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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
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

[Chorus]
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
Wakin' up scared some nights
Still dreaming 'bout the violent times
Still little protective' bout the people that I let inside
Still little defensive thinkin' folk be tryna 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)

[Busta Rhymes]
Get rid of that stress, rub it off girl,
You don't really need that, brush it off girl,
Like you ain't really going back anytime you breaking at, and you don't need to cut it of girl,
Real talk baby, know I feel your pain,
Let me lift your strength cause it would kill your brain,
I ain't really got to say no name,
Even I was going through the same old thang,
Little situation that would probably make you insane,
Watch you get a little bored up at the loss of the game,
The side effect would probably make you bug just a little bit while you go through it and you had a little shame,

But It’s alright, It’s okay!
See now I'm a get know I know my way,
Real slow, I'm a take it day by day,
I remember what my mama used to say,
Stand up straight,
Hold your head high,
Sky is the limit, so reach for the sky,
Live to the fullest little baby don't cry,
Don't matter what they trying to do fly baby fly.
Now that I'm good I'm a reach for the next,
While I see the world different from my new specs.
On everything that I love with all due respect,
I say we moves on minus the side effects.

[Mariah]
Wakin' up scared some nights still dreaming 'bout the violent times
Still little protective 'bout the people that I let inside
Still little defensive thinking folks be 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)

It didn't stop, 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
Do my best to handle sleeping with the enemy
Whether he was smothering every last part of me
So I broke away and finally found the strength to leave

[Chorus]
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
Wakin' up scared some nights
Still dreaming 'bout the violent times
Still little protective' bout the people that I let inside
Still little defensive thinkin' folk be tryna 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)

[Bridge 2x]
Forgive but I can't forget,
Every day I deal with this
I live with the side efffects
But I ain't gonna let them get the best of me
[Chorus]
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
Wakin' up scared some nights
Still dreaming 'bout the violent times
Still little protective' bout the people that I let inside
Still little defensive thinkin' folk be tryna 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)

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