(Yes I did... I a mistake... yes I did)
Huh..ya know living this a life makes you grow up faster than you'd expect to sometimes... fuck and be in your late twenties... feelin a old man and shit... for real son... let em know
It's hard to breath and hard to run when lung's blackened Coughing up blood what the fuck happened Raising my of cancer's the answer homie But after something there's nothing like puffing a bogie Now I can blame the same placement in movies, Or the commercials, or Scarface in a But now I'm it Damn I a never took that first cigarette
(I a mistake)
I up, like your girl was riding on top of me I should of took her to trial and never copped a But ain't a Christian nation motherfucka please America never taught me to turn the cheek Cause I'm from Harlem, the north of We knock niggas out and make em like Ricky Hattan But wildin on the court, had got me turned back from the Canadian
(I a mistake)
I knew she was a virgin, when I met her Rockin stockings and poppin out of the catholic sweater Mom told her she do better than a criminal Seventeen year-old psychotic, to be lyrical I never meant to break her heart or up her life But I was careless, of treating her right I seen her workin it, some strippin and wondered If I could have made her different
(I a mistake... yes I did... )
[Tech over the beat: Damn shortie, you got me on some the blues shit... but you stop looking backwards and remember to look ahead... this is for all my dudes on in the desert right now... for real]
(I a mistake)
Yeah..yeah... I joined the army for money to go to college But they pay me a quarter of what they fucking promised Extended my tour, treating me a sucker That's the reason officers get fragged Don't give me speeches on how you and you love me But no body in a lightly armored humvee?! My lonely and you want me to reenlist for 30 grand homie?
(I a mistake)
When I was I got signed to a record label The deal looked so good it was on the table It for my cable, cribs, cars and jewelry The studios, the women there's they wouldn't do for me Except stop screwing me for publishing the How the fuck are you my dawg, when there's no to the street I gone independent like Immortal Technique
(I a mistake)
Some people learn from and don't repeat them Others try to block the memories and delete them But I em as a reminder they not killing me And I God for teaching me humility Son, remember when you to be free To see things how are and not how you like em to be Cause even when the is falling on top of me Pessimism is an emotion, not a Knowing what's wrong doesn't imply that you And its another, you suffer to apply it in life But I'm no And I'm never gonna make the mistake twice pussy