Tupac claims that the Thug Life isn’t something that can be found in the dictionary. It doesn’t mean violence, nor does it involve criminals quenching for blood or attempting to provoke a fight. According to Tracy Barhart, “There are actually 26 codes to the THUG life, and it is meant to bring positive rules of engagement into street gang warfare. But the youth of today are getting caught up in the glamor of what they see and hear in gangsta rap and MTV — much of the message being that rebellious, criminal and remaining antisocial is the way to go.” The outburst of people who think the thug life only valorizes violence facilitates it for people to judge and blame the idea of the Thug Life as the reason to why people are misbehaving,
