Lyrics Other Side of the Game.lrc Erykah Badu
[id: pshjsnhm]
[ar: Erykah Badu]
[al: Baduizm – Special Edition]
[ti: Other Side Of The Game]
[length: 06:34]
[00:25.27]Whatcha you gonna do when they come for you
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[00:31.33]Work ain’t honest but it pays the bills
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[00:37.28]What we gonna do when they come for you
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[00:43.11]Gave me the life that I came to live
[00:48.84]Do I really want my baby?
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[01:01.32]Brother tell me what to do
[01:12.31]I know you got to get your hustle on, so I pray
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[01:23.56]I understand the game sometimes
[01:29.46]And I love him strong but
[01:36.05]Whatcha you gonna do when they come for you
[01:41.81]Work ain’t honest but it pays the bills (yes, it does)
[01:47.57]What we gonna do when they come for you
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[01:53.32]God I can’t stand life withoutcha
[01:56.76]
[01:58.99]Now, me and baby got this situation
[02:04.73]See, brother got this complex occupation
[02:10.52]And it ain’t that he don’t have education
[02:16.47]’Cause I was right there at his graduation
[02:22.29]Now, I ain’t sayin’ that this life don’t work
[02:28.10]But it’s me and baby that he hurts
[02:33.82]Because I tell him right, he thinks I’m wrong
[02:39.12]But I love him strong
[02:42.42]
[02:45.22]He gave me the life that I came to live
[02:48.20]Gave me the song that I came to give
[02:50.99]Pressure on me but the seed is grown
[02:53.86]I can’t make it on my own
[02:56.76]Summer came around and the flowers bloomed
[02:59.64]He became the sun, I became the moon
[03:02.51]Precious gifts that we both received
[03:05.17]Or could this be make believe
[03:08.41]Whatcha you gonna do when they come for you
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[03:14.22]Work ain’t honest but it pays the bills
[03:16.95](Work ain’t honest but it pays the bills)
[03:19.84]What we gonna do when they come for you
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[03:25.61]Gave me the life that I came to live (yes, you did)
[03:33.05]Don’t worry, baby
[03:35.78]I know there’s confusion
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[03:42.83]God’s gonna see us through, yeah
[03:47.26]Peace out to revolution
[03:51.05]But we paid though
[03:54.49]Don’t you worry, keep your balance (what you gonna do, what you gonna do)
[04:00.32]The work ain’t honest but it pays the bills (yes, it does)
[04:06.06]Don’t you worry, keep your balance (don’t have to worry, baby)
[04:11.77]Gave me the life that I came to live (yes, you did)
[04:17.55]Don’t you worry, keep your balance
[04:23.26]The work ain’t honest but it pays the bills
[04:25.90](The work ain’t honest but it pays the bills)
[04:29.17]Don’t you worry, keep your balance
[04:34.53]You gave me the life that I came to live
[04:37.50]Gave me the song that I came to give
[04:40.37]Pressure on me, but the seed had grown
[04:43.15]I can’t make it on my own
[04:46.02]Summer came around and the flowers bloomed
[04:48.90]He became the sun, I became the moon
[04:51.85]Precious gifts that we both received
[04:54.81]Or could this be make believe
[04:58.67]Oh, yeah
[05:01.81]Badu is with you, baby
[05:04.59]
[05:09.16]We gon’ make it, yeah
[05:13.48]Me, you and the baby
[05:17.29]You gonna do whatcha you gonna do
[05:21.47]Go, oh-oh, yeah, baby, baby
[05:32.80]Oh, go on, go on, go on, yeah
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[05:42.83]See I ain’t tryin’ to bind your life
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[05:48.81]But I want you to do what’s right, and yeah
[05:53.11]I’m your wife
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[06:04.38]Peace out to revolution
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[06:10.20]I know there’s confusion
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[06:16.75]You gonna do what you gotta do now
[06:18.89]Year of Release: 2007