roadside

my lawyer's son died in his sleep last night

got me thinking 'bout who i was in my past life

to be surrounded by so much pain

i understand my karma but why is theirs the same?

two good people

two amazing sons

just yesterday they had both

now they raising 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

leaning 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 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

momma 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 flow through it

walk up to triple x's bmw window and stick a note to it

tell him to drive off

the devil coming

ever since he fell from heaven

he been trying to settle something

i keep the faith and try not to question god

but i gotta problem when i see innocent people die

i sympathise with jews

i sympathise with blacks

sympathise 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 running laps?

feel like ending 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

momma don't cry

i was on the roadside

i was on the roadside

fall short and my soul will fly

caught trippin' on the other side

i know it happen to me every time

caught out on the roadside

thumb high in the wind

ditch high

tell my momma

i'ma be alright now

i'll be home in a few weeks

soon

till 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

momma 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

momma don't cry

i was on the roadside

i was on the roadside