Flipside
Juvenile Committee Lyrics

Here's the situation for brothers in the ghetto
Brothers living in the ghetto face tough situations

Livin' in the projects it's hard to get ahead, so
It's hard to make progress in life living in the projects

What you gotta do is be down with each other
Stick together and support each other

Other fools tryin' to trip, can't trip on each other
Don't let others bring you down and create conflict among each other

Like a lobster in his bucket, you try to escape
You're trapped in a difficult situation and want to escape

You steal, you kill, you rob, you take
Commit crimes to survive

Clownin' on your brothers' back, one thing is a fact
Making fun of your brothers won't get you anywhere

They're gonna be sure to push ya back in the pack
Others will reject and push you back if you act out of line

You want to do a lick cause you short, you float
You want to commit a crime because you need money

If you had to blast will you pop or will you tote?
If it comes down to it, will you use your gun or run away?

187 on the head, you killed a man
You committed murder

You're all fired up, so you feel you in command
You're feeling powerful and in control

Try to be the baddest in the crew
You want to be the toughest one in your group

Why trip on a brother that's down with you?
Why bother and pick on someone who's on your side?

And now I understand why you could do so
I understand why you acted in such a way

'Cause you probably wasn't down from the get-go
Because you weren't truly committed from the beginning

Some people they got homeboys like I do
Some people have loyal friends like I do

We chill with each other and we kill with another
We hang out with each other and support each other through tough situations

And we never ever keep anything undercover
We always stay open and honest with each other

'Cause if we do, we have to keep it in a circle
If we keep secrets, we must keep them within our group

You're soft as a nerd, so don't be trippin' on the turf, yo
You're not tough, so don't act out and cause trouble

This is what they say: Cause he was with us on that day
People say that he was with us that day

First he was chillin' with his nine and A.K.
He was hanging out with his guns

The cold thing about it, we didn't see it comin'
We were surprised by what happened

It's cold stunnin'
It's shocking

First we were hangin', now it's cold gunnin'
We were just hanging out and now we're involved in violence

What happened to the do-or-die situation
What happened to our sense of loyalty and commitment?

Was it a complication or the conversation?
Did something go wrong or did we not communicate enough?

In the midst with a mixed personality
Feeling conflicted and unsure of what to do

Po-po brutality, flipside mentality
Police brutality leads to a mentality of retaliation and violence

To make you the weak link in your crew
To make you the vulnerable member of your group

You're trippin' off yourself, you wanted all the juice
You're driven by your own desire for power and success

Boys in the hood wonder why I got lazy
People in the neighborhood are questioning why I'm not working as hard

'Cause no respect and no money don't mix
You can't get respect without money

I like havin' kicks, so I hustle on the rich
I like having nice things, so I try to get money from the wealthy

I bought a gat from a neighborhood street thug
I bought a gun from someone in the neighborhood

A .44 mag full of .44 slugs
A powerful gun filled with ammunition

Now it's time for robbin' niggas' hoes
Now it's time to rob people and steal their possessions

Kickin' in do's, and leavin' prints on .44s
Breaking into homes and leaving evidence behind

Confused is the way I live
I'm constantly unsure of what I'm doing

It's my prerogative, cause I don't want to give
I do what I want because I don't want to give in to authority

To the people, cause I was treated like a sequel
I wasn't treated as a main character, but as a sidekick

Never treated equal, now I live illegal
I wasn't treated fairly, so now I'm involved in criminal activity

Doin' the things that you shouldn't do
Doing things that are morally wrong

But you didn't know what I had to go through
You don't understand what I've been through

Like trippin' on the homeboys in my crew
Like causing trouble for my friends

I wanted all the juice
I wanted all the power and success

Brothers in this world it's so hard to be good
It's very difficult to be a good person in this world

To live life like it's legal and work like you should
To live life honestly and work hard

First it seem right, until one night
At first it seems like the right thing to do, until something goes wrong

It don't seem right, you don't see the light
Something doesn't feel right and you don't know what to do

Start feelin' like the whole world dissed you
Feeling like the whole world is against you

Pop a big gun, and doin' self-defense too
Using a big gun for self-defense

See, that's the prob', you learn how to rob
That's the problem, you learn how to steal

Take it back to back, as if it was a job
Stealing becomes a job and a way of life

Teach your boys the game, the game is what it's like
Teach your friends how to be criminals

But that'll move the crew, and somethin' ain't right
But that will change the dynamics of the group and cause problems

Your boys ain't with you, your boys want to fight
Your friends are against you and want to fight

Bustin' all the bones, you try to get a stripe
Fighting and causing pain to prove yourself

Front on everybody cause you're headstrong
Being stubborn and acting aggressively towards everyone

What you're doin' ain't right, it's dead wrong
What you're doing is morally and legally wrong

Flip-flip-flip it on the flipside
Change your behavior and perspective

You done flipped up, committed suicide
You made a mistake and ruined your life

Juice is a five-letter word of corruption
Success and power can lead to corruption

From town to town it can start an explosion
Success and power can cause conflict and violence

So what we gotta do is play like a lemon
We need to be calm and avoid causing trouble

Squeeze out the juice and peace among men and women
Let go of the desire for power and let there be peace between people

'Cause envy and jealous' can ruin the land
Jealousy and envy can destroy the community

But brothers tryin' to play God, and they job
Some people try to control everything, but that's not their role

Is keepin' the world in their hands
Trying to have power and control over everything

But that's a mission that's impossible
It's impossible to control everything

It'll only end up being a lotta people in the hospital
It will only lead to people getting hurt

Brothers killin' and killin'
People killing each other

Hurtin' feelings, that's illin'
Causing harm and pain is wrong

To be on top they was willin'
People are willing to do anything to be successful

But they ain't nothin' but illin'
But their behavior is wrong

Attitude that's rude, be cool instead
Be respectful and calm instead of rude

Because the black guys are in jail, or either they're dead
Many black men are incarcerated or have died because of violence

Your grave site is waitin' for you
Your actions will lead to your death

Because you don't think about the things that you do
Your actions are thoughtless and destructive

All the screws in your head must be loose
You must be crazy to act in such a way

Because you did ill to kill
Because you did wrong by killing

You wanted all the juice
You wanted all the power and success