Side Effects
Mariah Carey Song Lyrics

[Young jeezy]

It's m.c. and y.j.

Another hit, ok

We lookin' fly, takin' off

Saw us on a runway

On any given sunday,

Monday, tuesday

They try to confuse me,

I never let 'em use me

I was a girl, you was a man

I was too young to understand

I was naïve, I just believed

Everything that you told me

Said you were strong, protecting me

Then I found out that you were weak

Keepin' me there, under your thumb

'cause you were scared that I'd become much

More than you could handle,

Shining like a chandelier

That decorated every room inside

The 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 I'd keep crying

For the rest of my life with you

I finally built up the strength to walk away

Don't regret it but I still live with the side effects

[Chorus]

Waking up scared some nights still dreaming 'bout them violent times?

Still little protective 'bout the people that I let inside

Still little defensive thinkin' 'bout me tryin' to run my life

Still little depressed inside, I fake a smile and deal with the side effects (oh, oh)

Side effects (oh, oh)

Side effects (oh, oh)

Side effects (oh, oh)

Vacan't inside, no one was there

Couldn't be real, had to keep quiet

Once in awhile, put up a fight

It's just too much, night after night

After awhile I would just lie,

You was dead wrong, said you was right

Did what I could, just to survive

Couldn't believe this was my life,

Flickering like a candle

Doin' my best to handle sleeping with the enemy

Aware that he was smothering every last part of me

So I broke away and finally found the strength to leave

Still kept the tears inside

'cause I knew if I started I'd keep crying

For the rest of my life with you

I finally built up the strength to walk away

Don't regret it but I still live with the side effects

[Chorus]

Hey, hey, hey

Let's go!

[Young jeezy]

Hey magnifico or should I say magnificent?

Ain't nothing worth your happiness

And I ain't caring who you're with

Misery loves company so we ain't tryin' to hang with you all

Hurt you if you let 'em in

Gotta keep you sucker smilin'

Keep tryin' to play

I tell him I ain't blowin' though

Think they want me outta here,

I tell 'em I ain't goin' though

Side effects be drowsiness,

Loneliness,

How is this?

I think the call it hateration,

What can you prescribe for this?

Forgive but I can't forget,

Every day I deal with this

I live with the side effects

But I ain't gonna let them get the best of me

Forgive but I can't forget,

Every day I deal with this

I live with the side effects

But I ain't gonna let them get the best of me

Kept my tears inside

'cause I knew if I started I'd keep crying

For the rest of my life with you

I finally built up the strength to walk away

Don't regret it but I still live with the side effects

[Chorus]