[ti:When Thugz Cry - Album Version (Explicit)]
[ar:Tupac]
[al:Until The End Of Time]
[00:00.63]When thugz cry
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[00:03.31]Now i lay me down to sleep
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[00:07.60]I pray to lord my guns to keep
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[00:10.62]If i die before i wake
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[00:12.76]I pray to lord my soul to take
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[00:15.79]Got us dying
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[00:19.33]When thugz cry
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[00:20.99]Times is hard
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[00:22.96]Verse one:
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[00:23.67]Born thuggin' and lovin'
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[00:24.87]The way i came up, big money clutchin'
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[00:26.24]Bustin' while evadin' cocaine bust
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[00:28.00]My po's rushin'
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[00:29.37]To my cushin' into insanity
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[00:30.84]They shot at my cousin now we bustin' at they whole family
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[00:33.59]These cowards wanna see me burried, i ain't worried
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[00:35.68]I got a line on the d.a. cause i'm ****in' the secretary
[00:38.57]
[00:38.74]I black out, start cussin, bust 'em, and touch 'em all
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[00:42.04]They panicin' bitches duckin', i rush 'em, and **** 'em all
[00:44.54]
[00:44.76]Probably be an old man before i understand
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[00:47.05]Why i had to live my life with pistols close in hand
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[00:49.94]Kidnapped my homie sister cut her face up bad
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[00:52.74]They even raped her so we blazed they pad
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[00:55.88]Automatic shots rang out, on every block
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[00:57.06]They puttin hits on politicians even cops
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[01:00.30]I ain't lyin', they got me sleepin' with my infrared beams
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[01:03.22]And in my dreams i hear mutha****as screamin'
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[01:05.60]What is the meanin'?
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[01:06.90]When thugz cry
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[01:08.32]Chorus:
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[01:08.66]Oh why
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[01:08.43]Should you send your child off to die
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[01:10.78]In the streets of chalk
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[01:12.54]When they die
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[01:13.76]Let the rocks cry out
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[01:15.35]When thugz cry
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[01:16.75]Dear god
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[01:18.16](when thugz cry)
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[01:18.75]Oh why
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[01:19.61]Does it have to be this way ahh
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[01:22.03]Children of today won't stay by
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[01:24.58](when thugz cry)
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[01:25.51]Let the children hear
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[01:26.89]When thugz cry
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[01:27.93]Dear god
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[01:29.23]Oh why
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[01:30.37](ha)
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[01:30.91]Verse two:
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[01:31.35]Maybe my addiction to friction got me buggin'
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[01:32.45]Where is the love, never quit my ambitionz to thug
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[01:34.69]Ain't shed a tear since the old school years of elementary
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[01:37.52]Niggaz i used to love they closed the penitentiary
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[01:40.58]Still homie keep it real, how does it feel?
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[01:42.88]To loose your life over somethin' that you did as a kid
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[01:45.59]You all alone no communication, block on the phone
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[01:48.25]Don't get along with your pops and plus your moms is gone
[01:50.86]
[01:51.05]Where did we go wrong? i put my soul in this song
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[01:53.87]To help us grow in time but now our minds is gone
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[01:57.19]We went from brothas and sistas to niggaz and bitches
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[01:59.58]We went from welfare livin' to worldwide riches
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[02:01.92]But somethin' change in this dirty game
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[02:04.09]Everythin' strange, lost all my homies over cocaine, man
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[02:07.86]See they ask me if i shed a tear, i ain't lie
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[02:10.10]See, you gotta get high or die
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[02:12.73]Cause even thugz cry
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[02:14.28]Chorus:
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[02:14.84]Oh why
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[02:15.38]Should you send your child off to die
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[02:17.10]In the streets of chalk
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[02:19.16](when thugz cry)
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[02:20.18]When they die
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[02:21.05](we don't shed tears, we shed blood)
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[02:21.84]Let the rocks cry out
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[02:23.63]When thugz cry
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[02:24.95](do you still wanna be a thug)
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[02:25.72]Dear god
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[02:26.32]Oh why
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[02:28.39]Does it have to be this way ahh
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[02:29.12]Children of today won't stay by
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[02:31.11]Let the children hear
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[02:32.95]When thugz cry
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[02:34.25]Dear god
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[02:35.45]Oh why
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[02:36.28]Verse three:
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[02:36.61]And all i see are these paraniod bitches, illegal inventions
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[02:38.59]Bustin' mutha****as with upper cuts, i leave 'em with dentures
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[02:38.99]Cause in my criminal mind nobody violates the don
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[02:44.56]I write your name on a piece of paper, and now your family's gone
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[02:47.09]Well perpetrate like you could handle my team
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[02:49.23]So merciless in mind try to take command of your dreams
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[02:52.03]Leavin mutha****as drowin in they own blood
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[02:54.82]Clown and taking pictures
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[02:56.52]Later, laugh about the punk bitches
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[02:57.88]That turn snitches
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[02:58.90]Regulate my area the terror i represent
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[03:01.02]Make your people disappear, your wonderin' where they went
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[03:03.91]Am i cold, or is it just i sold my soul?
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[03:05.84]Addicted to the streets
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[03:07.43]Never find true peace i'm told
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[03:09.25]Come take my body, god
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[03:10.78]Don't let me suffer any longer
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[03:12.57]Smoke a pound of marijuana so i know it ain't long
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[03:14.43]Where is the end to all my misery?
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[03:15.23]Is there a close?
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[03:17.67]I suppose that's why i murder my foes
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[03:19.79]When thugz cry
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[03:20.67]Chorus:
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[03:21.05]Oh why
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[03:21.81]Should you send your child off to die
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[03:24.31]In the streets of chalk
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[03:26.14](i shed tattoo tearz for years)
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[03:27.08]When they die
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[03:28.30]Let the rocks cry out
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[03:29.70](to my dead homeboyz and the prison peace)
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[03:30.36]When thugz cry
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[03:31.06]Dear god
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[03:31.82]Oh why
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[03:32.96](yall ain't never heard my cries, nigga, what about if you would die)
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[03:34.02]Does it have to be this way ahh
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[03:35.77]Children of today won't stay by
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[03:38.21]Let the children hear
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[03:39.99]When thugz cry
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[03:41.36]Dear god
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[03:42.42]Repeat chorus until fade