Shorty Wanna Be A Thug

Say he wanna be Shorty's gonna be a thug Said he gonna be One day he's gonna be Said he's wanna be Shorty's gonna be a thug Said he's gonna be One day he gonna be Say he wanna be Shorty's gonna be a thug Said he wanna be One day he's gonna be Said he wanna be Shorty's gonna be a thug Was a nice middle class nigga But nobody knew the evil he'd do when he got a little bigger Get off the final blaze While puffin' on a Newport Plottin' on a another way to catch a case Was only sixteen, yet convicted as a felon With a bunch of old niggas But you the only one who ain't tellin' I tell you it's a cold world, stay in school You tell me its a man's world, play the rules And fade fools, break rules until we major Blaze up, gettin' with hoes through my pager Was raised up, commence the money makin' tactics It's gettin' drastic, niggas got automatics My fingers on the trigga, tell the Lord "Make way for another straight thug nigga" I'm sittin' gettin' buzzed, lookin' for some love From the homies, 'cause shorty wanna be a thug Said he's gonna be Say he wanna be But said he's gonna be Shorty's gonna be a thug Said he's gonna be But says he wanna be But said he's gonna be Shorty's gonna be a thug Said he's gonna be One day he's gonna be Say he wanna be Shorty's gonna be a thug Said he wanna be One day he's gonna be Said he wanna be Shorty's gonna be a thug Straight from the Hall to the Pen' Adolescent nigga scalin' weight and standin' six feet ten He carried weight like a Mack truck Gonna bust on some playa haters If the motherfuckas act tough Then that's what? A lethal weapon with the razor This little nigga smokin' weed and gettin' blazed up No one could figure, when the guns blast, pull the trigga Could take the life of a young nigga, guns bigger No mother and father, you see, the niggas all alone Old timers my role model, the war zone Relates with this game 'til its a part of me My heart don't beat no fear and it ain't hard to see The future's lookin' dim I'm tryin' to make a profit out of livin' in this sin I'm in the dark gettin' buzzed, lookin' for some love Out with the homies, 'cause shorty wanna be a thug Say he's gonna be Said he's gonna be One day he's gonna be Shorty's gonna be a thug Said he's gonna be One day he's gonna be Said he's wanna be Shorty's gonna be a thug Said he's gonna be One day he's gonna be Said he wanna be Shorty's gonna be a thug Said he wanna be One day he's gonna be Said he wanna be Shorty's gonna be a thug Shorty's gonna be a thug You little bad ass nigga (to the young niggas) Gotta stay sharp nigga, play your part You got plenty of time (you bad motherfuckas) You only gettin' three mistakes, then that's life, big baby (niggas crazy) Watch the signs Damn, you ain't but sixteen, nigga? Sixteen That's a bad motherfucka --- Shorty Wanna Be a Thug - 2Pac