[Chorus]
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Said he wanna be, shortys gonna be a thug
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Said he wanna be, one day hes gonna be
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Said hes gonna be, shortys gonna be a thug
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Said hes gonna be, one day hes gonna be
~#**************#~
Said he wanna be, shortys gonna be a thug!
~#**************#~
Said he wanna be, one day hes gonna be
~#**************#~
Said he wanna be, shortys gonna be a thug
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[Verse 1]
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Was a nice middle-class nigga
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But no one knew the evil hed do when he got a little bigger
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Youd often find him blazed
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For puffing on a Newport, plotting on another way to catch a case
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Was only 16, yet convicted as a felon
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With a bunch of old niggas, but you the only one aint tellin
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I tell you its a cold world, stay in school
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You tell me its a mans world, play the rules
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And fade fools, break rules until we major
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Blaze up, getting with hoes through my pager
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Was raised up, commence to money-makin tactics, uh
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Its getting drastic, niggas got automatics
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My fingers on the trigger
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Tell the Lord to make way for another straight thug nigga
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Im sitting, getting buzzed
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Looking for some love from the homies ‘cause shorty wanna be a thug
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[Chorus]
~#**************#~
Said hes gonna be, said hes gonna be
~#**************#~
One day hes gonna be, shortys gonna be a thug
~#**************#~
Said hes wanna be, said hes wanna be
~#**************#~
One day hes gonna be, shortys gonna be a thug
~#**************#~
Said hes gonna be, one day hes gonna be
~#**************#~
Said he wanna be, shortys gonna be a thug
~#**************#~
Said he wanna be, one day hes gonna be
~#**************#~
Said he wanna be, shortys gonna be a thug
~#**************#~
[Verse 2]
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Straight from the hall to the pen
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An adolescent nigga standing way higher than six feet ten
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He carried weight, like a Mack truck
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Gonna bust on playa haters, if them motherfuckers act tuff
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Then thats when, a lethal weapon with the razor
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This little nigga smoking weed and getting blazed up
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No one could figure, when the guns blast, pull the trigger
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Could take the life of a young nigga, guns bigger
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No mother and father, you see, the niggas all alone
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Old timers my role model, the war zone
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Been laced with this game til its a part of me
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My heart dont beat no fear, and that aint hard to see
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The futures looking dim
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Im tryin to make a profit out of living in this sin
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Im in the dark, getting buzzed
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Looking for some love out with the homies ‘cause shorty wanna be a thug
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[Chorus]
~#**************#~
Said hes gonna be, said hes gonna be
~#**************#~
One day hes gonna be, shortys gonna be a thug
~#**************#~
Said hes wanna be, one day hes gonna be
~#**************#~
Said hes gonna be, shortys gonna be a thug
~#**************#~
Said hes wanna be, one day hes gonna be
~#**************#~
Said he wanna be, shortys gonna be a thug
~#**************#~
Said he wanna be, one day hes gonna be
~#**************#~
Said he wanna be, shortys gonna be a thug
~#**************#~
[Outro]
~#**************#~
Shortys gonna be a thug
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Little bad ass nigga, to the young niggas
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Gotta stay sharp, nigga, play your part!
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Got plenty of time (you bad mothafuckas)
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You only get three mistakes, and then its life, big baby
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(Niggas craaazy) Watch the signs!
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Damn, nigga! Sixteen, nigga?
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Sixteen?! Too bad, mothafuckers
