Born A Thug-Trick Daddy

[ti:Born A Thug] [ar:Trick Daddy] [al:Back By Thug Demand] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.66]This has been a Goldrush production [00:04.08] [00:11.28]Shorty gonna be [00:12.47]Shorty wanna be [00:13.80]So he's gonna be [00:15.18]A straight thug [00:16.32]His mama was a G [00:17.94]And daddy was a G [00:19.12]Ain't nothin left for him to be [00:20.69]But a thug [00:21.37] [00:32.41]This is a story bout a young ni**a [00:34.47]Who's mama was a whore [00:35.75]And his daddy was a drug dealer [00:37.05]Ridin' round the corner from 'em was the spot [00:39.92]They sold w**d lace base h****n and marijuana [00:42.43] [00:43.00]His role model was an older ni**a [00:44.70]Who kept a wad of hundreds [00:46.13]Cause he had a whole lot of money [00:48.03]Now keep in mind this is round the time that [00:50.59]Miami niggas was really tryin to put it down [00:53.28]That's back when the pimp game played out [00:55.77]That next year crack coc*ine came out [00:58.03]It all started in the suburbs [01:00.71]But only rich folks could afford to go and smoke that good d**e [01:03.99]And yo they used to call it free-base [01:05.94]But when it made it to my block [01:07.61]Me and my boys called it crack rock [01:09.30]We used to cook it up and bag it up and sell 'em [01:11.89]Nickles and dimes to any b**ch that was buyin [01:13.73] [01:36.55]And when he first hit middle school [01:37.49]He was a typical ordinary everyday-a** dude [01:40.85]Around the time eighth grade came around [01:42.87]He had done made up his mind [01:44.55]Ni**a can't lay down now [01:46.06]His first job was a watch-out [01:47.94]He had to scream one time everytime the cops hit the block [01:51.21]We used to call him Bo Brown [01:53.52]Cause when he came around [01:54.65]Close shop ni**a shut it down [01:56.69]Them lil' two-hundreds [01:57.31] [01:58.15]That was a lot of money [01:59.39]Especially for a young ni**a sittin' round not doin' nothin [02:02.08]Plus his mama had a newborn from an old ni**a out the hood who [02:05.52]Don't do sh*t for him [02:07.26]They go another bill another mouth to feed [02:09.88]Oh well yo a ni**a couldn't stop there [02:12.20]He gotta keep food in his crib [02:14.52]And keep the lights on [02:15.72]Ain't like his daddy's comin' back home [02:17.41] [02:18.05]Now just imagine the role of a thirteen-year-old [02:21.17]Who's playin head of his household [02:23.06]Now that sh*t's cold [02:24.31]But then again i suppose [02:25.62]You already know how the sh*t go [02:28.01] [02:49.53]He advanced from watch-out man to lieutenant [02:52.15]And now he got two feet waist-deep in it [02:54.97]And he control the whole operation [02:56.84]But it's kinda different [02:57.97]Cause he's dealin' with some stiff competition [02:59.96]And everybody wants to be buddies [03:02.10]All of a sudden friends but then again all they see is money [03:05.16]And he ain't never too flashy wit it [03:07.23]Not into cars and jewels [03:08.60]Just nice clothes and new shoes [03:10.54]Half of the money went straight to his mama [03:12.77]But the other half you know [03:14.15]The kid had to keep it stashed [03:15.97]But it's kinda hard to hide drug money [03:17.48]But it's worse bein' a d**e but none of this sh*t's worth dying for [03:20.90]But when it comes to livin' money's nothin' [03:23.17]Bein' dead is free [03:24.48]Now tell me [03:25.10]What would you rather be [03:26.19]Don't tell me [03:27.12]Tell it to your child [03:28.24]Make your talk worthwhile and the rest [03:30.38]He'll figure it out [03:32.07] [03:43.87]A Motherf**kin' thug [03:45.30]Nothin' left for him to be but a thug [03:47.30]Motherf**kin' thug [03:47.68]Ni**a forced into this sh*t