Side Effects

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It's M.C. And Y.J., another hit, okay.
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We looking fine, taking off, saw us on a runway
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On any given Sunday, Monday, Tuesday (haha)
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They try to confuse me, I never let 'em use me

[Verse 1]
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I was a girl, you were the man
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I was too young to understand
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I was na - ive, I just believed
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Everything that you told me
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Said you were strong, protecting me
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Then I found out that you were weak
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Keeping me there under your thumb
N.C.
'Cause you were scared that I'd become much
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More than you could handle
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Shining like a chandelier
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That decorated every room
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Inside the private hell  we built
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And I dealt with it like a kid
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I wished I could fly away but instead

[Pre-chorus]
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I kept my tears in - side 'cause I knew if I
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Started I'd keep cryin' for the rest of my
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Life with you I finally built up the strength
N.C.
To walk away don't regret it
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But I still live with the side  effects

[Chorus]
N.C.
Waking up scared some nights
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Still dreaming 'bout the violent times
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Still a little protective 'bout the people
                  Am
That I let inside
N.C.
Still a little defensive
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Thinking folk be trying to run my life
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Still a little depressed
N.C.
Inside I fake a smile and deal with the
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Side  effects
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Side ef - fects
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Side effects
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Side ef - fects

[Verse 2]
            Am
Vacant in - side, no one was there
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Couldn't be real, had to keep quiet
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Once in a while, put up a fight
N.C.
It's just too much, night after night
        Am
After a while, I would just lie
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You was dead wrong, said you was right
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Did what I could just to survive
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Couldn't believe this was my life
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Flickering like a candle
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Doing my best to handle sleep - ing with the enemy
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Aware that he was smothering    every last part of me
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So I broke away and finally found the strength to leave

[Pre-chorus]
F                  Am
Kept my tears in - side 'cause I knew if I
G
Started I'd keep cryin' for the rest of my
F               C                            G
Life with you I finally built up the strength
N.C.
To walk away don't regret it
                              Am
But I still live with the side  effects

[Chorus]
N.C.
Wakin' up scared some nights
      F                               C
Still dreaming 'bout the violent times
        G
Still a little protective 'bout the people
                  Am
That I let inside
N.C.
Still a little defensive
         F                             C
Thinking folk be trying to run my life
        G
Still a little depressed
N.C.
Inside I fake a smile and deal with the
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Side  effects
    C     G
Side ef - fects
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Side effects
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Side ef - fects

[Rap]
Am               F
Hey Magnifico or should I say Magnificent?
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Ain’t nothing worth your happiness and I ain’t caring who you’re with.
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Misery love company so we ain’t tryin’ to hang with y’all.
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Hurt you if ya let ’em in, gotta keep ya sucka smilin’.
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Keep tryin’ to play ’pology, I tell him I ain’t blowin’ tho.
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Think they want me outta here, I tell ’em I ain’t goin’ tho.
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Side effects be drowsiness, loneliness, how is this?
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I think they call it hateration, what can you prescribe for this?

[Bridge]
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Forgive but I can't forget
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Everyday I deal with this
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I live with the side effects
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But I ain't gon let them get the best of me
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Forgive but I can't forget
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Everyday I deal with this
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I live with the side effects
      G
But I ain't gon let them get the best of me

[Pre-chorus]
F                  Am
kept my tears in - side 'cause I knew if I
G
Started I'd keep cryin' for the rest of my
F               C                            G
Life with you I finally built up the strength
N.C.
To walk away don't regret it
                              Am
But I still live with the side  effects

[Chorus and Fade]
N.C.
Wakin' up scared some nights
      F                               C
Still dreaming 'bout the violent times
        G
Still a little protective 'bout the people
                  Am
That I let inside

Still a little defensive
         F                             C
Thinking folk be trying to run my life
        G
Still a little depressed
N.C.
Inside I fake a smile and deal with the
    Am        F
Side  effects
    C     G
Side ef - fects
    F        C
Side effects
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Side ef - fects