The Other Side-Cormega

[00:00.000] [00:18.000] [00:21.355] Life's a confusing search [00:22.469] From birth till you lay in the cold, black earth [00:24.686] And your soul is reunited with the universe [00:26.951] Supreme peace, all a ******* ever knew was hurt [00:29.552] It's like every colored child in the womb is cursed [00:32.094] To be labeled as a ******* criminal or worse [00:34.717] And it pains me to see anguish in me [00:37.330] Explained in a paragraph, laid in a beat [00:39.849] I epitomize a rough life, hoping the judge might [00:42.728] Show compassion, we were moving crushed white [00:45.374] My man got caught with a four that wouldn't bust right [00:47.789] Plus marked money, you could say he had a rough night [00:50.228] Who laws' enforced when you standing in court, remanded [00:52.816] The D's seized a ki and half of that vanished [00:55.789] Life is deeper than you'll ever understand it [00:57.808] Sometimes I wonder how the ******* I ever manage [01:00.491] This is the other side, often glorified [01:03.486] But never lived, I know what it is to fall and rise [01:07.000] [01:10.555] Shorty's life was no joke [01:13.308] He never met his father and his mama was on **** [01:15.814] Then she took an overdose and died, you know how it goes [01:18.567] Left shorty alone with no home, stone broke [01:21.004] Now he in the game at fifteen years old [01:23.129] Enduring the winter nights till his feet get cold [01:25.730] Frequently on the phone, his girlfriend was beautiful [01:28.365] With goals, so they argue 'bout his lifestyle as usual [01:30.954] Time goes on and she eventually left [01:33.450] Sick of him going to jail and near brushes with death [01:35.934] She gave him an ultimatum but she knew he would choose [01:38.431] To return to a game with ever-changing rules [01:40.890] And when she stayed in school, now he resting in peace [01:43.549] And the crack is still selling where he bled in the street [01:45.907] This is the other side, often glorified [01:49.750] But never lived, I know what it is to fall and rise [01:58.000] [02:02.067] My appetite was destructive, I swallowed my pride [02:04.424] When the connect suggested it's best if I just rhyme [02:06.502] Ultimately, we both knew the choice was mine [02:08.963] Coulda hit me with that ki, but he want me to *******ne [02:11.470] I could see sincereness in his eyes [02:14.222] We both was still here and our man just died [02:16.324] He told me park my V and we went for a ride [02:19.202] Then he said he's yet to hear lyrics realer than mine [02:21.651] His words froze my soul as if suspended in time [02:24.206] My conscience and greed were prepared to collide [02:26.608] He told me if I need currency, he will provide [02:29.244] And he would rather give me money than give me consignment [02:32.287] The choice is mine, I could use my voice to rhyme [02:34.422] Or pursue exploits in crime while trying to e-void time [02:37.069] It's deceiving, meaning it ain't always on your side [02:39.462] Yet the answer came easy when my daughter arrived [03:01.499]