the way some cats they get they cash
 [bad word] around have a gun in your face
 tied up and they whoopin your [bad word]  man, most cats they dont play 
 cause their moms get high
 i can still recall the day i saw a gangsta cry

 man under the hot sun young cats they buck with hot guns fat ones
 man if you sellin this you better know the consequence [bad word]  walk just like army ants yeah man let me borrow that
 please homeboy dont be no snitch
 put this business before that fine [bad word]  here go a classic tale a mother [bad word] just got out of jail
 slipped up on some major mail then went back to jail on major bail yo

 man most cats they dont play cause their mom get high
 i can still recall the day i saw a gangsta cry

 dont be no perpetrator
 [bad word] around be on a respirator
 goin' up to heaven on a escalator
 cause they sent you to [bad word] on a elevator yo
 right in front of corner stores with the .45 slugs
 some might say theres unity 
 but there aint no love
 crack a smile like a beer bottle
 dont worry about the bullet cause it feels hollow
 keep your foot on the gas throttle 
 these mother [bad word] aint no role models
 blow your mind with an evil disguise
 wiggin this [bad word] right in front of your eyes
 where he got shot thats where he lies
 layin there dead with open eyes
 blow you over on a street corner
 its all about that b soda
 breaking arms and shoulders
 cause this drama is thick as quotas
 they busted you and you bust back
 and just like a whip u gonna snap back
 how they gonna [bad word] with you [bad word] that
 kill them all so they [bad word] back
 mind state 
 crime rate
 [bad word] waits but jail baits
 man if you make a mistake dont even wait
 but mother [bad word] get up outta my face
 its a dirty loss for a dirty game 
 so mother [bad word] its a dirty shame

 i saw a gangsta cry

 i saw a gangsta cry

 i saw a gangsta cry

 i saw a gangsta cry

 it was a trip when i first saw a gangsta cry
 didnt know didnt ask didnt wonder why
 it was a trip when i first saw a gangsta cry
 didnt know didnt ask didnt wonder why

 [bad word] [bad word] with a [bad word]  busted slow ten years seven digits