Born thuggin 
and lovin 
the way I came up big money clutchin 
bustin 
while evadin cocaine busts 
My pulse  [bad word] 
send my pulse 
into insanity 
Shout at my cousin now we bustin 
at they yo' family 
The coppers wanna see me buried 
I ain't worried 
I got a line on the D.A. cause I'm [bad word] 
his secretary 
I black out and start cussin 
bust 'em and touch 'em all 
They panic and [bad word] duckin 
 [bad word] 'em and [bad word] 'em all 
I'll probably be an old man 
before I understand 
why I had to live my life with pistols close at hand 
Kidnapped my homey's sister, cut her face up bad 
They even raped 
so we blazed they pad 
Automatic shots rang out, on every block 
They puttin hits out on politicians, even cops 
I ain't lyin they got me sleepin 
with my infrared beams 
And in my dreams 
I hear [bad word] screamin 
What is the meaning 
when thugs cry? 

Battle Scars and Closed Caskets are Multiplied 
 [bad word] Die 
Don't Ask Why 
When Thugs Cry 
We Don't Shed Tears, We Shed Blood 
Do You Still Wanna Be Thug? 
When Thugz Cry! 

[2Pac] 
Heh.. maybe my addiction 
to friction 
got me buggin 
Where is the love? 
Never quit my ambition 
to thug 
Ain't shed a tear 
since the old school years 
of elementary 
Niggaz I used to love, enclosed in penitentiaries 
But still 
homey keep it real 
how does it feel 
to lose your life, over somethin that you did as a kid? 
You all alone 
 [bad word]  block on the phone 
Don't get along 
with yo' pop, and plus your moms is gone 
Where did we go wrong? 
I put my soul in the song 
to help us grow at times, but now our minds are gone 
We went from brothers and sisters 
to niggaz and [bad word] 
We went from welfare livin, to worldwide riches 
But somethin changed 
in this dirty game 
everything's strange 
Lost all my homies over cocaine 
mayne 
See they ask me if I shed a tear, I ain't lie 
See you gotta get high 
or die 
cause even thugs cry 

Battle Scars and Closed Caskets are Multiplied 
 [bad word] Die 
Don't Ask Why 
When Thugs Cry 
We Don't Shed Tears, We Shed Blood 
Do You Still Wanna Be Thug? 
When Thugz Cry! 

[2Pac] 
And all I see is these paranoid [bad word] 
illegal adventures 
Bustin [bad word] with uppercuts, I leave 'em with dentures 
Cause in my criminal mind, nobody violates the Don 
I write your name on a piece of paper, now your family's gone 
Why perpetrate like you can handle my team? 
So merciless that my attack'll [bad word] of your dreams 
Leavin [bad word] drownin 
in they own blood 
Clownin 
takin pictures later 
Laugh bout the punk [bad word] 
that turned snitches 
Regulate my area, the terror I represent 
Makin yo' people disappear, you wonderin where they went? 
I cold 
or is it just I sold my soul? 
Addicted to these streets, never find [bad word] peace I'm told  [bad word] take my body God, don't let me suffer any longer 
Smoke a pound of marijuana 
so I know it ain't long 
Where is the end to all my misery, is there a close? 
I suppose that's why I murder my foes 
when thugs cry 

Battle Scars and Closed Caskets are Multiplied 
 [bad word] Die 
Don't Ask Why 
When Thugs Cry 
We Don't Shed Tears, We Shed Blood 
Do You Still Wanna Be Thug? 
When Thugz Cry! 

Ay Nas, remember that [bad word] you said? 
I don't know What Magazine You Said 
some [bad word] about we're saying thugs to whoever whoever 
 [bad word] you need to go to the record store and check out some of the albums you've been putting out 
because you been spitting this thug [bad word] for a while now 
I know you've been listening cuz you've been biting this [bad word] 
so, uh recognize and realize 
before your [bad word]