live the life of a thug   and all I wanna do is smoke weed, ride, and sell drugs    right from the edge killer nigga gone off coke  brown sticky dope makin' niggas turn on their folks  ain't now rules, fools rush in but don't come out   so many niggas round my way die runnin' their mouth  fairy tales are for children we ain't story book livin'  south streets be bloody from all the shootin' and killin'  villians ride for similac and crack and smack   and its a fact all killers ain't inner city blacks  my homies have to serve on blocks that's hot with cops  with rocks and stacks and be packed to get their scraps  I don't knock it cuz if my pocket starts to lose weight  you can find me on I-10 tryin' move weight  my mama on her knees prayin' givin' god her time  while I'm on the streets hustlin' tryin' gettin' what's mine  am I wrong am I right got can only determine   I can only live my life and life is for learnin' check it    [Chorus (4X)]    Mama always told me (told me)   but papa never showed me (showed me)  So i live the life of a thug   and all I wanna do is smoke weed, ride, and sell drugs