Beginning of the End

Lyrics

[Intro: int eighty and Havoc (Mobb Deep)] (It's the start of- It's the start of- of your endin') (It's the start of your endin') It's the beginning of the end (It's the start of your endin') It's the beginning of the end (It's the start of your endin') It's the beginning of the end [Verse 1: int eighty] First things first you'll be seeing a trend Start with the background it leads to the end Another youth story it's about to unfold But this time, this one's closer to home Born with bad intentions or just malicious purpose Alone and growing up almost felt I was a burden You had a short fuse here I am a short circuit We all have flaws and I know nobody's perfect Trouble from the start, it shouldn't be a shocker Glued to computers ever since I was a toddler Tried to boot DOS on the blank screen then Remember me stuffing floppies in our old IBM You came home from work and reacted so quick Floor covered with five-and-a-quarter-inch disks Don't worry yet, the drives were never broken Wait until I started with the phone line and modem [Hook: int eighty and Havoc (Mobb Deep)] (It's the start of your endin') It's the beginning of the end (It's the start of your endin') It's the beginning of the end (It's the start of your endin') It's the beginning of the end (It's the start of your endin') It's the beginning of the end [Verse 2: int eighty] Now I'm online, tempted by the options But I'm a teenager with plenty other problems Chemical imbalance body going through the changes Life in the questionable unset stages My friends online they were hacking for fun And provided acceptance, at home I had none Inspired programmer who noticed a draw Viruses, spammers, I coded it all Began to make a name, everybody wants a copy Compress it, encrypt it, and save it to a floppy Slack space, swap, there were more crazy tricks I was serving up warez on a 486 Kept it all a secret, none if it pronounced Then the ISP called and suspended our account Couldn't give it up, had to bypass restrictions Yes there is a substance but it's different from addiction [Hook: int eighty and Havoc (Mobb Deep)] (It's the start of your endin') It's the beginning of the end (It's the start of your endin') It's the beginning of the end (It's the start of your endin') It's the beginning of the end (It's the start of your endin') It's the beginning of the end [Bridge: int eighty] It's not looking good I just keep screwing up What am I doing? [Verse 3: int eighty] My life was a wreck, almost burned to the ground But the case was dismissed before the verdict was found A new person now, look I turned it around So if I made a change you can learn to be proud Cause you got me through to high school, it wasn't a breeze Six years in college and I finished my degrees Shifted to the right track, kicked it into gear Took the skills I developed and I made it a career Average Joe Citizen, my record is clear Benefits and wage, pay my taxes every year I'm sorry that the gray hair will never be undone But at least you can now just be happy for your son [Hook: int eighty and Havoc (Mobb Deep)] (It's the start of your endin') It's the beginning of the end (It's the start of your endin') It's the beginning of the end (It's the start of your endin') It's the beginning of the end (It's the start of your endin') It's the beginning of the end