Since being shot in the leg in Texas -- where he was paying his respects to his slain rapper MO3 -- Boosie Badazz has undergone two operations and has been in a wheelchair.

But, as he tells his best buddy Vlad, he wouldn't snitch on his shooters if he had the chance.

"Nah, I would set them free.  I wasn't taught to be no rat when I was 17, 18 years old.  I ain't taught to be now a rat at 40 years old, 43 years old.  A lot of sh*t ain't built in people from when they're a youngster so when they got pressure on them, they break ... Look at all of this paperwork coming out on all of these people.  Paperwork don't lie.  All these rats coming out, they need to make a whole CD and name it Cheddar Cheese.  Facts is facts.  I can't sugar coat it," Boosie said.

Boosie, who apparently still buys CDs, went on to say that him getting shot was "karma" and he's not trying to sweat it too much.