ERYKAH BADU - Otherside Of The Game lyrics

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Otherside of the game<br><br>Whatcha gonna do when they come for you<br>Work ain't honest but it pays the bills<br>What we gonna do when they come for you<br>Gave me the life that I came to live<br><br>Do I really,<br>Want my baby<br>Brother tell me what to do<br>I know you got to get your hustle on<br>So I pray<br>I understand the game, sometimes<br>And I love you strong, but,<br><br>What you gonna do when they come for you<br>Work ain't honest but it pays the bills<br>What we gonna do when they come for you<br>God I can't stand life withoutcha<br><br>Now, me and baby got this situation<br>See brotha got this complex occupation<br>And it ain't that he don't have education<br>Cause I was right there at his graduation<br><br>Now, I ain't sayin' that this life don't work<br>But it's me and baby that he hurts<br>Cause I tell him right<br>He thinks I'm wrong<br>But I love him strong<br><br>He gave me the life that I came to live<br>Gave me the song that I came to give<br>Pressure on me<br>But the seed had grown<br>I can't make it on my own<br>Summer came around and the flowers bloomed<br>He became the sun<br>I became the moon<br>Precious gifts that we both received<br>Or could this be make believe<br><br>Whatcha gonna do when they come for you<br>Work ain't honest but it pays the bills<br>What we gonna do when they come for you<br>Gave me the life that I came to live<br><br>Don't you worry, I know there's confusion<br>God's gonna see us through<br>Peace out to revolution<br>But we paid though<br><br>Don't you worry, I know there's confusion<br>The work ain't honest but it pays the bills<br>Don't you worry...<br>Gave me the life that I came to live<br>Don't you worry...<br>The work ain't honest but it pays the bills<br>Don't you worry...