Confessions (Live|Explicit)-Madonna

[ti:Confessions] [ar:Madonna] [al:The Confessions Tour] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Confessions (Live|Explicit) - Madonna [00:08.26]Album:The Confessions Tour [00:16.53]I was three feet from the floor' [00:18.48]Gasping for air' [00:19.99]Trying to release my father's hands from my throat [00:24.33]I looked into his eyes [00:25.01]And wondered if my feet would ever touch the floor again [00:30.38] [00:32.96]Have you ever been hit so hard [00:34.53]That it sends your body flying across the room [00:37.36] [00:40.32]We all fall to the floor at some point' [00:43.03] [00:44.16]It's how you pick yourself up' [00:45.81] [00:46.57]That's the real challenge' isn't it [00:50.47] [00:53.74]I've always lived in my own world' [00:55.50] [00:56.82]I dance to escape my troubles [00:58.59] [01:05.95]I've learned that there's light' [01:08.24]Even in the darkest places [01:09.75] [01:13.40]I can't blame my father for anything' [01:14.64] [01:16.47]You can't rely on other people to make you happy' [01:18.48] [01:20.93]But I know deep down inside' he loved me [01:24.54] [01:29.07]There was a time' [01:29.96] [01:30.84]I suffered so much' [01:32.10]I wanted to get it out of me [01:33.71] [01:35.15]I would cut my arms' [01:36.41] [01:37.29]Not to kill myself' [01:37.81] [01:38.97]I don't want to die' [01:41.14]I know I am lucky to be on this earth [01:45.67] [01:47.94]I did it so the physical pain would come [01:50.39]With the pain that was eating me inside' [01:53.98] [01:54.99]Nothing was erased [01:56.06] [02:00.02]I live with my past tucked away' [02:02.21] [02:02.97]Deep inside of me [02:04.10] [02:09.26]It comes out as an explosion' [02:10.80]And it invades me [02:14.38] [02:20.74]I believe we are messengers on earth' [02:24.20]I believe in angels [02:26.53]I am blessed by God to tell myself [02:28.65]I suffered that much to become who I am today [02:31.54] [02:37.96]Now you have to realise' [02:39.07] [02:39.57]Not only do I have my family' [02:41.01]But now I have a whole hood' [02:42.31] [02:42.87]And that's power' [02:44.13] [02:45.01]But I ain't no grimy assed nigger' [02:46.70] [02:47.27]I was never out to kill anybody' [02:48.90] [02:50.29]Especially when I made that decision to gang bang [02:52.46] [02:54.35]I just wanted to fit in' [02:55.27] [02:59.05]But one day I was forced to do something [03:00.67]That made me open my eyes' [03:02.81]I realised that this sh*t ain't no game' [03:04.55] [03:06.94]One of the homies got popped' [03:08.89]And I was pressured into doing my first drive-by' [03:10.97] [03:13.74]It was kinda f**ked up the way [03:14.82]They tried to set me up [03:16.27] [03:20.93]Me and my bro' [03:21.81]We was headed back to the 8 block' [03:23.44]And some homies rolled up' [03:25.33]And they asked us to go somewhere [03:27.66] [03:29.67]We pulled up to the corner' [03:30.84] [03:31.78]Then he placed a chunky assed gun in my lap' [03:34.23] [03:35.62]He said you know what to do with it' [03:37.50] [03:38.13]It's time to get a poppin for the hood' [03:39.64] [03:43.92]But I wasn't out to kill anybody