The Other Side(Explicit) - Cormega

The Other Side (Explicit) - Cormega
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 ni**a ever knew was hurt
It's like every colored child
In the womb is cursed
To be labeled as a f**king 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 compassion
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**k I ever manage
This is the other side often glorified
But never lived I know what it is to fall and rise
Shorty's life was no joke
He never met his father and his mama was on d**e
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 death
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
This is the other side often glorified
But never lived I know what it is to fall and rise
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