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)