[Intro: Mistah F.A.B.]
Aye-B, you sound good
SouthsideSu, what up?
TT3
Thug Tears
Ayy
Jordan on the beat

[Chorus]
It's a story behind these tears
They say a thug don't cry
But when my mama died
My brother gotta hide his eyes
And I can't stop these tears (No)
No
I can't stop these tears, no
From fallin'
There's a story behind these tears

[Verse 1: Mistah F.A.B.]
I won't apologize for pain that I been through
They say a man don't cry, but I cry
I don't care what other men do
Sheddin' tears, walkin' through Rollin' Hills, talkin' to the dirt
Lookin' to the sky like, "Damn, this shit hurt!"
You ever held your mama hand and told her close her eyes
Walked to the bathroom, came back and then your mother died?
Imagine walkin' in your daddy room and his eyes to the sky
His vital signs done died, you close his eyes and tell him goodbye
You ever told your granny you love her, then you walk out the room
To hear your auntie screamin', "She gone too soon!"
My mama got ten sisters, okay, she was the first one of 'em to die
As soon as she died auntie Sasha was right on her side
Don't know my pain, don't know my story, don't know my struggle, it's hard
My brother 49 and spent over 35 on the yard
From Juvenile to YA to penitentiary cells
The pastor tell us heavin' comin', but we livin' in hell

[Chorus: Aye-B]
It's a story behind these tears
They say a thug don't cry
But when my mama died
My brother gotta hide his eyes
And I can't stop these tears (No)
No
I can't stop these tears, no
From fallin'
There's a story behind these tears
[Verse 2: Mistah F.A.B.]
Daughter burst in my room and said, "Daddy, why is you cryin'?"
Gave me a hug and gave me a kiss and wiped the tears from my eyes
I can't lie, sometimes I miss my mom, I cry to myself
I tell myself she's still at the hospital, I lie to myself
The hostice told me if she code red, then don't code blue
And mama told me, let her die, that's the birth-told truth
She don't wanna be here, can't eat, keep losin' weight
Went blind in her left eye, can't even see straight
Mama's only child, seein' mama pass, it was odd
Turned me to an atheist, on mamas, I be flashin' on God
Like, "Ain't no God, why he let these babies die in these streets?"
"And how these boys get molested by these lyin' ass priests?"
And little girls get raped by the preacher, police harassment
Leave us ghetto kids to be bastards, all I'm askin'
If heaven do exist, can the poor get all the passes?
I was starvin', that's why I never made it to my classes

[Chorus: Aye-B]
It's a story behind these tears
They say a thug don't cry
But when my mama died
My brother gotta hide his eyes
And I can't stop these tears (No)
No
I can't stop these tears, no
From fallin'
There's a story behind these tears
[Verse 3: SouthsideSu]
I ain't afraid to cry, tears rollin' down my face in this booth
Most of these n***as lie, all I can do is go tell the truth
And all I ever wanted was some peace on the block
Memories are on my mind of when Lil Keise got shot
Opened the door, some bullet holes in his chest with smoke comin' out
(Get him some help!) It felt like a movie, but time was runnin' out
Take him to the hospital, hope that he make it
Kid was dead on the scene, Jehova ain't safe
Seem like the world is Goliath, I'm just tryna be David
And like a torn ACL, it ain't nothin to play with
Cans we was savin' tryna recycle for bills
Man, this ghetto will drive you crazy, I'm goin' psycho for real
I put my all into these lyrics, my heart into the spirit
Channel my pain from my pain from my brain, I just hope that y'all hear it
It's deeper than music, can the love fly
And when you all by yourself, I know that thugs cry

[Chorus: Aye-B]
It's a story behind these tears
They say a thug don't cry
But when my mama died
My brother gotta hide his eyes
And I can't stop these tears (No)
No
I can't stop these tears, no
From fallin'
There's a story behind these tears