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Macklemore and Ryan Lewis( Macklemore & Ryan Lewis )
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Otherside Remix (Live)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
And I was strugglin' to get back up and I wrote this song in my parents' basement And the act has been therapy for me to get this shit onto a paper And to see that is connected with so many people Across the world in the same way The struggle either themselves or have somebody that they love The struggles with the desease of alcoholism Or the desease of addiction And to see that reach the people Has been absolutely incredible This song right here it's called Otherside Let's go
Oh girl, this boat is sinkin' There's no sea left for me And how the sky gets heavy When you are underneath it Oh, I want to sail away from here And God He came down, down, down, down, down Down, down, down, down... And said Nothing
He rolled up, asked him what he was sippin' on He said lean, you want to hit it, dawg? That's the same stuff Weezy's sippin' huh? And tons of other rappers that be spittin' hard Yup, he had five up on When he passed him that styrofoam The easter pink, heard it in a rhyme before Finally got to see what all the hype was on And then he took a sip, sittin' in the Lincoln Thinkin' he was pimpin' as he listen to The System Little did he know that it was just as addictive as base Not the kind of hit from the kick drum Hot box, let the bass bump Take it to the face, gulp Months later the use went up And every blunt was accompanied by the pink stuff But Goddamn he loved that feelin' Purple rain coated in the throat Just so healin' Medicine alleviate the sickness Liquid to fix and it comes with a cost Wake up, cold sweat, scratchin', itchin' Tryin' to escape the skin that barely fit him Gone, get another bottle just to get a couple swallows Headed towards the bottom couldn't get off it Didn't even think he had a problem Though he couldn't sleep without gettin' nauseous Room spinnin', thinkin' he might have sipped just a little bit too much of that cough syrup His eyelids closed shut Sat back in the chair clutchin' that cup Girlfriend came in a couple hours later Said his name, shook him But he never got up He never got up, he never got up We live on the cusp of death thinkin' that it won't be us Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com It won't be us, it won't be us, it won't be us, nah It won't be us
Oh girl, this boat is sinkin' There's no sea left for me And how the sky gets heavy When you are underneath it Oh, I want to sail away from here And God He came down, down, down, down, down Down, down, down, down... And said Nothing
Now he just wanted to act like them He just wanted to rap like him Us as rappers underestimate the power and the effects that we have on these kids Blunt passed, ash in a tin, pack being pushed, harassed by the feds The fact of it is most people that rap like this talkin' about some shit they haven't lived Surprise! You know the drill Trapped in a box to climb record sales Follow the formula: violence, drugs, and, sex sells So we try to sound like something else This is not Californication No way to glorify this pavement Syrup, percocet, and an eighth a day will leave you broke, depressed and emotionally vacant Despite how Lil Wayne says It's not conducive to being creative And I know 'cause he's my favorite And I know 'cause I was off that same shit Rationalize whatever I'd try after I listen to dedication But he's an alien, I'd sip that shit, pass out or play Playstation Months later in the same place No music made, feeling like a failure And trust me, it's not dope to be 25 and move back to your parents' basement I've seen my people's dreams die I've seen what they can be denied And 'weed's not a drug', that's denial Groundhog Day life repeat each time I've seen oxycontin take four lives I grew up with them, we used to cheef dimes I've seen cocaine bringin' out the demons inside Cheatin' and lyin' Friendship cease, no peace in the mind Stealin' and takin' anything to fix the pieces inside Broken, hopeless, headed nowhere Only motivation for what the dealer's supplying That rush, that drug, that dope Those pills, that crumb, that roach Thinkin' I would never do that, not that drug And growin' up nobody ever does Until your stuck, lookin' in the mirror like 'I can't believe what I've become' Be someone And growin' up everyone always does We sell our dreams and our potential To escape through that buzz Just keep me up, keep me up Hollywood here we come
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