Otherside of the Game Lyrics

[Chorus]
What you gonna do when they come for you?
Work ain't honest but it pays the bills (Mm)
What we gonna do when they come for you?
Gave me the life that I came to live


[Verse 1]
Do I really
Want my baby?

Brother, tell me what to do
I know you got to get yo' hustle on
So I pray
I understand the game, sometimes
And I love you strong, mm, but

[Chorus]
What you gonna do when they come for you?
Work ain't honest but it pays the bills (Yes, it does)
What we gonna do when they come for you?
God, I can't stand life without you

[Verse 2]
Now, me and baby got this situation
See, brother got this complex occupation
And it ain't that he don't have education
'Cause I was right there at his graduation

Now, I ain't sayin' that this life don't work
But, it's me and baby that he hurts
Beause I tell him right, he thinks I'm wrong
But I love him strong
He gave me the life that I came to live
Gave me the song that I came to give
Pressure on me, but the seed has grown
I can't make it on my own

Summer came around and the flowers bloomed
He became the sun, I became the moon
Precious gifts that we both receive
Or could this be make-believe?
[Chorus]
What you gonna do when they come for you? (Mm)
Work ain't honest but it pays the bills
(Work ain't honest but it pays the bills, yeah)
What we gonna do when they come for you? (Mm-mm)
Gave me the life that I came to live
Yes, you did

[Verse 3]
Don't worry, baby
I know there's confusion
God's gonna see us through, yeah
Peace out to revolution
But we paid though


[Bridge]
(Don't you worry, keep your balance) What you gonna do, what you gonna do?
(The work ain't honest but it pays the bills) Yes, it does
(Don't you worry, keep your balance) Try not to worry, baby
(Gave me the life that I came to live) Yes, you did
(Don't you worry, keep your balance) Ooh, ooh
(The work ain't honest but it pays the bills) Work ain't honest but it pays the bills
(Don't you worry, keep your balance) Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

[Refrain]
He gave me the life that I came to live
Gave me the song that I came to give
Pressure on me, but the seed has grown
I can't make it on my own

Summer came around and the flowers bloomed
He became the sun, I became the moon
Precious gifts that we both receive
Boy, could this be make-believe?
[Outro]
Oh yeah
Badu is with you, baby
Mm
We gon' make it, yeah
Me, you and the baby
You gotta do what you gotta do
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah, yeah
Baby, oh, go, go, go, yeah
Oh, oh
See, I ain't tryin' to run yo' life
But I want you to do what's right, yeah
I'm your wife
Mm
(I can't stand it, baby)
Peace out to revolution
I know there's confusion
You gotta do what you gotta do now

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“Otherside of the Game” is a about being a dopeman’s girl and weighing the morality of the situation as she is expecting a child with the man. In the music video, Badu plays opposite her boyfriend at the time, Andre 3000 from OutKast, with whom she was expecting their son, Seven, when the video was shot. The single peaked at #57 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop/Rap Songs chart and #14 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart.

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Recorded At
Sigma Sound Studios (Philadelphia)
Release Date
February 11, 1997
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