Intro -

Yeah;

Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;

This is the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;

This is Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;

the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;

1st Verse -

The plan;

to take a command of the whole family;

though underhanded;

to be the man it was planned;

all my roaddogz;

official mob figgaz love to act up;

the first to bomb when we rob niggaz - I can be;

lost in my own mind;

to be the boss only thought's grippin chrome nines;

niggaz get tossed up;

war scars, battlefield memories;

swore I saw the devil in my empty glass of hennessey;

talkin to a nigga on a tight leash;

screamin fuck tha police;

as I ride through the night streets;

little child runnin wild;

towards danger;

what's the cause;

don't be alarmed;

death to all strangers;

maybe I'm a madman;

a pistol grabbin nigga - unleash the sandman;

promise a merciless retaliation;

nothin' is colder;

close your eyes - hear the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;

Hook 1 -

(singing)

Thug 4 Life I will be;

(2Pac)

this is the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;

(singing)

a life of crime I will lead;

(2Pac)

close your eyes and hear the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;

(singing)

if you play the game, you play to win;

(2Pac)

this is the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;

(singing)

it's a crazy world full of sin;

(2Pac)

close your eyes;

2nd Verse -

Completely lost;

revenge at all cost;

payback's a bitch - switch now the trick's crossed;

tossed up and never to be heard of;

a single witness screamin' bloody murda - murda;

blast - tell me homie whatcha see now;

a blind man and a dead body;

I'm ready to leave town;

and get my cash though;

hook up with Kastro;

homie had to blast on the task force;

stupid coppers tried to play us out;

remember that;

they took my money and my stash;

time to get 'em back; (Pac laughs)

upon my secret arrival;

two glock four-fives time for survival;

death to my rivals;

tell me what you want lord;

nobody ever laughed after the death of a drug lord; (Pac laughs)

the situation's critical;

nothin' is colder;

than hearin' the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;

Hook 2 -

(singing)

Thug 4 Life I will be;

(2Pac)

this is the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;

(singing)

a life of crime I will lead;

(2Pac)

close your eyes and hear the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;

(singing)

if you play the game, you play to win;

(2Pac)

this is a Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;

(singing)

it's a crazy world full of sin;

(2Pac)

c-c-c-close your eyes and hear the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;

3rd Verse -

Big coward put your hands to the moon;

when my glocks rang out;

the niggaz came out - boom;

who wanna see me in a challenge?;

so merciless I'm terrifyin' niggaz in my ballads;

do you feel me?;

coppo a copper time;

one day I'll be the don;

until then remain strong;

my only fear of death is reincarnation;

bustin' at my adversaries like a mental patient;

to all my niggaz facin' sixty years;

sheddin' tattoo tears another suicide out on the pier;

takin' private planes tryin' to survive the game;

for all my homies that'll never be alive again;

all they promise us is death nigga;

take a breath - could be the last one left nigga;

it's real now;

feel it and fantasize;

ain't nothin' colder;

listen you could hear it;

the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;

Hook 3 -

(singing)

Thug 4 Life I will be;

(2Pac)

this is the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;

(singing)

the life of crime I will lead;

(2Pac)

c-c-c-close your eyes - hear the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;

(singing)

if you play the game, you play to win;

(2Pac)

this is the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;

(singing)

it's a crazy world full of sin;

(2Pac)

c-c-c-close your eyes and hear the Ballad Of A Dead Soulja;

Outro -

(2Pac)

this go out to Kato, Mental;

all the niggaz that done passed away;

(this is the Ballad of A Dead Soulja)

Mutulu;

Geronimo;

all the down ass ridahs;

all the niggaz that put it down;

all the souljas;

all the niggaz that go through that day-to-day struggle;

(this is the Ballad of A Dead Soulja)

all the niggaz that passed on;

all the niggaz with ambition and money in they heart;

all the niggaz that want some and that don't take none; (Pac laughs)

(this is the Ballad of A Dead Soulja);

police is so scared of us;

oh the feds? they aware of us;

they wanna see us dead;

they got pictures of a nigga head;

(Ballad of A Dead Soulja)

tryin' to see me in chains;

shit - them niggaz'll never breath again;

before they put me in a cell they'll see me in hell;

(cause it's the Ballad of A Dead Soulja)

got my pistols cocked;

run the whole muthafuckin' block;

fuck the cops;

the police? we run these streets, nigga;

(they heard the Ballad of A Dead Soulja)

these niggaz can't see me;

half the world wanna be me;

multi-millionaire - shit it ain't fair;

but nigga, you know

(it's the Ballad of A Dead Soulja)

(it's the Ballad of A Dead Soulja)