Now I lay me down to sleep

I pray the Lord my guns to keep

If I die before I wake

I pray the Lord, my soul to take

As God as my witness

When Thugz Cry

Sometimes it's hard

[Verse 1]

Born thuggin' and loving the way I came up

Big money clutchin, busting while evading cocaine, bust my po's rushing

Semi-clutching into insanity, they shot at my cousin now we bustin' at they whole family

The coppers wanna see me buried, I ain't worried

I got a line on the DA cause I'm fucking his secretary

I black out and start cussing, bust em and touch em all

They panic and bitches duck and I rush em and fuck em all

I'll probably be an old man before I understand, why I had to live my life with pistols close at hand

Kidnapped my homies sister, cut her face us bad, they even raped her so we blaze they pad

Automatic shots rang out, on every block

They putting hits out on politicians even cops, I ain't lyin'

They got me sleeping with my infrared beam

And in my dreams I hear mother fuckers screamin', what is the meaning?

When Thugz Cry



[Chorus]

Oh why should you send your child off too die

In the streetz of chalk where they lie

And no thugz cry when thugz cry

Dear God

Oh why does it have to be this way, I

Children of today won't stay wise

Let the children hear when thugz cry

Dear God, alright



[Verse 2]

Maybe my addiction to friction got my buggin'

Where is the love? Never quit my ambition's to thug

Ain't shed a tear since the old school years, of elementary

Niggaz I used to love, enclosed in penitentiaries

Still homey keep it real, how does it feel to lose your life over something that you did as a kid

You all alone, no communication, block on the phone-a