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!