S### TIRED-A GETTIN'
SHOT AT
TIRED-A GETTIN'
CHASED BY THE POLICE
AND ARRESTED
N##### NEED A SPOT
WHERE WE CAN KICK IT
A SPOT WE BELONG
THAT'S JUST FOR US
N##### AIN'T GOTTA
GET ALL DRESSED UP
AND BE HOLLYWOOD
YA KNOW WHAT I MEAN
WHERE DO N###### GO
WHEN WE DIE
AIN'T NO HEAVEN
FOR A THUG N####
THAT'S WHY WE GO TO
THUG MANSION
THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE
WHERE THUGS
GET IN FREE AND
YOU GOTTA BE A "G"
HEH
AT THUG MANSION
A PLACE TO SPEND
MY QUIET NIGHTS
TIME TO UNWIND
SO MUCH PRESSURE
IN THIS LIFE OF MINE
I CRY AT TIMES
I ONCE CONTEMPLATED
SUICIDE
AND WOULDA TRIED
BUT WHEN I HELD
THAT NINE
ALL I COULD SEE
WAS MY MAMA'S EYES
NO ONE KNOWS
MY STRUGGLE
THEY ONLY SEE
THE TROUBLE
NOT KNOWIN'
IT'S HARD TO CARRY ON
WHEN NO ONE LOVES YOU
PICTURE ME
INSIDE THE MISERY
OF POVERTY
NO MAN ALIVE
HAS EVER WITNESSED
STRUGGLES I SURVIVED
PRAYIN' HARD
FOR BETTER DAYS
PROMISE TO HOLD ON
ME AND MY DAWGS
AIN'T HAVE A CHOICE
BUT TO ROLL ON
WE FOUND A FOLLY SPOT
TO KICK IT
WHERE WE COULD
DRINK LIQUOR AND
NO ONE BICKERS
OVER TRICK S###
A SPOT WHERE
WE CAN SMOKE IN PEACE
AND EVEN THOUGH
WE "G"'S
WE STILL VISUALIZE
PLACES THAT WE CAN
ROLL IN PEACE
AND IN MY MIND'S EYE
I SEE THIS PLACE THAT
PLAYERS GO AND PASS IT
GOT A SPOT FOR US ALL
SO WE CAN BALL
AT THUGS MANSION
THUGS MANSION
WILL I SURVIVE
ALL THE FIGHTS
AND THE DARKNESS
TROUBLE SPARKS
THEY TELL ME HOME
IS WHERE THE HEART IS
DEAR DEPARTED
I SHED TATTOO TEARS
AND COULDN'T
SLEEP GOOD FOR
MULTIPLE YEARS
WITNESSED PEERS
CATCH GUNSHOTS
NOBODY CARES
SEEN THE
POLITICIANS BAN US
THEY'D RATHER SEE US
LOCKED IN CHAINS
PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY
THEY CAN'T STAND US
IS THERE A WAY
FOR ME TO CHANGE
OR AM I JUST A VICTIM
OF THINGS I DID
TO MAINTAIN
I NEED A PLACE
TO REST MY HEAD
WITH THE LITTLE BIT
OF HOMEBOYS
THAT REMAIN
'CAUSE ALL THE REST
DEAD
IS THERE A SPOT
FOR US TO ROLL
IF YOU FIND IT
I'LL BE RIGHT BEHIND YA
SHOW ME AND I'LL GO
HOW CAN I BE PEACEFUL
I'M COMIN'
FROM THE BOTTOM
WATCHED MY DADDY
SCREAM PEACE
WHILE THE OTHER MAN
SHOT 'IM
I NEED A HOUSE
THAT'S FULLA LOVE
WHEN I NEED TO ESCAPE
THE DEADLY PLACES
SLINGIN' DRUGS
IN THUGS MANSION
THUGS MANSION
DEAR MAMA DON'T CRY
YOUR BABY BOY'S
DOIN' GOOD
TELL THE HOMIES
I'M IN HEAVEN AND
THEY AIN'T GOT HOODS
SEEN A SHOW WITH
MARVIN GAYE LAST NIGHT
IT HAD ME SHOOK
DRIPPIN'
PEPPERMINT SCHNAPPS
WITH JACKIE WILSON
AND SAM COOKE
THEN SOME LADY NAMED
BILLIE HOLIDAY SANG
SITTIN' THERE KICKIN' IT
WITH MALCOLM
TILL THE DAY CAME
LITTLE LATASHA
SURE GROWN
TELL THE LADY
IN THE LIQUOR STORE
THAT SHE'S FORGIVEN
SO COME HOME
MAYBE IN TIME
YOU'LL UNDERSTAND
ONLY GOD CAN SAVE US
WHEN MILES DAVIS
CUTTIN' LOOSE
WITH THE BAND
JUST THINK-A
ALL THE PEOPLE
THAT YOU KNEW
IN THE PAST
THAT PASSED ON
THEY IN HEAVEN
FOUND PEACE AT LAST
PICTURE A PLACE
THAT THEY EXIST
TOGETHER
THERE HAS TO
BE A PLACE
BETTER THAN THIS
IN HEAVEN
SO RIGHT BEFORE I SLEEP
DEAR GOD
WHAT I'M ASKIN'
REMEMBER THIS FACE
SAVE ME A PLACE
IN THUGS MANSION
THUGS MANSION
THUGS MANSION
THUGS MANSION
THUGS MANSION