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 I'd 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 I'd keep cryin' 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

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

Side effects

Side effects

Side effects

Vacant inside no one was there

Couldn't be real, had to keep quiet

Once in a while put up a fight

It's 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

Couldn't 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 I'd keep cryin' 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

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

Side effects

Side effects

Side effects

[Young Jeezy Verse]

Forgive but I can't forget

Everyday I deal with this

I live with the side effects

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

Forgive but I can't forget

Everyday I deal with this

I live with the side effects

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

I kept my tears inside cause I knew if I

Started I'd keep cryin' 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

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

Side effects

Side effects

Side effects