[ar:Macklemore & Ryan Lewis]
[al:VS. Redux]
[offset:0]
[ti:Otherside (feat. Fences)
[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 shit 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, sex 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 shit that I'd try after I listen to dedication
[03:30.00]
[03:30.65]But he's an alien, I'd sip that shit, 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 dope 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 "weeds 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 cocaine 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 dope
[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....