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).