Side Effects (feat. Young Jeezy)

It's M.C. and Y.J., another hit, okay

We looking fly, takin' off

Saw us on a runway

On any given Sunday, Monday, Tuesday

They try to confuse me

I never let them 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, protectin' 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

Shinin' 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 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 dreamin' about them violent times

Still little protective about the people that I let inside

Still little defensive thinkin' about me tryna run my life

Still 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 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

Flickerin' like a candle

Doing my best to handle sleepin' with the enemy

Aware that he was smothering

Every last part of me

So I broke away and finally found the strength to leave

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 dreamin' about them violent times

Still little protective about the people that I let inside

Still little defensive thinkin' about me tryna run my life

Still 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, magnifico or should I say, magnificent?

Ain't nothin' worth your happiness

And I ain't carin' who you're with

Misery loves company

So we ain't tryna hang with y'all

Hurt you if you let them in

Gotta keep your circle small

I keep tryna play ball 'n' cheat

I tell him I ain't rollin' though

Think they want me out to here

Tell them I ain't goin' though

Side effects be drowsiness, loneliness

How is this?

I think they call it hate ration

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 gon' 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 gon' let them get the best of me

Kept my tears inside

'Cause I knew if 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 dreamin' about them violent times

Still little protective about the people that I let inside

Still little defensive thinkin' about me tryna run my life

Still 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)