YOUNG JEEZY INTRO RAP I WAS A GIRL YOU WERE “THE 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 KEEPING 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 CRYIN 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 THINKING FOLKS BE TRYIN’ TO RUN MY LIFE STILL A LITTLE DEPRESSED INSIDE I FAKE A SMILE AND DEAL WITH THE SIDE EFFECTS
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VACANT INSIDE, 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 WERE DEAD WRONG SAID YOU WERE RIGHT DID WHAT I COULD JUST TO SURVIVE COULDN'T BELIEVE THIS WAS MY LIFE FLICKERING LIKE A CANDLE DOING MY BEST TO HANDLE SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY AWARE THAT HE WAS SMOTHERING EVERY LAST PART OF ME SO I BROKE AWAY AND FINALLY FOUND THE STRENGTH TO BREATHE
KEPT MY TEARS INSIDE CAUSE I KNEW IF I STARTED I'D KEEP CRYIN’ 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 THINKING FOLKS BE TRYIN’ TO RUN MY LIFE STILL A LITTLE DEPRESSED INSIDE I FAKE A SMILE AND DEAL WITH THE SIDE EFFECTS
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YOUNG JEEZY RAP
FORGIVE BUT I CAN'T FORGET EVERYDAY I DEAL WITH THIS I LIVE WITH THE SIDE EFFECTS BUT I AIN’ GON' LET THEM GET THE BEST OF ME FORGIVE BUT I CAN'T FORGET EVERYDAY I DEAL WITH THIS I LIVE WITH THE SIDE EFFECTS BUT I AIN’ GON’ LET THEM GET THE BEST OF ME (CHORUS REPEAT)