Why We Thugs chords by Ice Cube (Official Version)

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Intro 1

Chorus 1
Bm 
G/B 
 (B minor) They give us  (G/B) guns  and drugs
Bm 
Then wonder why in the  (B minor) fuck we thugs
G/B 
They wanna  (G/B) count the slugs
Bm 
Then come around here and  (B minor) fuck with us
G/B 
They give us  (G/B) guns  and drugs
Bm 
Then wonder why in the  (B minor) fuck we thugs
G/B 
They wanna  (G/B) count the slugs
Bm 
Then come around here and  (B minor) fuck with us

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Verse 1
Bm 
G/B 
 (B minor) I'm from the  (G/B) land  of the gang bang
Since I was little,
Bm 
ain't a  (B minor) god  damn thang changed
G/B 
It's the  (G/B) same  ol same
Bm 
Bush run shit like Sa (B minor) daam Hussien
G/B 
I cock and aim, clinical (G/B) ly    insane
Bm 
To deal with this bullshit  (B minor) day  to day
G/B 
If I sell some yay or  (G/B) smoke some hay
You bitches wanna throw me up
Bm 
in  (B minor) Pelican's Bay
G/B 
Call me an animal  (G/B) up    in the system
Bm 
But who's the animal that  (B minor) built this prison
G/B 
Who's the animal that in (G/B) vented lower living
Bm 
The projects, thank God  (B minor) for Russell Simmons
G/B 
Thank  (G/B) God   for Sugarhill
Bm 
I'm putting a different kind of steel  (B minor) 
up to my grill
Y'all know what it is,
G/B 
 (G/B) scared for your own kids
Bm 
How these ghetto niggas  (B minor) taken over showbiz

Chorus 2
Bm 
G/B 
 (B minor) They give us  (G/B) guns  and drugs
Bm 
Then wonder why in the  (B minor) fuck we thugs
G/B 
They wanna  (G/B) count the slugs
Bm 
Then come around here and  (B minor) fuck with us
G/B 
They give us  (G/B) guns  and drugs
Bm 
Then wonder why in the  (B minor) fuck we thugs
G/B 
They wanna  (G/B) count the slugs
Bm 
Then come around here and  (B minor) fuck with us

Verse 2
Bm 
It's  (B minor) Boyz in the Hood,
G/B 
it's  (G/B) toys  in the hood
Y'all wanna know
Bm 
why there's  (B minor) noise in the hood
Cause there's drugs in the hood,
G/B 
 (G/B) thugs in the hood
Nigga killed a Crip and
Bm 
a  (B minor) Blood in the hood (For real)
G/B 
Cause when  (G/B) niggas get tribal
Bm 
It's all about survival,  (B minor) nobody liable
G/B 
I got  (G/B) caught by Five-0
Grandmama came to court with her bible
Bm 
G/B 
 (B minor) But when the  (G/B) judge hit the gavel
Bm 
Now I'm too far from my  (B minor) family to travel
G/B 
I just  (G/B) came  unraveled
Bm 
Socked the D.A. be (B minor) fore I got gaffled
G/B 
Owned by C.A,  (G/B) State Property
Bm 
Just like the year fif (B minor) teen fifty three
G/B 
Looking for me, a  (G/B) one-way ticket out
Don't understand,
Bm 
what's so  (B minor) hard to figure out?

Chorus 3
Bm 
G/B 
 (B minor) They give us  (G/B) guns  and drugs
Bm 
Then wonder why in the  (B minor) fuck we thugs
G/B 
They wanna  (G/B) count the slugs
Bm 
Then come around here and  (B minor) fuck with us
G/B 
They give us  (G/B) guns  and drugs
Bm 
Then wonder why in the  (B minor) fuck we thugs
G/B 
They wanna  (G/B) count the slugs
Bm 
Then come around here and  (B minor) fuck with us

Verse 3
Bm 
 (B minor) (Damn) I can't take the pressure
Pulled the fo-fo up out the dresser
Bm 
G/B 
 (B minor) Grabbed the weight up  (G/B) out   the closet
Bm 
Po-po coming but I'm  (B minor) scared to toss it
G/B 
Y'all know what happened last  (G/B) time  I lost it
Can't tell you niggas
Bm 
what the  (B minor) fuckin boss did
G/B 
D game got a  (G/B) nigga exhausted
Bm 
Gotta go for the plea  (B minor) bargain they offered
G/B 
Twenty  (G/B) years for what?
Bm 
Breaking these laws that's  (B minor) so   corrupt
G/B 
Taking these halls and  (G/B) fillin 'em up
Some powder cake shit
Bm 
that's a (B minor) bout to erupt
G/B 
Ay y'all, I'm a (G/B) bout  to be stuck
Until the year two thousand,
Bm 
 (B minor) what the fuck?
G/B 
In the hood, don't  (G/B) press your luck
Bm 
Cause these motherfuckers will  (B minor) set  you up,

Chorus 4
word up
Bm 
G/B 
 (B minor) They give us  (G/B) guns  and drugs
Bm 
Then wonder why in the  (B minor) fuck we thugs
G/B 
They wanna  (G/B) count the slugs
Bm 
Then come around here and  (B minor) fuck with us
G/B 
They give us  (G/B) guns  and drugs
Bm 
Then wonder why in the  (B minor) fuck we thugs
G/B 
They wanna  (G/B) count the slugs
Bm 
Then come around here and  (B minor) fuck with us

Outro 1
Bm 
G/B 
 (B minor) Every  (G/B) hood's the same
Bm 
Every hood's the same  (B minor) 
Every hood's the same
G/B 
Every  (G/B) hood's the same
Bm 
Every hood's the same,  (B minor) 
stop trippin on it
G/B 
Every  (G/B) hood's the same
Bm 
Every hood's the same  (B minor) 
Every hood's the same
G/B 
Every  (G/B) hood's the same
Bm 
Every hood's the same  (B minor) 

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Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: BeginnerKey: B minorBPM: 99

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

Bm: x-2-4-4-3-x
G/B: x-2-0-0-0-3

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This is the definitive original version of Why We Thugs by Ice Cube, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of B minor. It suits players who want to learn Why We Thugs the way Ice Cube intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.