8ball - Mama Always Told Me lyrics

(Chorus)(3X) Mama always told me (told me) But papa never showed me (showed me) So i live the life of a thug And all I wanna do is smoke weed, ride, and sell d** Mama always told me it'd happen But she never told me when She said probably happen when I get much older But I kinda wish it would of happened then Cuz I had my mind on gettin' some money n***a I'm tryin' get rich Mom told me never trust these n***as And ummm never put your faith in the b**h See I hang with a bunch of grave yard villians n***a robbin' sprees we stealin' Choppin' keys with drug dealers Click like pistol with k**ers They tried to preech to me, couldn't preech to me Tried to teach me, couldn't teach me See I've gotta learn the hard way on my own Cuz nobody else could give me a reason They always told me I'll probably end up dead Or in the pen see me and P some outcasts Can't arrest the family tellin' the kids not to be like him And see it was ruff some times but it had to be Enough trippin' on Cess go hand your back and pa** the weed I ran wild deep in the game off of change n***a b**h won't f** 'em n***a won't k** me But its all in the game See pop was too busy doin' his own thing to try to show me But mom told me Silkk watch your paper At the top it gets lonely, mama told me (Chorus)(2X) Mama always told me (told me) But papa never showed me (showed me) So i live the life of a thug And all I wanna do is smoke weed, ride, and sell d** Token guns on my side, no limit n***as gone ride Paper chasin' for millions Tru n***as won't die Make time for some dope n***a f** bein' broke I live my life on the ropes n***a f** the P.O I leave you dead with the bustas Real n***as gone love us We make crack with the k**ers and sell dope to the country n***a n***a outlaws and dealers tattoo and k**ers n***as bout it with millions now the world gone feel this I'm staying TRU to the game you b**hes callin' my name Mama told me to change its ghetto blood in my vein See I got love for thugs never mix s** with d** My enemy in blood when I come bury me a thug Henessy and weed be a ball with desert These shirts and kakis is how we work Hypnotized by change after fortune and fame I roll 20's and thangs rolex and change but uh.. (Chorus)(2X) Mama always told me (told me) But papa never showed me (showed me) So I live the life of a thug And all I wanna do is smoke weed, ride, and sell d** Right from the edge k**er n***a gone off coke Brown sticky dope makin' n***as turn on their folks Ain't now rules, fools rush in but don't come out So many n***as round my way die runnin' their mouth Fairy tales are for children we ain't story book livin' South streets be bloody from all the shootin' and k**in' Villians ride for similac and crack and smack And its a fact all k**ers ain't inner city blacks My homies have to serve on blocks that's hot with cops With rocks and stacks and be packed to get their scraps I don't knock it cuz if my pocket starts to lose weight You can find me on I-10 tryin' move weight My mama on her knees prayin' givin' god her time While I'm on the streets hustlin' tryin' gettin' what's mine Am I wrong am I right got can only determine I can only live my life and life is for learnin' check it (Chorus)(4X) Mama always told me (told me) But papa never showed me (showed me) So i live the life of a thug And all I wanna do is smoke weed, ride, and sell d**