(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 around and be in late twenties... like a old man and shit... yeah for real son... let em
It's hard to and hard to run when your lung's blackened Coughing up like what the fuck happened Raising my risk of cancer's the answer But after drinking there's nothing like puffing a bogie Now I can blame the same product in movies, Or the commercials, or in a jacuzzi But now I'm it Damn I should a never 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 a plea But ain't a Christian nation motherfucka please never taught me to turn the other cheek Cause I'm from Harlem, the of Manhattan 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 stockings and poppin out of the catholic school sweater Mom told her she could do better than a Seventeen year-old psychotic, trying to be I never meant to break her or fuck up her life But I was careless, instead of treating her I seen her workin it, some strippin and wondered If I could have her life different
(I a mistake... yes I did... )
[Tech over the beat: Damn shortie, you got me on some the blues shit... but you gotta stop looking backwards and remember to ahead... is for all my dudes on patrol in the desert right 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 of what they fucking promised Extended my tour, me like a sucker That's the reason officers get motherfucker give me speeches on how you respect and you love me But no body armor in a armored humvee?! My family's and you want me to reenlist for 30 grand homie?
(I a mistake)
When I was young I got signed to a label The deal looked so good when it was on the It paid for my cable, cribs, and jewelry The studios, the women there's nothing wouldn't do for me stop screwing me for publishing the royalties How the fuck are you my dawg, when no loyalty? Word to the I should've gone independent like Immortal
(I a mistake)
Some people from mistakes and don't repeat them try to block the memories and just delete them But I keep em as a reminder not killing me And I God for teaching me humility Son, remember when you to be free To see things how they are and not how you em to be even when the world is falling on top of me Pessimism is an emotion, not a Knowing what's wrong doesn't imply that you And its another, when you suffer to apply it in But I'm no And I'm never gonna make the mistake twice pussy