Life of a Thug

(Damn right that's him) Young nigga, seventeen, dropped out, he was robbing Said everybody gotta eat but he starving He ain't got no place to sleep so he hopping House to house, place to place like he shopping Nobody knew him for what he was, just what he did Misunderstood, he a misfit, a broken kid On the blocks everyday breaking laws break ribs Gotta do what you gotta do just to make it big Stuck in his mind and cannot get out All of the haters, they fill him with doubt Because of his past he stuck in a drought He need a new way, he need a new route Cut off the niggas who with him for clout Snakes in the grass they starting to sprout Those type of niggas, you can do without Those type of niggas, you can do without Now he coming up n he found a new way He know the image he tryna portray He know the message he tryna convey But niggas ain't giving the time of the day So he gotta stand out, put his head up Put his hand down, put his chin up so he never took a hand out Pride to big got him feeling like the man now Pride to big got him feeling like the man now Young nigga, seventeen, dropped out, he was robbing Said everybody gotta eat but he starving He ain't got no place to sleep so he hopping House to house, place to place like he shopping Nobody knew him for what he was, just what he did Misunderstood, he a misfit, a broken kid On the blocks everyday breaking laws break ribs Gotta do what you gotta do just to make it big