The Roots - The otherside

^F#mYo, we obviously need to tone it down a bit ^F#mRunning round town spending time like it’s counterfeit ^AEverybody catching hay ^F#mfever like sinuses ^AStep in my arena let me^G#7 show y’all who the highness is

^F#mYou might say I could be doing something positive ^F#mHumble head down low and broke like promises ^ASoaking and broken in a^F#m joke like comics is ^ANot enough paper to be ^G#7paying folks compliments

^F#mBut when that paper got low so did my tolerance ^F#mAnd it ain’t no truth in a dare without the consequence ^AListen if it not for th^F#mese hood inventions ^AI'd just be another kid^G#7 from the block with no intentions

^F#mOn the dock of that bay serving a life sentence ^F#mEven if I’m going to hell I’m gonna make an entrance ^AYeah let em know I’m get^F#mting cheese like omeletes is ^ABut I’m the toast of the^G#7 town like Thomas is

^C#mWe’re all on a journey ^BDown the hall of memories ^ADon’t worry bout what you ^F#main’t got ^ALeave with a little bit of ^G#7dignity ^C#mNever loved what I had ^BAlways felt like I deserved more ^ABut when I make it to the other ^F#mside (make it to the other side) ^AThat’s when we’ll settle up the ^G#7score

^F#mYo, we did this in remembrance of ^F#mFaces from the past we no longer have an image of ^ACarrying coldblooded hea^F#mrts that never been for love ^ABrothers keep going for ^G#7theirs but never get enough

^F#mWorld travelers that seen it all and did enough ^F#mOnly to return to learn the world wasn’t big enough ^ADamn, how long has it be^F#men? I guess the jig is up ^ANow all I know is I’m ab^G#7out to wake this n**** up

^F#mYeah that hindsight, 20/20, now n****s dead on the money ^F#mTrying to take something from me it’s a wrap like a mummy ^AUndun I am becoming and ^F#mwhen he’s tired of running ^AThrough the layers of th^G#7e onion

^F#mHe’ll probably shed a tear cause they’ll be no more fast times ^F#mJust his weak mind scrolled out like a bad sign ^AHe never had enough and ^F#mgot confused when they asked why ^ALife is only a moment in^G#7 time and it passed by

^C#mWe’re all on a journey ^BDown the hall of memories ^ADon’t worry bout what you ^F#main’t got ^ALeave with a little bit of ^G#7dignity ^C#mNever loved what I had ^BAlways felt like I deserved more ^ABut when I make it to the other ^F#mside (make it to the other side) ^AThat’s when we’ll settle up the ^G#7score

^F#mI’m sitting on top of the world ready to jump off ^F#mThinking of various ways to break a gun law ^AThinking that enough is ^F#menough but still I want more ^AThinking of how I’m play^G#7ing with fire that burned my young boy

^F#mBy any means necessary, don’t give a damn ^F#mSo every night I’m on a flight that never lands ^ABe an asshole when the s^F#mhit hits the fan ^AOr bet your life on a bl^G#7uff and a bad hand

^F#mCan’t win, can’t lose Get 'em gassed ^F#mleave em leaking fuel either way the market moves ^ACash rules kings, queens^F#m, prince and princess ^AEvery night I’m crossing^G#7 a line that ain’t the finish

^F#mEvery thought is dark as a glass of fucking Guinness ^F#mToo far gone to come back to my senses ^ANow I’m on the edge of m^F#my bed making love to my meds ^AEvery moment's like a pi^G#7stol to my head when I’m getting mine

^C#mWe’re all on a journey ^BDown the hall of memories ^ADon’t worry bout what you ^F#main’t got ^ALeave with a little bit of ^G#7dignity ^C#mNever loved what I had ^BAlways felt like I deserved more ^ABut when I make it to the other ^F#mside (make it to the other side) ^AThat’s when we’ll settle up the ^G#7score