Thug Life

基本解释

'Coming from such a background doesn't mean you're thick, or a thug, but it does mean you have a certain outlook on life to begin with.
在这样的环境下长大，并不意味着粗鲁，而是对生活更加有所期待。
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Performer Mark Wahlberg began his public life as a small-time thug, even doing time at one point for the savage beatings of two Vietnamese men.
华伯格以小瘪三的姿态开始了他的社会生活，他甚至曾因野蛮殴打两名越南人而锒铛入狱。

And hip-hop music videos celebrate the "Thug Life" and "gansta" attitude for any young black person seeking strong racial identity.
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And I think, in large part, it's due to this culture of, you know, gangster life and thug life that's become so accepted, acceptance of crime, acceptance of drug dealing, the no-snitch campaign, this kind of thing that I think is just poisonous for young minds because that's who's doing it, young people often involved in fighting over drug turf, killing each other.
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