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The Other Side
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Cormega
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[Verse 1]
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Life's a confusing search
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From birth till you lay in the cold, black earth
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And your soul is reunited with the universe
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Supreme peace, all a nigga ever knew was hurt
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It's like every colored child in the womb is cursed
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To be labeled as a fucking criminal or worse
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And it pains me to see anguish in me
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Explained in a paragraph, laid in a beat
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I epitomize a rough life, hoping the judge might
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Show compassion, we were moving crushed white
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My man got caught with a four that wouldn't bust right
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Plus marked money, you could say he had a rough night
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Who laws' enforced when you standing in court, remanded
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The D's seized a ki and half of that vanished
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Life is deeper than you'll ever understand it
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Sometimes I wonder how the fuck I ever manage
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[Chorus]
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This is the other side, often glorified
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But never lived, I know what it is to fall and rise
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[Verse 2]
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Shorty's life was no joke
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He never met his father and his mama was on dope
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Then she took an overdose and died, you know how it goes
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Left shorty alone with no home, stone broke
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Now he in the game at fifteen years old
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Enduring the winter nights till his feet get cold
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Frequently on the phone, his girlfriend was beautiful
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With goals, so they argue 'bout his lifestyle as usual
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Time goes on and she eventually left
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Sick of him going to jail and near brushes with death
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She gave him an ultimatum but she knew he would choose
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To return to a game with ever-changing rules
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And when she stayed in school, now he resting in peace
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And the crack is still selling where he bled in the street
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[Chorus]
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[Verse 3]
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My appetite was destructive, I swallowed my pride
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When the connect suggested it's best if I just rhyme
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Ultimately, we both knew the choice was mine
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Coulda hit me with that ki, but he want me to shine
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I could see sincereness in his eyes
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We both was still here and our man just died
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He told me park my V and we went for a ride
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Then he said he's yet to hear lyrics realer than mine
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His words froze my soul as if suspended in time
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My conscience and greed were prepared to collide
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He told me if I need currency, he will provide
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And he would rather give me money than give me consignment
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The choice is mine, I could use my voice to rhyme
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Or pursue exploits in crime while trying to e-void time
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It's deceiving, meaning it ain't always on your side
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Yet the answer came easy when my daughter arrived
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