Autobiography
[00:00.87] This is the autobiography of Nicki Maraj
[00:10.37] May the lord protect me, as the world gets hectic
[00:16.64] My voice projected, my life reflected
[00:18.90] (The more I cry, the more I try)
[00:19.39] (Can you hear me? Yeah)
[00:21.38] Daddy was a crack fiend, two in the morning
[00:24.66] Had us running down the block like a track team
[00:27.39] When you burnt the house down and my mother was in it
[00:30.13] How could I forget it? The pain is infinite
[00:32.64] She's my Queen and I ain't even British, she's the only reason
[00:35.88] That I went to school and I finished (yeah)
[00:38.38] She told me that I had talent, got on her knees
[00:40.89] And prayed for me when I started being violent (okay)
[00:43.15] She saw something in me that 'til this day
[00:45.64] I don't know if I could be that (yeah)
[00:48.39] But I'ma die tryin' and when I'm done cryin' grab the iron
[00:52.89] And black out like I'm retiring (kyuh)
[00:54.40] Nightmares of you killing my mother
[00:56.40] The reason that I sleep with my head under the covers
[00:59.13] And they should've thrown a book at you
[01:01.66] 'Cause I hate you so much that it burn when I look at you
[01:05.15] May the lord protect me, as the world gets hectic (I'll keep trying)
[01:09.89] My voice projected, my life reflected (keep, keeping on)
[01:15.39] May the lord protect me, as the world gets hectic
[01:20.64] My voice projected, my life reflected
[01:23.64] (The more I cry, the more I try)
[01:25.91] Damn, I wanna run to you, hold you and kiss you
[01:29.64] And tell you how I miss you (I miss you baby)
[01:31.89] Thought I would have a son for you but now it's official
[01:34.90] It's over and I can't let you go (oh)
[01:37.13] But I gotta let you know, all the shit I did made me feel like
[01:41.13] I'm dying real slow
[01:43.63] 'Cause no one understands me
[01:44.63] They don't know what to do when I'm hurt
[01:47.13] And when I'm angry (kyuh)
[01:48.39] You was my friend and my man and my daddy
[01:51.14] You was there when that bitch tried to stab me
[01:53.63] Anything I ever needed, knew you had me
[01:56.40] 'Cause of you, all them chicks couldn't stand me
[01:59.15] So why I hurt you? That's the question
[02:01.63] It took this long, for me to learn my lesson
[02:04.39] 'Cause now all I want is peace and get drama
[02:06.89] Finally understand the true meaning of karma
[02:09.62] May the lord protect me, as the world gets hectic (I'll keep trying)
[02:14.65] My voice projected, my life reflected (keep, keeping on)
[02:20.14] May the lord protect me, as the world gets hectic
[02:24.40] My voice projected, my life reflected
[02:27.39] (The more I cry, the more I try)
[02:30.88] Please baby, forgive me, mommy was young
[02:34.65] Mommy was too busy tryna have fun
[02:36.63] Now, I don't pat myself on the back for sending you back
[02:39.66] 'Cause God knows I was better than that (kyuh)
[02:41.88] To conceive you, then leave you, the concept alone seems evil
[02:46.13] I'm trapped in my conscience
[02:47.64] I adhered to the nonsense, listened to people who told me
[02:50.89] I wasn't ready for you
[02:52.39] But how the – would they know what I was ready to do?
[02:54.89] And of course, it wasn't your fault (no)
[02:58.15] It's like I feel you the air, I hear you saying
[03:01.14] "Mommy don't cry, can't you see I'm right here?" (yes)
[03:03.64] I gotta let you know what you mean to me
[03:06.65] When I'm sleeping, I see you in my dreams with me
[03:09.14] Wish I could touch your little face, or just hold your little hand
[03:12.15] If it's part of God's plan maybe we can meet again
[03:14.63] (The more I cry, the more I try, gotta keep on)
[03:19.39] My voice projected, my life reflected
[03:21.14] (The more I cry, the more I try, gotta keep on)
[03:24.64] (The more I cry, the more I try, gotta keep on)
[03:29.88] My voice projected, my life reflected
[03:32.15] (The more I cry, the more I try, gotta keep on)
[03:35.89] May the lord protect me, as the world gets hectic
[03:38.39] (More, more, more, more, more, gotta keep – mo-o-o-o)
[03:40.15] (The more I cry, the more I try, gotta keep on)
[03:41.64] May the lord protect me, as the world gets hectic
[03:50.40] (The more I cry, the more I try, gotta keep on)
[03:51.88] (The more I cry, the more I try, gotta keep on)
[03:57.14] May the lord protect me, as the world gets hectic
[04:02.86] My voice projected, my life reflected
[04:08.15] May the lord protect me, as the world gets hectic
[04:13.65] My voice projected, my life reflected
[04:18.88] May the lord protect me, as the world gets hectic
[04:24.64] My voice projected, my life reflected
[04:28.13] (Can you hear me? Yeah)
[04:29.88] May the lord protect me, as the world gets hectic
