Intro: When thugz cry Now I lay me down to sleep I pray to lord my guns to keep If I die before I wake I pray to lord my soul to take Got us dying When thugz cry Times is hard Verse one: Born thuggin’ and lovin’ The way I came up, big money clutchin’ Bustin’ while evadin’ cocaine bust My po’s rushin’ To my cushin’ into insanity They shot at my cousin now we bustin’ at they whole family These cowards wanna see me burried, I ain’t worried I got a line on the d.a. cause I’m fuckin’ the secretary I black out, start cussin, bust ’em, and touch ’em all They panicin’ bitches duckin’, I rush ’em, and fuck ’em all Probably be an old man before I understand Why I had to live my life with pistols close in hand Kidnapped my homie sister cut her face up bad They even raped her so we blazed they pad Automatic shots rang out, on every block They puttin hits on politicians even cops I ain’t lyin’, they got me sleepin’ with my infrared beams And in my dreams I hear muthafuckas screamin’ What is the meanin’? When thugz cry Chorus: Oh why Should you send your child off to die In the streets of chalk When they die Let the rocks cry out When thugz cry Dear god (when thugz cry) Oh why Does it have to be this way ahh Children of today won’t stay by (when thugz cry) Let the children hear When thugz cry Dear god Oh why (ha) Verse two: Maybe my addiction to friction got me buggin’ Where is the love, never quit my ambitionz to thug Ain’t shed a tear since the old school years of elementary Niggaz I used to love they closed the penitentiary Still homie keep it real, how does it feel? To loose your life over somethin’ that you did as a kid You all alone no communication, block on the phone Don’t get along with your pops and plus your moms is gone Where did we go wrong? I put my soul in this song To help us grow in time but now our minds is gone We went from brothas and sistas to niggaz and bitches We went from welfare livin’ to worldwide riches But somethin’ change in this dirty game Everythin’ strange, lost all my homies over cocaine, man See they ask me if I shed a tear, I ain’t lie See, you gotta get high or die Cause even thugz cry Chorus: Oh why Should you send your child off to die In the streets of chalk (when thugz cry) When they die (we don’t shed tears, we shed blood) Let the rocks cry out When thugz cry (do you still wanna be a thug) Dear god Oh why Does it have to be this way ahh Children of today won’t stay by Let the children hear When thugz cry Dear god Oh why Verse three: And all I see are these paraniod bitches, illegal inventions Bustin’ muthafuckas with upper cuts, I leave ’em with dentures Cause in my criminal mind nobody violates the don I write your name on a piece of paper, and now your family’s gone Well perpetrate like you could handle my team So merciless in mind try to take command of your dreams Leavin muthafuckas drowin in they own blood Clown and taking pictures Later, laugh about the punk bitches That turn snitches Regulate my area the terror I represent Make your people disappear, your wonderin’ where they went Am I cold, or is it just I sold my soul? Addicted to the streets Never find true peace I’m told Come take my body, god Don’t let me suffer any longer Smoke a pound of marijuana so I know it ain’t long Where is the end to all my misery? Is there a close? I suppose that’s why I murder my foes When thugz cry Chorus: Oh why Should you send your child off to die In the streets of chalk (I shed tattoo tearz for years) When they die Let the rocks cry out (to my dead homeboyz and the prison peace) When thugz cry Dear god Oh why (y’all ain’t never heard my cries, nigga, what about if you would die) Does it have to be this way ahh Children of today won’t stay by Let the children hear When thugz cry Dear god