Roadside

My lawyer's son died in his sleep last night

Got me thinking 'bout who I was in my past life

To be surrounded by so much pain

I understand my karma but why is theirs the same?

Two good people, two amazing sons

Just yesterday they had both, now they raising one

I look at the clouds and just think

I could lose mine or they could lose me in one blink

When I think one day it all ends, I start to drink

And fathom suicide 'cause I was almost on the brink

And it feel like my family been jinxed

Ever since I found my grandmother stiff, leaning over the kitchen sink

I could cry enough tears to float Noah's Ark

Perfect health but she died of a broken heart

And after that, it was domino effect

First my uncle, then my daddy, I guess I'm in line next

I got lost on the roadside

Yeah, I lost my way

I give thanks to the most high

'Cause he kept me safe

Hope to God that I don't die

So I pray

If I go, momma don't cry

I was on the roadside

I was on the roadside

How come you can't learn a lesson until you go through it?

How come you can think about the past but can't go to it?

If I could, I would flow through it

Walk up to triple X's BMW window and stick a note to it

Tell him to drive off, the devil coming

Ever since he fell from heaven, he been trying to settle something

I keep the faith and try not to question God

But I gotta problem when I see innocent people die

I sympathise with Jews, I sympathise with blacks

Sympathise with Natives, America's yours if you want it back

Where the hunger at?

Probably under a tree in Mississippi, by the river, where they hung us at

If Jesus walked, why we all running laps?

Feel like ending racism further than where the Sun is at

A war to keep people from people, how dumb is that?

I guess we shouldn't put our thoughts on the front of hats

I got lost on the roadside

Yeah, I lost my way

I give thanks to the most high

'Cause he kept me safe

Hope to God that I don't die

So I pray

If I go, momma don't cry

I was on the roadside

I was on the roadside

Fall short and my soul will fly

Caught trippin' on the other side

I know it happen to me every time

Caught out on the roadside

Thumb high in the wind, ditch high

Tell my momma, I'ma be alright now

I'll be home in a few weeks, soon

Till then, I'll sing this song to you

I got lost on the roadside

Yeah, I lost my way

I give thanks to the most high

'Cause he kept me safe

Hope to God that I don't die

So I pray

If I go, momma don't cry

I was on the roadside

I got lost on the roadside

Yeah, I lost my way

I give thanks to the most high

'Cause he kept me safe

Hope to God that I don't die

So I pray

If I go, momma don't cry

I was on the roadside

I was on the roadside