Intro - Yeah; Ballad Of A Dead Soulja; This is the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja; This is Ballad Of A Dead Soulja; the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja; 1st Verse - The plan; to take a command of the whole family; though underhanded; to be the man it was planned; all my roaddogz; official mob figgaz love to act up; the first to bomb when we rob niggaz - I can be; lost in my own mind; to be the boss only thought's grippin chrome nines; niggaz get tossed up; war scars, battlefield memories; swore I saw the devil in my empty glass of hennessey; talkin to a nigga on a tight leash; screamin fuck tha police; as I ride through the night streets; little child runnin wild; towards danger; what's the cause; don't be alarmed; death to all strangers; maybe I'm a madman; a pistol grabbin nigga - unleash the sandman; promise a merciless retaliation; nothin' is colder; close your eyes - hear the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja; Hook 1 - (singing) Thug 4 Life I will be; (2Pac) this is the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja; (singing) a life of crime I will lead; (2Pac) close your eyes and hear the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja; (singing) if you play the game, you play to win; (2Pac) this is the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja; (singing) it's a crazy world full of sin; (2Pac) close your eyes; 2nd Verse - Completely lost; revenge at all cost; payback's a bitch - switch now the trick's crossed; tossed up and never to be heard of; a single witness screamin' bloody murda - murda; blast - tell me homie whatcha see now; a blind man and a dead body; I'm ready to leave town; and get my cash though; hook up with Kastro; homie had to blast on the task force; stupid coppers tried to play us out; remember that; they took my money and my stash; time to get 'em back; (Pac laughs) upon my secret arrival; two glock four-fives time for survival; death to my rivals; tell me what you want lord; nobody ever laughed after the death of a drug lord; (Pac laughs) the situation's critical; nothin' is colder; than hearin' the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja; Hook 2 - (singing) Thug 4 Life I will be; (2Pac) this is the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja; (singing) a life of crime I will lead; (2Pac) close your eyes and hear the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja; (singing) if you play the game, you play to win; (2Pac) this is a Ballad Of A Dead Soulja; (singing) it's a crazy world full of sin; (2Pac) c-c-c-close your eyes and hear the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja; 3rd Verse - Big coward put your hands to the moon; when my glocks rang out; the niggaz came out - boom; who wanna see me in a challenge?; so merciless I'm terrifyin' niggaz in my ballads; do you feel me?; coppo a copper time; one day I'll be the don; until then remain strong; my only fear of death is reincarnation; bustin' at my adversaries like a mental patient; to all my niggaz facin' sixty years; sheddin' tattoo tears another suicide out on the pier; takin' private planes tryin' to survive the game; for all my homies that'll never be alive again; all they promise us is death nigga; take a breath - could be the last one left nigga; it's real now; feel it and fantasize; ain't nothin' colder; listen you could hear it; the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja; Hook 3 - (singing) Thug 4 Life I will be; (2Pac) this is the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja; (singing) the life of crime I will lead; (2Pac) c-c-c-close your eyes - hear the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja; (singing) if you play the game, you play to win; (2Pac) this is the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja; (singing) it's a crazy world full of sin; (2Pac) c-c-c-close your eyes and hear the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja; Outro - (2Pac) this go out to Kato, Mental; all the niggaz that done passed away; (this is the Ballad of A Dead Soulja) Mutulu; Geronimo; all the down ass ridahs; all the niggaz that put it down; all the souljas; all the niggaz that go through that day-to-day struggle; (this is the Ballad of A Dead Soulja) all the niggaz that passed on; all the niggaz with ambition and money in they heart; all the niggaz that want some and that don't take none; (Pac laughs) (this is the Ballad of A Dead Soulja); police is so scared of us; oh the feds? they aware of us; they wanna see us dead; they got pictures of a nigga head; (Ballad of A Dead Soulja) tryin' to see me in chains; shit - them niggaz'll never breath again; before they put me in a cell they'll see me in hell; (cause it's the Ballad of A Dead Soulja) got my pistols cocked; run the whole muthafuckin' block; fuck the cops; the police? we run these streets, nigga; (they heard the Ballad of A Dead Soulja) these niggaz can't see me; half the world wanna be me; multi-millionaire - shit it ain't fair; but nigga, you know (it's the Ballad of A Dead Soulja) (it's the Ballad of A Dead Soulja)