[00:00.300]{2pac} In the life we live as thugs[00:02.345]Everybody ****in' with us so can't you see[00:05.585]It's hard to be a man[00:07.586]Ridin' with my guns in hand[00:09.214]Why explain the game[00:10.330]Niggas ain't listenin', stuck in positions[00:12.311]If victims can't stand the heat[00:13.730]Then stay the **** out the kitchen[00:15.096]Half these busters switchin', lookin' at me mean[00:17.083]Itchin', givin' suckers plenty space[00:18.824]Have these b***h niggas snitchin'[00:20.280]Where are we now, guns found daily[00:22.278]The feds surely hope that they could finally nail me[00:24.838]For sellin' shit they backwards[00:26.332]Make the track burst whenever I rap, attack[00:28.719]Words been known to explode on contact[00:31.085]Extreme at times, blinded by my passion and fury[00:33.481]Look at me laugh at my competition's[00:35.170]flashin' my jewelry. You'd stay silent,[00:36.890]if you niggas knew me, truely effective[00:38.749]The shit you heard ain't do me justice[00:40.329]Got a death wish, b***h. Run,[00:41.781]but face being traced by the infrared beam[00:43.917]It seems niggas ain't recognize my team[00:46.484]Ain't nobody holdin' you back[00:48.021]Explode the track to confetti, unload it[00:50.238]Cause niggas ain't ready, the life of an outlaw[00:52.765]In the life we live as thugs[00:55.115]Everybody ****in' with us so can't you see[00:58.237]It's hard to be a man[01:00.249]Ridin' with my guns in hand[01:02.536]Code 3, attack formation, pull out your pistols[01:05.278]Keep an eye out for the devils[01:06.525]Cause they itchin' to get you[01:07.787]Merciless madman screamin' kamikaze in tongue[01:10.382]Automatic gunfire makin' all my enemies run[01:13.025]Who should I call when I'm shot and bleedin'[01:15.085]Indeed a possibility has part a chase in cream[01:17.621]****s got me hatin' fiends[01:18.719]Scheme with my team, just a chosen few[01:20.921]My foes victim of explosives[01:22.637]Come closer, exhale the fumes[01:24.168]We got memories fadin' fast, a slave for cash[01:27.108]Accelerate, mash, blast, then dash[01:29.004]Don't look now. How you like it, raw[01:30.858]B*****s ain't ready for the wrath of the outlaws[01:33.397]Never surrender, death before dishonor[01:35.584]Stay free, I'm thugged out[01:37.212]**** the world cause this is how they made me[01:39.156]Scarred but still breathin'[01:40.365]Believe in me and you could see the victory[01:42.337]A warrior in jewels. Will you picture me?[01:44.485]Life of and outlaw[01:45.382]In the life we live as thugs (no doubt)[01:47.621]Everybody ****in' with us (yes!)[01:49.247]So can't you see (life of an outlaw)[01:50.838]It's hard to be a man (soldiers in position)[01:52.927]Ridin' with my guns in hand (attack formation)[01:53.823](No retreat, no surrender)[01:55.307]{Young Noble} City under siege[01:56.533]It's like I can't even breathe[01:57.843]I'm from the state of car thieves[01:59.301]G.E.D. from the street, plenty beef[02:01.186]I play for keeps, arrange the whole crime scene[02:03.323]Mobb peep[02:04.039]They sneak up from behind tryin' to creep[02:05.799]No halfs with no straps, jack[02:07.399]It's on to bounce back, an ounce of wrath so bad[02:09.729]It snatched my style on death[02:11.222]Tell the gripper I was sent to get ya[02:13.032]Snip with clippers, get the picture[02:14.658]I wrote my life down as a s*******e[02:15.925]{E.D.I. Mean} And still I'm lost,[02:17.211]in the land of the lonely[02:18.443]Where ain't nobody holy[02:19.513]Matter of a fact, we unholy[02:20.584]Everybody livin' solely for themselves[02:22.533]Too high strung to lend help[02:23.765]To somebody who be needin' it[02:24.735]You know we lost hope and he needin' it[02:26.445]But the evil it's forever but I'm rappin' low down[02:28.570]Scandalous, like a tramp is[02:29.937]All for the street fame on[02:31.278]How to be managed to plan ****[02:33.132]6 months in advanced to what we plotted[02:35.420]Approached the goal on swole and now I got it[02:36.909]{Kastro} Uh, crack my window[02:38.322]Knowin' they'd love to catch Kastro sleepin'[02:40.093]Attach a strap under my pillow[02:41.461]Hand to hand like we freakin'[02:42.812]Creepin' deep into the mornin'[02:44.448]Peepin' out the weak while they yawnin'[02:46.314]And let my clout speak for itself, no doubt[02:48.495]Outlaw, outta my mind, outta time[02:50.197]You're all blind, some kind of life of mine[02:52.081]If K-Dog don't mind, findin' it funny[02:54.055]Matter of fact, 'cause it is, perhaps finally[02:56.322]I'll adapt to it over the years as an outlaw[02:59.448]{2Pac} Eh, Napoleon[03:00.269]{Napoleon} What's up, b***h?[03:01.272]{2Pac}Would you die for me, b***h?[03:02.262]{Napoleon} Hell yeah[03:03.084]{2Pac}Would you kill for me, b***h?[03:03.992]{Napoleon} On my grandmother, b***h[03:05.442]{2Pac}Ah, yo[03:06.104]{Napoleon} What's up[03:06.693]{2Pac} Let's ride on them stupid b*****s right now[03:07.896]{Napoleon} Watch out[03:08.551]Well, now they all say that[03:09.417]Vultures and parasites, snakes are all alike[03:12.121]Thug life break night, drink 'til we fist fight[03:14.603]Life or death, but you can't win with a vest[03:16.864]But there won't be no breathin' for the reason[03:18.438]Punk **** on your breath[03:19.477]I see day is dark and I admit it's dark[03:22.039]So chase on the ave, hide your stash[03:23.783]Beware from them marks. And yo, Makaveli[03:26.080]Give me them bullets that was left up in your belly[03:28.068]And let me bust back to them b*****s[03:29.699]'Til they all cold and sweaty[03:30.832]{2pac} In the life we live as thugs[03:33.180]Everybody ****in' with us so can't you see[03:36.365]It's hard to be a man[03:38.442]Ridin' with my guns in hand[03:41.432]In the life we live as thugs[03:43.753]Everybody ****in' with us so can't you see[03:46.906]It's hard to be a man[03:49.014]Ridin' with my guns in hand[03:51.937]In the life we live as thugs[03:54.243]Everybody ****in' with us so can't you see[03:57.457]It's hard to be a man[03:59.538]Ridin' with my guns in hand[04:02.514]In the life we live as thugs[04:04.786]Everybody ****in' with us so can't you see[04:07.984]It's hard to be a man[04:10.084]Ridin' with my guns in hand