[Verse 1] I was never scared when the cops got me I'm just a young black victim and I'll be damned if they even shot me n***a ima savage who has no chills Dear mama, ima be a man who'll pay your bills We serving life in this penitentiary Comin' up to the streets screamin' Thug Life that's our activity Ain't no mercy when n***as strapped with their Glocks Bringing d**h around the corner, drive-bys on every block In my opinion, we live in a world full of ghetto Eyes and hands on the prize, we is not finna let go Violence on streets, there will never be peace Tellin' and warning n***as to don't go to sleep Stickin' n***as in the dark, n***a, when we rob Have a cliq like NWA, we are the mob All my peers get smoked when the cops be drillin' No wonder why these white folks be trippin', we ain't haven't it Dunk like Kobe, ballin' Gettin' digits, booty callin' Hands on the gat n***as are ready to bust back I wasn't made to be silent These hypocrites claimin' that I'm violent, let me remind you it's just Thug Life [Hook] We live in a world full of ghetto, Thug Life We live in a world full of ghetto, Thug Life
[Verse 2] Hear that click-clack, n***as pullin' triggas Smokin' n***as, watch 'em all fry, releast k**as We die everyday cause we been set up Out on bail, fresh outta jail, on a mission fed up See a black whip comin' around All of sudden we see n***as runnin' around Suffer the consequences cause we got tricked Mess around and smoke the n***a who had snitched If you're in a hood there's exactly no peace If you see n***as mobbin' you're in the streets Clippin' n***as with that leathel weapon Vengeance for revenge, n***as never expect to happen Me and my homies in the club lookin' for ho's Finna gang bang all of 'em, they'll call us smash bros I be strugglin' to survive cause n***a I'm broke They tryna send me to hell, depths of d**hrow Even tho we k** each other We still have heart to love and heal each other n***as holla at me if my homies call Livin' life as an outlaw, Thug Life [Hook] [Outro] Say what you feel, I'm not bein' I'm just being real Even tho I'm dyin' inside, in the outside I'm still fearless Keep on thuggin' my n***as You won't even have to choose Thug Life It'll choose you You'll see