[Chorus]

Said he wanna be, shorty's gonna be a thug

Said he wanna be, one day he's gonna be

Said he's gonna be, shorty's gonna be a thug

Said he's gonna be, one day he's gonna be

Said he wanna be, shorty's gonna be a thug!

Said he wanna be, one day he's gonna be

Said he wanna be, shorty's gonna be a thug

[Verse 1]

Was a nice middle-class nigga

But no one knew the evil he'd do when he got a little bigger

You'd often find him blazed

For puffing on a Newport, plotting on another way to catch a case

Was only 16, yet convicted as a felon

With a bunch of old niggas, but you the only one ain't tellin'

I tell you it's a cold world, stay in school

You tell me it's a man's world, play the rules

And fade fools, break rules until we major

Blaze up, getting with hoes through my pager

Was raised up, commence to money-makin' tactics, uh

It's getting drastic, niggas got automatics

My finger's on the trigger

Tell the Lord to make way for another straight thug nigga

I'm sitting, getting buzzed

Looking for some love from the homies ‘cause shorty wanna be a thug

[Chorus]

Said he's gonna be, said he's gonna be

One day he's gonna be, shorty's gonna be a thug

Said he's wanna be, said he's wanna be

One day he's gonna be, shorty's gonna be a thug

Said he's gonna be, one day he's gonna be

Said he wanna be, shorty's gonna be a thug

Said he wanna be, one day he's gonna be

Said he wanna be, shorty's gonna be a thug

[Verse 2]

Straight from the hall to the pen'

An adolescent nigga standing way higher than six feet ten

He carried weight, like a Mack truck

Gonna bust on playa haters, if them motherfuckers act tuff

Then that's when, a lethal weapon with the razor

This little nigga smoking weed and getting blazed up

No one could figure, when the guns blast, pull the trigger

Could take the life of a young nigga, guns bigger

No mother and father, you see, the nigga's all alone

Old timers my role model, the war zone

Been laced with this game 'til it's a part of me

My heart don't beat no fear, and that ain't hard to see

The future's looking dim

I'm tryin' 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 ‘cause shorty wanna be a thug

[Chorus]

Said he's gonna be, said he's gonna be

One day he's gonna be, shorty's gonna be a thug

Said he's wanna be, one day he's gonna be

Said he's gonna be, shorty's gonna be a thug

Said he's wanna be, one day he's gonna be

Said he wanna be, shorty's gonna be a thug

Said he wanna be, one day he's gonna be

Said he wanna be, shorty's gonna be a thug

[Outro]

Shorty's gonna be a thug

Little bad ass nigga, to the young niggas

Gotta stay sharp, nigga, play your part!

Got plenty of time (you bad mothafuckas)

You only get three mistakes, and then it's life, big baby

(Niggas craaazy) Watch the signs!

Damn, nigga! Sixteen, nigga?

Sixteen?! Some bad mothafuckers