Side Effects
(Featuring Young Jeezy)


(Young Jeezy)
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 was 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 h*** 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 the violent times
Still a little protective 'bout the people that I let inside
Still a little defensive thinkin' folks be tryn' to run my life
Still a little depressed inside, I fake a smile and deal with the side effects

(Oh, oh)
Side effects (Oh, oh)
Side effects (Oh, oh)
Side effects (Oh, oh)

Vacant inside, no one was there
Couldn't be real, had to keep quiet
Once in awhile, put up a fight
It's just too much, night after night
After awhile I would just lie
You was 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 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' folks be tryin' to run my life
Still a little depressed inside, I fake a smile and deal with the side effects

(Oh, oh)
Side effects (Oh, oh)
Side effects (Oh, oh)
Side effects (Oh, oh)

Hey, hey, hey
Let's go!

(Young Jeezy)
Hey Magnifico or should I say Magnificent?
Ain't nothing worth your happiness
And I ain't caring who you're with
Misery loves 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' tho
Think they want me outta here,
I tell 'em I ain't goin' tho
Side effects be drowsiness,
Loneliness,
How is this?
I think the 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 effects
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 effects
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 tryin' to run my life
Still a little depressed inside, I fake a smile and deal with the side effects

(Oh, oh)
Side effects (Oh, oh)
Side effects (Oh, oh)
Side effects (Oh, oh)