[Intro: 2Pac] Yeah, Ballad of a Dead Soulja Its just the Ballad of a Dead Soulja This is the Ballad of a Dead Soulja Ballad of a Dead Soulja [2Pac] The plan to take command of the whole family Though underhanded to be the man it was planned All my road dogs official mob figures love to act up The first to bomb when we rob niggas I could be lost in my own mind To be the boss only thoughts gripping chrome nines Niggaz get tossed up war scars battle field memories Swore saw the Devil in my empty glass of Hennessy Talking to a nigga on a tight leash Screaming fuck the police as I ride through the night streets Little child running wild towards his danger What's the cause don't be alarmed death to all strangers Maybe I'm a mad man a pistol grabbing nigga Unleash the sand man Promise a merciless retaliation nothing is colder Close your eyes hear the Ballad of a Dead Soulja (Chorus) (Thug for Life I will lead) Its just the Ballad of a Dead Soulja (A Life of Crime I will lead) Close your eyes, hear the Ballad of a Dead Soulja (If you play the game you play to win) This just the Ballad of a Dead Soulja (it's a crazy world full of sin) Close your eyes (Verse 2) Completely lost revenge at all costs Payback's a bitch switch now the tricks crossed Tossed up and never to be heard of A single witness screaming bloody murder, murder Blast tell me homey what ya see now A blind man and a dead body I'm meant to leave town And get my cash though hook up wit Kastro Homey had to blast on the task force Stupid coppers try to play us out 'member that They took my money and my stash time to get it them back Haha I pull my secret arrival 2Pac four fives (.45) time for survival Death to my rivals tell me what you want lord? Nobody laugh after the death of a drug lord Haha the situation's critical nothing is colder Than hearing the Ballad of a Dead Soulja (Chorus) (Verse 3) Be a coward put your hands to the moon When my glocks rang out them niggas came out BOOM Who wanna see me in a challenge So merciless I'm terrifying niggas in my ballad do u feel me? Capo or capitan one day ill be the Don Until then I remain strong My only fear of death is reincarnation Busting at my adversaries like a mental patient To all my niggas facing sixty years Shedding tattoo tears another suicidal on the tier Take a private plane trying to survive the game For all my homies that'll never be alive again All they promised us is death nigga Take a breath could be the last one left nigga Its real now, uh feel it and fantasize ain't nothing colder Listen you can hear it, the Ballad of a Dead Soulja (Chorus) This go out to Kato 'n Mental (This is the Ballad of a Dead Soulja) All the niggaz that have passed away (Close your eyes, Ballad of a Dead Soulja) Mutulu, Geronimo, Seyku All the down ass ridahz All the niggaz that put it down All the souljaz All the niggaz that go through that day to day struggle (This is the ballad of the dead soulja) All the niggaz that passed on All the niggaz with ambition and money in their heart All the niggaz want some and that dont take none, hahaha (This is the ballad of the dead soulja) The police is so scared of us All the feds, they aware of us They wanna see us dead, They got pictures of a nigga hit (Ballad of the dead soulja) Try and see me in chains Shit, them niggaz will never breath again Before they put me in a cell they'll see me in hell (Cos this Ballad of the dead soulja) Got my pistols cocked Run the whole mutha fucken block Fuck the cops The police? We run these streets nigga (And this Ballad of the dead soulja) Heh, these niggaz cant see me Half the world wanna be me Multi-millionare Shit, it ain't fair But nigga-you know It's the ballad of a dead soulja