Immortal Technique - You Never Know Lyrics
[Verse 1]She was on her way to becoming a college graduateWouldn't even stop to talk to the average kidThe type of latina I'd sit and contemplate marriage with***** the horse and carriage shit, her love was never for hireDisciplined, intellectual beauty's what I desireFlyer than Salma Hayek or Jennifer LopezEveryone told me, kickin' it to her was hopelessAt first I just thought, she didn't mess with broke kidsThe thug niggas always talking about, how they smoke kidsBut the rich-sniff-coke kids got no play"I'm not even interested" is what her body language would sayEveryone around the way, gave up trying to get in itIt didn't matter how good your game was, she wasn't with itOn the block, *****es was jealous, but wouldn't admit itTalk shit, and deny to everyone that they did it'Cause they regretted the long list of niggas that they let hit itAnd no one ever gave them shit except McDonald's and did-dickSmoking weed with thoughts of envy, whenever they lit itShe spoke intelligently and they bit it, always trying to copyBut when they tried to use her vocab, they sounded sloppyShe had a style, all her own, respectful and pureI was sick in the head for her, and there wasn't a cure[Hook - Jean Grae]Don't you know that, time waits for no manNot fate, it's all plannedI'm blessed just to know youI've loved and I've lost just to hold you all nightCan't find, a reason whyGod came, between you and IIf I had the chance again, I'd never let you goHold tight to your love, 'cause you never know[Verse 2]Her eyes are brown and beautiful, yet empty and sadI used to talk to her occasionally, and she was gladThat I wasn't just another nigga trying to get in itSo every now and then we'd stop and talk for a minuteI didn't have a gimmick so the minutes turned to hoursOn her birthday, I gave her a poem with flowersThen I took her out to dinner after her cousin's baby showerWe talked about, power to the people and suchWe spent more time together but it was never enoughI never tried to sneak a touch, or even cop a feelI was too interested, in keeping it realPerfectly honest and complete, she would always call me "carino",And never Technique, bought me a new book to read every 2 or 3 weeksForever changing the expression of my thoughts when I speakIt was because of her, I even deaded all of my freaksShe convinced me, to stop hangin' out on the streetsTo stop robbin' and stealin', from people like youInstead I took her out to the Apollo and the Bronx ZooWe sailed del Barrio and the Metropolitan tooGot to the point when I was either with her or my crewSo I decided one day, to tell her my feelings was trueI couldn't live without her so I told her, facing my fearsBut honey's only response, was a face full of tearsShe could only sob hysterically, holding me tightI tried to speak, but she wouldn't stop until I left sightI felt like a moth who got himself too close to the lightExcept I didn't burn, I turned cold after that night[Hook][Verse 3]I went on with my life, college and my careerEnded up locked up like an animal for a yearWhere the C.O.'s talk to you like they were the overseerThen I got sent to the hole, when my exit was nearAt night in my cell, I'd close my eyes and I'd see herHold her close in my dreams, but when I woke she disappearedJust an empty cell until the state gave me parole in the summercame back, in tact and on trackBut the fact of the matter, is I still felt coldEven after my mother, hugged me, cryin' at homeMy real niggas would catch me thinkin', out of my zone*****in' lots of different women, but I still felt aloneRelatively well-known around the New York undergroundBut I kept thinking of her and how we used to be downThe sound of her voice, and the beautiful smell of her hairThough gone physically, somehow it was still thereI had to do something, because the shit was too much to bearSo I went and visited the building where she used to liveThe world looks a lot different after you do a bidThe way your life done changedWhile primitive minds (are) still stuck in the same gameLike her cousin who was on the corner slangin' cocaineStepped in the lobby and tapped the button next to her last nameHer mom buzzed me up and hugged me up, like a mother ought toBut her facial expression changed, when I asked about her daughter[Hook][Verse 4]She told me that there was a note for me, that was left behindShe had left it there waiting, for such a long timeI was inclined to ask about it but she brought it up firstI saw a tear swelling up in her eye, and then she cursedShe told me where the letter was and I started thinking the worstReversed my position, stepped over and opened the doorAnd sure enough there was an envelope with my name on the floor"Nobody loves you more than me carino" is what the letter said"By the time you get to read this, I'll probably be deadBut when you left in '97 a part of me went to HeavenI thank God at least I got to know what love really wasBut it hurt me, to see what true love really does'Cause even though we never made love, you were all that there wasIt was because I loved you so much that I had to make you leaveYou made me doubt the way I thought, you made me want to believeAnd then I slipped up, and I let you get close to meIt was hard to not be openly when people spoke to meThis was not the way I thought my life was supposed to beBaby don't you see, I had a blood transfusion that left me with HIVHoped the end exists for me since late in 1993I died a virgin, I wish I could've given myself to youI cried in the hospital because there was no one else but youPromise that you'll meet me in paradise inevitablyNo matter what, I'll keep your love forever with me"What happened for the rest of the day is still a blurBut I remember wishing that I was dead, instead of herShe was buried on August 3rdThe story ends without a sequelAnd now you know why Technique, don't *****ing fall in love with peopleHold the person that you love closely if they're next to youThe one you love, not the person that'll simply have sex with youAppreciate them to the fullest extent, and then beyond'Cause you never really know what you got, until it's gone 
