Lyrics Otherside Remix (Live).lrc Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
[id: pshluael]
[ar: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis]
[al: Otherside Remix (Live)]
[ti: Otherside Remix (Live)]
[length: 06:11]
[00:01.65]And I was strugglin’ to get back up and I wrote this song in my parents’ basement
[00:08.10]And the act has been therapy for me to get this shit onto a paper
[00:11.61]And to see that is connected with so many people
[00:14.04]Across the world in the same way
[00:16.30]The struggle either themselves or have somebody that they love
[00:19.54]The struggles with the desease of alcoholism
[00:22.02]Or the desease of addiction
[00:23.57]And to see that reach the people
[00:25.41]Has been absolutely incredible
[00:27.73]This song right here it’s called Otherside
[00:30.02]Let’s go
[00:30.53]Oh girl, this boat is sinkin’
[00:36.81]There’s no sea left for me
[00:40.74]And how the sky gets heavy
[00:44.88]When you are underneath it
[00:48.40]Oh, I want to sail away from here
[00:56.18]And God
[00:59.88]He came down, down, down, down, down
[01:02.55]Down, down, down, down…
[01:04.34]And said
[01:06.91]
[01:08.99]Nothing
[01:13.24]He rolled up, asked him what he was sippin’ on
[01:15.41]He said lean, you want to hit it, dawg?
[01:17.69]That’s the same stuff Weezy’s sippin’ huh?
[01:19.85]And tons of other rappers that be spittin’ hard
[01:21.82]Yup, he had five up on
[01:23.72]When he passed him that styrofoam
[01:25.74]The easter pink, heard it in a rhyme before
[01:27.48]Finally got to see what all the hype was on
[01:29.44]And then he took a sip, sittin’ in the Lincoln
[01:31.78]Thinkin’ he was pimpin’ as he listen to The System
[01:33.84]Little did he know that it was just as addictive as base
[01:36.24]Not the kind of hit from the kick drum
[01:37.99]Hot box, let the bass bump
[01:40.49]Take it to the face, gulp
[01:42.25]Months later the use went up
[01:43.74]And every blunt was accompanied by the pink stuff
[01:46.21]But Goddamn he loved that feelin’
[01:48.03]Purple rain coated in the throat
[01:49.76]Just so healin’
[01:50.75]Medicine alleviate the sickness
[01:52.35]Liquid to fix and it comes with a cost
[01:54.40]Wake up, cold sweat, scratchin’, itchin’
[01:56.56]Tryin’ to escape the skin that barely fit him
[01:58.50]Gone, get another bottle just to get a couple swallows
[02:00.79]Headed towards the bottom couldn’t get off it
[02:03.06]Didn’t even think he had a problem
[02:04.88]Though he couldn’t sleep without gettin’ nauseous
[02:06.97]Room spinnin’, thinkin’ he might have sipped just a little bit too much of that cough syrup
[02:11.42]His eyelids closed shut
[02:12.92]Sat back in the chair clutchin’ that cup
[02:14.97]Girlfriend came in a couple hours later
[02:16.86]Said his name, shook him
[02:17.74]But he never got up
[02:20.06]He never got up, he never got up
[02:24.11]We live on the cusp of death thinkin’ that it won’t be us
[02:28.36]It won’t be us, it won’t be us, it won’t be us, nah
[02:34.38]It won’t be us
[02:36.06]Oh girl, this boat is sinkin’
[02:40.16]There’s no sea left for me
[02:44.23]And how the sky gets heavy
[02:48.34]When you are underneath it
[02:51.90]Oh, I want to sail away from here
[03:00.08]And God
[03:00.44]He came down, down, down, down, down
[03:06.99]Down, down, down, down…
[03:08.13]And said
[03:12.58]Nothing
[03:16.91]Now he just wanted to act like them
[03:19.26]He just wanted to rap like him
[03:21.25]Us as rappers underestimate the power and the effects that we have on these kids
[03:25.36]Blunt passed, ash in a tin, pack being pushed, harassed by the feds
[03:29.12]The fact of it is most people that rap like this talkin’ about some shit they haven’t lived
[03:33.55]Surprise! You know the drill
[03:35.23]Trapped in a box to climb record sales
[03:37.42]Follow the formula: violence, drugs, and, sex sells
[03:39.94]So we try to sound like something else
[03:41.90]This is not Californication
[03:43.80]No way to glorify this pavement
[03:45.61]Syrup, percocet, and an eighth a day will leave you broke, depressed and emotionally vacant
[03:50.02]Despite how Lil Wayne says
[03:51.93]It’s not conducive to being creative
[03:54.19]And I know ’cause he’s my favorite
[03:56.18]And I know ’cause I was off that same shit
[03:58.47]Rationalize whatever I’d try after I listen to dedication
[04:02.45]But he’s an alien, I’d sip that shit, pass out or play Playstation
[04:06.40]Months later in the same place
[04:08.33]No music made, feeling like a failure
[04:10.24]And trust me, it’s not dope to be 25 and move back to your parents’ basement
[04:14.96]I’ve seen my people’s dreams die
[04:16.69]I’ve seen what they can be denied
[04:19.08]And “weed’s not a drug”, that’s denial
[04:20.50]Groundhog Day life repeat each time
[04:23.19]I’ve seen oxycontin take four lives
[04:25.26]I grew up with them, we used to cheef dimes
[04:26.94]I’ve seen cocaine bringin’ out the demons inside
[04:29.49]Cheatin’ and lyin’
[04:30.59]Friendship cease, no peace in the mind
[04:32.44]Stealin’ and takin’ anything to fix the pieces inside
[04:35.10]Broken, hopeless, headed nowhere
[04:37.26]Only motivation for what the dealer’s supplying
[04:39.59]That rush, that drug, that dope
[04:41.67]Those pills, that crumb, that roach
[04:43.70]Thinkin’ I would never do that, not that drug
[04:45.85]And growin’ up nobody ever does
[04:48.10]Until your stuck, lookin’ in the mirror like “I can’t believe what I’ve become”
[04:52.51]Be someone
[04:53.59]And growin’ up everyone always does
[04:56.11]We sell our dreams and our potential
[04:58.22]To escape through that buzz
[05:00.00]Just keep me up, keep me up
[05:02.33]Hollywood here we come
[05:03.65]Year of Release: 2011