[00:01.80][Hook: DRS]
[00:02.10]Bang bang boogie bang
[00:07.98]Mama don't you cry, but I gotta say goodbye and go my way
[00:11.01]Cause your little baby boy gotta tryna make his pay
[00:14.58]The bang bang boogie way
[00:16.02]Boogie bang bang, boogie bang
[00:22.08]With a bang bang boogie boogie boogie bang bang
[00:26.37](Verse 1)
[00:26.79]Swang, the only way that I can swinging
[00:29.28]And bring the money on the best way that I can bring it
[00:31.95]Cause daddy wasn't home, cause daddy is long gone
[00:34.80]Daddy got shot when I was only nine years old
[00:37.05]So I'm left in the cold with my mama and my little baby brother
[00:41.37]We all share the same cover
[00:43.26]In a two family flat as we listen to the roaches and the rats
[00:46.62]As they rumble through the garbage in the back
[00:48.63]Of my mind I wanna cry
[00:50.22]Why did daddy die, why do people die, why did daddy had to die?
[00:53.91]So I try to be a good example to my younger brother
[00:56.79]And try to be the son that my mama always wanted
[00:59.55]I tried to be a dope dealer but I rather rob
[01:02.19]Another dope dealer to make my money quicker
[01:04.74]But just when I was stealing' them thangs
[01:06.54]I hear a gun cock, a gun shot, I'm caught
[01:09.45]Bang
[01:11.19][Hook]
[01:11.34]Bang bang boogie bang
[01:12.33]Mama don't you cry, but I gotta say goodbye and go my way
[01:15.27]Cause your little baby boy gotta tryna make his pay
[01:18.90]The bang bang boogie way
[01:20.31]Boogie bang bang, boogie bang
[01:21.99]With a bang bang boogie boogie boogie bang bang
[01:28.29]And now my little brother wanna get off in this game
[01:30.93](Verse 2)
[01:31.59]It's all about them thangs
[01:33.03]So (?) jump the boogie so the boogie-a-bang bang
[01:36.42]Mama don't cry, mama don't cry
[01:38.73]Cause my father didn't die and my brother didn't die
[01:41.58]For nothin', is all about the struggle and the strive
[01:44.58]They put they dirty and I was tryin to put my thing
[01:47.70]I think about my pops
[01:49.26]So every tear that drops, I gotta flip another rock
[01:52.77]Cause my brother was my father figure
[01:54.84]Ever since I was small until I got bigger
[01:58.32]But now I'm a bigger man, a bigger drug dealer
[02:01.08]I shot the man who both my brother, on the for realer
[02:03.72]It just goes on and on, it don't stop
[02:06.45]Until I see the cops bring the chrome in my dome
[02:09.12]And then I hear the sound of a jail cell swang
[02:11.55]Wrong, I heard the sound of a bang
[02:15.63][Hook]
[02:15.99]Bang bang boogie bang
[02:16.53]Mama don't you cry, but I gotta say goodbye and go my way
[02:19.62]Cause your little baby boy gotta tryna make his pay
[02:23.16]The bang bang boogie way
[02:24.57]Boogie bang bang, boogie bang
[02:26.28]With a bang bang boogie boogie boogie bang bang
[02:32.82]The price to pay when you're in the game
[02:35.19](Verser 3)
[02:35.40]Lookin to the clouds, lookin to the fog
[02:37.83]Too small, to see my mama kneelin' down
[02:40.32]And put 3 red roses for 3 dead men's
[02:43.32]Listen to the sounds of the wind
[02:45.87]Is your husband and your son number 1
[02:48.63]Your son number 2, you know we love
[02:51.69]Cause we felt your tears every time
[02:53.82]If they tripped on the silhouette shock on the sidewalk
[02:57.03]And we heard you cries
[02:58.44]When the zipper went it passed our eyes in the body bag dead
[03:01.77]That we lie
[03:03.24]So mama don't you cry
[03:04.47]Cause it's nothin but happy days on the other side
[03:08.25]My dirty dogs on the streets
[03:09.93]I can taste the beer when it's hitting off the concrete
[03:13.08]Now the Baptist choir Church sang
[03:15.45]Praying' for my mama
[03:57.00]To help her through that -
[03:58.47][Hook]

Bang bang boogie bang
Mama don't you cry, but I gotta say goodbye and go my way
Cause your little baby boy gotta tryna make his pay
The bang bang boogie way
Boogie bang bang, boogie bang
With a bang bang boogie boogie boogie bang bang
(Verse 1)
Swang, the only way that I can swinging
And bring the money on the best way that I can bring it
Cause daddy wasn't home, cause daddy is long gone
Daddy got shot when I was only nine years old
So I'm left in the cold with my mama and my little baby brother
We all share the same cover
In a two family flat as we listen to the roaches and the rats
As they rumble through the garbage in the back
Of my mind I wanna cry
Why did daddy die, why do people die, why did daddy had to die?
So I try to be a good example to my younger brother
And try to be the son that my mama always wanted
I tried to be a dope dealer but I rather rob
Another dope dealer to make my money quicker
But just when I was stealing' them thangs
I hear a gun cock, a gun shot, I'm caught
Bang
Bang bang boogie bang
Mama don't you cry, but I gotta say goodbye and go my way
Cause your little baby boy gotta tryna make his pay
The bang bang boogie way
Boogie bang bang, boogie bang
With a bang bang boogie boogie boogie bang bang
And now my little brother wanna get off in this game
(Verse 2)
It's all about them thangs
So (?) jump the boogie so the boogie-a-bang bang
Mama don't cry, mama don't cry
Cause my father didn't die and my brother didn't die
For nothin', is all about the struggle and the strive
They put they dirty and I was tryin to put my thing
I think about my pops
So every tear that drops, I gotta flip another rock
Cause my brother was my father figure
Ever since I was small until I got bigger
But now I'm a bigger man, a bigger drug dealer
I shot the man who both my brother, on the for realer
It just goes on and on, it don't stop
Until I see the cops bring the chrome in my dome
And then I hear the sound of a jail cell swang
Wrong, I heard the sound of a bang
Bang bang boogie bang
Mama don't you cry, but I gotta say goodbye and go my way
Cause your little baby boy gotta tryna make his pay
The bang bang boogie way
Boogie bang bang, boogie bang
With a bang bang boogie boogie boogie bang bang
The price to pay when you're in the game
(Verser 3)
Lookin to the clouds, lookin to the fog
Too small, to see my mama kneelin' down
And put 3 red roses for 3 dead men's
Listen to the sounds of the wind
Is your husband and your son number 1
Your son number 2, you know we love
Cause we felt your tears every time
If they tripped on the silhouette shock on the sidewalk
And we heard you cries
When the zipper went it passed our eyes in the body bag dead
That we lie
So mama don't you cry
Cause it's nothin but happy days on the other side
My dirty dogs on the streets
I can taste the beer when it's hitting off the concrete
Now the Baptist choir Church sang
Praying' for my mama
To help her through that -