mariah carey&young jeezy - side effects

i was a girl, you was a man

i was too young to understand

i was naive, i just believed

everything that you told me

said you were strong, protecting me

then i found out that you were weak

keeping me there under your thumb

cause you were scared that id become much

more than you could handle

shining like a chandelier

that decorated every room

inside this private hell we built

and i dealt with it like a kid

i wished i could fly away but instead

i kept my tears inside cause i knew if i

started id keep cryin for the rest of my

life with you i finally built up the strength

to walk away dont regret it

but i still live with the side effects

wakin up scared some nights

still dreamin bout the violent times

still a little protective bout the people

that i let inside

still a little defensive

thinkin folks be tryin to run my life

still a little depressed

inside i fake a smile and deal with the

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vacant inside no one was there

couldnt be real, had to keep quiet

once in a while put up a fight

its just too much night after night

after a while i would just lie

you were dead wrong said you were right

did what i could just to survive

couldnt believe this was my life

flickering like a candle

doin my best to handle

sleepin with the enemy

aware that he was smothering

every last part of me

so i broke away and finally

found the strength to breathe

i kept my tears inside cause i knew if i

started id keep cryin for the rest of my

life with you i finally built up the strength

to walk away dont regret it

but i still live with the side effects

wakin up scared some nights

still dreamin bout the violent times

still a little protective bout the people

that i let inside

still a little defensive

thinkin folks be tryin to run my life

still a little depressed

inside i fake a smile and deal with the

side effects

young jeezy verse

forgive but i cant forget

everyday i deal with this

i live with the side effects

but i aint gon let them get the best of me

forgive but i cant forget

everyday i deal with this

i live with the side effects

but i aint gon let them get the best of me

i kept my tears inside cause i knew if i

started id keep cryin for the rest of my

life with you i finally built up the strength

to walk away dont regret it

but i still live with the side effects

wakin up scared some nights

still dreamin bout the violent times

still a little protective bout the people

that i let inside

still a little defensive

thinkin folks be tryin to run my life

still a little depressed

inside i fake a smile and deal with the

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