The Other Side (Explicit)-Cormega

[ti:The Other Side] [ar:Cormega] [al:Born And Raised] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Other Side (Explicit) - Cormega [00:21.36]Life's a confusing search [00:22.42]From birth till you lay in the cold black earth [00:24.86]And your soul is reunited with the universe [00:27.22]Supreme peace [00:28.17]All a ni**a ever knew was hurt [00:30.03]It's like every colored child [00:31.35]In the womb is cursed [00:32.66]To be labeled as a f**king criminal or worse [00:34.84]And it pains me to see anguish in me [00:37.71]Explained in a paragraph laid in a beat [00:40.33]I epitomize a rough life [00:41.77]Hoping the judge might [00:43.08]Show compassion [00:44.20]We were moving crushed white [00:45.75]My man got caught with a four [00:47.44]That wouldn't bust right [00:48.45]Plus marked money you could [00:49.70]Say he had a rough night [00:51.06]Who laws' enforced [00:51.69]When you standing in court remanded [00:53.19]The D's seized a ki and half of that vanished [00:56.12]Life is deeper than you'll ever understand it [00:58.24]Sometimes I wonder how the f**k I ever manage [01:00.86]This is the other side often glorified [01:03.23]But never lived I know what it is to fall and rise [01:06.48] [01:12.42]Shorty's life was no joke [01:13.66]He never met his father and his mama was on d**e [01:16.23]Then she took an overdose and died [01:17.96]You know how it goes [01:19.09]Left shorty alone with no home stone broke [01:21.14]Now he in the game at fifteen years old [01:23.45]Enduring the winter nights till his feet get cold [01:26.07]Frequently on the phone [01:27.27]His girlfriend was beautiful [01:28.76]With goals so they argue [01:30.07]Bout his lifestyle as usual [01:31.38]Time goes on and she eventually left [01:33.44]Sick of him going to jail and near brushes with death [01:36.25]She gave him an ultimatum [01:37.38]But she knew he would choose [01:38.93]To return to a game with ever-changing rules [01:41.24]And when she stayed in school [01:42.80]Now he resting in peace [01:44.05]And the crack is still selling [01:45.42]Where he bled in the street [01:46.73]This is the other side often glorified [01:48.92]But never lived I know what it is to fall and rise [01:52.04] [02:02.08]My appetite was destructive [02:03.20]I swallowed my pride [02:04.38]When the connect suggested [02:05.53]It's best if I just rhyme [02:06.90]Ultimately we both knew the choice was mine [02:09.37]Coulda hit me with that ki [02:11.04]But he want me to shine [02:11.92] [02:12.91]I could see sincereness in his eyes [02:14.54]We both was still here and our man just died [02:16.97]He told me park my V and we went for a ride [02:19.72]Then he said he's yet to hear [02:21.21]Lyrics realer than mine [02:22.09]His words froze my soul [02:23.46]As if suspended in time [02:24.65]My conscience and greed [02:25.82]Were prepared to collide [02:27.08]He told me if I need currency [02:28.70]He will provide [02:29.63]And he would rather give me money [02:31.38]Than give me consignment [02:32.37]The choice is mine [02:33.37]I could use my voice to rhyme [02:34.88]Or pursue exploits in crime [02:36.18]While trying to e-void time [02:37.37]It's deceiving meaning [02:38.12]It ain't always on your side [02:39.61]Yet the answer came easy [02:41.24]When my daughter arrived