[Intro: Hoarse bass-voiced male MC, gym bell hits] Round one Go left, they said [Verse 1: Hoarse bass-voiced male MC, every word measured] Two years back, a thumb in the eye in round three Left side went gray and it never came back to me Doctors in a circle saying son, you had your run Promoters stopped calling, said I'm half a fighter, done So I paid the young boys fifty just to hit me from the left Every morning, every round, till I could hear 'em take a breath Learned the shoes on the canvas, learned the shoulder 'fore the hand Learned the way a man goes quiet right before he throws his plan [Hook: Hoarse bass-voiced male MC, threatening] Come around my bad side, that's my good side Left it open like a door, so step inside Every coach on your corner drew the same line Come around my bad side, lights out, goodnight [Verse 2: Hoarse bass-voiced male MC, closer to the mic] Now he walks out grinning with a plan inside his gloves Coach said circle left, that's all the boy is thinking of Round one, round two, he keeps sliding to my blind Tapping on the side I gave him, thinks he's living on my time Crowd is getting loud, they think the old man's on the ropes I'm just counting how he breathes and I'm reading how he floats Every time he loads the right, his back foot starts to creak I been hearing that same creak for seven hundred and some weeks [Hook: Hoarse bass-voiced male MC, threatening] Come around my bad side, that's my good side Left it open like a door, so step inside Every coach on your corner drew the same line Come around my bad side, lights out, goodnight [Bridge: Hoarse bass-voiced male MC, heartbeat bed, only a heartbeat under the voice] I can't see you But I hear you Rubber squeaks, that's your left foot coming through Breath goes in, that's the right hand loading Shoulder dips, that's the hook you're holding Now [Verse 3: Hoarse bass-voiced male MC, full weight] Short left out the dark side that he never saw me use Caught him on the chin and now his knees go out like lights Count to eight, he's on the rope and looking at the side Where he thought there was a hole, I built a room to hide Every corner in the building got the same thing on the board Go left, go left, so I'm waiting by the door Two years in the dark and I made a house of it Now you walk in blind, and you're the one who can't see it [Final Hook: Hoarse bass-voiced male MC, threatening] Come around my bad side, that's my good side Left it open like a door, so step inside Every coach on your corner drew the same line Come around my bad side, lights out, goodnight [End]
