Hey cue that shit that the verse mixed up    (See what I'm sayin)    Gotsta hold on  I been trapped for so long  Gotsta hold on  I been trapped for so long  Gotsta hold on  I been trapped for so long  Gotsta hold on    See,  See marijuana got me copin wit my problems  And hennessy got me hopin I could solve em  My baby mama ull of drama  Tryin to scar me  But unlike my old sorry ass father I tried harder  My baby raised to hate her daddy  Her mammy playa hate and wishin that she had me  She hate to see me on tha street  And still on my feet  Betta yet this bitch wish them crackers had me  See everybody wantsa hustle  But dont nobody wanna suffer  Nobody wantsta die cuz they all bustas  And suckaz  Aint never gon have nothin  Cuz they be frontin  Gotta sacrifice  Three time for every dime they be wantin  And believe me  Being a thug it aint that easy  I once was a fool but see they had to free me  I'm undercover man  But still they aint respectin me  Tryin to get the best of me constantly stressin me    [hook]    We gotta hold on (hold on)  See you must be strong (so strong)  Against thug happiness (gotsta hold on)  You can go wrong (i been trapped for so long)  For my homies in the hood (gotsta hold on)  What will you do (i been trapped or so long)  Which life will you choose (gotsta hold on)    (I been trapped for so long)    See big daddy gave her diamond rings  He introduced her to the finer things  Looked out started buyin her things  Minor things for the small change  And had her off the chain  And it's a awful thang  She aint even cost a thang  Even though I'm thugged out  She loved how  I did wrong for so long  And still got by  See thug money got blood on it  Plus it leave residue  Boy I'm tellin you  I put mo bread on it  I lost a homie in the stuggle right  And just the other night  Somebody tried to take my dogs life  Atempted homicide  They outside and aint gon let em ride  Dont wanna talk  And aint gon let em slide  They want war instead  They want more for dead  Rather die open fire or do life for their's  Take a life instead  Kill his wife in bed  Ten times to tha head  what tha shooter said?    [hook]    See  I thinkin bout whaen i was younger  I had to hustle in the summer  No time for cryin had to help my mama  Any time and any weather  Whatever's clever  And hardly ever never  Had to step and get my shit together  I left my homies in tha pen and reason being  See every man got his own sin  But I'm a always remember yall  Cuz after all yall still my dogs  And when ya jump we can still ball  My nigga Ronnie, Lil Willie and Fat Fred  Big Black, My dog Sparky and Lil Ed  It be times like this  I sit around like this  Cryin bout this  Thinkin why my clicque  Gotta go and die like this  No duckin  No fearin nothin  Hearin nothin stayin rich but buggin  We call that thuggin  But dont be thuggin for nothin own somethin  Do or ya kids and ya mama  Save the drama  Young nigga hold on    [hook]    Na it aint no time or no suicidal shit nigga  While you still thinkin you a thug  You might as well go head and suffer  Cuz that's what we doin  That's what it's about  I ya forgot