Roots Of A Thug

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Yo
The roots of a thug
Boots in the mud
When we go to war we don’t shoot just because
We fight for a cause
Word to Allah
You would go insane if you seen what I saw
Pause, watch that angel as he falls
Down from his greats
[??] human race
Uh, .38 on his waist
Lookouts on the corner, watching for the jakes
Have you ever seen a fiend with the aches
Going through that pain as he leans and he shakes?
Uh, yeah we all want a taste
Of that fruit that’s forbidden to put food on our plates
So I open up a gate
Now I’m out here serving fiends while I’m sitting on a crate

Cut your grass, so you can see the snakes
Cause when you’re eating, haters gonna hate
Cut your grass, so you can see the snakes
Cause when you eat, them haters gonna hate

Niggas booking Niggas tryna get what they can take
Fuck with mine, they gon‘ view you at your wake

Up north my niggas they pirate
Down south my niggas they pirate
Midwest and westcoast they pirate
Ahoy!

Up all night I can’t sleep
Thirty niggas got indicted last week in a sweep
When you swim in these waters, they run deep
I walk amongst the lions while these niggas count sheep
Niggas start snitching get shot in their mouthpiece
Some turn informant and start working with police
They kidnapped his wife and his niece
When he changed his statement, then his family was released
The time they givin niggas is how they found us in trees
Yeah we sell the drugs but they’re the ones who put ‘em in the streets
It’s like we’re in the belly of the beast
And all we wanna do is feast, uh
Presidential roly, diamonds in my timepiece
Open shop on a block and move that nine piece
9 millimeter’s in arm’s reach
Capiche

Cut your grass, so you can see the snakes
Cause when you eat, them haters gonna hate

Niggas booking Niggas tryna get what they can take
Fuck with mine, they gon‘ view you at your wake

Up north my niggas they pirate
Down south my niggas they pirate
Midwest and westcoast they pirate
Ahoy!