Recording as Akshen, he began his career recording solo for Rap-A-Lot Records, a local label in Houston, Texas. In the late 1980s, he joined the Geto Boys as they were forming and released We Can't Be Stopped, a highly successful LP that garnered the Geto Boys a large fanbase, in spite of their ultra-violent lyrics keeping them far from radio and MTV. Akshen changed his name to Scarface (he even changed his flow from a rapid-fire Kool G Rap-like delivery to normal flow, this time with a darker tone), after the film Scarface, saying he felt that the main character of the movie was just like him in many ways. Scarface soon released his debut solo album, Mr. Scarface Is Back. The album was a success, and Scarface's popularity soon overshadowed the other Geto Boys.
Scarface left the group and released a series of solo albums that kept him in the public view in spite of decreasing sales. He turned this around with 2000's Last of a Dying Breed, which received overwhelmingly positive reviews and sales, and earned him Lyricist of the Year at the Source Awards. In 2002 he released The Fix, the critically acclaimed follow up to Last of a Dying Breed. In 2007 he released Made which overall recieved very positive reviews.
Discography
1991 - Mr. Scarface Is Back (Rap-A-Lot)
1993 - The World Is Yours (Rap-A-Lot/Priority)
1994 - The Diary (Rap-A-Lot/Noo Trybe)
1997 - The Untouchable (Rap-A-Lot/Virgin)
1998 - My Homies (Rap-A-Lot/Virgin)
2000 - The Last Of A Dying Breed (Rap-A-Lot/Virgin)
2002 - The Fix (Def Jam South)
2003 - Balls And My Word (Rap-A-Lot)
2006 - The Product: One Hunid (Koch)
2006 - My Homies Pt. 2 (Rap-A-Lot Records)
2007 - Made
2008 - Emeritus
Cocaine
Scarface Lyrics
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Ima moshi me wo tojireba
Mitometaku wa nai mono ga koboreochiru kara
Herikudari, aisouwarai...
Itsuka bokura ga kiratteta otona ni natteku
...Yume, hikikae
Juutai to kensou wo nuke, boku wa hashiridashiteta
Koko, TOKYO yume otte kita koto Never regret
Nemuranai machi de kodoku gomakashite I keep on dreaming
Moro shouchou akogare to zasetsu to ga kousa suru place
Makenai yo, jibun ni
Koko TOKYO ni
(Everybody keeps on dreaming
But it is not so easy
Gonna make a success story.
Distance in the world, yeah!!
So... but to say goodbye tomorrow
Cannot go back to home now
Your wish I wanna get it)
Baka ni sareru koto wo osore
Tsuyogari mo kikazatta
Shoouindou utsuru boku... doko ga fuange de
Oya, namari, umi, chiheisen...
Utomashikatta subete ga koishii kedo
Kaeranai... kaerenai
Tomodachi mo shiriai mo fueta...
Surechigau hibi no naka, yasuragi wo kureru yo
Koko, TOKYO yume otte kita koto wo
Never regret
Deau beki hito ni atte, jibun wo shitte
I keep on dreaming
Moro shouchou tanoshisa to sabishisa ga kousa suru place
Makenai yo, jibun ni
Koko, TOKYO ni
Yume hitotsu, kyou akirameta yo
Demo, mada da koko kara mo hoshi datte mierunda
Koko, TOKYO yume otte kita koto wo
Never regret
Irikunda rosenzu ni mo mou mayowanai
I keep on dreaming
Moro shouchou akogare to zasetsu to ga kousa suru place
Makenai yo, jibun ni
Koko, TOKYO ni
(Everybody keep on dreaming
But it is not so easy
Gonna make a success story.
Distance in the world, yeah!!
So... but to say goodbye tomorrow
Cannot go back to home now
Your wish I wanna get it)
It seems that the lyrics provided are not from Scarface's song Cocaine, but rather from a Japanese song. The lyrics are in Japanese and could not find a direct translation of the lyrics.
Line by Line Meaning
Mabataki sezu sora, niranda
Staring blankly at the sky without blinking
Ima moshi me wo tojireba
If I close my eyes now
Mitometaku wa nai mono ga koboreochiru kara
All the things I don't want to acknowledge will spill out
Herikudari, aisouwarai...
Fall down and pretend to laugh
Itsuka bokura ga kiratteta otona ni natteku
Someday we'll become the adults we dreamed of being
...Yume, hikikae
...But at the cost of our dreams
"Nagasareru koto" ni naresou da yo
I feel like I'm about to be swept away
Juutai to kensou wo nuke, boku wa hashiridashiteta
I escaped the congestion and conflict and started to run
Koko, TOKYO yume otte kita koto Never regret
Here, in Tokyo, I've been chasing my dreams and I'll never regret it
Nemuranai machi de kodoku gomakashite I keep on dreaming
I keep on dreaming, fooling my loneliness in a sleepless city
Moro shouchou akogare to zasetsu to ga kousa suru place
This is the place where yearning and setbacks coexist
Makenai yo, jibun ni
I won't lose to myself
Koko TOKYO ni
Here in Tokyo
(Everybody keeps on dreaming
(Everybody keeps on dreaming
But it is not so easy
But it's not so simple
Gonna make a success story.
I'm going to create a success story.
Distance in the world, yeah!!
There's distance between us in this world
So... but to say goodbye tomorrow
So, tomorrow we'll have to say goodbye
Cannot go back to home now
We can't go back home now
Your wish I wanna get it)
I want to grant your wish)
Baka ni sareru koto wo osore
I'm afraid of being made a fool of
Tsuyogari mo kikazatta
I put up a facade of toughness as well
Shoouindou utsuru boku... doko ga fuange de
I'm reflecting on myself in a mirror... I wonder where my unrest comes from
Oya, namari, umi, chiheisen...
Parents, metal, ocean, horizon...
Utomashikatta subete ga koishii kedo
I miss everything that was certain
Kaeranai... kaerenai
I can't go back... I can't return
Tomodachi mo shiriai mo fueta...
My number of friends and acquaintances has increased...
Surechigau hibi no naka, yasuragi wo kureru yo
But in the days we pass by each other, they give me peace
Koko, TOKYO yume otte kita koto wo
Here, in Tokyo, I've been chasing my dreams
I keep on dreaming
I keep on dreaming
Deau beki hito ni atte, jibun wo shitte
Meeting the people I'm supposed to and getting to know myself
Moro shouchou tanoshisa to sabishisa ga kousa suru place
This is the place where joy and loneliness coexist
Makenai yo, jibun ni
I won't lose to myself
Koko, TOKYO ni
Here in Tokyo
Yume hitotsu, kyou akirameta yo
I gave up on one dream today
Demo, mada da koko kara mo hoshi datte mierunda
But I can still see stars from here
Irikunda rosenzu ni mo mou mayowanai
I'm not lost anymore, even on the tangled roadmap
Koko, TOKYO yume otte kita koto wo
Here, in Tokyo, I've been chasing my dreams
I keep on dreaming
I keep on dreaming
Moro shouchou akogare to zasetsu to ga kousa suru place
This is the place where yearning and setbacks coexist
Makenai yo, jibun ni
I won't lose to myself
Koko, TOKYO ni
Here in Tokyo
(Everybody keep on dreaming
(Everybody keeps on dreaming
But it is not so easy
But it's not so simple
Gonna make a success story.
I'm going to create a success story.
Distance in the world, yeah!!
There's distance between us in this world
So... but to say goodbye tomorrow
So, tomorrow we'll have to say goodbye
Cannot go back to home now
We can't go back home now
Your wish I wanna get it)
I want to grant your wish)
Contributed by Lillian W. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Jjh Hand k
I watched this as a kid and didnβt understand so much about it. Now I look at this as an adult and I can actually feel the emotions, the betrayal, the climax, the reasons, the principles. God what a masterpiece.
custard karim
you watched this as a kid??
Jjh Hand k
@custard karim absolutely. You didn't?
TreβDavious Bowser
@custard karim we all did
TYLERR DURDEN
π€£me too
Angel Prado
@custard karim I did π
Ketan8
Even the sound of the sniff was so genuine. Clearly his nose sounds blocked from the amount of gear heβs sniffed. Awesome
Tharsis
Seriously. Thatβs what I love so much about this scene too
Jay Law
even his buddies are like "dude, you need to chill"
i will love you r soul if you reply to my comment
When your criminal friends tells you to chill you have serious problem