Detroit's gangs: Who they are and how to stop them.

**lizaanne** · May-28-09, 01:38 PM

Originally Posted by rajdet

Why are you making assumptions about Greentroit? It's quite possible the Greentroit is a tax paying, positive difference making, citizen.

He called himself a thug and lumped himself in with those who are the topic of discussion. I call it as it is presented to me. Why call yourself a thug if you aren't one?

**rajdet** · May-28-09, 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by lizaanne

He called himself a thug and lumped himself in with those who are the topic of discussion. I call it as it is presented to me. Why call yourself a thug if you aren't one?

Thug Life
A word Evolved by the late Tupac Shakur. Commonly mistaken for a Criminal. Thug Life is the opposite of someone having all he needs to succeed. Thug life is when you have nothing, and succeed, when you have overcome all obstacles to reach your aim.
"When my heart beats, it screams THUG LIFE."
THUG LIFE
1) acronym for "The Hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everyone". This acronyn was made popular by American rap artist 2Pac.

**Johnlodge** · May-28-09, 01:58 PM

Originally Posted by rajdet

Thug Life
A word Evolved by the late Tupac Shakur. Commonly mistaken for a Criminal. Thug Life is the opposite of someone having all he needs to succeed. Thug life is when you have nothing, and succeed, when you have overcome all obstacles to reach your aim.
"When my heart beats, it screams THUG LIFE."
THUG LIFE
1) acronym for "The Hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everyone". This acronyn was made popular by American rap artist 2Pac.

thug

1810, "member of a gang of murderers and robbers in India who strangled their victims," from Marathi thag, thak "cheat, swindler," Hindi thag, perhaps from Skt. sthaga-s "cunning, fraudulent," possibly from sthagayati "[[he) covers, conceals," from PIE base *[[s)teg- "cover" [[see stegosaurus). Transferred sense of "ruffian, cutthroat" first recorded 1839. The more correct Indian name is phanseegur, and the activity was described in Eng. as far back as c.1665. Rigorously prosecuted by the British from 1831, they were driven from existence, but the process extended over the rest of the 19c.

I'm afraid Tupac can't lay claim to that one. A couple hundred years too early for him.