When Thugz Cry
(专辑: Until The End Of Time (Disc Two) - 2001)
When thugs cry Now I
lay me down to sleep I
pray the
Lord my guns to keep If I
die before I
wake I
pray the
Lord my soul to take Got us dying When thugs cry, times is hard Born thugging, and loving the
way I
came up Big money clutching, busting while evading cocaine busts My pulse rushing, semi clutching into insanity They shot at my cousin, now we busting at they whole family The
coppers wanna see me buried, I
ain't worried I
got a
line on the
D.A. 'cause I'm fucking his secretary I
black out and start cussing, bust 'em and touch 'em all They panic, and bitches ducking, 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 putting hits out on politicians, even cops I
ain't lying, they got me sleeping with my infrared beams And in my dreams I
hear motherfuckers screaming What is the
meaning when thugs cry? [Singer (2Pac):] Oh, why should you send your child off to die? In the
streets of chalk where they lie Let no wrongs cry out when thugs cry, dear God (when thugs cry) Oh my, does it have to be this way? Our children of today won't stay wise Let the
children hear when thugs cry, dear God, oh why? Maybe my addiction to friction got me bugging 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 living to worldwide riches But something 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 Oh, why should you send your child off to die? In the
streets of chalk where they lie Let no wrongs cry out when thugs cry, dear God Oh my, does it have to be this way? Our children of today won't stay wise Let the
children hear when thugs cry, dear God, oh why? And all I
see is these paranoid bitches, illegal adventures Busting 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 Leaving motherfuckers drowning in they own blood Clowning, taking pictures later Laugh 'bout them punk bitches that turned snitches Regulate my area, the
terror I
represent Making your people disappear, you wondering 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 Oh, why should you send your child off to die? In the
streets of chalk where they lie Let no wrongs cry out when thugs cry, dear God Oh my, does it have to be this way? Our children of today won't stay wise Let the
children hear when thugs cry, dear God, oh why? Oh, why should you send your child off to die? In the
streets of chalk where they lie Let no wrongs cry out when thugs cry, dear God Oh my, does it have to be this way? Our children of today won't stay wise Let the
children hear when thugs cry, dear God, oh why? I
shed tattooed tears for years For my dead homeboys and my prison peers Y'all ain't never heard my cries Now you wonder why would you die?