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Hey, baby, how you doin'? What's goin' on?
I'm sittin' in my motherfuckin' cell, it's the same song
Tell my kids that I love 'em
But don't tell 'em that I'm through
Keep cryin' an' tell 'em I'll be home soon

Oh, baby, I'm goin' crazy
'Cos I keep seein' s*** that amaze me
Still, I had to kill a m*********** last week
He thought I was a punk
An' tried to creep up on me in my sleep

I just think that I could hold or squeeze or touch
Or buck ya but I can't, so f*** it
I'm behind these bars an' it's burnin' like nitro
I might go psycho, the man on the tower got a rifle
Aw, s***, there the lights go

{Hello}

Mama, I'm in love wit a gangsta
Mama, I'm in love wit a gangsta
Mama, I'm in love wit a gangsta
An' I know he's a killer but I love dat nigga

Hey baby, what's happenin', honey?
How you doin'? I miss you

The kids keep askin' where's their papa?
I had to tell 'em Daddy got caught by the coppers
It's time for me to raise 'em up proper, by myself
It's a g****** struggle when a b**** ain't got no help

Now, everybody tellin' me that you ain't s*** black
An' when you get out, you'll jack
An' probably go right the f*** back
Damn, the pressure's gettin' hot an' heavy
An' yeah, I'm gettin' sweated by your homey
In the blue an' white Chevy

But now he's got a condo an' a brand new Lexus
Wants me to take a trip with him down to Texas
The ends don't justify the means
An' in another life he might've been the man of my dreams

But you know I got your back to the motherfuckin' end
But a b**** can't even trip like she doesn't need a friend

Mama, I'm in love wit a gangsta
Mama, I'm in love wit a gangsta
Mama, I'm in love wit a gangsta
An' I know he's a killer but I love dat nigga

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What the f*** you mean you need a friend?
I can't be havin' no niggas 'round my kids
Don't you make me break up outta this m***********
An' start killin' m************, s***

I know it's rough, I know it's tough
But when you fumble in the game, sometimes you get locked up
You better stay away from that punk ass b****
He ain't s***, I don't wanna have to kill him

'Cos think about the times that we used to have
Don't make me reach out an' touch that ass
You put yourself in danger when you f*** with a buster
Like shootin' dice without a pistol, in a circle of murderers

You got more class than the average type hooker, b****
Don't switch, he gotta grip but he ain't rich
Now I gotta check but if you've got the check
Give a nigga a look an' put somethin' on my books, peace

Mama, I'm in love wit a gangsta
Mama, I'm in love wit a gangsta
Mama, I'm in love wit a gangsta
An' I know he's a killer but I love dat nigga

Aiyo, remember the homey with the Lexus
He took the trip to Texas
Now he's wearin' the f*****' Lexus like a necklace
So tell me, what's the drill, baby pa? What's a b**** to do?
My nigga's stretched in the pen since '92

Them visits ain't doin' the trick, drop f**** make me sick
'Cos this po' puddy tat needs a cat nip
An' that m*********** representin' you, I think he resents you
He got evidence he never presents to

The people in court, I heard witnesses abortin'
What's he doin' about gettin' you out to hold the fort?
I got some ends, I'ma send you a dime an' two doves
Mama hates you but damn, I got love for a gangsta

Mama, I'm in love wit a gangsta
Mama, I'm in love wit a gangsta
Mama, I'm in love wit a gangsta
An' I know he's a killer but I love dat nigga

Mama, I'm in love wit a gangsta
Mama, I'm in love wit a gangsta
Mama, I'm in love wit a gangsta
An' I know he's a killer