Текст песни What a Strange Life - Shaft

I don't know why all my tears are made up of diamonds
I think that's my depression paying off my silence
I live day-to-day life like it's autopilot
Every day I look in the mirror and get reminded
That time doesn't wait for your cosign
Drugs and sex are the perfect ways I would waste mine
I give you more of myself in each of these lines
Then I give the woman that loves me, hmm, what a strange life
What a strange life

We're gathered here today to turn these words into a pray
I wish that I could look at you and tell you I'ma change
But I'm a different man now, animalistic in a way
Why would I stop when I know I could profit off the pain
Next on my list, I'ma need a blood diamond chain
I'm going to hell for the minerals it contains
Lately I was thinking that I was turning a page
Until recently, someone decided to say my name
I promise, both our prides set aside is not the same
I never understood pointing fingers for your blame
I never understood the joy that power brings
I wonder who's pulling the strings when behind the scenes
What a strange life
What a strange life

Reflecting on my life and all the choices that I made
Thinking bout my grandma while I'm standing by her grave
Thinking I could save face if we could just trade place
On cigarettes and ashtrays, I was leaving a bad taste
Found myself in a bad mood to a dark place
Locked myself away from the world to manage heartbreak
Or at least, everyone tells me that's what they all say
I salivate at the thought of the day that I graduate
To a better life, maybe to the one where I can sleep at night
I pray to Jesus Christ to help me find the light and lead this life
I'm right behind this mic, I fight the urge to sell my soul
Cause I'm too young and I don't really know the price
What a strange life
What a strange life

I always stand tall, especially when it comes to business
Mostly cause all of my moves are made independent
Never bitched about paying the out-of-pocket prices
Till they got greedy and started feeding into they vices
Grown men acting like bitches, hiding behind devices
Respect to me is something that I've always viewed as priceless
What you're hearing now, this is Michigan's finest
You ain't fucking with the Spartans, my new name Leonidas
I got a handful of Detroit that would say I'm the nicest
Ask Willie, ask Hustle, ask Van, ask Ted
I don't want you to die, I want you to wish for it instead
That's the only way we're even if you look inside my head
Why you think I got the word revenge tatted on my neck
This shit is not a joke, I don't tolerate disrespect
So basically, in summary, for what I'm trying to say
Is it could be tomorrow, but I know that it's not today
But you thought you wouldn't pay for that mess you tried to make
I try to mature and grow away from saying names
But this motherfucka, scammed me out of grand
Just so he can run to the streets and cop a couple xans
Take them pills out of your hand, learn how to be a man
It's the principle of this shit, a domino effect
If I let you get away with it, they think they got me next
I just know karma's a bitch and I hope it was worth the check, motherfucker