Maino - Definition of a Thug

{verse 1}
Yo i come from a broken home, had to hold my own
I was fourteen, dog, in the cold, alone
Had to eat, i stole, the streets got my soul
They keep telling me that i ain't gon' live to be grown
Couldn't sleep at home, when the beef was on
Had to man up, strap up and keep the chrome
Lot of my friends is gone, got to keep it going
I'm on to that block, it's where the crack rocks is sold
Guess my mother was high cause my father was high
So i'm twisting up weed, nigga, i'm getting high
See the look in my eyes, i'm just trying to survive
I'm still running, cops coming, trying to swallow my lye
But i'm still getting mines, rats still dropping dimes
Oh, lord, keep it real in these streets, i'm trying
Man i'm far from a giant, with a heart of a lion
I won't bend and won't fold 'til the day that i'm dying

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Definition of a thug
I'mma grind and do what i have to
I'mma kill a nigga if i have to
Definition of a thug
Whatever happens, it'll just happen
I ain't no snitch, i ain't ratting
Definition of a thug
All i want is mines in stacks
Daydreaming with the nine on my lap
Definition of a thug
Til the day the lord come for me
Even if the world don't love me
Nigga i'm a thug

{verse 2}
Caught me in real charge, look how it's real, y'all
Can't see the moon from inside of my cell bars
I'm in the jail yard with muslims and real gods
Bloods and niggas that (?...) real hard
At times it feels odd, i ask if it's still god
Nigga front, i'mma hit his neck with a steel rod
I'm going home, y'all, sometimes i feels far
No matter how you look in my face i'm still scarred
I'm coming back down like i was in trap down
Let the whole hood know this nigga is back now
It's going back down, my yankee cap down
Niggas shitted on me, let's see how they act now
I came to crack down, back with the gat now
Run up on niggas just to hear it goes rrrat now
I won't back down, i can't rap, how?
Nigga i'm a thug, better check my background

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{bridge}
Hand on the glock, man i will pop
Nigga i'm a goddamn soldier
Stand on the block, hand full of rocks
Mommy don't cry when it's over

{verse 3}
Yo, look what i've been through, more than you've been through
Take a look at me and understand my mental
Cause niggas avenge you (?...) your singles
That's what they call a whore even a man do
I'm so sinful, the shit that i'm into
None of these rappers ever been what i've been to
Thug ain't in you, so don't pretend to
I'm the definition of a dude that'll end you

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