[ti:Painkillers] [ar:Everlast] [al:Whitey Ford Sings The Blues (Amended)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Painkillers - Everlast [00:13.27]On behalf of Pan Am Airlines we'd like to be the first [00:15.69]To welcome you to New York City [00:17.47]We'd like to thank you for flying Pan Am [00:19.60]The local time is 6:45 a m and the temperature is 89 degrees [00:24.62]I've been up all night on the redeye flight [00:27.59]The dawn's early light got the skyline bright [00:30.39]I'm in the back of a car service [00:32.34]My driver's kind of nervous [00:33.79]'Cause I'm tokin' on a blunt that's fat [00:35.77]You say you know where you at [00:37.07]I say I know where I am [00:39.21]And if you really want a tip then mister don't get flam [00:41.70]I ain't tryin' to be rude and I ain't stressin' you gramps [00:44.35]But this sh*t right here it be the breakfast of champs [00:47.10]I've been tokin' on this since thirteen years old [00:49.81]And when I look up at my wall I see platinum and gold [00:52.74]And there ain't nobody sneezin' at the money I fold [00:55.40]And I ain't here for your pleasin' so put that sh*t on hold [00:58.43]Just keep your mouth shut and get me to the hotel [01:01.31]And turn the radio up while I finish this L [01:05.75]Welcome back to the Five Seasons Mr Ford [01:07.96]Your usual room is ready and waiting [01:09.92]Let me take your luggage [01:11.21]If you need anything while you're staying [01:12.87]Just let me know [01:13.98]Good lookin' out [01:14.65]That's for you I hop out my car step into the lobby [01:17.75]Everybody's on the floor it's a motherf**kin' robbery [01:20.95]The sh*t's in progress I can feel the stress [01:23.28]I wanna silently to God how did I get in this mess [01:26.13]They tell me to freeze and get down on my knees [01:28.65]Between my jewels and my cash I'm holdin' thirty five G's [01:31.75]They told me to run it so I got bold and I fronted [01:34.50]And like Slick Rick said I knew I shouldn't of done it [01:37.23]'Cause now they standin' over me watchin' me bleed [01:40.18]Damn I got to quit smokin' all this w**d [01:42.55]There's a pain in my chest but yo I must be blessed [01:45.43]Because before I faded out I saw the EMS [01:48.28]The paramedics they greet me with some anesthetics [01:51.25]They killin' my pain they screamin' my name [01:53.74]Tryin' to keep me in the conscious world [01:56.00]I'm thinkin' about my mom my sister and my girl [01:58.89]I'm prayin' to God don't let this go too far [02:01.39]As they rush me into the St Luke's O R [02:04.14]They pull the bullets out my chest and give 'em back in a jar [02:07.12]Now I'm wearin' this scar 'cause I tried to play hard [02:10.31]Mr Ford I'm afraid I have some bad news for you [02:13.51]What are you talkin' about [02:14.93]It would appear that one of the bullets grazed your spine [02:17.64]And damaged the cord [02:19.03]So what are you tryin' to tell me [02:21.35]Well it's safe to say I don't think you'll [02:24.67]Be jumpin' around anymore [02:25.74]Yo this can't happen to me I just can't believe it [02:28.98]Trapped in a wheelchair a paraplegic [02:31.55]There ain't no rehab there ain't no therapy [02:34.16]For the rest of my life somebody's gotta take care of me [02:37.51]And people stare at me with pity in their eyes [02:39.76]And every mornin' I rise to a life of despise [02:42.47]And every night I think I might never rock the mic again [02:45.41]'Cause my brain's f**ked up on percacet and vicadin [02:48.15]Might as well be h****n pulsin' through my veins [02:50.82]Gotta kill these pains or blow out my brains [02:53.68]To free me from these chains [02:55.21]I'm trapped in this physical hell [02:57.21]To walk again I just might sell my soul [02:59.92]And I'm only twenty somethin' years old