(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
hard to breath and hard to run when your lung's blackened Coughing up blood like what the fuck Raising my risk of cancer's the homie But after drinking there's nothing like puffing a bogie Now I can the same product placement in movies, Or the commercials, or Scarface in a But now I'm it I should 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 copped a plea But ain't a Christian nation motherfucka please America taught me to turn the other cheek Cause I'm Harlem, the north of Manhattan We knock niggas out and make em bounce Ricky Hattan 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 poppin out of the school 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 treating her I her workin it, some club strippin and wondered If I could made her life different
(I a mistake... yes I did... )
[Tech over the beat: Damn shortie, you got me on singin the blues shit... but you gotta stop looking 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 looking for money to go to college But ain't pay me a quarter of what they fucking promised Extended my tour, treating me like a the reason officers get fragged motherfucker Don't give me speeches on how you respect and you me But no armor in a lightly armored humvee?! My family's lonely and you want me to reenlist for 30 grand
(I a mistake)
I was young I got signed to a record label The deal so good when 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 me for publishing the royalties How the are you my dawg, when there's no loyalty? Word to the I gone independent like Immortal Technique
(I a mistake)
Some learn from mistakes and don't repeat them Others try to block the memories and just delete But I em as a reminder they not killing me And I thank God for me humility Son, remember you fight 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 you right And its another, you suffer to apply it in life But I'm no And I'm never gonna make the mistake twice pussy