Roadside

My lawyer's son died in his sleep last night Got me thinking 'bout who I was in my past life To be surrounded by so much pain I understand my karma but why is theirs the same? Two good people, two amazing sons Just yesterday they had both, now they raising one I look at the clouds and just think I could lose mine or they could lose me in one blink When I think one day it all ends, I start to drink And fathom suicide 'cause I was almost on the brink And it feel like my family been jinxed Ever since I found my grandmother stiff, leaning over the kitchen sink I could cry enough tears to float Noah's Ark Perfect health but she died of a broken heart And after that, it was domino effect First my uncle, then my daddy, I guess I'm in line next I got lost on the roadside Yeah, I lost my way I give thanks to the most high 'Cause He kept me safe Hope to God that I don't die So I pray If I go, momma don't cry I was on the roadside I was on the roadside How come you can't learn a lesson until you go through it? How come you can think about the past but can't go to it? If I could, I would float through it Walk up to Triple X's BMW window and stick a note to it Tell him to drive off, the devil coming Ever since he fell from heaven, he been trying to settle something I keep the faith and try not to question God But I gotta problem when I see innocent people die I sympathize with Jews, I sympathize with blacks Sympathize with Natives, America's yours if you want it back Where the hunger at? Probably under a tree in Mississippi, by the river, where they hung us at If Jesus walked, why we all running laps? Feel like ending racism further than where the sun is at A war to keep people from people, how dumb is that? I guess we shouldn't put our thoughts on the front of hats I got lost on the roadside Yeah, I lost my way I give thanks to the most high 'Cause He kept me safe Hope to God that I don't die So I pray If I go, momma don't cry I was on the roadside I was on the roadside Fall short and my soul will fly Caught trippin' on the other side I know it happen to me every time Caught out on the roadside Thumb high in the wind, ditch high Tell my momma, I'ma be alright now I'll be home in a few weeks, soon 'Til then, I'll sing this song to you I got lost on the roadside Yeah, I lost my way I give thanks to the most high 'Cause He kept me safe Hope to God that I don't die So I pray If I go, momma don't cry I was on the roadside I got lost on the roadside Yeah, I lost my way I give thanks to the most high 'Cause He kept me safe Hope to God that I don't die So I pray If I go, momma don't cry I was on the roadside I was on the roadside