(Yes I did... I a mistake... yes I did)
Huh..ya know living this type a life makes you grow up faster you'd expect to sometimes... around and be in your late twenties... feelin a old man and shit... for real son... let em know
It's hard to breath and hard to run when lung's blackened Coughing up blood like what the fuck my risk of cancer's the answer homie But after drinking there's nothing 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 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 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 like Ricky But wildin on the court, had got me back from the Canadian border
(I a mistake)
I she was a virgin, when I first met her Rockin stockings and poppin out of the catholic sweater Mom told her she could do better a criminal Seventeen year-old psychotic, to be lyrical I never to break her heart 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 made her life
(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 army looking for money to go to But they ain't pay me a of what they fucking promised my tour, treating me like a sucker That's the reason officers get motherfucker Don't give me speeches on how you respect and you me But no body in a lightly armored 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 record The deal looked so good when it was on the It for my cable, cribs, cars and jewelry The studios, the women there's they wouldn't do for me Except 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 like Technique
(I a mistake)
Some people learn from mistakes and don't them try to block the memories and just delete them But I keep em as a reminder they not me And I thank God for teaching me Son, remember when you to be free To see how they are and not how you like em to be Cause even when the is falling on top of me is an emotion, not a philosophy Knowing what's wrong doesn't imply that you And its another, when you to apply it in life But I'm no And I'm gonna make the same mistake twice pussy