Cormega - The Other Side lyrics

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