The Other Side

[InExplaintro]

I paint a smile on my face

But my mind's in a different place

[Hook]

They only see the light, but look behind the camera

And then you'll find an answer on the other side

Look closer, you will find a message for the dreamer

The grass ain't always greener on the other side

[Verse 1: Royce da 5'9"]

I don't give a fuck about no rapper, anyone will cap'ya

Everyone is capable of murder if they have to

Anyone can sell drugs, anyone can do time

You trivial-niggas, all you do is confuse crime

Rappers are held is such a high regard while we fall

It's ‘cause we forget the fans are the reason why we're stars

The fans also are not perfect, keep in mind

Not to treat me like a science project and not a person

I lend my respect to the game ‘cause it teach you wisdom

Your friends expect you to change, so they treat you different

Through all my fame in my life I have grown

If my wife decide that she gone, I might wanna die alone

I'mma be honest ‘cause every rapper alive

Including I, puts a persona up

But I promise what you seein' has truly been me

But I ain't 5'9" all the time, sometimes I'm just Ryan - a human being

[Hook]

[Verse 2: Joell Ortiz]

I can't believe she hopped in homie whip

My boo got blinded by the chromy lip

And all that dough he get that he would blow and trick

On open toes to rock with all the clothes she pick

Dim lit restaurants with the Kobe dish

Then neck the Moe' he sip

Man, you ain't even like champagne, you little phony bitch

You on homie dick

Look at you walking in them heels like they Sauconys bitch

God this is crap, I mean holy shit

I took you in when you got knocked up

Argue with your moms about why I'mma fuck your pops up

Grave yard shift, liftin' a box up, ain't wanna risk being locked up

I just wanted to be a good pops, but

You took my son like he was only yours

We used to go to war on the phone, you had no remorse

You're cold, your heart shivering

You was on an arm of a artist but that's just women when...

[Hook]

[Verse 3: Joe Budden]

Lately I'm somber, my relationship with karma

Got me peeling at my skin wishing I was made of armor

Shady, I'm honored, thanks for taking in this monster

Deeper than this stab wound given by my baby momma

Trying to figure if I fear love

Or if the devil got him in some type of bear hug that I'm not aware of

Just cope do what works for you

I'm prettier inside, trying to be reversible

I mean moms never changed, never hurt her view

So when she go, so do I, make that hearse for two

I feel my heart and I'm reminded it's cold

They say our bodies gon' parish and our spirit should be assigned new trolls

So if you was climbing with Joe

When it's my time to go

Fuck a funeral, get out there and find my soul

Cause alone I'd break

I need y'all to help prove that I'm not just God's lone mistake

[Hook]