When niggas go from walking last month to riding Benz's today
Its hard to find the words to show the youth that crime don't pay
To convince them of the truth that education is all
They need to have the life they want without supporting the cause
Of their own self destruction plus the cultural fall
How I tell someone with nothing sacrifice for tomorrow
What bars can I spit them that surpass them getting bricks of cash that's phone book thick
cnd they really don't wanna listen to me cuz I don't look rich
But I don't bullshit
So I simply tell them the real
99% of the time that shit gon' get you killed
Or sent to the penitentiary
Where they sentencing niggas to centuries
We at war and more and more we surrendering to our enemies
See being a gangsta ain't got shit to do with robbing and killing
Banging and gambling
Pimping and drug dealing
Knowledge is power be gangsta for real
Let's pave a way for better days in the future we build
Cuz that's gangsta

There's a gangsta inside of you
Let you know I'm proud of you and I
Hope you'll always keep it gang gang
Together we can make the game change
There's a gangsta inside of you
Let you know I'm proud of you and I
Hope you'll always keep it gang gang
Together we can make the game change