The only way to change me is maybe blow my brains out
 stuck in the middle of the game to get the pain out
 Pray to my God everyday but he don't listen
 the poverty bothers me but mama's working wonders in the kitchen
 Listen I can hear her crying in the bedroom
 praying for money we never think would she be dead soon
 Am I wrong for wishing I was somewhere else
 at 13 can't feed myself
 Can I blame daddy 'cause he left me
 wish he would've helped me
 too much like him 'til my mama don't love me
 On my own at a early age gettin' paid
 and I'm strapped so I'll never be afraid
 Where did I go astray I'm hanging in the back streets
 running with G's and dope fiends will they jack me?
 Can't turn back my eyes on the prize
 I got nothing to lose
 everybody gotta die
 say good-bye to the bad guy
 that one you fucked when you passed by
 Buck buck (gunshots) from a Glock
 tempured glass fly
 Do or Die walk a mile in my shoes
 and you'd be crazy too
 with nothing to lose
 Chorus
 I got nothing to lose
 (that's why I got gang related)
 got nothing to lose 5x
 nothing to lose
 Verse 2
 I thank the Lord for my many blessings
 though I'm stressin' keep a vest for protection
 from the barrel of the Smith & Wesson
 and all my niggas in the pen'
 here we go again
 Ain't nothing seperating us from a mack 10
 Born in the ghetto as a hustla older
 straight soldier bucking at them bustas
 No matter how you try niggas never die
 We just retaliate with hate then we multiply
 see me striking down the block hittin' co'ners
 Mobbin' like a muthafucka livin' like I wanna
 Ain't no stoppin' at the red lights I'm sideways
 Thug Life muthafucka criiime pays
 Let the cops put they lights on
 chase me nigga
 zig-zaggin' through the freeway
 race me nigga
 In a high speed chase with the law
 the realest muthafucka that you ever saw
 I'm livin' raw 'til they bury me don't worry me
 I'm high livin' like I ain't afraid to die
 And you could walk a mile in my shoes
 and you'd be crazy too
 Chorus
 Verse 3
 Ain't no escape from a deadly fate
 and everyday there's a million black bodies put away
 I'm startin' to lose hope
 it seems everybody's on dope
 Mama told me to leave 'cause she was broke
 Sometimes I choke on the indo
 peepin' out the window alone on my own
 I'm a criminal
 Got no love from the household I'm out cold
 in the streets give me muthafucking peace
 I got nothing to lose
 and something to prove
 What do I do live Thug Life nigga stay true
 I wonder when they kill me
 is there a Heaven for a real G
 Lord forgive me if you feel me
 'Cause all my life I was dirt broke
 with no hope li'l skinny muthafucka wantin' dough
 I hated cutting suckers with my razor blade
 but everyday it's a struggle to get major paid
 Anyway it's so hard on a nigga in this city
 no pity and ain't no love for the scrubs that be buyin' time
 If you could walk a mile in my shoes you'd be crazy too
 with nothing to lose
 Chorus
 Outro
 It was a what type nigga be a Thug Life nigga
 We be the craziest...Muthafucka!
 You know!
 It was a what type nigga be a Thug Life nigga
 We be the craziest