2Pac - When Thugz Cry (Original Version) lyrics

When thugs cry (When thugs cry
I hear you busters out there talking)
God, forgive us for our sins
(About you thugs living this thug life
Thug this and thug that)
This go to my nigga Kato (Motherfuckers die)
My nigga Mental (Still wanna be a thug?)
When thugs cry from all your homeboys
Wild ass place, know what I mean
(wanna cry like thugs cry?)
The world ain't ready for us homie
The world ain't ready

Born thuggin', and lovin' the way I came up
Big money clutchin'
Bustin' while evadin' cocaine busts
My pulse rushin'
Semi clutchin' into insanity
They shot at my cousin
Now we bustin' at they whole family
The coppers wanna see me buried
I ain't worried i got a line on the DA
‘cause I'm fuckin' his secretary
I black out and start cussin'
Bust 'em and touch 'em all
They panic, and bitches duckin'
I rush 'em and fuck 'em all
I'll probably be an old
Man before I understand
Why I have to live my life
With pistols close at hand
Kidnapped my homie's sister
Cut her face up bad
They even raped her, so we blazed they pad
Automatic shots rang out, on every block
They puttin' hit's out on politicians
Even cops i ain't lyin'
They got me sleepin' with my infrared beams
And in my dreams I
Hear motherfuckers screamin'
What is the meanin' when thugs cry?

Battle scars and closed
Caskets are multiplied
Motherfuckers die, don't ask why
When thugs cry, we don't shed tears
We shed blood do you still wanna be a thug?
When thugs cry! Battle scars and closed
Caskets are multiplied
Motherfuckers die, don't ask why
When thugs cry, we don't shed tears
We shed blood do you still wanna be a thug?
When thugs cry!

Maybe my addiction to friction got me buggin'
Where is the love?
Never quit my ambition to thug
Ain't shed a tear since the
Old school years of elementary
Niggas I used to love
Enclosed in Penitentiaries
But still, homie, keep it real
How does it feel to lose your life
Over something that you did as a kid?
You all alone, no communication
Block on the phone
Don't get along with your pop
And plus your moms is gone
Where did we go wrong? I put
My soul in the song to help us grow in time
But now our minds are gone
We went from brothers and sisters
To niggas and bitches
We went from welfare livin'
To worldwide riches
But somethin' changed in this dirty game
Everything's strange
Lost all my homies over cocaine, mayne
See, they ask me if I shed a tear
I ain't lie see, you gotta get high or die
‘cause even thugs cry

Battle scars and closed
Caskets are multiplied
Motherfuckers die, don't ask why
When thugs cry, we don't shed tears
We shed blood do you still wanna be a thug?
When thugs cry! Battle scars and closed
Caskets are multiplied
Motherfuckers die, don't ask why
When thugs cry, we don't shed tears
We shed blood do you still wanna be a thug?
When thugs cry!

Paranoid bitches, illegal adventures
Bustin' motherfuckers with uppercuts
I leave 'em with dentures
‘Cause in my criminal mind
Nobody violates the Don
I write your name wit' a piece of paper
Now your family's gone
Why perpetrate like you can handle my team?
So merciless in my attack I
Take command of your dreams
Leavin' motherfuckers drownin' in
They own blood
Clownin', takin' pictures later
Laugh 'bout them punk bitches
That turned snitches
Regulate my area, the terror I represent
Makin' your people disappear
You wonderin' where they went
Am I cold, or is it just I sold my soul?
Addicted to these streets
Never find true peace I'm told
Come take my body, God
Don't let me suffer any longer!
Smoke a pound of marijuana
So I know it ain't long
Where is the end to all my misery
Is there a close?
I suppose that's why I murder
My foes when thugs cry

I'm makin' all you motherfuckers die
When thugs cry gotta get high or die
When thugs cry
I'm makin' all you motherfuckers die
When thugs cry do you still wanna be a thug?
When thugs cry

This'll be the the eulogy
For every thug nigga
That ever put it down in this motherfucker
Rest in piece my nigga
God bless the dead, fuck the feds
When thugs cry!
I send this out to all my dead homeboys
All the niggas that put it down
May they rest in peace now
All the niggas that watch me
From heaven to hell hahaha
When thugs cry!
And most definitely, most importantly
Most truly, most dearest
I put this down for Mu grandmother
Rest in peace
God take you, let the angels let you fly
We'll be down here riding' for you, no doubt
I got that nigga
Do you still wanna be a thug? When thugs cry

Ayy Nas, remember that shit you said?
I don't know what magazine you said it in
Some shit about how it wasn't nobody
Saying thugs until whoever, whoever
Whatever nigga you better really go
To the record store
Go check out some of the albums
We've been putting out motherfucker
We've been spitting this thug shit
For a while now
And I know you've been listening cuz
You've been biting this shit
So, uh recognize and realize before
Your ass get rolled on when thugs cry