Side Effects

It's M.C. and Y.J.

Another hit, okay

We lookin' fine, takin' off

Saw us on a runway

On any given Sunday

Monday, Tuesday

They try to confuse me

I never let 'em use me

I was a girl, you was a man

I was too young to understand

I was naive, I just believed

Everything that you told me

Said you were strong, protecting me

Then I found out that you were weak

Keepin' me there, under your thumb

'Cause you were scared that I'd become much

More than you could handle

Shining like a chandelier

That decorated every room inside

The private hell we built

And I dealt with it

Like a kid I wished I could fly away

But instead, I kept my tears inside

'Cause I knew if I started I'd keep crying

For the rest of my life with you

I finally built up the strength to walk away

Don't regret it but I still live with the side effects

Wakin' up scared some nights still dreaming 'bout them violent times

Still a little protective 'bout the people that I let inside

Still a little defensive thinkin' folk be tryna run my life

Still little depressed inside, I fake a smile and deal with the side effects

(Oh, oh)

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It didn't stop, no one was there

Couldn't be real, had to keep quiet

Once in a while, put up a fight

It's just too much, night after night

After a while I would just lie

You was dead wrong, said you was right

Did what I could, just to survive

Couldn't believe this was my life

Flickering like a candle

Do my best to handle sleeping with the enemy

Whether he was smothering every last part of me

So I broke away and finally found the strength to leave

Still kept the tears inside

'Cause I knew if I started I'd keep crying

For the rest of my life with you

I finally built up the strength to walk away

Don't regret it but I still live with the side effects

Wakin' up scared some nights still dreaming 'bout them violent times

Still a little protective 'bout the people that I let inside

Still a little defensive thinkin folk be tryna run my life

Still a little depressed inside, I fake a smile and deal with the side effects

(Oh, oh)

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Hey, hey, hey

Let's go!

Hey Magnifico or should I say Magnificent?

Ain't nothing worth your happiness

And I ain't caring who you're with

Misery love company so we ain't tryin' to hang with y'all

Hurt you if ya let 'em in

Gotta keep ya sucka smilin'

Keep tryin' to play

I tell him I ain't blowin' though

Think they want me outta here

I tell 'em I ain't goin' though

Side effects be drowsiness

Loneliness

How is this?

I think they call it hateration

What can you prescribe for this?

Forgive but I can't forget

Every day I deal with this

I live with the side efffects

But I ain't gonna let them get the best of me

Forgive but I can't forget

Every day I deal with this

I live with the side efffects

But I ain't gonna let them get the best of me

Kept my tears inside

'Cause I knew if I started I'd keep crying

For the rest of my life with you

I finally built up the strength to walk away

Don't regret it but I still live with the side effects

Wakin' up scared some nights still dreaming 'bout the violent times

Still a little protective 'bout the people that I let inside

Still a little defensive thinkin folk be tryna run my life

Still a little depressed inside, I fake a smile and deal with the side effects

(Oh, oh)

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