[Intro: YNW Melly] Oh, this is the life I need Yeah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, yeah, nah, nah, nah, nah, yeah Ayy [Chorus: YNW Melly] I don't know what you might think But this is the life I chose And this is the life for me, 'cause, baby, I'm a thug Thugged out, I'm thugged out, I'm thugged out 'Cause, baby, I'm a thug, I'm thugged out, no drugs now I'm thugged out, lil' baby, I'm a thug [Verse 1: YNW Melly] Come in the booth and bring me some liquor Turned up on the trap with a young ni**a, yeah, yeah Your ni**a young, ni**a, what? Hold up, beg your pardon? b*tch, I've been thuggin' ever, ever since Gifford Gardens I've been the hardest, I'ma go that way regardless Young ni**a real the right way and all my ni**as heartless We aim that pistol at whoever say it's envy We some real ni**as, we got fans, but we ain't friendly Give me them Benjis, b*tch, give me them racks Give me the Benjamins, give me them racks fu*ked that lil' b*tch inside a what? Giuseppes uh, uh, them match Her fleece and her shoes, I just got some all-pink Timberlands for you, ah [Chorus: YNW Melly & Kodak Black] I don't know what you might think (when I'm thuggin', baby) But this is the life I chose And this is the life for me, (been in love with thuggin', baby) 'cause, baby, I'm a thug [Verse 2: Kodak Black & YNW Melly] Oh, woah, (I'm only happy when I'm thuggin', baby) oh, so you can't get no love
Baby, baby, Free Melly, baby, baby Free Melly, I'm in the same old boat I'ma need some dope, I slide the C.O. a note I got a few ni**as who hidin' in PC 'Cause they already knowin' it's up when they see me Speakin' sign language to my brother Told him to make me another cutter, my mind in the gutter I ain't no slime, but I fu*k with YNW Thugged out the greater, caught eleven hundred cases I can't guarantee you safety, 'cause sh*t could go down, baby Yeah, I'm a thug, shootout by the club ni**as be knowin' what's up, I write this sniper sh*t in blood Talkin' 'bout met a SIS, sayin' I'm gettin' ni**as styled in prison Keepin' it real with ni**as behind the fences Don't know 'bout you, this how I'm livin', no I be tryin' to blitz even on the visit floor Yeah, they call me Kodak, this ain't no image, though My thug just ride the wave, he had them people scared to be 'round us This the only life for me, so I don't care what the hell you think 'bout it 'Cause, baby, I'm a thug [Chorus: YNW Melly] I don't know what you might think But this is the life I chose And this is the life for me, 'cause, baby, I'm a thug Thugged out, I'm thugged out, I'm thugged out 'Cause, baby, I'm a thug, I'm thugged out, no drugs now I'm thugged out, lil' baby, I'm a thug