So you wanna be a gangsta, bang to death Shoot to kill, represent your set Ride around in a low rider No matter how hard they can go You can go harder Never scared to get down, quickly bust your Mac Enemies get dealt with, never tuck your flag Stay dusted, high as a motherfucker Get that working, lay down another buster And the game, it don't matter, it becomes your wife Ink in your skin cause this shits for life Pledge your life to the hood, nigga, you ain't cut for this Motherfucker, you cant fuck with this You wanna be a gangsta You wanna be a gangsta You wanna be a gangsta You wanna be a gangsta You wanna be a gangsta Yo, that shit looks sweet You wanna be a gangsta Kakis and chucks in your feet You wanna be a gangsta The neighborhoods elite You wanna be a gangsta You gonna die in the streets You don't know a thing about this Too many fucking rap songs They got you on the pay, this is your last song You sit behind a keyboard and you pretend you hard as fuck But you must've been hood, get your ass sold up And if you want to, boy, don't have to look too hard You can listen to me or fuck a prison guard Get caught in this world, gang banging is no fucking game Fuck around in the killers fields and get blown out the frame I want you to listen to me And pay fucking attention If you ain't from the hood Stay the fuck out of the hood You wanna be a gangsta You wanna be a gangsta You wanna be a gangsta You wanna be a gangsta You wanna be a gangsta Yo, that shit looks sweet You wanna be a gangsta Kakis and chucks in your feet You wanna be a gangsta The neighborhoods elite You wanna be a gangsta You gonna die in the streets