- Mistakes
- Immortal Technique
- The 3rd World (Bonus Edition)
- Immortal Technique - Mistakes
- It's hard to breath and hard to run when your lungs black and
- Coughing up blood like, what the fuck happened?
- Raising my wrist to cancer's the answer homie,
- But after drinking something it's nothing like puffin a bogie
- Now I could blame the same product placements in movies,
- All the commercials, or scarface in a jacuzzi
- But now I'm living it, damn I shoulda never took that first cigarette
- I fucked up, like your girl was riding on top of me,
- I shoulda took her to trial, and never copped a plea,
- But this ain't a Christian nation, motherfucker please
- America never taught me to turn the other cheek
- Cause I'm from Harlem, the north of Manhattan,
- We knock niggas out, and make 'em bounce like Ricky Hatton,
- But wildin' on the corner got me turned back from the Canadian border
- I knew she was a virgin when I first met her,
- Rockin stocking, popping out of the catholic school sweater,
- Mom told me she could do better than a criminal
- Seventeen year old psychotic trying to be lyrical
- I never meant to break her heart or fuck up her life,
- But I was careless instead of treating her right
- I seen her again at some club, stripping,
- And wondered if I could have made her life different
- I joined the army looking for money to go to college
- But they didn't pay me a quarter of what they fucking promised
- Extended my tour, treated me like a sucker
- That's the reason offices get fragged, motherfucker
- Don't give me speeches on how you respect and you love me,
- But no body armor in a lightly armored Humvee?
- My family's lonely, and you want me to re-enlist for thirty grand homie?
- When I was young I got signed to a record label,
- The deal looked so good when it was on the table
- It paid for my cable, cribs, cars and jewelry, the studios, the women,
- There's nothing they wouldn't do for me,
- Except stop screwing me for publishing the royalties
- How the fuck are you my dog when there's no loyalty
- Word to the street, I shoulda gone independent like Immortal Technique
- Some people learn from mistakes and don't repeat them,
- Others try to block the memories and just delete them
- But I keep them as a reminder they not killing me,
- And I thank God for teaching me humility
- Son remember when you fight to be free,
- To see things how they are, and not how you like 'em to be
- Cause even when the world is falling on top of me,
- Pessimism is an emotion, not a philosophy
- Knowing what's wrong, doesn't imply that you right,
- And it's another when you suffer to apply it in life,
- But I'm no rookie, and I'm never gonna make the same mistake twice, pussy
- End
- Immortal Technique - Mistakes
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- [ar:Immortal Technique]
- [al:The 3rd World (Bonus Edition)]
- [00:00.02]Immortal Technique - Mistakes
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- [00:21.80]It's hard to breath and hard to run when your lungs black and
- [00:25.03]Coughing up blood like, what the fuck happened?
- [00:27.64]Raising my wrist to cancer's the answer homie,
- [00:30.07]But after drinking something it's nothing like puffin a bogie
- [00:32.98]Now I could blame the same product placements in movies,
- [00:35.59]All the commercials, or scarface in a jacuzzi
- [00:38.62]But now I'm living it, damn I shoulda never took that first cigarette
- [00:42.55]
- [00:44.37]I fucked up, like your girl was riding on top of me,
- [00:46.76]I shoulda took her to trial, and never copped a plea,
- [00:49.47]But this ain't a Christian nation, motherfucker please
- [00:52.24]America never taught me to turn the other cheek
- [00:55.01]Cause I'm from Harlem, the north of Manhattan,
- [00:57.74]We knock niggas out, and make 'em bounce like Ricky Hatton,
- [01:00.67]But wildin' on the corner got me turned back from the Canadian border
- [01:04.56]
- [01:05.58]I knew she was a virgin when I first met her,
- [01:09.22]Rockin stocking, popping out of the catholic school sweater,
- [01:11.73]Mom told me she could do better than a criminal
- [01:14.32]Seventeen year old psychotic trying to be lyrical
- [01:17.03]I never meant to break her heart or fuck up her life,
- [01:19.85]But I was careless instead of treating her right
- [01:22.32]I seen her again at some club, stripping,
- [01:24.28]And wondered if I could have made her life different
- [01:26.64]
- [01:50.33]I joined the army looking for money to go to college
- [01:52.64]But they didn't pay me a quarter of what they fucking promised
- [01:55.43]Extended my tour, treated me like a sucker
- [01:57.90]That's the reason offices get fragged, motherfucker
- [02:00.80]Don't give me speeches on how you respect and you love me,
- [02:03.40]But no body armor in a lightly armored Humvee?
- [02:06.10]My family's lonely, and you want me to re-enlist for thirty grand homie?
- [02:10.55]
- [02:12.31]When I was young I got signed to a record label,
- [02:14.52]The deal looked so good when it was on the table
- [02:17.28]It paid for my cable, cribs, cars and jewelry, the studios, the women,
- [02:21.22]There's nothing they wouldn't do for me,
- [02:22.78]Except stop screwing me for publishing the royalties
- [02:25.52]How the fuck are you my dog when there's no loyalty
- [02:28.13]Word to the street, I shoulda gone independent like Immortal Technique
- [02:32.45]
- [02:34.10]Some people learn from mistakes and don't repeat them,
- [02:36.83]Others try to block the memories and just delete them
- [02:39.33]But I keep them as a reminder they not killing me,
- [02:41.95]And I thank God for teaching me humility
- [02:44.71]Son remember when you fight to be free,
- [02:47.21]To see things how they are, and not how you like 'em to be
- [02:50.13]Cause even when the world is falling on top of me,
- [02:52.98]Pessimism is an emotion, not a philosophy
- [02:55.88]Knowing what's wrong, doesn't imply that you right,
- [02:58.67]And it's another when you suffer to apply it in life,
- [03:01.21]But I'm no rookie, and I'm never gonna make the same mistake twice, pussy
- [03:05.32]
- [03:05.88]End
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