From the cradle to the graveLife ain't never been easy, livin' in the ghettoFrom the cradle to the graveLife ain't never been easyJune 16th, 1971,Mama gave birth to a hell-raisin heavenly sonSee the doctor tried to smack me but I smacked him backMy first words was Thug for life, and Papa pass the Mac.I'm bustin' on these motherfuckers ballin'Listen you can hear my mini fourteen callin'From out the window of my drop top, I got my Glock cockedBustin' at niggas, when will it stop?Now tell me are you scared of the dark?Can't close my eyes I see visionsAnd even with this thug livin, will I escape prison?Penitentiary chances was an all day thangThe only way to advance; and if you slangThen you'd better have yo' Nike's on - cause when we fightIt's in the middle of the night with no lights on, hey!!There must be a God cause I feel luckyParanoid out my mind, cause motherfuckers tryin' to rush meAm I goin' to jail? Look at me bailin'Comin' out the court house, all about my mail and bankNever, never die I'll be a hustler motherfuckersAnd makin' thugs out you suckers from the cradle to the graveFrom the cradle to the graveLife ain't never been easy, livin' in the ghettoFrom the cradle to the grave since a little bitty childI've been known to get ill and kinda buck wildPop pop! Just like the part that's in my walk with street talkI'm runnin' up the block in the dark where lead sparkSurveillance on a nigga every dayWaitin' on my daddy just to take his ass awayNow Mama always workin' tryin' to make ends meetSo now a young nigga's bein' raised by the streetsAnd then the only other one that ever showed me loveWas my dope fiend uncle strung out on drugsA straight - thug; just me, my mama out here on our ownSo I got two gats - one black and one of chromeNow I don't wanna hurt nobody but I must defend mine!It's all the fuck I got, so stop and walk a thin lineYoung niggas be braveAnd keep on thuggin' from the cradle to the graveFrom the cradle to the graveFrom the cradle to the graveLife ain't never been easy, livin' in the ghettoFrom the cradle to the graveI'm glad to say, I made it this farMany G's died hogs and all they got was they name hit up on a wallIt's sad thinkin' about the timesLife goes on, I'm steady lost in this landThat's the war zone, I gots no home, don't have no friends neitherIt's just me by my lonely so I married my ninaI keeps her wherever I go, I love my hoNever leave home with out my sugar, I'm hafta plug a niggaMama told me not to trust no punksAnd kick his ass if he lay a hand on me since then I been knowin'Sometimes I think my own self stupidCause I stay shootin at marks, get twisted up in police reportsSince the cradle, I've been ungratefulMy first toy was a gun I got sprung and learned to love weaponsBut now I'm through with money, and through with street fameSomebody peeled my cap, and put me in my graveFrom the cradle to the graveLife ain't never been easy, livin' in the ghettoFrom the cradle to the graveLife ain't never been easy, livin' in the ghettoMarch 18th, a rainy day my mama gave birthTo a baby boy trapped in hell on EarthFrom day one it wasn't fun I never had a crumbDaddy worked two jobs and Mama won't stop drinkin' rumI tried to cope loc, but my family's brokeAnd my pocket's short so now I got ta slang dopeIn the game filled with pain it's a fuckin' shameThe white man got a motherfucker slangin 'caineSo now it's on from dusk to dawn I'm gettin my serve onAlways in the spot with my Glock slingin rocks at the RoxThe shit don't stop, I'm steady dodgin copsI never flip-flop, hear my Glock cock, thug 'til I dropAnd if I hit the pen I gotta do my timeSittin' on my bunk reminiscin' bout the good timesIt's fucked up a nigga gotta grow up doin' dirtBut from the cradle to the grave I'ma put in workFrom the cradle to the graveLife ain't never been easy, livin' in the ghettoFrom the cradle to the graveLife ain't never been easy, livin' in the ghettoTime's movin' fast, will I last another day?So I pray and I lay with my A-KDid I sell my soul as a young kid?All the things I did wishin' someone held me but they never didI can't take it, will I make it to my older age?Before I'm shot up or locked up in a fuckin' cageLord help me, guide me, save me!Cause that's the way that Daddy raised me, crazyDo or die, nigga pull the trigger don't give a fuckYou'd rather be in jail than get yo' ass buckedNobody cares, it's me against the worldKeepin' murder on my mind and my tec-9I got nothin' to lose, payin dues, nigga you wanna die?I get high and then my mission is a walk-byYou'd better jet when I hit your set cause I'm comin'Start runnin' yellin' evil mind as I'm gunnin'One in the chamber for the anger that I build insideFor the mothers that cried, for my homies that diedThe beginning is an ending, am I just a slave?So I got to be brave from the cradle to the graveFrom the cradle to the graveLife ain't never been easy, livin' in the ghettoFrom the cradle to the graveLife ain't never been easy, livin' in the ghetto
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