The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Only God can judge me (that right?)
Only God, baby (can judge me now)
Nobody else (nobody else)
All you other motherfuckers get out my business (really)
(Only God can judge me now)
Perhaps I was blind to the facts, stabbed in the back
I couldn't trust my own homies just a bunch of dirty rats
Will I, succeed, paranoid from the weed
And hocus pocus I try to focus but I can't see
And in my mind I'm a blind man doin' time
Look to my future 'cause my past, is all behind me
Is it a crime, to fight, for what is mine?
Everybody's dyin' tell me what's the use in tryin'
I've been Trapped since birth, cautious, 'cause I'm cursed
And fantasies of my family, in a hearse
And they say it's the white man I should fear
But, it's my own kind doin' all the killin' here
I can't lie, ain't no love for the other side
Jealousy inside, make 'em wish I died
Oh my Lord, tell me what I'm livin' for
Everybody's droppin' got me knockin' on heaven's door
And all my memories, of seein' brothers bleed
And everybody grieves, but still nobody sees
Recollect your thoughts don't get caught up in the mix
'Cause the media is full of dirty tricks
Only God can judge me
(Only God can judge me) (that's right, baby)
Yeah baby, hahaha
Only God can judge me, only God can judge
(Only God can judge me, only God)
(Only God can judge me)
Only God can judge me, and only God can
(Only God can judge me, only God)
Only God can judge me, God can judge me
(Only God can judge me, only God)
Only God can judge
(Only God can judge me now)
Flatline
I hear the doctor standing over me
Screaming I can make it
Got a body full of bullet holes laying here naked
Still I can't breathe, something's evil in my IV
'Cause every time I breathe, I think they killin' me
I'm havin' nightmares, homicidal fantasies
I wake up stranglin', danglin' my bed sheets
I call the nurse 'cause it hurts, to reminisce
How did it come to this? I wish they didn't miss
Somebody help me, tell me where to go from here
'Cause even thugs cry, but do the Lord care?
Try to remember, but it hurts
I'm walkin' through the cemetery talkin' to the dirt
I'd rather die like a man than live like a coward
There's a ghetto up in Heaven and it's ours, Black Power
Is what we scream as we dream in a paranoid state
And our fate, is a lifetime of hate
Dear Mama, can you save me? And fuck peace
'Cause the streets got our babies, we gotta eat
No more hesitation each and every black male's trapped
And they wonder why we suicidal runnin' around strapped
Mister police, please try to see that there's
A million motherfuckers stressin' just like me
Only God can judge me
(Only God can judge me, only God)
Only God can judge me
Only God can judge (only God can judge me now)
(Only God can judge me, only God)
And only God can judge me (only God can judge me)
Only God can judge me
(Only God can judge me, only God)
Only God can judge me
(Only God can judge me now)
That which does not kill me can only make me stronger
(That's for real)
And I don't see why everybody feel as though
That they gotta tell me how to live my life
(You know?)
Let me live baby, let me live
'Pac I feel ya, keep servin' it on the reala
For instance say a playa hatin' mark is out to kill ya
Would you be wrong, for buckin' a nigga to the pavement?
He gon' get me first, if I don't get him, fool start prayin'
Ain't no such thing as self-defense in the court of law
So judge us when we get to where we're goin wearin' a cross, that's real
Got him, lurked him, crept the fuck up on him
Sold a half a million tapes now everybody want him
After talkin' behind my back like a bitch would
Tellin' them niggas, "You can fade him," punk I wish you would
It be them same motherfuckers in your face that'll rush up in your place
To get your safe, knowin' you on that paper chase
Grass, glass, big screen and leather couch
My new shit is so fetti already sold a key of ounce
Bitch, remember 2Pac and 4-Tay
Them same two brothers dodgin' bullets representin' the Bay
'Pac when you was locked down, that's when I'll be around
Start climbing up the charts, so sick, but they tried to clown
That's why they ride the bandwagon still be draggin' sellin' lies
Don't think I don't see you haters, I know y'all in disguise
Guess you figure you know me 'cause I'm a thug
That love to hit the late night club drunk and buzzed
Been livin' lavish like a player all day
Now I'm 'bout to floss em off, player shit with 4-Tay
Only God can judge me
(Only God can judge me, only God)
Only God can judge me
Only God can judge
(Only God can judge me, only God)
That's real (only God can judge me now)
Only God can judge me
(Only God can judge me, only God)
Only God can judge me
(Only God can judge me)
(Only God can judge me, only God)
Only God can judge me
(Only God can judge me now)
Only God, man (that right?) That's for real
(Only God can judge me now)
Fuck everybody else, know what I'm sayin'?
(Only God can judge me now)
Man, look here, man
My only fear of death is comin' back to this bitch reincarnated, man
(Only God can judge me now)
That's for the homie mental
Hahaha
We up out (only God can judge me now)
(Only God can judge me now)
(Only God can judge me now)
(Only God can judge me now)
Only God, baby (can judge me now)
Nobody else (nobody else)
All you other motherfuckers get out my business (really)
(Only God can judge me now)
Perhaps I was blind to the facts, stabbed in the back
I couldn't trust my own homies just a bunch of dirty rats
Will I, succeed, paranoid from the weed
And hocus pocus I try to focus but I can't see
And in my mind I'm a blind man doin' time
Look to my future 'cause my past, is all behind me
Is it a crime, to fight, for what is mine?
Everybody's dyin' tell me what's the use in tryin'
I've been Trapped since birth, cautious, 'cause I'm cursed
And fantasies of my family, in a hearse
And they say it's the white man I should fear
But, it's my own kind doin' all the killin' here
I can't lie, ain't no love for the other side
Jealousy inside, make 'em wish I died
Oh my Lord, tell me what I'm livin' for
Everybody's droppin' got me knockin' on heaven's door
And all my memories, of seein' brothers bleed
And everybody grieves, but still nobody sees
Recollect your thoughts don't get caught up in the mix
'Cause the media is full of dirty tricks
Only God can judge me
(Only God can judge me) (that's right, baby)
Yeah baby, hahaha
Only God can judge me, only God can judge
(Only God can judge me, only God)
(Only God can judge me)
Only God can judge me, and only God can
(Only God can judge me, only God)
Only God can judge me, God can judge me
(Only God can judge me, only God)
Only God can judge
(Only God can judge me now)
Flatline
I hear the doctor standing over me
Screaming I can make it
Got a body full of bullet holes laying here naked
Still I can't breathe, something's evil in my IV
'Cause every time I breathe, I think they killin' me
I'm havin' nightmares, homicidal fantasies
I wake up stranglin', danglin' my bed sheets
I call the nurse 'cause it hurts, to reminisce
How did it come to this? I wish they didn't miss
Somebody help me, tell me where to go from here
'Cause even thugs cry, but do the Lord care?
Try to remember, but it hurts
I'm walkin' through the cemetery talkin' to the dirt
I'd rather die like a man than live like a coward
There's a ghetto up in Heaven and it's ours, Black Power
Is what we scream as we dream in a paranoid state
And our fate, is a lifetime of hate
Dear Mama, can you save me? And fuck peace
'Cause the streets got our babies, we gotta eat
No more hesitation each and every black male's trapped
And they wonder why we suicidal runnin' around strapped
Mister police, please try to see that there's
A million motherfuckers stressin' just like me
Only God can judge me
(Only God can judge me, only God)
Only God can judge me
Only God can judge (only God can judge me now)
(Only God can judge me, only God)
And only God can judge me (only God can judge me)
Only God can judge me
(Only God can judge me, only God)
Only God can judge me
(Only God can judge me now)
That which does not kill me can only make me stronger
(That's for real)
And I don't see why everybody feel as though
That they gotta tell me how to live my life
(You know?)
Let me live baby, let me live
'Pac I feel ya, keep servin' it on the reala
For instance say a playa hatin' mark is out to kill ya
Would you be wrong, for buckin' a nigga to the pavement?
He gon' get me first, if I don't get him, fool start prayin'
Ain't no such thing as self-defense in the court of law
So judge us when we get to where we're goin wearin' a cross, that's real
Got him, lurked him, crept the fuck up on him
Sold a half a million tapes now everybody want him
After talkin' behind my back like a bitch would
Tellin' them niggas, "You can fade him," punk I wish you would
It be them same motherfuckers in your face that'll rush up in your place
To get your safe, knowin' you on that paper chase
Grass, glass, big screen and leather couch
My new shit is so fetti already sold a key of ounce
Bitch, remember 2Pac and 4-Tay
Them same two brothers dodgin' bullets representin' the Bay
'Pac when you was locked down, that's when I'll be around
Start climbing up the charts, so sick, but they tried to clown
That's why they ride the bandwagon still be draggin' sellin' lies
Don't think I don't see you haters, I know y'all in disguise
Guess you figure you know me 'cause I'm a thug
That love to hit the late night club drunk and buzzed
Been livin' lavish like a player all day
Now I'm 'bout to floss em off, player shit with 4-Tay
Only God can judge me
(Only God can judge me, only God)
Only God can judge me
Only God can judge
(Only God can judge me, only God)
That's real (only God can judge me now)
Only God can judge me
(Only God can judge me, only God)
Only God can judge me
(Only God can judge me)
(Only God can judge me, only God)
Only God can judge me
(Only God can judge me now)
Only God, man (that right?) That's for real
(Only God can judge me now)
Fuck everybody else, know what I'm sayin'?
(Only God can judge me now)
Man, look here, man
My only fear of death is comin' back to this bitch reincarnated, man
(Only God can judge me now)
That's for the homie mental
Hahaha
We up out (only God can judge me now)
(Only God can judge me now)
(Only God can judge me now)
(Only God can judge me now)
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