Other Side Of The Game - Erykah Badu

[00:08.584]Baby, baby, baby, baby
[00:24.942]Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
[00:30.822]Work ain't honest but it pays the bills
[00:36.798]What we gonna do when they come for you?
[00:42.560]Gave me the life that I came to live
[00:48.697]Do I really want my baby?
[01:01.260]Brother, tell me what to do
[01:12.154]I know you got to get your hustle on, so I pray
[01:23.343]I understand the game sometimes
[01:29.616]And I love you strong, but
[01:35.583]Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
[01:41.279]Work ain't honest but it pays the bills
[01:47.220]What we gonna do when they come for you?
[01:52.905]God, I can't stand life withoutcha
[01:58.935]Now, me and baby got this situation
[02:04.454]See brotha got this complex occupation
[02:10.343]And it ain't that he don't have education
[02:16.143]'Cause I was right there at his graduation
[02:21.906]Now, I ain't sayin' that this life don't work
[02:27.727]But it's me and baby that he hurts
[02:33.319]Because I tell him right, he thinks I'm wrong
[02:38.919]But I love him strong
[02:44.895]He gave me the life that I came to live
[02:47.868]Gave me the song that I came to give
[02:50.645]Pressure on me but the seed has grown
[02:53.462]I can't make it on my own
[02:56.366]Summer came around and the flowers bloomed
[02:59.070]He became the sun, I became the moon
[03:02.054]Precious gifts that we both received
[03:04.918]Or could this be make believe?
[03:08.141]Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
[03:13.670]Work ain't honest but it pays the bills
[03:19.438]What we gonna do when they come for you?
[03:25.041]Gave me the life that I came to live
[03:32.766]Don't worry, baby, I know there's confusion
[03:42.574]God's gonna see us through, yeah
[03:46.690]Peace out to revolution
[03:50.780]But we paid though
[03:54.052]Don't you worry, keep your balance
[03:57.497](What you gonna do, What you gonna do)
[04:00.008]The work ain't honest but it pays the bills
[04:03.707](Yes it does)
[04:05.915]Don't you worry, keep your balance
[04:08.684](Don't have to worry baby)
[04:11.547]Gave me the life that I came to live
[04:15.198](Yes you did)
[04:17.335]Don't you worry, keep your balance
[04:23.059]The work ain't honest but it pays the bills
[04:25.863]The work ain't honest but it pays the bills
[04:28.743]Don't you worry, keep your balance
[04:34.451]He gave me the life that I came to live
[04:37.150]Gave me the song that I came to give
[04:39.983]Pressure on me but the seed has grown
[04:42.807]I can't make it on my own
[04:45.620]Summer came around and the flowers bloomed
[04:48.527]He became the sun, I became the moon
[04:51.440]Precious gifts that we both received
[04:54.254]Or could this be make believe?
[04:58.590]Oh yeah, Badu is with you, baby
[05:08.701]We gon' make it, yeah
[05:13.095]Me, you and the baby
[05:17.144]You gotta do whatchu gotta do, oh
[05:24.497]Whoa, ho, yeah yeah, baby
[05:32.143]Oh yeah
[05:38.832]Oh
[05:42.875]See, I ain't trying to run your life
[05:48.663]But I want you to do what's right, yeah
[05:52.889]I'm your wife
[06:03.593]Whoa, peace out to revolution
[06:09.501]I know there's confusion, hey
[06:16.616]You gotta do whatchu gotta do now
[06:20.685]Be strong