2Pac - Shorty Wanna Be A Thug lyrics

Said he wanna be, shorty's gonna be a thug
Said he wanna be, one day he's gonna be
Said he's gonna be, shorty's gonna be a thug
Said he's gonna be, one day he's gonna be
Said he wanna be, shorty's gonna be a thug!
Said he wanna be, one day he's gonna be
Said he wanna be, shorty's gonna be a thug

Was a nice middle-class nigga
But no one knew the evil he'd do
When he got a little bigger
You'd often find him blazed
For puffing on a Newport
Plotting on another way to catch a case
Was only 16, yet convicted as a felon
With a bunch of old niggas
But you the only one ain't tellin'
I tell you it's a cold world, stay in school
You tell me it's a man's world
Play the rules
And fade fools, break rules until we major
Blaze up, getting with hoes through my pager
Was raised up, commence to
Money makin' tactics, uh
It's getting drastic, niggas got automatics
My finger's 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

Said he's gonna be, said he's gonna be
One day he's gonna be
Shorty's gonna be a thug
Said he's wanna be, said he's wanna be
One day he's gonna be
Shorty's gonna be a thug
Said he's gonna be, one day he's gonna be
Said he wanna be, shorty's gonna be a thug
Said he wanna be, one day he's gonna be
Said he wanna be, shorty's gonna be a thug

Straight from the hall to the pen'
An adolescent nigga standing way higher
Than six feet ten
He carried weight, like a Mack truck
Gonna bust on playa haters
If them mothafuckas act tuff
Then that's when
A 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
Guns bigger no mother and father, you see
The nigga's all alone
Old timers my role model, the war zone
Been laced with this game 'til
It's a part of me
My heart don't beat no fear
And that ain't hard to see
The future is looking dim
I'm tryin' 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

Said he's gonna be, said he's gonna be
One day he's gonna be
Shorty's gonna be a thug
Said he's wanna be, one day he's gonna be
Said he's gonna be, shorty's gonna be a thug
Said he's wanna be, one day he's gonna be
Said he wanna be, shorty's gonna be a thug
Said he wanna be, one day he's gonna be
Said he wanna be, shorty's gonna be a thug

Shorty's gonna be a thug
Little bad ass nigga, to the young niggas
Gotta stay sharp, nigga, play your part!
Got plenty of time (you bad mothafuckas)
You only get three mistakes
And then it's life, big baby
(Niggas craaazy) Watch the signs!
Damn, nigga! Sixteen, nigga?
Sixteen?! Too bad, mothafuckers