My mama always told me:  
If you’re in trouble, [bad word] My papa always said to me: 
I never ever gonna carry the gun
But heyhey, I’ve seem them wear those shoes, and them hats
With them clothes and them guns,
I wanna be cool,    I wanna be bad
Ooh, I wanna be a gangsta. Ooh, an original Ooh, I wanna be a gangsta. Ooh, an original G, [bad word] on
Please give me your money, or else I shoot you with my gun
My country always told me: Get an edu-education
My older brother said the same, but neither of us got the patience
(So listen up!)
If you want an extraordinary life, it calls for extraordinary needs
Fulfilling by gambling high my extraordinary dreams
Ooh, I wanna be a gangsta. Ooh, an original Ooh, I wanna be a gangsta. Ooh, an original G, [bad word] on
Please give me your money, or else I shoot you with my gun
Please give me your money, or else I shoot you with my gun
So I’m collecting bottles because I am so poor
They say I should get a job, but then I have to work, so…
But then I have to work, so…
Ooh, I wanna be a gangsta. Ooh, an original Ooh, I wanna be a gangsta. Ooh, an original G, [bad word] on
Please give me your money, or else I shoot you with my gun
Please give me your money!