K'Naan - On the Other Side Lyrics
I spy with my little eyeA murderer, a murdererSo long the ratchet in the streetsYou never heard of her, streets you never heard of herThese are the people who are trying hard to slip over,tryin' hard to slip overWe're sailing always sailing in the sea of years go byI know I know I know I came a long wayOh yeah with from my heart knock all dayI kill a killed with a spitter 9 mm on my hip with the debtThen sign me a dealerHad it hard so you been a nigga cry me a river'Cause I'm from the piss and life's grind me his liverI mean it's spitter then brooder then fruit herThen I'm really littleGot a brother and a sister and I'm in the middleMother tryin' to figure out how to we me a dinnerThen I had a piece of bread for my little nigga'Cause he waiting outsideToo shy to ask and too young to dieToo weak to rob and too good to lieTwo years go by, he a killerPissed up high the pillar then he go to workMonkey see monkey do grow the gorillaSo he turn another wife into a widowWhich turned another son into a bidderRoot of all evil it's all lethalInjection without interjecting for peopleFall back but ain't no kush around hereThis is my block call a ***** block'Cause ain't no ***** round hereHe's a hard head and a pot headIf he'll keep it up he'll be a chop headBut he heard his voice in the future insteadAnd he said[Hook]If even small it seem so highIt's just a wall I made it on the other sideAnd I won't let you slideLove won't break I'll catch you on the other sideMetsie metsie for all my blessings in the murk seat'Cause sometimes it could've gotten messyLike if my shot came and left meStill acting willin' dumb and thirstyStill saying come and test meStill selling crack by young ol WesleyAnd low wage cops can still can arrest meThat's just not sexyI know you feel it who would've thoughtI would go four wheelin' in MoroccoWith a fine dime I brought from StockholmTake it from a war child never enlistedLife is twisted likeI'm not the only one Lenin saidChapman is here, but Lenin's dead[Hook]If even small it seem so highIt's just a wall I made it on the other sideAnd I won't let you slideLove won't break I'll catch you on the other sideDon't let me go astray'Cause I am afraidI need your strengthSo I won't be afraidI spy with my little eyeA murderer, a murdererSo long the ratchet in the streetsYou never heard of her, streets you never heard of herThese are the people who are trying hard to slip over,tryin' hard to slip overWe're sailing always sailing in the sea of years go byIn the sea of years go by
