Selling shoes Another loser working in a shopping mall 9 to 5 A slave driver telling me "Get on the ball!" A crowded store I kneel before them Misery beyond compare Sweaty socks A lady boxer What's she got against fresh air? I want an ocean and some sunscreen lotion Take me to the beach with a thousand pretty girls in reach I, I, I wanna be a lifeguard (help, help, help, help) I, I, I wanna guard your life I, I, I wanna be a lifeguard (lifeguard, lifeguard) Hardly any clothes (lifeguard) Sand between my toes (lifeguard) White stuff on my nose Selling shoes Another loser working in a shopping mall I'm getting fat What does it matter? Nobody cares at all But next July, I'll say goodbye to every out-of-it, dull-witted fool Convert their feet into meters, marking distance at the swimming pool Summer blondes revealing tanlines I'll make more moves than Allied Van Lines I, I, I wanna be a lifeguard (be a big man, now... get a great tan, now) I, I, I wanna guard your life I, I, I wanna be a lifeguard (lifeguard, lifeguard) Sitting on my chair (lifeguard) In the salty air (lifeguard) White stuff on my nose I, I, I wanna be a lifeguard (help, help, help, help) I, I, I wanna guard your life I, I, I wanna be a lifeguard (lifeguard, lifeguard) Lounging on the deck (lifeguard) Whistle 'round my neck (lifeguard) White stuff in my nose I, I, I wanna be a lifeguard (lifeguard, lifeguard)

Say he wanna be Shorties gonna be a thug Said he gonna be One day he's gonna be Said he's wanna be Shorties gonna be's a thug Said he's gonna be One day he gonna be Say he wanna be Shorties gonna be a thug Said he wanna be One day he's gonna be Said he wanna be Shorties gonna be a thug He was a nice middle class nigga But nobody knew the evil he'd do when he got a little bigger Get off the final blazer While puffing on a Newport Plottin' on a another way to catch a case Was only sixteen, yet convicted as a felon With a bunch of old niggas But you the only one who ain't telling I tell you it's a cold world, stay in school You tell me its a man's world, play the rules And fade fools, 'n break rules until we major Blaze up, getting with hoes through my pager Was raised up, commencing to money makin' tactics It's getting drastic, niggas got automatics My fingers on the trigga, tell the lord To make way for another straight thug nigga I'm sitting getting buzzed, looking for some luv From the homies, 'cause shorty wanna be a thug Said he's gonna be Say he wanna be But said he's gonna be Shorties gonna be a thug Said he's gonna be But says he wanna be But said he's gonna be Shorties gonna be a thug Said he's gonna be But say he's gonna be Say he wanna be Shorties gonna be a thug Said he wanna be One day he's gonna be Said he wanna be Shorties gonna be a thug Straight from the Hall to the Penn Adolescent nigga scaling weight and standing six feet ten He carried weight like a Mack truck Gonna bust on some playa haters If the mutha fuckas act tuff Then that's when the lethal weapon with the razor This little nigga smoking weed and getting blazed up No one could figure, when the guns blast pull the trigga Could take the life of a young nigga guns bigger No mother and father, you see, the niggas all alone Old timers my role model, the war zone Released with this game 'til its a part of me My heart don't beat no fear and it ain't hard to see The future is looking dim I'm trying to make a profit out of living in this sin I'm in the dark getting buzzed, looking for some love Out with the homies, 'cause shorty wanna be a thug Say he's gonna be Said he's gonna be One day he's gonna be Shorties gonna be a thug Said he's gonna be One day he's gonna be Said he's wanna be Shorties gonna be a thug Said he's gonna be One day he's gonna be Said he wanna be Shorties gonna be a thug Said he wanna be One day he's gonna be Said he wanna be Shorties gonna be a thug Shorties gonna be a thug You little bad ass nigga (to the young niggas) Gotta stay sharp nigga, play your part You got plenty of time (you bad mutha'fuckas) You only get three mistakes, then that's life, big baby (niggas crazy) Watch the signs Damn, you ain't but sixteen nigga? Sixteen! That's a bad mutha'fucker