T.H.U.G. (True Hero Under God)

[Z-Ro] 24/7, I'm in trouble for nothing To the laws on the topic, of they daily discussion Blood pumping and rushing, I gotta struggle to survive I be rapping, but I can do with a nine to five Long as it be legal, I be will to try All I need is a pair of wings, I be willing to fly Trying to get a piece of the pie, and ain't I taking I work for it I be doing right, but I'm being punished on Earth for it What else can I do, to make it on this scene Seem like whatever I do, will get me up in prison Never see me on the corner, never caught me with crack Got a dream of leaving the ghetto, and ain't coming back Homicide detectives, trying to threaten me with some time Only thing I ever murdered, was college ruled lines It's a pattern of punishment, in America's design Arrested and incarcerated for other peoples crimes, it's so amazing [Hook] Sometime one time, stereotype me The jewelry, and gold teeth They swear, I've got to be running drugs But I am just a man, trying to Satan free Through hell, is where they're taking me I swear it's so amazing, to be a thug A True Hero Under God's sight, from above [Z-Ro] Everyday, I see my people in poverty And when I say my people, I mean everybody I see And no discrimination, on Caucasian or Asian Or Mexican, Samoan, lesbians or the gay men Everybody got a day to die, and they won't miss it Better be ready for company, when death come visit Man I wish Adam and Eve, wouldn't been in the garden Now the devil swinging at me, got me weaving and bobbing Homies are being murdered, by lieutenants to sergeants Like weeds, we uprooted just as soon we harvest Searching for sunshine, suffocated by darkness Looking for protection, in God's heavenly fortress They tell me when I make it, there'll be no more pain Ain't gotta be nervous, about somebody knowing your name Everybody is your family, it's love around you Even on earth, God is your upper when people down you so amazing [Hook] Am I cursed, while on this earth Cause I can't find, better days But still, I give the Lord praise Even though, these pirates request my blood But I am just a man, trying to stay Satan free Through hell, is where they're taking me I swear it's so amazing, to be a thug A True Hero Under God's sight, from above [Z-Ro] The weight of my stress, is like a fifty ton boulder Making my head heavy, can't be lifted by my shoulders No wonder why my head down, I be thinking too hard And be smoking like a tail pipe, and drinking too hard I decided to give it up, and give it to God Instead of living in the world, I'mma live in the Lord Gave up cussing this time, while I'm spitting my bars With a vision of me in prison, that vision is fraud Investigators cooking the case, cooking too hard I know they know I didn't do it, cause they looking for Claude Nobody hollin' at me, got me feeling like an outlaw Had a case against a brother, but I broke it apart No weapon formed against me sha'll prosper, if it's written Even though machetes be cutting, and guns be spitting I got a Satan proof vest on, stopping the devil head on With Jesus I'mma stop him, that's some'ing you can bet on amazing [Hook] Sometime one time, stereotype me The jewelry, and gold teeth They swear, I've got to be running drugs But I am just a man, trying to stay Satan free Through hell, is where they're taking me I swear it's so amazing, to be a thug A True Hero Under God's sight, from above