Mistakes Lyrics - Immortal Technique

(Yes I did... I made a mistake... yes I did) 

Huh..ya know living this type a life makes you grow up faster than you'd expect to sometimes... 

fuck around and be in your late twenties... 

feelin like a old man and shit... 

yeah for real son... let em know 

It's hard to breath and hard to run when your lung's blackened 

Coughing up blood like what the fuck happened 

Raising my risk of cancer's the answer homie 

But after drinking something there's nothing like puffing a bogie 

Now I can blame the same product placement in movies, 

Or the commercials, or Scarface in a jacuzzi 

But now I'm living it 

Damn I should a never took that first cigarette 

(I made a mistake) 

I fucked up, like your girl was riding on top of me 

I should of took her to trial and never copped a plea 

But this ain't a Christian nation motherfucka 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 Hattan 

But wildin on the court, had got me turned back from the Canadian border 

(I made a mistake) 

I knew she was a virgin, when I first met her 

Rockin stockings and poppin out of the catholic school sweater 

Mom told her 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 workin it, some club strippin and wondered 

If I could have made her life different 

(I made a mistake... yes I did... ) 

[Tech talking over the beat: 

Damn shortie, you got me on some singin the blues shit... 

but you gotta stop looking backwards and remember to look ahead... 

this is for all my dudes on patrol in the desert right now... for real] 

(I made a mistake) 

Yeah..yeah... I joined the army looking for money to go to college 

But they ain't pay me a quarter of what they fucking promised 

Extended my tour, treating me like a sucker 

That's the reason officers 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 reenlist for 30 grand homie? 

(I made a mistake) 

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 dawg, when there's no loyalty? 

Word to the street 

I should've gone independent like Immortal Technique 

(I made a mistake) 

Some people learn from mistakes and don't repeat them 

Others try to block the memories and just delete them 

But I keep em 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 its 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