Roadside

My lawyer's son died in his sleep last night

Got me thinkin’ 'bout who I was in my past life

To be surrounded by so much pain

I understand my karma, but why is their's the same?

Two good people, two amazin’ sons

Just yesterday, they had both, now they raisin' one

I look at the clouds and just think

I could lose mine, or they could lose me in one blink

When I think one day it all ends, I start to drink

And fathom suicide, 'cause I was almost on the brink

And it feel like my family been jinxed

Ever since I found my grandmother stiff

Leanin' over the kitchen sink

I could cry enough tears to float Noah's Ark

Perfect health, but she died of a broken heart

And after that, it was a domino effect

First my uncle, then my daddy, I guess I'm in line next

I got lost on the roadside

Yeah, I lost my way

I give thanks to the Most High

'Cause he kept me safe

Hope to God that I don't die

So I pray

If I go, mama, don’t cry

I was on the roadside

I was on the roadside

How come you can’t learn a lesson until you go through it?

How come you can think about the past, but can't go to it?

If I could, I would float through it

Walk up to Triple X’s BMW window and stick a note to it

Tell him to drive off, the Devil comin'

Ever since he fell from Heaven, he been tryin' to settle somethin'

I keep the faith and try not to question God

But I got a problem when I see innocent people die

I sympathize with Jews, I sympathize with blacks

Sympathize with Natives, America’s yours if you want it back

Where the hunger at?

Probably under a tree in Mississippi by the river where they hung us at

If Jesus walked, why we all runnin' laps?

Feel like endin' racism further than where the sun is at

A war to keep people from people, how dumb is that?

I guess we shouldn't put our thoughts on the front of hats

I got lost on the roadside

Yeah, I lost my way

I give thanks to the Most High

'Cause he kept me safe

Hope to God that I don't die

So I pray

If I go, mama, don't cry

I was on the roadside

I was on the roadside

For sure that my soul will fly

Cold, drippin' on the other side

I know it happened to me every time

Caught out on the roadside

Thumb high in the wind, itch

I tell my mama I'ma be alright now

I'll be home in a few weeks

Soon, 'til then I'll sing this song to you

I got lost on the roadside

Yeah, I lost my way

I give thanks to the Most High

'Cause he kept me safe

Hope to God that I don't die

So I pray

If I go, mama, don't cry

I was on the roadside

I got lost on the roadside

Yeah, I lost my way

I give thanks to the Most High

'Cause he kept me safe

Hope to God that I don't die

So I pray

If I go, mama, don't cry

I was on the roadside

I was on the roadside