Joe Budden - Intro (Pray For Them) [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

[Verse 1 - Joe Budden]
Now if it goes to the wire
I will never fall, I got the soul of a fighter
Walk barefoot over the coal through the fire
I thought the toll would be lighter but make sure that blunt's rolled a little tighter
I tell 'em I'm just lookin' for some peace of mind
But they say I'm only working with a piece of mine
If Im'a do it'll be of my own accord no crush
Swear to God I never called upon the lord so much
Play the corner of the club, laughin' at the wanna-bees
It's ironic cause they everything I wanna be
Would light a ton of reef, but that's gonna unleash
Everything I'm tryin' to hide underneath
Then I'd lose all I've learned
And if there's two things that I've learned
Is I'm the only thing at stake
And when you the only thing real really you the only thing fake
Must be time to escape from that
And fuck rhymes, might be time to escape from rap
Why should I be the only nigga to escape from the act
So I lie since everybody just escapes from fact
Yo that sucka shit niggas be on, I can't dig it
Joe, won't lose even if you plan to rig it
Nothin' to prove with no fear of how I'm depicted
I'm here, won't move I don't care to be evicted
You don't like how I move, well I ain't gonna keep still
Any nigga want me killed, wanna leave me in the streets peeled
Well if it happens, it happens, I believe in free will
Just know that ain't how we built
I'll call niggas that will dead you for a cheap thrill
When the clip's empty, they gonna try to refill
And Im'a be the dude to try and stop them like please chill
Y'all know what I'm about
They keep puttin' up roadblocks I keep findin' alternate routes
Now success seems likely everybody wanna try me
I'm all for, can't trip me up won't fall for it
I'm just a man without a care
Neighbor to heartache, roommate with despair
Reminded my past is darker
Cause when AM died, I was starin' at Travis Barker
Wishin' there was something I could say to make him cheer up
And so I prayed, and he teared up
I ain't wanna se him go through that
The same shit that I feel just never show you that
Guess it's none of nobody business, and it just makes you look weaker
Every joke is just smoke gotta look deeper
Nevermind don't bother, cause some of y'all are smarter
Enough got sense that if you try harder you'll get a glimpse of everything that I harbor
We all ain't got the strength to be a martyr
So to anyone who ever loved me
I apologize, and I'm sorry
Whole-heartedly, can't change it's just part of me
It's not music shit's art to me
Too fucked up to drive here's the car key
I don't care where we go just get it far from me
Choices I don't wanna make but I know I have to
World's goin' faster since my ride or die chose the latter
Lookin' for a rush out of habit, proof there's a such as too much for an addict
Ain't the nigga I'm belittled as, riddled ass nigga come from middle class
When you speak to me show a little class
Dropped out of school cause a nigga couldn't sit through class
Learned to fall asleep through the sound of a pistol's blast
I come from where dad taught mom to get high
But she strong so we still got by
When I picked up the drug why the fuck was they surprised
If it wasn't for your genes I wouldn't lust the supply
I come from a whole hood, tellin' me that I'm next
Handin' me a mag, must've noticed I was complex
They say that you a wild individual
You just not gettin' my style, you too typical
Everybody got a word for me
Shit y'all deem important ain't pertinent to me nigga
Put your opinion with a feather, and balance that
Grab medicine when the success and the talent match