(Yes I did... I a mistake... yes I did)
Huh..ya know living this type a life makes you grow up 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 breath and hard to run when your lung's Coughing up blood like the fuck happened my risk of cancer's the answer homie But drinking something there's nothing like puffing a bogie Now I can blame the same product in movies, Or the commercials, or Scarface in a But now I'm it Damn I should a took that first cigarette
(I a mistake)
I fucked up, like girl was riding on top of me I should of took her to trial and copped a plea But this ain't a Christian nation please America taught me to turn the other cheek Cause I'm from Harlem, the north of We knock niggas out and make em bounce like Ricky But on the court, had got me turned back from the Canadian border
(I a mistake)
I knew she was a virgin, when I met her Rockin stockings and out of the catholic school sweater Mom her she could do better than a criminal year-old psychotic, trying to be lyrical I never meant to break her or fuck up her life But I was careless, of treating her right I seen her workin it, some club strippin and If I could have her life different
(I a mistake... yes I did... )
[Tech talking over the Damn shortie, you got me on some singin the shit... but you gotta stop looking backwards and to look ahead... this is for all my dudes on patrol in the desert now... for real]
(I a mistake)
Yeah..yeah... I the army looking for money to go to college But they ain't pay me a quarter of what fucking promised Extended my tour, treating me like a That's the reason get fragged motherfucker Don't give me speeches on how you respect and you 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 young I got signed to a record The deal looked so when it was on the table It paid for my cable, cribs, and jewelry The studios, the there's nothing they wouldn't do for me Except stop screwing me for the royalties How the fuck are you my dawg, when no loyalty? to the street I gone independent like Immortal Technique
(I a mistake)
Some people learn from and don't repeat them try to block the memories and just delete them But I keep em as a they not killing me And I God for teaching me humility Son, remember when you fight to be To see things how are and not how you like em to be Cause when the world is falling on top of me is an emotion, not a philosophy 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 same mistake pussy