{"id":246978,"created_at":"2021-12-20 15:52:17","updated_at":"2025-06-14 09:43:24","deleted_at":null,"published_at":"2021-12-20 15:52:17","original_id":null,"artist_id":32902,"title":"The Dark side","slug":"the-dark-side-2","status":"published","description":null,"album_id":null,"streets":1,"source_type":"s3","source":"file","lyrics":"Hook\r\nWelcome to the dark side of me\r\nDon\u2019t be scared\r\nWelcome to the dark side of me\r\nYou\u2019re welcome to stay\r\n\r\nVerse 1\r\nLife is survival we live to suffer \r\nstick through the struggle\r\nIf it wasn\u2019t for my mama\r\nI\u2019d never know how to love woman\r\nIf it wasn\u2019t for my father\r\nI\u2019d never know how to be a man\r\nCos I saw him do everything that he can\r\n to make sure that he raised us and made us understand\r\nThat life isn\u2019t always fair\r\nBut never be driven by fear\r\nTake risks make shit happen\r\nAnd if you fail get up again\r\nAnd try until failure becomes \r\nan obsiticle you can surpass\r\n\r\nI known how it feels\r\nto be out casted \r\nby family that you thought would be real\r\nBut if it wasn\u2019t for that\r\nI\u2019d probably never learnt how to deal \r\nwith emotions and depression \r\nespecially when family \r\ncan help \r\n\r\nif it wasn\u2019t for my kids \r\nI\u2019d probably be a piece of shit \r\nbecause of them I went legit, \r\nhustle as much as I get,\r\nIf it wasn\u2019t for Karabo I\r\n would never seen the inside of a cell,\r\nBut I wrote a special song for that bitch\r\nsee you in hell\r\n\r\nHook\r\nWelcome to the dark side of me\r\nDon\u2019t be scared\r\nWelcome to the dark side of me\r\nYou\u2019re welcome to stay\r\n\r\nVerse 2\r\nNeed to accept what I cannot change \r\nChange what I can\u2019t accept \r\nNo regrets stay honest\r\nLike an alcoholic \r\nOn my 12 steps\r\ntill I\u2019m buzzing like hornets nest\r\n\r\n\r\nYea I\u2019m uptight, Bruce Wayne I\u2019m the dark knight looking for a spotlight \r\nIts hard to see the bright side\r\n of anything With my past\r\nDriven cos u drive fast\r\nTryna be real\r\nGot me tired, tiger wheels\r\n\r\nBorn into a system where I\u2019ll always be a victim\r\nRaised in a society where my war is not for winning\r\nOnly taught forgiveness, turn the other cheek\r\nAnd no one will be listening when I speak\r\n\r\n\r\nMy history is full of pain, I\u2019m crying in my sleep\r\nSlavery \r\napartheid, nothing change for me \r\n\r\n\r\nMy voice is strong but physically I\u2019m weak\r\nAnd no one will be listening when I speak\r\nI\u2019m honest has finally come outta the dark, waging war on them coz\r\nMaje me an offer\r\nPromise me better\r\nThen like the rest of em leave me out in the cold \r\nTell me you love me\r\nThen treat me like shit\r\nThat\u2019s all I\u2019m familiar with, it\u2019s as real as it gets\r\nNeed to accept what I cannot change \r\nChange what I can\u2019t accept\r\n\r\nHook\r\nWelcome to the dark side of me\r\nDon\u2019t be scared\r\nWelcome to the dark side of me\r\nYou\u2019re welcome to stay\r\n\r\nmusic ain\u2019t payingNor is it making any significant changes\r\n in the life your babies;\r\nThat new Mercedes won\u2019t fall from the sky and you know why \r\nYou cannot let your kids die from starvation\r\n so I wake up mainly to get a paycheck\r\n At the end of the month\r\n I can feel my skills fading\r\n long have I been waiting;\r\nFor that moment I\u2019ve been praying for\r\nProve to the world I\u2019m worth many more\r\n Listeners, downloads, views\r\n music trading stores Instead\r\n I\u2019m the ocean on a windy day,\r\n just wavingI know\r\n I\u2019m one of the greatest\r\n But I ain\u2019t never get the recognition that I\u2019ve been waiting for,\r\n so I\u2019m walking outta this bitch once and for all\r\n for the last time, this is my last rhyme and my last try If\r\n it don\u2019t work out I\u2019ll take it as failure \r\nI will finally admit \r\n Accept the fact that I\u2019ll never break through\r\n;But don\u2019t let it break you \r\nMake peace with it live with it Giving it\r\n up The beats, sleepless nights;\r\nThe thrill, the writing, the skills You name it\r\ndestiny never fulfilled \r\n\r\nHook\r\nWelcome to the dark side of me\r\nDon\u2019t be scared\r\nWelcome to the dark side of me\r\nYou\u2019re welcome to stay","download_count":142,"play_count":7,"restrict_download":0,"generated_thumbnail":null,"flag_count":0,"download_count_24":1,"download_count_24_at":"2025-06-14","reupload_sent":0,"thumb_path":"https:\/\/s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com\/sol-assets\/uploads\/public\/61c\/08a\/3bc\/thumb_781325_300_300_0_0_crop.jpg","status_reason":"published","status_reason_alt":null,"tags":[]}