Thugz Mansion (Explicit Nas Acoustic)

Sh*t 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 ni**a
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 knowing 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
Praying 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 sh*t
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
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 will be alright I wanna go
Nothing but peace I wanna go love I wanna go ni**a
And street passion every ghetto needs a thug mansion
A place where death doesn't reside
Just thugs who collide
Not to start beef but spark trees
No cops rolling 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 trying 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 suffering
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
Sipping heavnly champagne
Where angels soar
With golden wings in thug's mansion
Dear momma don't cry
Your baby boy's doing 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
Dripping peppermint Schnapps
With Jackie Wilson and Sam Cooke
Then some lady named Billie Holiday
Sang sitting there kicking it with Malcolm
'Til the day came
Little LaTasha sho' grown
Tell the lady in the liquorstore 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 asking
Remember this face save me a place
In thug's mansion