Prince Paul - A Prince Among Thieves [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

[T-Bone]
"I tried to be there but you wouldn't let me in
Before hustlin' we were friends!"

[True/Sha]
Damn what a price to pay
Shows that torch you can't take away
Now forever sleep is where your body lay
Restin' in peace is what I hope and pray
Shit, what I will tell your moms
As she breakin' down in a brother's arms
But she don't know the truth so I throw on the charms
He started buggin' callin' in to work
Captain of the fiends so they called him Kirk
After he got caught he got real berserk
Found out he was smokin' from who gave him work
I wanted to be the first one to tell you that
Yo son, I'd only sow but he used crack
And this is somethin' that I can't believe
Comin' from A Prince among Thieves!

[T-Bone]
"Sometimes I wondered but I didn't understand
Just when you were trying to go, won you the bet
I tried to be there but you wouldn't let me in
Before hustlin' we were friends!"

[True/Sha]
I thought I would have been better if I'd just let'em be
But he started showin' two faces one for you one for me
I watched though change ?shit's so Mitchell what's re-strange?
Leave on a train get dropped back off in a range
A friendship takin a back seat to cocaine
Lookin' at your mummy, yah two can feel your pain
Yo son, my man, addicted to crack
What in the world would have pushed him to do that
A god fearin' boy as I had raised him
Mummy don't blame yourself to you I give praise
Raisin' two kids strugglin' all alone
Takin' what life had to offer your head on
He chose to the take to the life of a loser
A cocaine seller, a cocaine user
Reality's sometime hard to believe
But who ever thought it would have happened to the Prince among Thieves!

[T-Bone]
"Sometimes I wondered but I didn't understand
Just when you were trying to go, won you the bet
I tried to be there but you wouldn't let me in
Before hustlin' we were friends!"

Wutcha wanna do son, how do you feel?
Livin' in a life when everything is real
Wutcha wanna do son? It was the deal
Livin' in a life when everything is right
Wutcha wanna do son, how do you feel?
Livin' in a life when everything is real
Wutcha wanna do son? It was the deal yo
It was the deal yo
It was the deal!

[True/Sha]
I never thought that losin' you would've left an empty space - in my heart
When I pull the out it ain't goin' no waste
And everytime I see your son I remember your face
I'm locatin', muddin' my way, raisin' like he was mine
I mean the joy he brings me kinda hard to define
Knowin' how tight we was, how shit coulda been
You was more like my brother but that fright me in
And since you came now your song has someone to depend
Aaw, so take this son and rest in peace
I wish would have know how I felt for you was deceased
Forgave a shit enough time to get released
Everytime I hear "Prince" I'mma remember you
"Among Thieves" what the fuck I put you through

[T-Bone]
(It's not my fault)
"Sometimes I wondered but I didn't understand (It's not my fault)
Just when you were trying to go, won you the bet (It's not my fault)
I tried to be there but you wouldn't let me in (It's not my fault)
Before hustlin' we were friends!"
(2x)