(Do what you gotta do)
(Do what you gotta do)
Either repent and get saved or put some food on your table for now
(Do what you gotta do)
So come and get the paper, paper, before you die, die
Rustle up what you can, gotta feed your babies
(We're ready for war)
We're T H U G's
The street mentality, it's do what you gotta do
(We're ready for war)
Street people
They out to pinch ya bullshit you not [unverified] killin'
The street mentality, it's do what you gotta do
And he'll take yours if his ain't right and I can't stop 'em
The street mentality, it's do what you gotta do
Street people
Street people
The system givin it to you 'cause it's guilt on they conscience
While you walkin', he on sixteen switches ain't that a bitch?
(Hold on, hold on)
It ain't easy tryin' to stay alive, some people out
And this is my mentality for fuckin' with the street life, street life
(Ghetto love, ghetto love I can feel that ghetto love, ghetto love)
Real fuckin' soldiers, soldiers, soldiers, we soldiers
(Do what you gotta do)
For killin' these muthafuckas tryin' to tamper with my family
This verse is for my ghetto queens
Y'all really been payin' attention 'cause it's 1999, ohh
Especially when you're gone off of the Sherm
But hold on 'fore you start fightin'
'Cause at the rate I'm goin', pretty soon they'll try to ban me
Now they got me runnin' from these po-po's tryin' to jam me
Somebody better 'em we the T H U G's
Keepin' it real on the street
All my people be them niggas with an attitude
Cause if niggas think you're rich, you gon be got
To get you nothin' we been poor long enough and I know
There smokin' crack, my people workin' 9 to 5, just doin’ it right
You could give a fuck about a nigga flossin'
The street mentality, it's do what you gotta do
All my people be them niggas with an attitude
Street people
(We're ready for war)
Though people comin' around, we gon thug
We keep on bailin' through the stress
Street people
Real fuckin' soldiers, soldiers, soldiers, we soldiers
(We're ready for war)
(Get on up, get on up)
You would scheme on somethin'
(People)
The street mentality, it's do what you gotta do
Or knock 'em, but yo, I wouldn't even try, though
Take the welfare, fuck it
Real strong, hold on 'cause it won't be long before
Real fuckin' soldiers, soldiers, soldiers, we soldiers
So where the thugs at? Gimme some of that ghetto love
Speakin' of violence, I see, you got to keep a pistol
Real fuckin' soldiers, soldiers, soldiers, we soldiers
(We're ready for war)
Handle yourself your own business don't wait on that nigga
(Strugglin', man)
(We're ready for war)
(Do what you gotta do)
Doin' what the fuck they gotta do to make their money
Somebody better 'em we the T H U G's
(We're ready for war)
All my people be them niggas with an attitude
Street people
Do what it takes, but that's the brakes
I gotta give it up to all my thugstas, we're street people
And all the rest of the shit that's goin' on
Let's roll, let's roll
(People)
And all the thugs, the hustlas, the gangstas, the playas, pimps
All my people be them niggas with an attitude
All my people be them niggas with an attitude
But that's life this shit ain't nothin' nice
(Do what you gotta do)
When it's over, then I be a full-time soldier
If I make it out of the game with all my sanity
All my people be them niggas with an attitude
All my people be them niggas with an attitude
(So, so, just one)
The street mentality, it's do what you gotta do
The street mentality, it's do what you gotta do
(Ghetto love)
(People)
Get paid, fuck the fame, get out quickly, understand me?
The roof off the mother, shoot the motherfuckers, I'm serious
But I told them muthafuckas not to try to test my manly
(I told you)
Tryin' to come up and get them better things
(People)
We're T H U G's
Come on, put it out there, pump, pump, pump police
Now, if y'all feelin' me let's get down and tear
(Somethin', yeah)
Really ain't doin' a nigga any favors
I see my sisters out there hustlin', man
(No more, no more)
Particularly cheddar cheese, make that money
Don't let your enemy lock your mind too and I hope
(People)
We're not pretendin', don't y'all remember?
They treat us like animals, let's attack 'em like beasts
(Babies, yeah)
And mean business, ready to pump pump and ride, you with it?
(People)
(Street life)
(People)
All my people be them niggas with an attitude
'Cause Bible say, "Hey, either repent or you will die"
(Ooh, ooh, yeah)
(We're ready for war)
Street people
Because of the pump and it drives us to the point of no return
So, choose one
Work, work, work, whatever your occupation
(Don't let 'em fool you, no)
Niggas they practice what they preach, stayin'
(Do what you gotta do)
(Make that money)
Don't let 'em fool you
As long as you bringin' home the bacon, bacon, bacon
I dedicate this to the niggas in the hood
(Where they at? Where they at? Where they at?)
I'm really not trippin' on this rappin' no more
Them niggas with an attitude, let's stop the killin'
True until they die, niggas still strong
(People)
The strugglin' days is long gone, hold on, be strong
Street people
'Cause I know it won't last too much longer
We're strugglin' just like you to make a livin'
The street mentality, it's do what you gotta do
(Do what you gotta do)
Let's brighten up the action scene, pass me the gasoline
