Joe Budden - Downfall lyrics

rate me

<i>[Verse 1]</i>

Last thing I'm tryna be is the good guy now

I ain't never gave a fuck, why should I now

Like the World's interrupting my song, with an interlude

can't you'll see I'm busy trying to balance out my chemical

finishing up, what you ain't even begin to do

when your backs against the ropes it's either him or you

ya'll ain't so important that my words are meant for you

when did everybody become so sensual

caught up in the he say, she say

blog sites, him and her, broke up

World star, Nah right

dumb fans, they believe, everything that y'all write

found out, friends fake, couldn't even facade right

pressures on, wont fail

nigga got too much to prove

would have been, lost it, but I got too much to lose

say what you want about Joe but I stood my ground

bitch, I get it up myself you just put it down

they say I put my whole on display, to my dismay

stop it, you carry-in on without logic

let me tell you this about Joe

I only say you what I want you to hear

you only see what I want to show

crushing up the percepts

chasing the high, sadly

I couldn't make this shit up if I tried

the forecast shows a downpour

y'all just made God cry, praying for my downfall

This the shit I'm talking bout right here, let me tell you niggas something

You can be anything in this World that you want, except for my downfall.

Check this

<i>[Verse 2]</i>

I'm a victim of society

circumstance or just feelings

was a nigga victimized or just willing

no blinds, no bags, just dealing

no foundation or floor plan, just building

check it, nights bright but the day's dark

covered in tattoo's, but hate art

these egg shell's I walk on are razor sharp

staring at the finish line, looking for a way to start

I've been called everything, an extremist

is that a bad thing or what they really mean is

anything a nigga do, a nigga mean it

and I won't let a person place a thing come between it

an opportunist is how they paint me

but if the nigga only knock once can you blame me

still I feel like my problems are great

shit if I don't ever solve em I'm straight

on the bright side, God chose me to put a lot on my plate

so I figured I wouldn't be bothered by the weight

I'm trying to change the pattern but it's on loop

even an outcast in my own group

what's it mean when everybody standing next to you

expects of you everything that comes with a spectacle

if everywhere I go I just leave behind residue

tell me, trust me, I won't think nothing less of you

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I'm sorry I ain't around more

come up with me or stay on the ground floor

I don't need shelter from the downpour

Y'all could be whatever you want, just not my downfall

they tryna make me slow, tryna take me, NO!

can't be my downfall

they tryna knock my grind

I won't stop, I'm fine

Can't be my downfall

<i>[Verse 3]</i>

No moment of clarity

the next fight showing is a rarity

severity of me against my growing popularity

rappers won't rap, I'm forced to believe they scared of me

but can no longer use the escape goat they not aware of me

so y'all can go and throw your little pot shots

some dudes dissed me and temporarily got hot

I'm getting my head right recollected

Y'all looking for some website resurrection

being that I got too much to lose

or maybe a slight chance that a nigga guilty

of all that I'm accused

no longer amused

affected my loved ones, now

they starting to bruise

and I don't want no parts of that abuse

wouldn't wish it upon my worst foe a day in my shoes

that'll just eliminate any excuse

and why entertain em

old me would' a lost my sense's

y'all just helping the new me regain em

been punched in the face,

it was either feed my family

or hunt with a .38

and I ain't want brunch to wait

I've outgrown hip hop

turned into a day care

so next time so shit is on my mind, it'll stay there

I'm staring at the man in the mirror

but it ain't helping see the man any clearer

so I get MIA from around y'all

till God stops answering these prayers for my downfall

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<i>[Verse 4]</i>

Tell me what am I to do

if I ain't have a soul a nigga always had you

pardon Dude, but I gotta speak candidly

How the FUCK!!! could you abandon me

with 5 years of blood sweat and tears

but there was obviously a disconnect

we turned that into a disrespect

said she been holding it inside for years, she's unhappy

so the girl I wanna marry was afraid to come and tap me

so I went away on tour

and you went on one of your own

and while you was on the horn all day, with old boy

did you ever think about what it would do to your home

what's his name, where's he live

what is it he offers? what's he got to give?

and I love you so much that when I caught onto your fibs

I hit you like a man, you wore it in your ribs

I was heated, but had to be strong enough to remove the infidelity

and see what's underneath it

come to find out you felt lied to and cheated

mistreated and kept it a big secret

or are you just loose

and I'm so naive I'm tryna give you an excuse

now that I refuse to believe

we life partners, holy water on whatever devil comes and try to part us

can't use anything I ever gave you to bury me

you supposed to be the one that bury me

you want to leave than goodbye

think the grass look greener on the other side

but it's dye

<i>[Chorus]</i>