Joe Budden - Pain Won't Stop lyrics
[Joe Budden - Pain Won't Stop lyrics]
Oh, the pain won’t stop (the pain don’t stop)
Almost like it’s got a hold on me (on me)
Shackles and cuffs
I can be no more than a slave
And still the pain won’t stop
Like my demons got control of me
Won’t take me alive
I guess someone’s gonna see the grave
And it won't be me, and it can’t be me
And it won’t be me, I won’t let it be me
And it won’t be me, and it can’t be me
And it won’t be me, I won’t let it be me
I’m starin' at the pain in the mirror
– or is it a facsimile?
Question hurts more than the fact
That it resembles me
Thought I left 'em all in the past
I mean essentially
So when we side by side I just
Act like it’s all a memory
And then I got a whole market of fans
With no clue what I speak of
But some of y'all understand
If you knew about my woes
You wouldn’t target the man
And if you did it’d be about
More than a marketing plan
I got a heart that’s ice cold
I’ve been tryin' to melt it's talent
Honest to y'all all while lyin' to myself
Seem like I do the most damage
All when tryin' to help
And no one asked for it, I decided myself
You think the road a nigga traveled
Has been long enough for y'all to
See the winner in him?
Don’t know if I’m fightin' my demons
Or goin' to dinner with em
I sit across from that table
Just lookin' brave and tough
But it’s only right they get the check
Figured that I paid enough
Oh, the pain won’t stop (the pain don’t stop)
Almost like it’s got a hold on me (on me)
Shackles and cuffs
I can be no more than a slave
And still the pain won’t stop
Like my demons got control of me
Won’t take me alive
I guess someone’s gonna see the grave
Fans say they waitin' on a break up
Don’t want me at the altar
But how would their lives alter
I figure how could they fault ya?
Followed me in this business
You witnessed me go through torture
With my exes
So a death wish I wouldn’t want anymore
Begs the question what do niggas
Really want in me? Couldn’t be as simple as
Misery lovin' company
Can’t be as cliché as bein'
A gift and a curse
But how could you ever claim
To love someone, then wish him the worst?
It appears my happiness has
Some people resentin' me
Should I appreciate love that
Come with contingencies?
Y'all get mad whenever someone
Else mentions me ironic, got a ex that’s
Showin' similar tendencies
Spite stems from hate
I try to never be near it
Do you only want the best for
Joe when we could share it?
That can become obsessive like
You wouldn’t believe don’t take my word
Just look at what happened to Steve
It got Raqi lookin' rocky, had 'em by me
And I watched 'em both deteriorate, was ugly
If you trust me
Then you wouldn’t want to share their fate
And so it seems the people I'd
Jump in the casket for
Their mind’s playin' tricks
I wish they knew they mattered more
Would they ask for more or
Would that will subside?
Poured my heart out all these years
I’m shocked I'm still alive
Tell him like I told Stack, it gets no realer
You love somethin' too much
Guarantee it'll kill ya, for real
Oh, the pain won’t stop (the pain don’t stop)
Almost like it’s got a hold on me (on me)
Shackles and cuffs
I can be no more than a slave
And still the pain won’t stop
Like my demons got control of me
Won’t take me alive
I guess someone’s gonna see the grave
I crashed a million times
Still I’m without a dent
They come to me to air it out
But I’m without a vent
I have nightmares about the shit
I thought I said
Cried enough that Posturepedic is a waterbed
Look at you like a nobody
It ain’t much I could ask of you
And I'd give you a hand
But what the fuck would you attach it to?
Finish one chore
God will throw you some more shit
It’s not enough I’m fightin' mine
Still I battle your shit
Oh, the pain won’t stop (the pain don’t stop)
Almost like it’s got a hold on me (on me)
Shackles and cuffs
I can be no more than a slave
And still the pain won’t stop
Like my demons got control of me
Won’t take me alive
I guess someone’s gonna see the grave
And it won't be me, and it can’t be me
And it won’t be me, I won’t let it be me
And it won’t be me, and it can’t be me
And it won’t be me, I won’t let it be me
Almost like it’s got a hold on me (on me)
Shackles and cuffs
I can be no more than a slave
And still the pain won’t stop
Like my demons got control of me
Won’t take me alive
I guess someone’s gonna see the grave
And it won't be me, and it can’t be me
And it won’t be me, I won’t let it be me
And it won’t be me, and it can’t be me
And it won’t be me, I won’t let it be me
I’m starin' at the pain in the mirror
– or is it a facsimile?
Question hurts more than the fact
That it resembles me
Thought I left 'em all in the past
I mean essentially
So when we side by side I just
Act like it’s all a memory
And then I got a whole market of fans
With no clue what I speak of
But some of y'all understand
If you knew about my woes
You wouldn’t target the man
And if you did it’d be about
More than a marketing plan
I got a heart that’s ice cold
I’ve been tryin' to melt it's talent
Honest to y'all all while lyin' to myself
Seem like I do the most damage
All when tryin' to help
And no one asked for it, I decided myself
You think the road a nigga traveled
Has been long enough for y'all to
See the winner in him?
Don’t know if I’m fightin' my demons
Or goin' to dinner with em
I sit across from that table
Just lookin' brave and tough
But it’s only right they get the check
Figured that I paid enough
Oh, the pain won’t stop (the pain don’t stop)
Almost like it’s got a hold on me (on me)
Shackles and cuffs
I can be no more than a slave
And still the pain won’t stop
Like my demons got control of me
Won’t take me alive
I guess someone’s gonna see the grave
Fans say they waitin' on a break up
Don’t want me at the altar
But how would their lives alter
I figure how could they fault ya?
Followed me in this business
You witnessed me go through torture
With my exes
So a death wish I wouldn’t want anymore
Begs the question what do niggas
Really want in me? Couldn’t be as simple as
Misery lovin' company
Can’t be as cliché as bein'
A gift and a curse
But how could you ever claim
To love someone, then wish him the worst?
It appears my happiness has
Some people resentin' me
Should I appreciate love that
Come with contingencies?
Y'all get mad whenever someone
Else mentions me ironic, got a ex that’s
Showin' similar tendencies
Spite stems from hate
I try to never be near it
Do you only want the best for
Joe when we could share it?
That can become obsessive like
You wouldn’t believe don’t take my word
Just look at what happened to Steve
It got Raqi lookin' rocky, had 'em by me
And I watched 'em both deteriorate, was ugly
If you trust me
Then you wouldn’t want to share their fate
And so it seems the people I'd
Jump in the casket for
Their mind’s playin' tricks
I wish they knew they mattered more
Would they ask for more or
Would that will subside?
Poured my heart out all these years
I’m shocked I'm still alive
Tell him like I told Stack, it gets no realer
You love somethin' too much
Guarantee it'll kill ya, for real
Oh, the pain won’t stop (the pain don’t stop)
Almost like it’s got a hold on me (on me)
Shackles and cuffs
I can be no more than a slave
And still the pain won’t stop
Like my demons got control of me
Won’t take me alive
I guess someone’s gonna see the grave
I crashed a million times
Still I’m without a dent
They come to me to air it out
But I’m without a vent
I have nightmares about the shit
I thought I said
Cried enough that Posturepedic is a waterbed
Look at you like a nobody
It ain’t much I could ask of you
And I'd give you a hand
But what the fuck would you attach it to?
Finish one chore
God will throw you some more shit
It’s not enough I’m fightin' mine
Still I battle your shit
Oh, the pain won’t stop (the pain don’t stop)
Almost like it’s got a hold on me (on me)
Shackles and cuffs
I can be no more than a slave
And still the pain won’t stop
Like my demons got control of me
Won’t take me alive
I guess someone’s gonna see the grave
And it won't be me, and it can’t be me
And it won’t be me, I won’t let it be me
And it won’t be me, and it can’t be me
And it won’t be me, I won’t let it be me