[Verse 1: Skinny Pimp]
Time for me to act like a psychopathic lunatic
Some people don't believe that I can get ignorant
Ignorant is just a simple way of bein' crazy
Crazy make me wanna bust a cap and dick Tracy
I see a n***a high cappin' like he's big time
Big time make me wanna go and get my TEC-9
9 is the weapon I'll be usin' when I go broke
Broke make me wanna rob a n***a for his money and dope
Dope is the substance that'll keep a junkie comin' back
Back to the track, for some crack another proper blast
Blastin' a junkie, caught me 'cause I got 'em paranoid
Paranoid is how I get when I see a blue boy
Blue boys, blue boys, what you gonna do?
You about to slip trick, n***a, pistol pointed at your dick
Bitch-ass n***as make me wanna act insane
What's up, mane?
N***as in the hood ain't changed

[Chorus: Michel'le]
He was once a thug from around the—
He was once a thug from around the—
He was once a thug from around the—
He was once a thug from around the way

[Verse 2: Skinny Pimp]
I be what you call a crazy motherfucker
Fuck a sucka up when I reach for my fuckin' Glock
Glock's in my drawers, with a cop of hollow point tip
Tip on a sucker, kind of slow, with a tight grip
Slip if you want and I'll put you in a body can
Pass me a sucker in the grave 'cause I'm in a daze
Dazed off the onion, onion, in my fuckin' memory
Memory of Scrooge McDuck, make me wanna stick 'em up
Stick 'em up, raised up your hand and drop it off, son
Son of a bitch didn't even not have shit
Shit like that make me wanna act insane
So what's up, mane?
N***as in the hood ain't changed
[Verse 3: 211]
Pull the trigger with a hell of a blast
Blastin' some lead in your motherfuckin' ass
Killing motherfuckers like a hobby or somethin'
Somethin' like a funeral every day for the bodies I'm dropping
Watchin' them n***as jumpin', jerkin', bullets plunge in their chest
Bow down, bitch, and fuck a bullet-proof vest
I'm shootin' teflon, n***a
N***a wanna ass whoopin' won't you trip and bust you with the bat
Yeah, I caught you slippin'
For you punk motherfuckers that gang bang
Sign your tombstone
N***as in the hood ain't changed

[Chorus: Michel'le]
He was once a thug from around the—
He was once a thug from around the—
He was once a thug from around the—
He was once a thug from around the way