Joey Bada$$ — Thugz Cry

[Pre-Chorus: Joey Bada$$] I just wanna be free, yeah I just wanna be, I just wanna be I just wanna be, I just wanna be I just wanna be I just wanna be free, yeah I just wanna be, just wanna be I just wanna be, just wanna be [Chorus: Joey Bada$$] Maybe I'm just like my brother He's never satisfied Why do we shoot up each other? This is what it sounds like, when the thugs cry, yeah When the thugs cry, yeah When the thugs cry, yeah When the thugs cry, yeah (I just wanna be, just wanna be) [Verse 1: Joey Bada$$ & Kirk Knight] I can't explain the pain (oh no) all I know is chains (oh yeah) All I know is whips, and all I know is gang gang gang (gang gang gang) Don't even know my name, and the place from which you came (ooh) Niggas love to talk, but niggas never change (aw yeah, aw yeah) Same thing, same faces on the news, this is nothin' new This is what we knew, we still hangin' by the noose It's written in the proof, time to face the truth (no no) Niggas never wanna execute, niggas only make excuse [Pre-Chorus: Joey Bada$$] I just wanna be free, yeah I just wanna be, I just wanna be I just wanna be, I just wanna be I just wanna be I just wanna be free, yeah I just wanna be, just wanna be I just wanna be, just wanna be [Chorus: Joey Bada$$ & Raury] Maybe I'm just like my brother (maybe I'm just like my brother) He's never satisfied (he's never satisfied) Why do we shoot up each other? (Why do we do, why do we do?) This is what it sounds like, when the thugs cry, yeah When the thugs cry, yeah When the thugs cry, yeah When the thugs cry, yeah [Verse 2: Joey Bada$$] Welcome to the high plane, I'm so fly Won't say my designer's name, know why? Broke gunners in the wing, shit ain't been the same Now we honor Jenner, James and the ring Sweet Jesus I pray for you non-believers They say that you never see us Turn around, sing "Pledge of Allegiance" Nothin' went with this world What are we to do with the story? They gotta never witness your true ways Better play victims or new slaves What the hell is with them kids these days? Get ya guns, the guerillas gon' bang Treat us like animals in this race Put that banana clip in your face 'Til you wash all their problems away I don't plan on doin' laundry today What's 50 bands to a man like me? There's this but your whole life just trynna pay the shit back Can't you see or is you blind? Screen advertise corrupt your mind Fill that TVs with so many lies So many die overtime, hold so many lies, uh [Chorus: Joey Bada$$ & Raury] Maybe I'm just like my brother (maybe I'm just like my brother) He's never satisfied (he's never satisfied) Why do we shoot up each other? (Why do we do, why do we do?) This is what it sounds like, when the thugs cry, yeah When the thugs cry, yeah When the thugs cry, yeah When the thugs cry, yeah [Pre-Chorus: Joey Bada$$] I just wanna be free, yeah I just wanna be, I just wanna be I just wanna be, I just wanna be I just wanna be I just wanna be free, yeah I just wanna be, just wanna be I just wanna be, just wanna be [Outro: Kirk Knight] No law, no law Ohh Lord, ohh Lord