Nothing to Lose-2Pac

The only way to change me is maybe blow my brains out Stuck in the middle of the game to get the pain out Pray to my God everyday but he don't listen The poverty bothers me but mama's working wonders in the kitchen,Listen, I can hear her crying in the bedroom Praying for money we never think would she be dead soon? Am I wrong for wishing I was somewhere else? At 13 can't feed myself,Can I blame daddy 'cause he left me? Wish he would've helped me Too much like him 'til my mama don't love me On my own at a early age getting paid And I'm strapped so I'll never be afraid,Where did I go astray I'm hanging in the back streets? Running with G's and d**e fiends will they jack me? Can't turn back my eyes on the prize I got nothing to lose, everybody gotta die,Say good-bye to the bad guy that one you f**ked when you passed by Buck buck from a glock, tempered glass fly Do or Die walk a mile in my shoes and you'd be crazy too With nothing to lose,I've got nothing to lose, got nothing to lose (That's why I got gang related) Got nothing to lose, got nothing to lose (That's why I got gang related),Got nothing to lose, got nothing to lose (That's why I got gang related) Nothing to lose (That's why I got gang related),I thank the Lord for my many blessings Though I'm stressing keep a vest for protection From the barrel of the Smith & Wesson And all my niggas in the pen', here we go again,Ain't nothing separating us from a mack 10 Born in the ghetto as a hustla older Straight soldier bucking at them bustas No matter how you try niggas never die,We just retaliate with hate then we multiply See me striking down the block hitting co'ners Mobbing like a muthaf**ka living like I wanna Ain't no stopping at the red lights I'm sideways,Thug life muthaf**ka crime pays Let the cops put they lights on, chase me ni**a Zig-zagging through the freeway, race me ni**a In a high speed chase with the law,The realest muthaf**ka that you ever saw I'm living raw 'til they bury me don't worry me I'm high living like I ain't afraid to die And you could walk a mile in my shoes and you'd be crazy too With nothing to lose,Got nothing to lose, got nothing to lose (That's why I got gang related) Got nothing to lose, got nothing to lose (That's why I got gang related),Ni**a, nothing to lose, nothing to lose (That's why I got gang related) Nothing to lose (That's why I got gang related),Ain't no escape from a deadly fate And everyday there's a million black bodies put away I'm starting to lose hope, it seems everybody's on d**e Mama told me to leave 'cause she was broke,Sometimes I choke on the indo, peeping out the window Alone on my own, I'm a criminal Got no love from the household I'm out cold In the streets give me muthaf**king peace,I got nothing to lose and something to prove What do I do live thug life ni**a stay true? I wonder when they kill me is there a Heaven for a real G? Lord, forgive me if you feel me,'Cause all my life I was dirt broke With no hope lil skinny muthaf**ka wanting dough I hated cutting suckers with my razor blade But everyday it's a struggle to get major paid,Anyway it's so hard on a ni**a in this city No pity and ain't no love for the scrubs that be buying time If you could walk a mile in my shoes you'd be crazy too With nothing to lose,Got nothing to lose, ni**a, nothing to lose (That's why I got gang related) Got nothing to lose, ni**a, nothing to lose (That's why I got gang related),That's why I got gang related (Got nothing to lose) That's why I got gang related,It was a what type ni**a be a thug life ni**a We be the craziest, muthaf**ka You know, it was a what type ni**a be a thug life ni**a We be the craziest