(Yes I did... I a mistake... yes I did)
Huh..ya living this type a life makes you grow up faster than you'd expect to sometimes... around and be in your late twenties... feelin a old man and shit... yeah for real son... let em
It's hard to and hard to run when your lung's blackened up blood like what the fuck happened Raising my risk of cancer's the answer But after drinking something nothing like puffing a bogie Now I can blame the product placement in movies, Or the commercials, or Scarface in a But now I'm it Damn I should a never took first cigarette
(I a mistake)
I up, like your girl was riding on top of me I of took her to trial and never copped a plea But this ain't a Christian motherfucka please never taught me to turn the other cheek Cause I'm Harlem, the north of Manhattan We knock niggas out and em bounce like Ricky Hattan But wildin on the court, had got me turned from the Canadian border
(I a mistake)
I knew she was a virgin, I first met her Rockin stockings and out of the catholic school sweater Mom told her she do better than a criminal Seventeen year-old psychotic, trying to be I never to break her heart 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 made her life
(I a mistake... yes I did... )
talking over the beat: Damn shortie, you got me on some singin the shit... but you gotta stop backwards and remember to look ahead... this is for all my dudes on patrol in the right now... for real]
(I a mistake)
Yeah..yeah... I joined the army looking for to go to college But they ain't pay me a quarter of they fucking promised Extended my tour, me like a sucker That's the reason officers get fragged give me speeches on how you respect and you love 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)
When I was I got signed to a record label The deal looked so good when it was on the It for my cable, cribs, cars and jewelry The studios, the women there's nothing they do for me Except stop screwing me for the royalties How the are you my dawg, when there's no loyalty? to the street I should've independent like Immortal Technique
(I a mistake)
Some people learn from mistakes and don't repeat Others try to block the and just delete them But I keep em as a reminder not killing me And I thank God for teaching me Son, remember when you 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 is an emotion, not a philosophy Knowing what's doesn't imply that you right And its another, when you to apply it in life But I'm no And I'm never gonna the same mistake twice pussy