(Yes I did... I a mistake... yes I did)
Huh..ya know living this type a makes you grow up faster than you'd expect to sometimes... fuck and be in your late twenties... like a old man and shit... yeah for son... let em know
It's hard to and hard to run when your lung's blackened Coughing up blood like what the happened Raising my risk of cancer's the homie But after drinking something there's 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 should a never took first cigarette
(I a mistake)
I fucked up, like girl was riding on top of me I of took her to trial and never copped a plea But this ain't a Christian nation please America never taught me to turn the cheek Cause I'm from Harlem, the north of We knock niggas out and make em bounce Ricky Hattan But wildin on the court, had got me turned back from the border
(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 or fuck up her life But I was careless, instead of her right I seen her workin it, some club and wondered If I could made her life different
(I a mistake... yes I did... )
[Tech talking the beat: shortie, you got me on some singin the blues shit... but you gotta 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 looking for money to go to But they ain't pay me a quarter of what fucking promised Extended my tour, treating me a sucker That's the reason officers get fragged Don't me speeches on how you respect and you love me But no body armor in a lightly humvee?! My family's lonely and you want me to for 30 grand homie?
(I a mistake)
When I was young I got 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 nothing wouldn't do for me Except screwing me for publishing the royalties How the are you my dawg, when there's no loyalty? to the street I should've gone independent Immortal Technique
(I a mistake)
people learn from mistakes and don't repeat them Others try to block the memories and delete them But I keep em as a reminder not killing me And I thank God for teaching me Son, when you fight to be free To see things how they are and not how you em to be Cause when the world is falling on top of me Pessimism is an emotion, not a Knowing what's wrong doesn't that you right And its another, when you suffer to it in life But I'm no And I'm never make the same mistake twice pussy