| Ooohh, Yeaahhh | |
| Ehhh, Oooh | |
| Oh, Oh Oh | |
| Chorus: I say a thug needs love too (thugs need love too) | |
| I say a thuuggg neeeedsss.. | |
| I say a thug needs love too | |
| Even a thuuggg neeeedsss love .... | |
| Verse 1: You’d rather take your house and make it out a trap (out a trap) | |
| Whatever just to make me happy | |
| And now a days | |
| I could easily say | |
| I apologize for treating you so badly (sorry) | |
| It felt like you just threw me away (what) 14 let em come take me away (yeah) | |
| But you aint raise me to hold no grudge | |
| So it is what it it is , cuz it was what it was | |
| You wanted me to be better than my daddy (my daddy) | |
| I aint seen him in so long | |
| But I love, the love, | |
| I get from my kids (when) | |
| Every single night, when | |
| I get home | |
| Tough love(tough love) | |
| I like that (I like that) | |
| Thanks to you, | |
| Im back on track | |
| And I aint too gangsta to tell you this (What) | |
| Mama, you know | |
| I love you for that | |
| Chorus: I say a thug needs love too (thugs need love too) | |
| I say a thuuggg neeeedsss.. | |
| I say a thug needs love too | |
| Even a thuuggg neeeedsss love .... | |
| I say a thug needs love too | |
| I say a thuuggg neeeedsss.. | |
| I say a thug needs love too | |
| Even a thuuggg neeeedsss love .... | |
| Verse 2: They say the going get tough | |
| Then the tough get going (But what you do) | |
| But you stood 10 tall, not even knowing | |
| None of us knew the outcome was gonna be (What we knew) | |
| All we knew was they accusing me of selling the | |
| G’s They had in the can, | |
| Baby you never missed a court date(never) | |
| Every single visit in there, you there to support me | |
| And when I came home, | |
| I aint have to leave, | |
| You made sure | |
| I had everything that | |
| I need I took a | |
| L with the sack, | |
| You let me bounce back (aye what she is) | |
| Shes a definite blessing, | |
| I gotta count that (thank you) | |
| Friends told you that | |
| I was bad news, | |
| Ran with a bad crew, said | |
| Ima bad dude (what you do) | |
| And over them you chose | |
| Rock, so no matter what | |
| I got, you got (what you say) | |
| Over them you chose a thug, so its only right for me to show you some love | |
| Chorus: I say a thug needs love too (thugs need love too) | |
| I say a thuuggg neeeedsss.. | |
| I say a thug needs love too | |
| Even a thuuggg neeeedsss love .... | |
| I say a thug needs love too | |
| I say a thuuggg neeeedsss.. | |
| I say a thug needs love too | |
| Even a thuuggg neeeedsss love .... | |
| Verse 3: I still got all the clothes you made for me | |
| And everything you taught me always stayed with me | |
| You was always at church, while | |
| I stayed in the streets | |
| I think the only reason | |
| Im here is cuz you prayed for me | |
| You showed me right from wrong , taught me bout the power of tongue | |
| That’s why | |
| I keep it real no matter what, in all of my songs | |
| Found them guns in your house, you coulda put me out | |
| But you didn’t cuz you knew what thug life was about | |
| So you kept me in your prayers kept on giving me hugs | |
| Kept on telling its more than life to selling these drugs | |
| You know you hate the simple fact your grandbabys a thug | |
| But no matter what | |
| I did, you still gave me your love | |
| Chorus: I say a thug needs love too (thugs need love too) | |
| I say a thuuggg neeeedsss.. | |
| I say a thug needs love too | |
| Even a thuuggg neeeedsss love .... | |
| I say a thug needs love too | |
| I say a thuuggg neeeedsss.. | |
| I say a thug needs love too | |
| Even a thuuggg neeeedsss love .... |
| Ooohh, Yeaahhh | |
| Ehhh, Oooh | |
| Oh, Oh Oh | |
| Chorus: I say a thug needs love too thugs need love too | |
| I say a thuuggg neeeedsss.. | |
| I say a thug needs love too | |
| Even a thuuggg neeeedsss love .... | |
| Verse 1: You' d rather take your house and make it out a trap out a trap | |
| Whatever just to make me happy | |
| And now a days | |
| I could easily say | |
| I apologize for treating you so badly sorry | |
| It felt like you just threw me away what 14 let em come take me away yeah | |
| But you aint raise me to hold no grudge | |
| So it is what it it is , cuz it was what it was | |
| You wanted me to be better than my daddy my daddy | |
| I aint seen him in so long | |
| But I love, the love, | |
| I get from my kids when | |
| Every single night, when | |
| I get home | |
| Tough love tough love | |
| I like that I like that | |
| Thanks to you, | |
| Im back on track | |
| And I aint too gangsta to tell you this What | |
| Mama, you know | |
| I love you for that | |
| Chorus: I say a thug needs love too thugs need love too | |
| I say a thuuggg neeeedsss.. | |
| I say a thug needs love too | |
| Even a thuuggg neeeedsss love .... | |
| I say a thug needs love too | |
| I say a thuuggg neeeedsss.. | |
| I say a thug needs love too | |
| Even a thuuggg neeeedsss love .... | |
| Verse 2: They say the going get tough | |
| Then the tough get going But what you do | |
| But you stood 10 tall, not even knowing | |
| None of us knew the outcome was gonna be What we knew | |
| All we knew was they accusing me of selling the | |
| G' s They had in the can, | |
| Baby you never missed a court date never | |
| Every single visit in there, you there to support me | |
| And when I came home, | |
| I aint have to leave, | |
| You made sure | |
| I had everything that | |
| I need I took a | |
| L with the sack, | |
| You let me bounce back aye what she is | |
| Shes a definite blessing, | |
| I gotta count that thank you | |
| Friends told you that | |
| I was bad news, | |
| Ran with a bad crew, said | |
| Ima bad dude what you do | |
| And over them you chose | |
| Rock, so no matter what | |
| I got, you got what you say | |
| Over them you chose a thug, so its only right for me to show you some love | |
| Chorus: I say a thug needs love too thugs need love too | |
| I say a thuuggg neeeedsss.. | |
| I say a thug needs love too | |
| Even a thuuggg neeeedsss love .... | |
| I say a thug needs love too | |
| I say a thuuggg neeeedsss.. | |
| I say a thug needs love too | |
| Even a thuuggg neeeedsss love .... | |
| Verse 3: I still got all the clothes you made for me | |
| And everything you taught me always stayed with me | |
| You was always at church, while | |
| I stayed in the streets | |
| I think the only reason | |
| Im here is cuz you prayed for me | |
| You showed me right from wrong , taught me bout the power of tongue | |
| That' s why | |
| I keep it real no matter what, in all of my songs | |
| Found them guns in your house, you coulda put me out | |
| But you didn' t cuz you knew what thug life was about | |
| So you kept me in your prayers kept on giving me hugs | |
| Kept on telling its more than life to selling these drugs | |
| You know you hate the simple fact your grandbabys a thug | |
| But no matter what | |
| I did, you still gave me your love | |
| Chorus: I say a thug needs love too thugs need love too | |
| I say a thuuggg neeeedsss.. | |
| I say a thug needs love too | |
| Even a thuuggg neeeedsss love .... | |
| I say a thug needs love too | |
| I say a thuuggg neeeedsss.. | |
| I say a thug needs love too | |
| Even a thuuggg neeeedsss love .... |
| Ooohh, Yeaahhh | |
| Ehhh, Oooh | |
| Oh, Oh Oh | |
| Chorus: I say a thug needs love too thugs need love too | |
| I say a thuuggg neeeedsss.. | |
| I say a thug needs love too | |
| Even a thuuggg neeeedsss love .... | |
| Verse 1: You' d rather take your house and make it out a trap out a trap | |
| Whatever just to make me happy | |
| And now a days | |
| I could easily say | |
| I apologize for treating you so badly sorry | |
| It felt like you just threw me away what 14 let em come take me away yeah | |
| But you aint raise me to hold no grudge | |
| So it is what it it is , cuz it was what it was | |
| You wanted me to be better than my daddy my daddy | |
| I aint seen him in so long | |
| But I love, the love, | |
| I get from my kids when | |
| Every single night, when | |
| I get home | |
| Tough love tough love | |
| I like that I like that | |
| Thanks to you, | |
| Im back on track | |
| And I aint too gangsta to tell you this What | |
| Mama, you know | |
| I love you for that | |
| Chorus: I say a thug needs love too thugs need love too | |
| I say a thuuggg neeeedsss.. | |
| I say a thug needs love too | |
| Even a thuuggg neeeedsss love .... | |
| I say a thug needs love too | |
| I say a thuuggg neeeedsss.. | |
| I say a thug needs love too | |
| Even a thuuggg neeeedsss love .... | |
| Verse 2: They say the going get tough | |
| Then the tough get going But what you do | |
| But you stood 10 tall, not even knowing | |
| None of us knew the outcome was gonna be What we knew | |
| All we knew was they accusing me of selling the | |
| G' s They had in the can, | |
| Baby you never missed a court date never | |
| Every single visit in there, you there to support me | |
| And when I came home, | |
| I aint have to leave, | |
| You made sure | |
| I had everything that | |
| I need I took a | |
| L with the sack, | |
| You let me bounce back aye what she is | |
| Shes a definite blessing, | |
| I gotta count that thank you | |
| Friends told you that | |
| I was bad news, | |
| Ran with a bad crew, said | |
| Ima bad dude what you do | |
| And over them you chose | |
| Rock, so no matter what | |
| I got, you got what you say | |
| Over them you chose a thug, so its only right for me to show you some love | |
| Chorus: I say a thug needs love too thugs need love too | |
| I say a thuuggg neeeedsss.. | |
| I say a thug needs love too | |
| Even a thuuggg neeeedsss love .... | |
| I say a thug needs love too | |
| I say a thuuggg neeeedsss.. | |
| I say a thug needs love too | |
| Even a thuuggg neeeedsss love .... | |
| Verse 3: I still got all the clothes you made for me | |
| And everything you taught me always stayed with me | |
| You was always at church, while | |
| I stayed in the streets | |
| I think the only reason | |
| Im here is cuz you prayed for me | |
| You showed me right from wrong , taught me bout the power of tongue | |
| That' s why | |
| I keep it real no matter what, in all of my songs | |
| Found them guns in your house, you coulda put me out | |
| But you didn' t cuz you knew what thug life was about | |
| So you kept me in your prayers kept on giving me hugs | |
| Kept on telling its more than life to selling these drugs | |
| You know you hate the simple fact your grandbabys a thug | |
| But no matter what | |
| I did, you still gave me your love | |
| Chorus: I say a thug needs love too thugs need love too | |
| I say a thuuggg neeeedsss.. | |
| I say a thug needs love too | |
| Even a thuuggg neeeedsss love .... | |
| I say a thug needs love too | |
| I say a thuuggg neeeedsss.. | |
| I say a thug needs love too | |
| Even a thuuggg neeeedsss love .... |