Roadside

[00:10.88] My lawyer's son died in his sleep last night
[00:13.89] Got me thinkin' 'bout who I was in my past life
[00:16.17] To be surrounded by so much pain
[00:18.30] I understand my karma, but why is their's the same?
[00:21.43] Two good people, two amazin' sons
[00:23.81] Just yesterday, they had both, now they raisin' one
[00:27.21] I look at the clouds and just think
[00:29.18] I could lose mine, or they could lose me in one blink
[00:31.80] When I think one day it all ends, I start to drink
[00:34.65] And fathom suicide, 'cause I was almost on the brink
[00:37.16] And it feel like my family been jinxed
[00:39.05] Ever since I found my grandmother stiff
[00:40.95] Leanin' over the kitchen sink
[00:42.98] I could cry enough tears to float Noah's Ark
[00:45.62] Perfect health, but she died of a broken heart
[00:48.22] And after that, it was a domino effect
[00:50.43] First my uncle, then my daddy, I guess I'm in line next
[00:53.58] I got lost on the roadside
[00:56.83] Yeah, I lost my way
[00:58.60] I give thanks to the Most High
[01:02.22] 'Cause He kept me safe
[01:04.04] Hope to God that I don't die
[01:08.08] So I pray
[01:09.67] If I go, mama, don't cry
[01:12.25] I was on the roadside
[01:17.59] I was on the roadside
[01:25.63] How come you can't learn a lesson until you go through it?
[01:28.17] How come you can think about the past, but can't go to it?
[01:31.16] If I could, I would float through it
[01:32.75] Walk up to Triple X's BMW window and stick a note to it
[01:36.23] Tell him to drive off, the Devil comin'
[01:38.55] Ever since he fell from Heaven
[01:39.75] He been tryin' to settle somethin'
[01:41.70] I keep the faith and try not to question God
[01:43.76] But I got a problem when I see innocent people die
[01:46.47] I sympathize with Jews, I sympathize with blacks
[01:48.91] Sympathize with Natives
[01:50.19] America's yours if you want it back
[01:52.25] Where the hunger at?
[01:53.81] Probably under a tree in Mississippi
[01:55.63] By the river where they hung us at
[01:57.31] If Jesus walked, why we all runnin' laps?
[02:00.07] Feel like endin' racism further than where the sun is at
[02:02.99] A wall to keep people from people, how dumb is that?
[02:05.59] I guess we shouldn't put our thoughts on the front of hats
[02:08.29] I got lost on the roadside
[02:11.32] Yeah, I lost my way
[02:13.43] I give thanks to the Most High
[02:16.88] 'Cause He kept me safe
[02:18.85] Hope to God that I don't die
[02:22.64] So I pray
[02:24.20] If I go, mama, don't cry
[02:27.00] I was on the roadside
[02:32.32] I was on the roadside
[02:40.38] For sure that my soul will fly
[02:43.05] Cold, drippin' on the other side
[02:45.32] I know it happened to me every time
[02:48.21] Caught out on the roadside
[02:50.82] Thumb high in the wind, itch
[02:52.99] I tell my mama I'ma be alright now
[02:56.27] I'll be home in a few weeks
[02:58.15] Soon, 'til then I'll sing this song to you
[03:01.54] I got lost on the roadside
[03:04.91] Yeah, I lost my way
[03:06.85] I give thanks to the Most High
[03:10.10] 'Cause he kept me safe
[03:12.18] Hope to God that I don't die
[03:15.76] So I pray
[03:17.68] If I go, mama, don't cry
[03:20.24] I was on the roadside
[03:22.88] I got lost on the roadside
[03:26.32] Yeah, I lost my way
[03:28.25] I give thanks to the Most High
[03:31.66] 'Cause he kept me safe
[03:33.41] Hope to God that I don't die
[03:37.15] So I pray
[03:39.05] If I go, mama, don't cry
[03:41.63] I was on the roadside
[03:47.08] I was on the roadside
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