Otherside feat. Fences (Ryan L-Macklemore & Ryan Lewis/Macklemore

[00:00.26]Otherside (feat. Fences) (Ryan Lewis Remix) - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis [00:01.19]Oh girl this boat is sinking [00:03.69] [00:04.80]There's no sea left for me [00:07.60] [00:09.02]And how the sky gets heavy [00:11.93] [00:13.12]When you are underneath it [00:16.04] [00:16.95]Oh, I want to sail away from here [00:22.03] [00:24.51]And God, he came down... [00:29.97] [00:32.84]And said...nothing.... [00:37.30] [00:42.16]He rolled up, asked him what he was sippin' on [00:44.09]He said, "Lean. You want to hit it, dawg [00:46.34]That's the same stuff Weezy's sippin' huh [00:48.12]And tons of other rappers that be spittin' hard [00:50.00]Yup yup five a bone [00:51.43] [00:52.04]When he passed him that styrofoam [00:53.05] [00:54.10]The Easter pink, heard it in a rhyme before [00:55.77]Finally got to see what all the hype was on [00:57.76]And then he took a sip, sittin' in the Lincoln [00:59.92]Thinkin' he was pimpin' as he listened to the system [01:02.25]Little did he know that it was just as addictive as bass [01:04.52]Not the kind of hit from the kick drum [01:06.45]Hot box, let the bass bump [01:08.10] [01:08.70]Take it to the face, gulp [01:10.57]Months later the use went up [01:12.18]Every blunt was accompanied by the pink stuff [01:14.69]But goddamn he loved that feelin' [01:16.25]Purple rain coated in the throat [01:18.08]Just so healin' [01:19.11]Medicine alleviate the sickness [01:20.43]Liquid to fix and it comes with a cost [01:22.45]Wake up, cold sweat, scratchin', itchin' [01:24.74]Trying to escape the skin that barely fit him [01:26.81]Tone, get another bottle just to get a couple swallows [01:29.24]Headed towards the bottom couldn't get off it [01:31.09]Didn't even think he had a problem [01:33.20]Though he couldn't sleep without gettin' nauseous [01:34.84]Room spinnin', thinkin' he might've sipped [01:37.09]Just a little bit too much of that cough syrup [01:38.82] [01:39.64]His eyelids closed shut [01:41.35]Sat back in the chair clutchin' that cup [01:43.25]Girlfriend came and a couple hours later said his name, [01:45.91]Shook him but he never got up [01:47.29] [01:48.57]He never got up, he never got up [01:51.60] [01:52.47]We live on the cusp of death thinkin' that it won't be us [01:55.53] [01:56.73]It won't be us, it won't be us, it won't be us [02:01.95]Nah, it won't be us [02:03.76] [02:04.60]Oh, girl, this boat is sinking [02:06.85] [02:08.40]There's no sea left for me [02:10.93] [02:12.40]And how the sky gets heavy [02:15.29] [02:16.54]When you are underneath it [02:19.10] [02:20.26]Oh, I want to sail away from here [02:25.53] [02:28.06]And God...came down... [02:33.40] [02:36.57]And said...nothing.... [02:40.85] [02:45.57]Now he just wanted to act like them [02:47.04] [02:47.57]He just wanted to rap like him [02:49.29]Us as rappers underestimate the power [02:51.60]And the effects that we have on these kids [02:53.42]Blunt passed, ash in a tin, pack being pushed, harassed by the feds [02:56.77] [02:57.52]The fact of it is most people that rap like [02:59.62]This talkin' about some **** they haven't lived [03:01.25] [03:01.87]Surprise, you know the drill [03:03.65]Trapped in a box to climb record sales [03:05.56]Follow the formula: violence, drugs, and, *** sells [03:07.62] [03:08.17]So we try to sound like someone else [03:10.18]This is not Californication [03:10.98] [03:12.03]There's no way to glorify this pavement [03:13.94]Syrup, Percocet, and an eighth a day will leave you broke, depressed, [03:16.26]And emotionally vacant [03:17.18] [03:18.31]Despite how Lil Wayne lives [03:19.32] [03:20.07]It's not conducive to being creative [03:21.68] [03:22.42]And I know 'cause he's my favorite [03:24.43]And I know 'cause I was off that same mix [03:26.72]Rationalize the **** that I'd try after I listen to dedication [03:30.00] [03:30.65]But he's an alien, I'd sip that ****, pass out or play Playstation [03:33.74] [03:34.79]Months later, I'm in the same place [03:36.69]No music made, feeling like a failure [03:38.82]And trust me it's not **** to be 25 [03:41.11]And move back to your parents' basement [03:43.21]I've seen my people's dreams die [03:45.01]I've seen what they can be denied [03:46.97]And "****s not a drug" - that's denial [03:49.03]Groundhog Day life repeat each time [03:50.69]I've seen oxycotin take three lives [03:52.92]I grew up with them, we used to cheef dimes [03:55.26]I've seen ******* bring out the demons inside [03:57.62]Cheatin' and lyin' [03:58.63]Friendship cease, no peace in the mind [04:00.59]Stealin' and takin' anything to fix the pieces inside [04:03.28]Broken, hopeless, headed nowhere [04:05.40]Only motivation for what the dealer's supplying [04:07.12] [04:07.89]That rush, that drug, that **** [04:10.22]Those pills, that crumb, that roach [04:11.84]Thinkin' I would never do that, not that drug [04:14.11]Growing up nobody ever does [04:15.58] [04:16.09]Until you're stuck, lookin' in the mirror [04:18.33]Like I can't believe what I've become [04:20.18]Swore I was goin' to be someone [04:21.91]And growing up, everyone always does [04:24.31]We sell our dreams and our potential [04:26.41]To escape through that buzz [04:27.49] [04:28.15]Just keep me up, keep me up [04:30.55]Hollywood, here we come [04:31.86] [04:32.93]Oh, girl, this boat is sinking [04:35.68] [04:36.76]There's no sea left for me [04:39.52] [04:40.80]And how the sky gets heavy [04:43.73] [04:44.80]When you are underneath it [04:47.72] [04:49.00]Oh, I want to sail away from here [04:54.38] [04:56.33]And God...He came down... [05:01.66] [05:04.51]And said...nothing....