Said he wanna be, shorties gonna be a thug
Said he wanna be, one day he`s gonna be
Said he`s wanna be, shorties gonna be a thug
Said he`s gonna be, one day he gonna be

Say he wanna be, shorties gonna be a thug
Said he gonna be, one day he`s gonna be
Said he wanna be, shorties gonna be a thug

He was a nice middle class ni**a
But nobody knew the evil he`d do, when he got a little bigger
Get off the final blaze while puffing 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 ni**as but you the only one who ain`t telling
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, n` break rules until we major
Blaze up, getting with hoes through my pager
Was raised up, commencing to money makin` tactics
It`s getting drastic, ni**as got automatics

My fingers on the trigga, tell the Lord
To make way for another straight thug ni**a
I`m sitting getting buzzed, looking for some luv
From the homies, `cuz shorty wanna be a thug

Said he gonna be, one day he`s gonna be
Said he wanna be, shorties gonna be a thug
Said he gonna be, one day he`s gonna be
Said he wanna be, shorties gonna be a thug

Said he gonna be, one day he`s gonna be
Said he wanna be, shorties gonna be a thug
Said he gonna be, one day he`s gonna be
Said he wanna be, shorties gonna be a thug

Straight from the Hall to the Penn
Adolescent ni**a scaling weight and standing six feet ten
He carried weight like a Mack truck
Gonna bust on some playa haters if the motherf**kers act tough

Then thats when the lethal weapon with the razor
This little ni**a smoking weed and getting blazed up
No one could figure, when the guns blast pull the trigga
Could take the life of a young ni**a guns bigger

No mother and father, you see, the ni**as all alone
Old timers my role model, the war zone
Released with this game `til it`s a part of me
My heart don`t beat no fear and it ain`t hard to see

The future is looking dim
I`m trying to make a profit out of living in this sin
I`m in the dark getting buzzed, looking for some love
Out with the homies, `cuz shorty wanna be a thug

Said he gonna be, one day he`s gonna be
Said he wanna be, shorties gonna be a thug
Said he gonna be, one day he`s gonna be
Said he wanna be, shorties gonna be a thug

Said he gonna be, one day he`s gonna be
Said he wanna be, shorties gonna be a thug
Said he gonna be, one day he`s gonna be
Said he wanna be, shorties gonna be a thug

Shorties gonna be a thug

You little bad ass ni**a, to the young ni**as
Gotta stay sharp ni**a, play your part
You got plenty of time, you bad motherf**kers
You only get three mistakes, then thats life, big baby
Ni**as crazy, watch the signs damn, you ain`t but sixteen ni**a?
Sixteen? That`s a bad motherf**ker