Mama I'm a Criminal Mama I'm a Criminal Mama I'm a Criminal Criminal Criminal Mama I'm a Criminal Mama I'm a Criminal Mama I'm a Criminal Criminal Criminal A place where death doesn't reside, just thugs who collide No start beef but spark trees, no cops rollin' by No policemen, no homicide, no chalk on the streets No reason for nobody's momma to cry See I'm a good guy, I'm tryin' to stick around For my daughter, but if I should die I know all of my albums support her This whole year's been crazy Asked the Holy Spirit to save me Only difference from me and Ossie Davis, gray hair maybe 'Cause I feel like my eyes saw too much sufferin' I'm just twenty-some-odd years I done lost my mother and I cried tears of joy I know she smiles on her boy I dream of you more, my love goes to Afeni Shakur 'Cause like Ann Jones, she raised a ghetto king in a war And just for that alone she shouldn't feel no pain no more 'Cause one day we'll all be together Sippin' heavenly champagne Where angels soar with golden wings in Thugz Mansion Mama I'm a Criminal (I want you to close your eyes) Mama I'm a Criminal (And vision the most beautiful place in the world) Mama I'm a Criminal (If you in the hood on the ghetto street corner) Criminal (Come on this journey, the best journey) Criminal (A mansion, acres of land and swimming pools) Dear Mama, don't cry, your baby boy's doin' good Tell the homies I'm in Heaven and they ain't got hoods Seen a show with Marvin Gaye last night, it had me shook Drippin' peppermint Schnapps, with Jackie Wilson and Sam Cooke Then some lady named Billie Holiday sang Sittin' there kickin' it with Malcom 'til the day came Little LaTasha sho' grown Tell the lady in the liquor store that she's forgiven So come home maybe in time you'll understand Only God can save us, when Miles Davis cuttin' lose with the band Just think of all the people that you knew in the past That passed on, they in Heaven, found peace at last Picture a place that they exist, together There has to be a place better than this, in Heaven So right before I sleep, dear God, what I'm askin' Remember this face Save me a place in Thugz Mansion Mama I'm a Criminal (I want you to close your eyes) Mama I'm a Criminal (And vision the most beautiful place in the world) Mama I'm a Criminal (If you in the hood on the ghetto street corner) Criminal (Come on this journey, the best journey) Criminal Dre, I'm down here, under the ground, dig me up! Broken tibias, fibias, yeah, fix me up Sixty sluts, all of them dyin' from asphyxia After they sip piss through a Christopher Reeves sippy cup Dixie cups, toxins, boxes of Oxy pads Enough Oxycontin to send a fuckin' ox to rehab Wack job in the black in a black stocking cap Jackin' off to a hockey mask at a boxing match (He can't say that!) Yes, he can I just did, faggot, now guess again Better text message your next-of-kin tell'em shit's about to get extra messy Especially when I flex again And throw a fuckin' lesbian in wet cement Faggoty, faggoty, faggoty! Raggedy Ann and Andy No! Raggedy Andy and Andy No, it can't be, it can't be-yes, it can be The fuckin' Anti-Christ is black, Dante It's Satan in black satin panties This is Amityville, calamity, goddddamn it Insanity, pills, fanny pack filled with Xannies Through every nook and cranny, lookin' for trannies Milk and cookies spilled on my silk negligee, looky Razor-ba-lades with me to make you ba-leed Cases of Maybelline makeup lay on a table of weed Slim Shady? Shit sounds like a fable to me 'Til he jumps out of the fuckin' toilet When you're takin' a pee Mama I'm a Criminal (I want you to close your eyes) Mama I'm a Criminal (And vision the most beautiful place in the world) Mama I'm a Criminal (If you in the hood on the ghetto street corner) Criminal (Come on this journey, the best journey) Criminal (A mansion, acres of land and swimming pools)