Nas, 2Pac, J. Phoenix - Thugz Mansion (N.Y.) lyrics

I want you to close your eyes
And vision the most beautiful
Place in the world if you in the hood on
The ghetto street corner
Come on this journey, the best journey
A mansion
Acres of land and swimming pools and all that
Check it out

I'm capable of anything
My imagination can give me wings
To fly like doves over the streets
Watchin' many things
Kids walkin' home from school on drug blocks
Missionaries pass out papers that
Read "Love God" i see faces, cases, judges
And juries, Masons, lawyers and cops
I watch because every thug's
Face is my mirror
But this was one in particular
This kid, he was the vintage stick 'em up pro
Sixteen years old, did his jail sentence
Nowhere to go every morning
Calls his comrade to come and
Get him to smoke he insane
Already gone mad blames himself
For his setbacks
Dangerous street corners where it sets at
Slang from dust to dawn
Detectives act like they maniacs
Chasin' him, his asthma's flarin'
Smokin' like a chimney, on Remy
Of course he not carin'
He need a place to go
To keep his mind expandin'
I give him a helping hand
Bring him out to Thugz Mansion

Every corner, every city
There's a place where life's a little easy
Little Hennessy, laid back and cool
Every hour, 'cause it's all good
Leave all the stress from the world outside
Every wrong done will be alright
Nothing but peace, love, and street passion
Every ghetto needs a thug mansion

Dear Mama, don't cry
Your baby boy's doin' good
Tell the homies I'm in Heaven
And they ain't got hoods
Seen a show with Marvin Gaye last night
It had me shook
Drippin' peppermint Schnapps
With Jackie Wilson and Sam Cooke
Then some lady named Billie Holiday sang
Sittin' there kickin' it with Malcolm
'til the day came little LaTasha sho' grown
Tell the lady in the liquor
Store that she's forgiven, so come home
Maybe in time you'll understand
Only God can save us
When Miles Davis cuttin' lose with the band
Just think of all the people that
You knew in the past
That passed on, they in Heaven
Found peace at last
Picture a place that they exist, together
There has to be a place better than this
In Heaven so right before I sleep, dear God
What I'm askin' remember this face
Save me a place in Thugz Mansion

Every corner, every city
There's a place where life's a little easy
Little Hennessy, laid back and cool
Every hour, 'cause it's all good
Leave all the stress from the world outside
Every wrong done will be alright
Nothing but peace, love, and street passion
Every ghetto needs a thug mansion

A place where death doesn't reside
Just thugs who collide
Not to start beef but spark trees
No cops rollin' by
No policemen, no homicide
No chalk on the streets
No reason for nobody's momma to cry
See, I'm a good guy
I'm tryin' to stick around for my daughter
But if I should die
I know all of my albums support her
This whole year's been crazy
Asked the Holy Spirit to save me
Only difference from me and Ossie Davis
Gray hair maybe 'Cause I feel like my eyes
Saw too much sufferin'
I'm just twenty-some-odd years
I done lost my mother and
I cried tears of joy
I know she smiles on her boy
I dream of you more
My love goes to Afeni Shakur
'Cause like Ann Jones
She raised a ghetto king in a war
And just for that alone she shouldn't
Feel no pain no more
'Cause one day we'll all be together
Sippin' heavenly champagne
Where angels soar with golden
Wings in Thugz Mansion

Every corner, every city
There's a place where life's a little easy
Little Hennessy, laid back and cool
Every hour, 'cause it's all good
Leave all the stress from the world outside
Every wrong done will be alright
Nothing but peace, love, and street passion
Every ghetto needs a thug mansion