Lirik dan Chord Lagu Otherside - Macklemore

Couldn't get off it
Em
Didn't even think he had a problem
G
Though he couldn't sleep without getting nauseous
D
Room spinnin'

Thinking he might of sipped just a little bit too much of that cough syrup
Em
His eyelids closed shut
G
Sat back in the chair

Clutching that cup
D                                                  Em
Girlfriend came and a couple of hours later said his name

Shook him, but he never got up
C
Never got up, never got up
G
We live on the cusp of death thinkin' that it won't be us
C B
It won't be us, it won't be us, it won't be us

Nah, it won't be us

[Verse 2]

Em
Now he just wanted to act like them
G
He just wanted to rap like him
D Em
Us as rappers underestimate the power and the effects we have on these kids
Em
Blunt passed
G
Ash in a tin, pack being pushed, harassed by the feds
D
The fact of it is most people that rap like this talkin' about some shit they haven't lived
Em
Surprise, you know the drill
G
Trapped in a box declined record sales
D
Follow the formula
Em
Violence, drugs and sex sells

So we try to sound like someone else
C
This is not Californication

There's no way to glorify this pavement
G
Syrup, percocet, and an eighth day will leave you broke, depressed and emotionally vacant
D
Despite how Lil Wayne lives

It's not conducive to being creative
B
And I know cause he's my favorite

And I know cause I was off that same mix
Em                                                 G
Rationalize the shit that I try after I listen to dedication
D
But he's an alien
Em
I sip that shit pass out or play PlayStation
Em
Months later I'm in the same place
G
No music made, feeling like a failure
D
And trust me it's not dope to be 25 and move back to your parents basement
Em
I've seen my peoples dreams die
G
I see what they can be denied
D
And "weeds not a drug" that's denial

Groundhog day life repeat each time
Em
I've seen Oxycontin take 3 lives
G
I grew up with them, we used to chief dimes
D                                                   Em
I've seen cocaine bring out the demons inside

Cheatin' and lyin'
Em
Friendship cease, no peace in the mind
G
Stealin' and takin' anything to fix the pieces inside
D
Broken, hopeless, headed no where
Em
Only motivation for what the dealer's supplyin'
C
That rush, that drug, that dope

Those pills, that crumb, that roach
G
Thinkin' I would never do that

Not that drug