Thugz Mansion–Nas Acoustic
Dear momma don’t cry / Your baby boy’s doin good / Tell the homies I’m in heaven / And they ain’t got hoods
[2Pac]
Shit
Tired of gettin shot at
Tired of gettin chased by the police
And arrested
Niggaz need a spot where we can kick it
A spot where we belong
That’s just for us
Niggaz ain’t gotta get all dressed up
And be Hollywood
Y’knahmean?
Where do niggaz go when we die?
Ain’t no heaven for a thug nigga
That’s why we go to thug mansion
That’s the only place where thugs get in free
And you gotta be a G
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 9
All I could see was my momma’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 family spot to kick it
Where we can drink liquor
And no one bickers over trick shit
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
The players go in fast
I got a spot for us all
So we can ball
At thug’s mansion
[J. Phoenix (& Nas)]
Every corner, every city
There’s a place
Where life’s a little easy
Little Hennessy
Laid back and cool
Every hour, cause it’s all good
Leave all the stress
From the world outside
Every wrong done
Wwill be alright
(I wanna go)
Nothin but peace
(I wanna go)
Love
(I wanna go nigga)
And street passion
Every ghetto needs a thug mansion
[Nas]
A place where death doesn’t reside
Just thugs who collide
Not to start beef
But spark trees
No cops rollin by
No policemen, no homicide
No chalk on the streets
No reason
For nobody’s momma to cry
See I’m a good guy
I’m tryin to stick around for my daughter
But if I should die
I know all of my albums support her
This whole year’s been crazy
Asked the Holy Spirit to save me
Only difference from me and Ossie Davis
Gray hair maybe
Cause I feel like my eyes
Saw too much sufferin
I’m just twenty-some-odd years
I done lost my mother
And I cried tears of joy
I know she smiles on her boy
I dream of you more
My love goes to Afeni Shakur
Cause like Ann Jones
She raised a ghetto king in a war
And just for that alone
She shouldn’t feel no pain no more
Cause one day we’ll all be together
Sippin heavnly champagne
Where angels soar
With golden wings in thug’s mansion
[J. Phoenix (& 2Pac)]
Every corner, every city
There’s a place
Where life’s a little easy
Little Hennessy
Laid back and cool
Every hour, cause it’s all good
(At thugs’s mansion)
Leave all the stress
From the world outside
Every wrong done
Wwill be alright
Nothin but peace
Love
And street passion
Every ghetto needs a thug mansion
[2Pac]
Dear momma 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
Drinkin’ 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 sho’ 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 lose with the band
Just think of 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 thug’s mansion
[J. Phoenix (& 2Pac)]
Every corner, every city
There’s a place
Where life’s a little easy
Little Hennessy
Laid back and cool
Every hour, cause it’s all good
(At thugs’s mansion)
Leave all the stress
From the world outside
Every wrong done
Wwill be alright
Nothin but peace
Love
And street passion
Every ghetto needs a thug mansion