Why We Thugs

Yeah, every hood's the same Every hood's the same, come on They give us guns and drugs Then wonder why in the fuck we thugs They wanna count the slugs Then come around here and fuck with us They give us guns and drugs Then wonder why in the fuck we thugs They wanna count the slugs Then come around here and fuck with us I'm from the land of the gang bang Since I was little, ain't a goddamn thang changed It's the same old saying Bush run shit like Saddam Hussein I cock and aim, clinically insane To deal with this bullshit day-to-day If I sell some yay or smoke some hay You bitches wanna throw me up in Pelican's Bay Call me an animal up in the system But who's the animal that built this prison? Who's the animal that invented lower-livin'? The projects, thank God for Russell Simmons Thank God for Sugarhill I'm putting a different kind of steel up to my grill Y'all know what it is, scared for your own kids How these ghetto niggas taking over showbiz? They give us guns and drugs Then wonder why in the fuck we thugs They wanna count the slugs Then come around here and fuck with us They give us guns and drugs Then wonder why in the fuck we thugs They wanna count the slugs Then come around here and fuck with us It's boys in the hood, it's toys in the hood Y'all wanna know why there's noise in the hood 'Cause there's drugs in the hood, thugs in the hood Nigga killed a Crip and a Blood in the hood (forreal) 'Cause when niggas get tribal It's all about survival, nobody liable I got caught by Five-O Grandmama came to court with her Bible But when the judge hit the gavel Now I'm too far from my family to travel (fuck) I just came unraveled Socked the D.A. before I got gaffled Owned by C.A, State Property Just like the year 1553 Looking for me, a one-way ticket out Don't understand, what's so hard to figure out? They give us guns and drugs Then wonder why in the fuck we thugs They wanna count the slugs Then come around here and fuck with us They give us guns and drugs Then wonder why in the fuck we thugs They wanna count the slugs Then come around here and fuck with us Damn, I can't take the pressure Pulled the 4-4 up out the dresser Grabbed the weight up out the closet Po-po coming, but I'm scared to toss it Y'all know what happened last time I lost it Can't tell you niggas what the fuckin' boss did D game got a nigga exhausted Gotta go for the plea bargain they offered 20 years for what? Breaking these laws, that's so corrupt Taking these halls and fillin' them up Some powder keg shit that's about to erupt Aye, y'all, I'm about to be stuck Until the year 2000-what the fuck? In the hood, don't press your luck 'Cause these motherfuckers will set you up, word up They give us guns and drugs Then wonder why in the fuck we thugs They wanna count the slugs Then come around here and fuck with us They give us guns and drugs Then wonder why in the fuck we thugs They wanna count the slugs Then come around here and fuck with us Every hood's the same, every hood's the same Every hood's the same, every hood's the same Every hood's the same, stop trippin' on it Every hood's the same, every hood's the same Every hood's the same, every hood's the same Every hood's the same