Cause if it is then I better get on my knees boy UGK – Heaven
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Bun is wondering if there is any chance at all that a drug dealer (or D-boy) like him could ever end up in Heaven, because if there is he will immediately change his life and become a man of God (shown by him getting on his knees to pray).
One foot in the street, got one foot in the pen UGK – Heaven
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Pimp C is wondering if he will end up in Thugs Heaven with DJ Screw, after all he is half rapper and half gangster. Sadly, Pimp C passed away shortly after this album dropped from a Lean overdose, which is also how Screw died. RIP.
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Now that Pimp is out of the hood he is trying to become a man of God, but it still isn’t possible because his haters and enemies are even harder (or stronger) than they were before, so he has to continue his sinning lifestyle as an OG.
Show some weakness come up better catch a case bitch UGK – Heaven
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It isn’t possible for people from his hood to be good Christians, so how can God judge them for that? If you show even the smallest weakness you will either end up in jail or dead, so you have to be a gangster to even survive, there is no alternative.
Run up on me nigga I'm gon' do what I gotta do UGK – Heaven
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Pimp C doesn’t want to be violent, he is forced to be violent by his upbringing and haters. How can you expect him to not carry a firearm when he has haters attacking him all the time? He needs to defend himself.
Dawgs in pens and the boys with the weed spots UGK – Heaven
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He wonders if there is a spot in heaven for all the true gangsters, even though they were sinners (shown by them being in jail or smoking weed). This is epitomized by him mentioning 2Pac, who lived a “Thug Life” and made several songs about a “gangster’s heaven”, including Thugz Mansion and Life Goes On.
For all the hot boys, strippers and the thug niggas UGK – Heaven
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Pimp knows that in Christianity, all the people he grew up including himself are considered sinners that will go to hell, but he holds out hope that God will forgive their sins and allow them into their own “Thug Heaven”.
According to Kanye West, they have a chance, because as he said in his classic song, Jesus Walks:
To the hustlers, killers, murderers, drug dealers, even the scrippers
(Jesus walks for them)
For all the niggas in the game that be sellin cheese
I wonder if it's a heaven up there for real G's
For all the niggas in the game, in the game - uhh~! UGK – Heaven
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He wonders if G’s can go to heaven despite all the sins they have committed, he thinks that maybe there might be a Heaven made just for Trill OG’s like him and Bun to live in. This line is very similar and may possibly be a reference to 2Pac’s line from Thugz Mansion:
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The East Coast had their run of dominance during the late 80’s and Early 90’s with albums like Illmatic and Paid in Full being considered classics. And then the West Coast blew up in the Mid to late 90’s with 2Pac and Dr. Dre dropping classics like 2001 . But now it is late 2000’s, and it’s the South’s turn to shine.
Since this song has dropped, the South has become a Hip-Hop Mecca, with legends like Big Boi continuing to drop great albums while up and comers like Big KRIT carry on the tradition. No one can get near the South’s dominance in Hip-Hop today, except maybe the Midwest.
These ho-ass niggas don't want, none of Bun - I'm takin the hood back UGK (Ft. Middlefingaz, Slim Thug & Vicious (USA)) – Take Tha Hood Back
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Referring back to the intro where he called himself the “teacher” that was going to reteach the youth on how to hustle:
Bun is now opening up a figurative class in this song, if you listen you will know how to sell drugs like a real OG, instead of a bitch. Of course, the bitchass snitches are going to try and stop him, but they can’t because he is a King and it is his job to fix the hood.
Another interesting fact: Bun B teaches a class called “Religion and Hip-Hop” at the prestigious Rice University in Houston, Texas.
