Thug Ten Commandments

The Thug Ten Commandments was secretly co-written in the cut in the summer of 1993 by a set of OGs on lock down in the ATL. Since that day, OGs and young Gs from Cali to Chi-town to Bedsty have held it down.

Much respect to the homies: 2Pac, Eazy E, Ol Dirty Bastard, Notorious B.I.G. and others who have paved the way fo us to represent the rap game to the illist.

These commandments, adopted by all true thugs, will help us maintain control of da hood and advance the hip-hop game to the next level. We don’t die, we just multiply, ya feel me?

…Slick Rick, the Original OG.

1). Thou Shalt Glamorize The Thug Life At All Times

The thug life can only perpetuate as long as we constantly glamorize it. We have to make being a thug the “in” thing. Tupac set the standard with his “Thug Life” tattoo blazin across his six-pack and we gotta keep it rollin. We gotta make the crime life seem like straight up bling bling. Let’s come up wit mo hot hooks like: Thug-4-Life and ghettofabulous, and more thug songs like “Hood Boy.” We gotta make dem boys not see the consequences. By glamorizing the thug life, we make it so tempting the new recruits can’t say no! When they see yo rollin in yo whip, the young G’s gonna wanna git wit it.

2). Thou Shalt Recruit New Blood At All Times

As our homies git shot and git on lock down our numbers decrease. In order for thugs to take over, we gotta constantly recruit new blood. Seek easy targets like: boys raised by single moms, boys left alone by their parents and boys who are unhappy at home. The young “Gs” keep our dream alive. Start recruiting in da hood and work yo way to the suburbs. Once you git them to take the bait, be relentless in your mission to git them to become a thugged out banger.

3). Thou Shalt Remain Loyal To The Game

As a thug, you should be pimpin hoes and/or slingin. If you ain’t pimpin or slingin, you ain’t no thug, you a punk azz cranksta. As thug, you gotta live our life, the way we live it and remain loyal to the game at all times. If we catch you frontin, we gon put you fake azz on blast. Don’t dress like us and don’t roll up in da club like us if you ain’t one of us… cuzz, you feel me?

4). Thou Shalt Git Arrested

You ain’t no true thug til you git arrested. That’s how you prove yo manhood. If you ain’t never been on lock down, you ain’t no thug, you a punk azz wangsta! While on lock down, don’t let the time do you, you do the time, ya heard? Don’t waste yo time; learn from the OGs how to do dirt and not git popped. When you git released, yo game should be on point wit all the knowledge you was exposed to. Follow the footsteps of 50 cents, DMX, Snoop Dogg and Suge Knight.

5). Thou Shalt Maintain Yo Street Cred

If you ain’t got no street credibility you ain’t no true thug, you a punk azz wanna be wangsta. You git street cred by doin dirt; ya feel me? Plain and simple. The more dirt you do, the greater yo street cred. Ways to git street cred: shoot a nigga, git shot, rob a b%#*h, jack a nigga’s whip, home invasions, domestic violence, pimp slap a hoe, drive bys and assaults. You can also pimp dem hoes, sling crack or put out a bangin rap rap CD. All eyez is on you homie. The hood is watching and we gon track your street cred.

6). Thou Shalt Never Snitch

It don’t matter if a nigga smokes yo mamma, yo istah, yo daddy, yo brotha or puts yo 4-year-old niece on ice; DON’T SNITCH! You gits revenge, but you don’t snitch! You feel me? True thugs hate snitches and we will eventually git yo azz.

7). Thou Shalt Never Cop To Any Crime

Only punk azz b%#@!s cop to crimes. True thugs never admit to s%#t. When an OG kills a nigga and gits caught, even if Five-O gots hard evidence, he still don’t confess. Remember what our role model, Tupac, taught us? Only God can judge us!

8). Once a Banger Always a Banger

Once a nigga becomes a banger he can never walk away from the game. You go from young G to OG. The only way out of a set is by death. Remember: Blood-N-Blood out? You try to walk away from a set and we gon put yo azz on 187 street; that’s straight up thug life, you feel me. If you can’t run wit the hip hop crew, take yo punk azz to church!

9). Thou Shalt Git Some Aliases
All thugs have aliases; know what I’m sayin? You gotta create aliases fo a number of reasons. When dirt go down and one of dem punk azz wanksters starts snitchin, all Po Po know you by is yo aliases; that makes you harder to track down. Or, lets say you knock up some stank azz hoe and she tryna git child support, by only knowing you by yo aliases, her case worker gon be chasin ghosts, you feel me playa? Git you some hot aliases like: D-Block, 50 Cent, The Game, Eazy E, Lil B, Epic or some tight sh%# like that.

10). Don’t Love Them Hoes

If you love the hoes, you ain’t no thug, you just stuntin, no what I’m sayin? One of the ten commandments of all pimps, playas, thugs and bangers is: DON’T LOVE THEM HOES! Check the scriptures from the old testament thug bible… Read and listen to: Bitches Ain't Shit by: Dr. Dre feat. Snoop, Daz, Kurupt, Jewell, We Don’t Love’em by: Mac, We Don’t Love Them Hoes by: Partners-N-Crime and Face Off: by Jay-Z. If you love dem hoes you ain’t no thug, and you ain’t no hood boy, you’s a mothaf$%# b-e-e-y-a-t-c-h.