Pain Won't Stop

[Hook]

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

[Interlude]

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

[Verse 1: Joe Budden]

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

[Hook]

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

[Verse 2: Joe Budden]

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

[Hook]

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

[Verse 3: Joe Budden]

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

[Hook]

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

[Outro]

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