(Yes I did... I a mistake... yes I did)
Huh..ya know living this type a life makes you grow up faster than you'd to sometimes... fuck around and be in late twenties... feelin a old man and shit... yeah for son... let em know
It's to breath and hard to run when your lung's blackened Coughing up blood like what the happened Raising my risk of cancer's the answer 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 that first
(I a mistake)
I fucked up, like your girl was on top of me I should of took her to and never copped a plea But this ain't a Christian motherfucka please America taught me to turn the other cheek Cause I'm from Harlem, the north of We knock niggas out and em bounce like Ricky Hattan But wildin on the court, had got me turned back from the Canadian
(I a mistake)
I she was a virgin, when I first met her Rockin stockings and poppin out of the school sweater Mom told her she could do better than a year-old psychotic, trying to be lyrical I never meant to break her or fuck up her life But I was careless, instead of her right I her workin it, some club 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 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 for money to go to college But they pay me a quarter of what they fucking promised Extended my tour, treating me a sucker the reason officers get fragged motherfucker 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 reenlist for 30 grand
(I a mistake)
When I was young I got signed to a label The looked so good 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 stop screwing me for publishing the royalties How the fuck are you my dawg, when there's no to the street I should've gone independent Immortal Technique
(I a mistake)
Some people 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 me humility Son, remember you fight to be free To see things how they are and not how you em to be Cause even when the is falling on top of me is an emotion, not a philosophy Knowing what's doesn't imply that you right And its another, when you suffer to apply it in But I'm no And I'm never gonna make the mistake twice pussy