thats why thugs never cry

live by the sword, die by the sword, believe in the lord, and the laws of the lord, and when you ride for the cause, keep an eye on the cause, you ever lose sight, and you blind as a mole, we must decide if they rise, decide if they fall, alive with the light, you can shine on 'em all, we all designed to be strong, sometimes we'll be right, and sometimes we'll be wrong, we must weather the storm, it's the design of it all, we'll never know it all, just love one another and honor father and mother, when you kind you'll see it grow, with hate you'll never know, it's crawled up outta the gutter, the thoughts the spirit help us, when you find you're in a hole, you search you're inner soul, you search to get the truth, and you find you're way to go, it's the design of it all, you'll find what it means, a struggle to succeed when life is like a dream, that's why the thugs never cry, from the thunder and rain, just look into my eyes, that's why the thugs never cry, the world is a ghetto, we gots to stay alive, that's why the thugs never cry, we're hoping for change and puffin' on some?, that's why the thugs never cry, bizzy is back, only the strong survive, so wipe the tears with a sleave, and just 'cause you believe, one day you gon have what you want, what you gonna be, when the winds don't blow, and god don't make mo', keep an eye on the stone, and oh, just remember, the world gets dark, and you carry your heart, just open up your opens eyes, and insipre the whole art, from the birds to the bees, the snakes and the trees, the lakes and the sea, the brakes in the sea, and when the tide ship down, and nobodies around, ain't nothing to be found, and uh. i don't make a sound, no nobody and no preasance and yes you're? the essance, of creation in the making and the patiance of the satans, ever blessings queen, message to a king, and a gift to a prince, like a gift to a ring, for the love of a slave, yes adam and eve, a slave that loved god before she bit the tree, if you do then you?, you don't then you?, you ever been in that situation without a plan?, and if you tried and you can't, just get up out the streets, and hustle to get your money, and make sure that you be that, i go to church and see sin, get punched in the chin, and a brother saves his brother, you'll never do it again, and the child drinking hen, and you're mad at his dad, i'm in the army just to keep this whole world in harmony, it ain't nothing like shaq, whose dad walked out, who never knew he'd grow and ride and make it out, it's like god and the sun, a flower and a bun, a tower and a plane, that never destroyed none, it's the design of it all, the time of it all, the crime of it all, and the life of it all, pick up your eyes to the sky, and never ask why, you really know the answers and i,