Down Fall-Joe Budden

[ti:Down Fall] [ar:Joe Budden] [al:Mood Muzik 4.5] [by:] [offset:0] [00:21.75]Last thing I'm tryna be is the good guy now [00:23.96]I ain't never gave a f**k why should I now [00:26.76]Like the World's interrupting my song with an interlude [00:29.07]Can't you'll see I'm busy trying to balance out my chemical [00:32.44]Finishing up what you ain't even begin to do [00:34.94]When your backs against the ropes it's either him or you [00:38.02]Ya'll ain't so important that my words are meant for you [00:40.67]When did everybody become so sensual [00:42.85]Caught up in the he say she say [00:45.04]Blog sites him and her broke up [00:47.11]World star Nah right [00:48.30]Dumb fans they believe everything that y'all write [00:50.87]Found out friends fake couldn't even facade right [00:53.63]Pressures on wont fail [00:55.01]Ni**a got too much to prove [00:56.58]Would have been lost it but I got too much to lose [00:59.39]Say what you want about Joe but I stood my ground [01:01.95]B**ch I get it up myself you just put it down [01:04.58]They say I put my whole on display to my dismay [01:07.11]Stop it you carry-in on without logic [01:09.42]Let me tell you this about Joe [01:11.29]I only say you what I want you to hear [01:13.60]You only see what I want to show [01:15.23]Crushing up the percepts [01:16.03]Chasing the high sadly [01:17.73]I couldn't make this sh*t up if I tried [01:20.48] [01:21.31]The forecast shows a downpour [01:22.68]Y'all just made God cry praying for my downfall [01:25.50] [01:30.49]This the sh*t I'm talking bout right here let me tell you niggas something [01:37.06]You can be anything in this World that you want except for my downfall [01:41.86] [01:42.78]Check this [01:46.52]I'm a victim of society [01:47.83]Circumstance or just feelings [01:49.77]Was a ni**a victimized or just willing [01:52.51]No blinds no bags just dealing [01:55.20]No foundation or floor plan just building [01:57.89]Check it nights bright but the day's dark [02:01.39]Covered in tattoo's but hate art [02:03.88]These egg shell's I walk on are razor sharp [02:06.44]Staring at the finish line looking for a way to start [02:09.12]I've been called everything an extremist [02:11.37]Is that a bad thing or what they really mean is [02:14.26]Anything a ni**a do a ni**a mean it [02:16.82]And I won't let a person place a thing come between it [02:19.81]An opportunist is how they paint me [02:22.31]But if the ni**a only knock once can you blame me [02:24.99]Still I feel like my problems are great [02:27.30]Sh*t if I don't ever solve em I'm straight [02:29.61]On the bright side God chose me to put a lot on my plate [02:33.17]So I figured I wouldn't be bothered by the weight [02:36.64]I'm trying to change the pattern but it's on loop [02:39.20]Even an outcast in my own group [02:41.51]What's it mean when everybody standing next to you [02:43.82]Expects of you everything that comes with a spectacle [02:46.62]If everywhere I go I just leave behind residue [02:49.07]Tell me trust me I won't think nothing less of you [02:53.08]I'm sorry I ain't around more [02:54.96]Come up with me or stay on the ground floor [02:57.70]I don't need shelter from the downpour [02:59.76]Y'all could be whatever you want just not my downfall [03:03.69]They tryna make me slow tryna take me NO [03:06.75]Can't be my downfall [03:09.06]They tryna knock my grind [03:10.68]I won't stop I'm fine [03:12.26]Can't be my downfall [03:13.57]No moment of clarity [03:14.94]The next fight showing is a rarity [03:16.50]Severity of me against my growing popularity [03:17.94]Rappers won't rap I'm forced to believe they scared of me [03:21.49]But can no longer use the escape goat they not aware of me [03:24.68]So y'all can go and throw your little pot shots [03:27.23]Some dudes dissed me and temporarily got hot [03:30.00]I'm getting my head right recollected [03:31.31] [03:32.69]Y'all looking for some website resurrection [03:35.12]Being that I got too much to lose [03:37.00]Or maybe a slight chance that a ni**a guilty [03:39.13]Of all that I'm accused [03:40.57]No longer amused [03:41.63]Affected my loved ones now [03:43.06]They starting to bruise [03:44.25]And I don't want no parts of that abuse [03:46.43]Wouldn't wish it upon my worst foe a day in my shoes [03:49.30]That'll just eliminate any excuse [03:51.06]And why entertain em [03:52.69]Old me would' a lost my sense's [03:54.64]Y'all just helping the new me regain em [03:56.82]Been punched in the face [03:58.01]It was either feed my family [03:59.63]Or hunt with a 38 [04:00.75]And I ain't want brunch to wait [04:02.53]I've outgrown hip hop [04:03.53]Turned into a day care [04:04.79]So next time so sh*t is on my mind it'll stay there [04:08.29]I'm staring at the man in the mirror [04:10.41]But it ain't helping see the man any clearer [04:12.67]So I get MIA from around y'all [04:15.56]Till God stops answering these prayers for my downfall [04:18.09] [04:19.35]I'm sorry I ain't around more [04:21.29]Come up with me or stay on the ground floor [04:23.59]I don't need shelter from the downpour [04:25.85]Y'all could be whatever you want just not my downfall [04:29.54]They tryna make me slow tryna take me NO [04:32.78]Can't be my downfall [04:34.36]They tryna knock my grind [04:37.04]I won't stop I'm fine [04:38.66]Can't be my downfall [04:39.48]Tell me what am I to do [04:42.22]If I ain't have a soul a ni**a always had you [04:44.98]Pardon Dude but I gotta speak candidly [04:47.11]How the F**K could you abandon me [04:49.47]With 5 years of blood sweat and tears [04:51.66]But there was obviously a disconnect [04:53.11]We turned that into a disrespect [04:54.94]Said she been holding it inside for years she's unhappy [04:57.57]So the girl I wanna marry was afraid to come and tap me [05:01.44]So I went away on tour [05:03.38] [05:04.73]And you went on one of your own [05:06.73]And while you was on the horn all day with old boy [05:09.41]Did you ever think about what it would do to your home [05:13.28]What's his name where's he live [05:15.09]What is it he offers what's he got to give [05:17.61]And I love you so much that when I caught onto your fibs [05:20.47]I hit you like a man you wore it in your ribs [05:23.36]I was heated but had to be strong enough to remove the infidelity [05:26.35]And see what's underneath it [05:27.97]Come to find out you felt lied to and cheated [05:30.84]Mistreated and kept it a big secret [05:34.12]Or are you just loose [05:36.07]And I'm so naive I'm tryna give you an excuse [05:39.07]Now that I refuse to believe [05:40.81]We life partners holy water on whatever devil comes and try to part us [05:44.62]Can't use anything I ever gave you to bury me [05:47.53]You supposed to be the one that bury me [05:50.22]You want to leave than goodbye [05:51.92]Think the grass look greener on the other side [05:54.35]But it's dye [05:56.37]I'm sorry I ain't around more [05:58.36]Come up with me or stay on the ground floor [06:00.86]I don't need shelter from the downpour [06:03.42]Y'all could be whatever you want just not my downfall [06:07.03]They tryna make me slow tryna take me NO [06:09.90]Can't be my downfall [06:11.29]They tryna knock my grind [06:14.04]I won't stop I'm fine [06:15.43]Can't be my downfall