[Intro: 2Pac] The only way I've been practicing my whole life is to be responsible for what I do. I don't know how to be responsible for what every black male did. I don't know. Yes I am gonna say that I'm a thug, that's because I came from the gutter and I'm still here [Verse 1: Gla**es Malone] I'm a mothaf**in' thug, I hate payin' taxes Just hate it, I'm tryna f** a couple actresses If I don't got it I'ma make it Still don't got it, I'ma take it Run that sh**, take your sh**, that's what I won't do Out here doin' what I want to n***a you do what you can That's the difference, I'm a mothaf**in' man I'm a man, n***a, and as a man I don't take dick I don't do Versace, that's that gay sh** Yeah I said it, I'm a thug I'm a thug, n***a, guess I need a mothaf**in' hug Well dig my mama up and tell her give me one Lot of n***as say they're real, I'm the realest one I'm the realest, this exactly how I'm feelin', bruh Ain't no chillin', bruh [Hook: Gla**es Malone] I'm a motherf**in' thug I'm a motherf**in' thug I'm a motherf**in' thug I'm a motherf**in' thug I'm a motherf**in' thug [Verse 2: k**er Mike] I'm a thug, the conditions I'm living It's got me condition for prison, the condition for k**ing The condition that we put kids in, often poverty stricken And even they're education becomes a pipeline to prison Simply a tool used for ma** incarceration Call it the new plantation, call it new era slavery Call the court system racist, call it just what it is A plot and plan for paper that punish the poorest kids O'Reilly, Hannity, Limbaugh, Geraldo know what it is But they be on that f** boy sh**, blaming your kids Don Lemon too, Wolf Blitzer three I often wish I can have a sit down with every C and every B And help them see we not enemies And that includes fraternities with their college degree I'm part drug kingpin mixed with Booker T I'm whatever Blacks need me to be [Hook: Gla**es Malone] [Verse 3: Kendrick Lamar] Sometimes I look in the mirror and ask myself what I'm scared of How dare the media portray me this way, I can hear the Crowd screaming, the weirdest of chants, they all in my ear-a All that's an error, role model I can't It's like I'm a parrot, apparently I'm marking the dance I've seen done with the devil, such a ghetto romance How many n***as fall victim, looking at you trapped in the system Mentally they kept you in prison, and you won't get out, no one visit Open up your mouth no one listen, you in denial, n***a I'm in denial with you, I dial dead homies numbers off this liquor Time and time again I find myself inside the cerebellum Of several felons, Orion's belt couldn't live in my world I seen tigers, lions let loose and spooked, I'm next door to Earl I guess I rely on Jesus to save us before I refer The madness, my neighbors witness ski masks The ma**es don't know I'm packing this four and hara**ing your ho Antagonizing the business you love the most See the difference to my approach is a 40 ounce at the store If a forty bounce to get low, I never learn, I'm hard-headed The corporate world don't like it, but I said it [Hook: Gla**es Malone] [Bridge: Kendrick Lamar] Look in my eyes, what do you see? God Orion lives in me Look in my eyes, what do you see? God Orion lives in me [Outro: Kendrick Lamar] Thug, thug, all I ever was Look around, all I ever done Thug, thug, all I ever was Look around, all I ever done Thug, thug, all I ever was Look around, all I ever done Thug, thug, all I ever was Look around