From my understanding, a lot of people join gangs when
they're stuck in a fucked up situation with no where else to turn to
Well if that's true, then this don't concern you
This is for you new herbs with a new urge to act hard on the block
when you're from the suburbs driving around in a car that your parents have bought
Rolling on big rims, bumping your music the loudest
when all of your shit was paid for with daddy's allowance
Never worked a day in your life cuz you got money from momma
now you sold a dub sack to a dumb ass and think you're Tony Montana?
Fuck that. What you know about struggling?
If you really wanna know, ask your mom and dad about hustling
They gave up everything they had and left their home country
working their ass of so you're not left at home hungry
And all they ever wanted was for your ass to get an education
so you wont have to feel the pain of social class segregation
That they went through, and probably still go through
but no matter what they say to you it still ain't going though
Cuz you're sitting watching gangsta movies thinking "that's the life"
not knowing a damn thing about your parents sacrifice
And you're saying, "Pass the pipe," getting high with your homies
while your parents are worried that you're gon die with your homies
Don't lie to me homie, I call it how I see it
Ain't no secret, I'm just the first one to speak it
Cuz the teachers and preachers coulnd't reach ya
so they just gave up and let you slip through the cracks of the system
And I'm thinking and wishing by spitting the same thing....
through a rap then you'll listen
Now before you go dissing me saying that I really don't know you
you're right, but that really don't change what I've told you
Who you tryin to convince? Me or you? Is your life that bad?
What about your parent's giving up their lives trying to give you the life they never had?
Now that's Thug Life.
-HEPDATIGHTESTMC
they're stuck in a fucked up situation with no where else to turn to
Well if that's true, then this don't concern you
This is for you new herbs with a new urge to act hard on the block
when you're from the suburbs driving around in a car that your parents have bought
Rolling on big rims, bumping your music the loudest
when all of your shit was paid for with daddy's allowance
Never worked a day in your life cuz you got money from momma
now you sold a dub sack to a dumb ass and think you're Tony Montana?
Fuck that. What you know about struggling?
If you really wanna know, ask your mom and dad about hustling
They gave up everything they had and left their home country
working their ass of so you're not left at home hungry
And all they ever wanted was for your ass to get an education
so you wont have to feel the pain of social class segregation
That they went through, and probably still go through
but no matter what they say to you it still ain't going though
Cuz you're sitting watching gangsta movies thinking "that's the life"
not knowing a damn thing about your parents sacrifice
And you're saying, "Pass the pipe," getting high with your homies
while your parents are worried that you're gon die with your homies
Don't lie to me homie, I call it how I see it
Ain't no secret, I'm just the first one to speak it
Cuz the teachers and preachers coulnd't reach ya
so they just gave up and let you slip through the cracks of the system
And I'm thinking and wishing by spitting the same thing....
through a rap then you'll listen
Now before you go dissing me saying that I really don't know you
you're right, but that really don't change what I've told you
Who you tryin to convince? Me or you? Is your life that bad?
What about your parent's giving up their lives trying to give you the life they never had?
Now that's Thug Life.
-HEPDATIGHTESTMC