“Thug Life” is an ode to the late hip-hop legend 2Pac. Regarded as one of hip-hop’s best artists of all time, Pac was a notorious gangster and had a prominent tattoo across his stomach that read “Thug Life.”
In 1993, Tupac formed a rap group called Thug Life that consisted of Tupac Shakur, Big Syke...
[Verse 1]
Scrape the corner, buy a Rover
Crack inside my grandma's sofa
Sunday, family coming over
Move the crack behind the toaster
Carry pistols with no holsters
Trying not to be a poster
You was listening to your coaches
I was listening to the vultures
And I slept with rats and roaches
That's why I don't smoke no roaches
Niggas tryna knock my focus
Wonder why I'm sippin' potion
We happy, dawg, but we ain't joking
Big bullets, we ain't poking
In that pussy, slow motion
Nigga, ain't none of my songs wrote
[Chorus]
I'm thinking to myself, you ain't gang, nigga, fuck you
Feel like 2Pac, Thug Life, nigga, fuck you
If he had the password to your phone he wouldn't have cuffed you
Dog-ass bitch, I knew I never should've trust you
[Verse 2]
Ho, stab a nigga in the back like the streets do
Can't believe that you betrayed me, I used to sleep with you
Niggas quick to say they loyal to you, they be see-through
Gang, gang, screaming, "Fuck you, they want to eat you"
My son got asthma, grandma having spasms
Fuck the chatter, he gon' tattle, put 'em on the platter
Snakes plotting on my downfall, I can hear 'em rattle
(That fuck nigga gon' flop, man, 21 ain't even no real nigga, fuck that nigga)
We sticking to the G code, nigga, we ain't beefin' over freak ho's
I hit her on the D low, yeah, she like my steelo
That nigga think that he a bully, do him like Craig did Deebo
30-round hangin' out the big Glock
Nigga, no six shots, shootin' 'til the clip stops
You a lil' kid and I'm a big dog
Nigga, when we pullin' up the sticks out
Too much money got 'em pissed off
Nigga, I'ma pull up at your bitch house
Fuck a niggas bitch to get a kick out it
Nigga pop percs, gon' get a kick out it
Drinking on syrup with my dick out
Glock-17 with the dick out
[Chorus]
I'm thinking to myself, you ain't gang, nigga, fuck you
Feel like 2Pac, Thug Life, nigga, fuck you
If he had the password to your phone he wouldn't have cuffed you
Dog-ass bitch, I knew I never should've trust you
[Bridge]
What you want, ho, I got what you want, ho
What you want, ho, I got what you want, ho
What you want, ho, I got what you want, ho
What you want, ho, I got what you want, ho
[Verse 3]
All my tint presidential, like I'm Trump, dawg
Secret service shooters, leave 'em niggas slumped, dawg
Denzel, I get surgical with this pump, dawg
Busting down, breaking down, then I put it in a blunt, dawg
Made man stamped, I got "21" stamped
In my face, teetee and taytay in the same count
I was down, bad and now I'm shining like a lamp
You put a ring on her, she ain't nothing but a tramp
They kicked me outta middle school and sent me to the house
We 'bout that gunplay, nigga, motherfuck your count
19, I bought a Cutlass, four 12's and an AMP
Beating down Glenwood, nigga, feeling like a champ
Nigga, we ain't takin' no deals
Lil' nigga, we ain't snitchin', we ain't making no sound
Used to jump niggas, now we jumping in a crowd
Used to make my mama cry, but now I make her proud
I remember rainy days but now she like the sound
[Chorus]
I'm thinking to myself, you ain't gang, nigga, fuck you
Feel like 2Pac, Thug Life, nigga, fuck you
If he had the password to your phone he wouldn't have cuffed you
Dog-ass bitch, I knew I never should've trust you
[Outro]
Ho, stab a nigga in the back like the streets do
Can't believe that you betrayed me, I used to sleep with you
Niggas quick to say they loyal to you, they be see-through
Gang, gang, screaming, "Fuck you, they want to eat you"
Thug Life was written by Curtis Mayfield & Metro Boomin & 21 Savage.
Thug Life was produced by Metro Boomin.