OTHERSIDE

Welcome to the other side I live my life like it's my only night Who you gon' run to in your darkest times? Done runnin' from it, I done made up my mind I've made up my mind Keep climbing, keep climbing Keep climbing, keep climbing I seen the other side of the mountain Keep climbing, keep climbing Yeah, Momma called me on the tele' I knew she been cryin', I moved to Atlanta But listen, I knew I was ready There ain't nothin' that nobody can tell me Foot on the pedal, my drive like a Chevy Like an umbilical, stayin' connected This for the Wick town, I'm spreadin' the message Yeah, yeah, I ride with my dawgs just like Dr. Doolittle Just a youngin, everybody ain't fool with him Cut from the team, they ain't know what to do with him Playin' kickball, it's like they bootin' 'em Had weight, it was all on my chest Real faith, I gotta invest We in some dark times, it's a mess Feelin' like Pippen, keep the game pressed I cannot change for nobody I ain't here to entertain for the lobby We doin' way more than just rappin' about it They treatin' my brothers like they not somebody Put on for the people who've been locked up in that cage, yeah I can't ever switch up on the one that changed my ways, yeah This time really ain't a phase, yeah Where you gon' turn in the rain? Yeah Real peace is all of my veins, yeah, enough about me I know the people just wanna be free I know the one who carry the key We cannot be who they tell us to be Never let down, we back on our feet Welcome to the other side I live my life like it's my only night Who you gon' run to in your darkest times? Done runnin' from it, I done made up my mind I've made up my mind Keep climbing, keep climbing Keep climbing, keep climbing I seen the other side of the mountain Keep climbing, keep climbing Yeah, I heard 'bout Ahmaud, the weight on me It's crazy to think, in America freedom ain't promised They sayin' just wait on it It's easy to say as a white man that it's all okay Imagine you inside a system that never did love you What you gon' say? How can we be so blind? This world crossin' the line This for my time to speak to the people That think it's okay to see black folk die What if your son died and they told you, "Momma, don't cry" Please do not fall for the lie, God, I see the other side God, I want 'em all alive, God, I want 'em all alive Welcome to the other side I live my life like it's my only night Who you gon' run to in your darkest times? Done runnin' from it, I done made up my mind I've made up my mind Keep climbing, keep climbing Keep climbing, keep climbing I seen the other side of the mountain Keep climbing, keep climbing