And I still didn't change but they don't here me though
I said fuck that, I'ma get paid
Mama, how you figure?
To lessin' they charge boy
Even with the police and they money on my head
I'm stuck in the game, deep in the game
I'm a nigga destined for pain
I'm a nigga destined for pain
I be duckin' from the Fed's they be trippin' on my lady
Me, moms and the kids stuck at home
Takin' pictures of my bed and the way I lay my head
Some on the set tryin' to set me up and wet me up
Keep it real, guard yo grill, I do em' like Mike Vick
Mama, how you figure?
And work my way to a Key
Mama, how you figure?
I'm searchin' for some better days
I'm from New Orleans where we be ballin'
If that's ya fall partner, you gone fall partner
Mama, how you figure?
I'm a nigga destined for pain
(You ain't never gonna change)
But these days I be's like I don't give a fuck
Keep it on the low-low, pass me the dow-dow
I see through you, you use to be tru to
Mama, how you figure?
Somebody tell me why, why they wanna take my place?
Is there a heaven for a thug with thug ways?
Mama, how you figure?
(You ain't never gonna change)
I'm a nigga destined for pain
I'm on some 'bout it, 'bout it shit, I got a rowdy, rowdy clique
Tru to you but never tru to tru
Where you at, Los?
Did you heard what I said?
My future's gettin' dim, my chances gettin' slim
But I'm still proud to be the black man standin' in the crowd
Mama, how you figure?
Mama, how you figure?
Papa was a Rollin' Stone, papa wasn't home
(You ain't never gonna change)
Fuck fame, I ain't never gone change
(It's murda)
(You ain't never gonna change)
But the color of my skin, really did me in
I'm a nigga destined for pain
Make moves with thugs
Lookin' for some leadway, lookin' for a free day
I'm a nigga destined for pain
I represent that, whom never resent that
I'm a nigga destined for pain
I'm steady rappin' and they steady attackin'
Will I forever be behind bars lookin' out the window?
Disrespect boy, that's a no-no
(You ain't never gonna change)
Listen to the lyrics, boy, the streets be callin'
Rough, rugged, raw uncut
Mama, how you figure?
(You ain't never gonna change)
Ya best friend a bust ya brains or they'll take a stand
I'll bring you back to reality, hey
We can all get buck, that's my mentality
The game ain't the same no more, nigga's done changed
I be's a tru nigga, til' I'm dead
Make moves where niggas show me love
(You ain't never gonna change)
It's cool playboy, I feel ya pain, I'm still in chains
(You ain't never gonna change)
I'm a nigga destined for pain
'Cause I'ma hustla, Jack of the Jacka's
Up early in the mornin' runnin' out the crack house
You could put a needle in my arm and life still goes on
I'ma get me a ticket to the streets
I'm a nigga destined for pain
I'm thinkin' bout my kinfolk
(You ain't never gonna change)
The Grimm Reaper, tried to blow my back out, you feel me
I'm in the courthouse, starin' at the D.A.
