Well it's because motherfuckers want to blast me
 And run me outa my neighborhood
 They label me as a dope dealer
 Yo! And say that I'm no good
 But I can't find jobs so niggers wouldn't have to go out
 Gave up some dope on the corner so they could show out
 When the cops came  they gave a fake name
 Because the life in the streets is just a head game
 So therefore  to make more
 A fifteen year old black kid will go and rob a liquor store
 And get shot in the process
 He ate up a nine bullet and now he's put to rest

 Why do I call myself a nigger, you ask me?
 I guess it's the way shit has to be
 Back when I was young gettin a job was murder
 Fuck flippin burgers
 'Cause a deserve a nine-to-five I can be proud of
 That I can speak loud of
 And to help a nigger get out of.
 Yo! The concrete playground
 But most motherfuckers only want you to stay down
 But I'm a smart motherfucker you see
 One of the best producers in the rap music industry
 Gettin paid like a mother fucker
 A young brother who don't give a fuck about another

 Why do I call myself a nigger, you ask me?
 Because police always wanna harass me
 Every time that I'm rollin
 They swear up and down that the car was stolen
 Make me get faced down in the street
 They throw the shit out my car on the concrete
 In front of a residence
 A million white motherfuckers on my back like I shot the President

 Why do I call myself a nigger, you ask me?
 Because my mouth is so mother fuckin nasty
 Bitch this, bitch that
 Nigger this, nigger that
 In the mean while my pockets are gettin fat
 Gettin paid to say this shit here
 Makin more in a week than a doctor makes in a year
 So, why not call myself a nigger?
 It's better than pulling the trigger and goin up the river
 And don't I get called a nigger anyway?
 Booked as a motherfucker and locked away
 So... so, cut out all that bull shit
 Yo! I guess I'll be a nigga for life

 { Niggers, crack-heads, thieves.
 If there's a hell below, we're all gonna go. }


 Nigger. Nigger. Nigger
 Nigger. Nigger
 Nigger, please
 I'm treated like a fuckin disease.
 You say: why can I call myself a nigger so quick?
 Cause I can reach in my draws and pull out a bigger dick
 Yo! niggers say nigger we cool
 But, cracker say nigger not to fuck up
 But I got to be a fast nigger
 Not to be the last nigger
 Or I have to beat your ass, nigger
 In the city you see action first
 Then hear about it later
 In a verse I curse
 Because I [?] with this to keep my shit straight bumpin'
 Murder created by the streets of Compton
 I get it from the underground poet
 I live it, I see it, and I write it
 Because I know it
 And if you think I'm fucking your wife
 Your mother fuckin' right
 Yo! Because I'm a nigger for Life

 Nigger, this
 Nigger, that
 The actual fact is that I'm black
 And bound to attract
 The attention of another
 I mean the other
 But I'm a mother fucker that'll have them running for cover
 You see, I don't give a fuck about nothing
 Except getting paid, getting bitches, and [?] with stitches
 Which is all needed to read it and find a rhyme
 And then it's time to say
 The nigger's here to stay
 But what about the fake niggers, the house niggers
 To get paid quick they gotta suck a fat dick
 But NWA is outta your mother fuckin' range
 We ain't gonna change a mother fuckin' thing

 I call myself a nigger 'cause my skin won't whiten
 I call myself a nigger 'cause the shit that I'm writing
 Hypes me, hypes other mother fuckers around me
 And that's the reason why they want to surround me
 And ask me: why do I call myself a nigger-o
 Ain't none of their fuckin' business 'cause I'll let the trigger go
 So get out of my presence, and get out of my sight
 'Cause MC Ren is a nigger for Life

 You're a nigger 'til you die
 If you're a poor nigger, then you're a poor nigger
 If you're a rich nigger, you're a rich nigger
 But you never stop being a nigger
 And if you get to be educated, you's an education nigger

 It's plain to see, you can't change me
 'Cause I'm a be a nigger for Life