Other Side

By Hi-Rez

On Missing Pieces

Released on March 27, 2017

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[Verse 1: Hi-Rez]

I've been lookin' forward to my life changin'

Circle is gettin' smaller, I don't like strangers

Doctors had me on meds as a teenager

Homies morphin' on me like the Green Ranger

I was runnin' from somethin'

Youngin, I was comin' from nothin'

In the last year alone, I got a hundred new cousins

I've been hanging with the vultures

And swimmin' with the sharks

Just to get to the light, I had to go through the dark, yeah

I took my vices and I turned 'em into strengths

Took my talent and I channeled all my angst

Took for granted all the beauty and the pain

So that's why I take the hatred and return it with a thanks

There ain't shit that you can say to me

I've been livin' crazily

I ain't slowin' down, if you listenin', then pray for me

Wouldn't change a thing, not the struggles or the pain

'Cause everything I went through, that's what made me me


[Chorus]

I, I don't wanna think anything when living this life, ooh

And I, I poison myself to see what it's like

On the other side


[Verse 2: Hi-Rez]

Everybody go through pain, you gotta keep fightin'

Wrestling the pen every time that I'm writin'

Every dollar in my pocket was earned by being righteous

If you never been through a struggle, then we have no alikeness

I don't ever hide shit, tell it how it is, miss

Lost family and friends to this shady-ass business

Everything I'm drinking on the rocks, I don't mix shit

Momma told me, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"

Used to care what people think, I'm just livin' my life

Excuse me, I get loose when I'm sippin' this wine

It's always been somethin' that made me feel different inside

I used to run from it, now I'm just embracin' the ride

Started losin' my family, started losin' my grip

Now I'm makin' more than my teachers told me to quit

Used to rock a couple shirts with some dirty-ass kicks

Now I don't even pack bags when I'm goin' on trips


[Chorus]

I, I don't wanna think anything when living this life, ooh

And I, I poison myself to see what it's like

On the other side


[Interlude]

By establishing your foundation

Building that fuckin' house before you get there

Yeah, I mean—, I know a lot of these clowns who raced right to the top

And they there, and they killin' it

Got millions of dollars, millions of this, millions of that

Whatever the fuck it is, stats

But at the end of the day, man, when that wave is out

No one gives a fuck

You-you might have money financially to continue your life

But you're not gon—, you're not gon' without—

You're not gon' die a fuckin' legend


[Chorus]

I don't wanna think anything when living this life, ooh

And I, I poison myself to see what it's like

On the other side