[Intro/Chorus: 2Pac] Say he wanna be Shorties gonna be a thug
Said he wanna be One day he's gonna be Said he's wanna be Shorties gonna be's a thug (3x)
[Verse One] Was a nice middle class nigga But no one knew, the evil he'd do, when he got a little bigger Get off the final blaze, while puffing on a Newport Plotting on a another way to catch a case Was only sixteen, yet convicted as a felon With a bunch of old niggas, but you the only one ain't telling I tell you it's a cold world, stay in school You tell me its a man's world, play the rules And fade fools, and break rules until we major Blaze up, getting with hos through my pager Was raised up, commencing to money making tactics It's getting drastic, niggas got automatics My fingers on the trigger, tell the Lord To make way for another straight thug nigga I'm sitting getting buzzed, looking for some love From the homies, cause shorty wanna be a thug
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[Verse Two] Straight from the Hall to the Penn An adolescent nigga standing way higher than six feet ten He carried weight like a Mack truck Gonna bust on some player haters, if the motherfuckers act tough Then thats when the lethal weapon with the razor This little nigga smoking weed and getting blazed up No one could figure, when the guns blast pull the trigger Could take the life of a young nigga, gun's bigger No mother and father, you see, the niggas all alone Old timers my role model, the war zone Released with this game until its a part of me My heart don't beat no fear and it ain't hard to see The future is looking dim I'm trying to make a profit out of living in this sin I'm in the dark getting buzzed, looking for some love Out with the homies, cause shorty wanna be a thug
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[Outro: 2Pac] Shorty gonna be a thug (You little bad ass nigga) To the young niggas Gotta stay sharp nigga (Play your part) You got plenty of time (You bad motherfuckers) You only get three mistakes, then thats life, big baby (Niggas crazy) Watch the signs Damn, you ain't but sixteen nigga? Sixteen?! That's a bad motherfucker