[Intro: 2Pac]
The only way I, I've been practicing my whole life to live my life, is to be responsible for what I do
I don't know how to be responsible for what every Black male did, I don't know
Yes, I am gonna say that I'm a thug, that's because I came from the gutter and I'm still here
[Verse 1: Glasses Malone]
I'm a motherfuckin' thug, I hate payin' taxes (Just hate it)
I'm tryna fuck a couple actresses (Shit)
If I don't got it, I'ma make it (I'ma make it)
Still don't got it, I'ma take it (Run that shit)
Takin' shit, that's what I won't do (Won't do)
Out here doin' what I want to (Want to)
Nigga, you do what you can (What you can)
That's the difference, I'm a motherfuckin' man (I'm a man, nigga)
And as a man, I don't take dick (Hah)
I don't do Versace, that's that gay shit (Hah)
Yeah, I said it, I'm a thug (I'm a thug, nigga)
Guess I need a motherfuckin' hug (Shit)
Well, dig my mama up and tell her give me one (Give me one)
Lot of niggas say they real, I'm the realest one (I'm the realest)
This exactly how I'm feelin', bruh (What?)
Ain't no chillin', bruh (What?)
[Chorus: Glasses Malone]
I'm a **** thug
I'm a motherfuckin' thug
I'm a motherfuckin' thug
I'm a motherfuckin' thug
I'm a motherfuckin'—
[Verse 2: Killer Mike]
I'm a thug, the conditions I live in
Has got me conditioned for prison or conditioned for killing
The conditions that we put kids in often poverty-stricken
And even they education becomes a pipeline to prison
Simply a tool used for mass incarceration (Yeah)
Call it the new plantation (Yeah), call it new-era slavery (Yeah)
Call the court system racist (Yeah), call it just what it is (Yeah)
A plot and plan for paper that punish the poorest kids
O'Reilly, Hannity, Limbaugh, Geraldo know what it is (Fuck 'em)
But they be on that fuckboy shit, blamin' your kids (Fuck 'em)
Don Lemon too (Yeah), Wolf Blitzer three (Yeah)
I often wish I could have a sit-down with every C and every B
And help 'em see we not enemies
And that includes fraternities with they college degree
I'm part drug kingpin mixed with Booker T
I'm whatever Blacks need me to be
[Chorus: Glasses Malone & Killer Mike]
I'm a motherfuckin' thug (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
I'm a motherfuckin' thug
I'm a motherfuckin' thug
I'm a motherfuckin' thug
I'm a motherfuckin' thug
[Verse 3: Kendrick Lamar]
Sometimes, I look in the mirror and ask myself what I'm scared of
How dare the media portray me this way? I can hear the
Crowd screamin' the weirdest of chants, they all in my ear-uh
Artist of era, role model, I can't
It's like I'm a parrot, apparently, I'm markin' the dance
I seen done with the devil, such a ghetto romance
How many niggas fall victim, lookin' at you trapped in the system?
Mentally, they kept you in prison, and you won't get out, no one visit
Open up your mouth, no one listen, you in denial, nigga
I'm in denial with you, I dial dead homies' numbers off this liquor
Time and time again, I find myself inside the cerebellum of several felons
Orion's belt couldn't live in my world
I seen tigers, lions let loose and spooked, I'm next door to Earl
I guess I rely on Jesús to save us before I refer the madness
My neighbors witness ski masks, the masses don't know
I'm packin' this four and harassin' your ho
Antagonizin' the business you love the most
See, the difference to my approach is a forty-ounce at the store
If this 40 bounce, then you know, I never learned, I'm hard-headed
The corporate world don't like it, but I said it
[Chorus: Glasses Malone & Kendrick Lamar]
I'm a motherfuckin' thug (Look in my eyes, what do you see? God Orion lives in me)
I'm a motherfuckin' thug
I'm a motherfuckin' thug (Look in my eyes, what do you see? God Orion lives in me)
I'm a motherfuckin' thug (Oh, oh)
I'm a motherfuckin' thug
[Outro: Kendrick Lamar & Glasses Malone]
Thug, thug, all I ever was
Look around, all I ever done
Thug, thug, all I ever was
Look around, all I ever done (I'm a motherfuckin' thug)
Thug, thug, all I ever was
Look around, all I ever done
Thug, thug, all I ever was
Look around (I'm a motherfuckin' thug)
