Macklemore and Ryan Lewis - Otherside (Original) (Music Video Edit)

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Music Video Edit of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis performing Otherside (Original).

Video edit by @RealJessJohnson.

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Original Music Video Credits:

The Otherside Remix Music Video was filmed in various locations for about a year and a half throughout 2010-2011. It is the duo's second video collaboration with long time friend and director Jason Koenig (My Oh My).

VIDEO

Directed By: Jason Koenig, Ryan Lewis, Ben Haggerty
Edited By: Ryan Lewis, Jason Koenig
Produced By: Jenny Koenig, Tricia Davis
Additional Camera Work: Johnny Valencia
Starring: Ben Haggerty (Macklemore), Christopher Mansfield (Fences), Amy Huber (girl), Parker Reddington, Isaiah Sneed, Jacob Sneed, Dave Sneed and Noah Zavatsky.
Equipment: Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 7D

SPECIAL THANKS

Emmie Nielson
Zach Fleury
The Koenigs (Hood Canal)
Austin Brooks
Neha Nariya
Zoe Rain Baxter
Johnny Valencia
Ruhi Parashar
All the actors

MUSIC

Produced By Ryan Lewis
Featuring Christopher Mansfield (Fences)
Written By Ben Haggerty, Christopher Mansfield
Engineered and Recorded By Ryan Lewis
Violin by Andrew Joslyn
Guitar, Bass, Vocals, Drums By Zach Fleury
Piano, Drums By Ryan Lewis
Mixed By Ryan Lewis
Mastered by D-Sane

The Otherside Remix Feat. Fences is available on Macklemore X Ryan Lewis - VS. Redux on iTunes.

Chad Butler, Known as Pimp C died in a Los Angeles hotel room.

The L.A. county coroner's office ruled the rappers death accidental

and attributed it to a combination of apnea and syrup,

and we know that syrup on the streets usually has codeine

absolutely, we have a problem now
with the cough syrup epidemic /echo/

He rolled up, asked him what he was sippin' on

He said lean, You want to hit it, dawg?
That's the same stuff Weezy's sippin' huh?

And tons of other rappers that be spittin' hard

Yup yup five a bone
When he passed him that styrofoam

the easter pink, heard it rhyme before
Finally got to see what all the hype was on

And then he took a sip, sittin' in the Lincoln thinkin' he was pimpin' as he listened to the system

Little did he know that it was just as addictive as bass

Not the kind that hits from the kick drum
Hot box, let the bass bump

Take it to the face, gulp

Months later the use went up
And every blunt was accompanied by the pink stuff

But Goddamn he loved that feelin'
Purple rain coated in the throat

Just so healin'

Medicine alleviate the sickness
liquid affix and it comes with a cost

wake up, cold sweat, scratchin', itchin'
trying to escape the skin that barely fit him

gone, get another bottle just to get a couple swallows

headed towards the bottom couldn't get off it

Didn't even think he had a problem
Though he couldn't sleep without gettin' nauseous

Room spinnin', thinkin' he might have sipped just a little bit too much of that cough syrup

His eyelids closed shut
Sat back in the chair clutchin' that cup

girlfriend came and a couple hours later said his name shook him but he never got up

...he never got up...

...he never got up...

We live on the cusp of death

thinkin' that it won't be us

It won't be us...

It won't be us...

It won't be us...

Nah, it won't be us!!

Now he just wanted to act like them
He just wanted to rap like him

Us as rappers underestimate the power and the effects that we have on these kids

Blunt passed, ash in the tin, pack being pushed, harassed by the feds

The fact of it is most people that rap like this talkin' about some shit they haven't lived

Surprise, you know the drill

Trapped in a box to climb record sales

Follow the formula: violence, drugs, and, sex sells

So we try to sound like someone else
This is not Californication

There's no way to glorify this pavement

Syrup, percocet, hit an eighth a day will leave you broke, depressed, and emotionally vacant

Despite how Lil Wayne lives
It's not conducive to being creative

And I know 'cause he's my favorite
And I know 'cause I was off that same mix

Rationalize the shit that I'd try after I listen to dedication

But he's an alien, I'd sip that shit, pass out or play Playstation

Months later I'm in the same place

No music made, feeling like a failure

And trust me it's not dope to be 25 and move back to your parent's basement

I've seen my people's dreams die
I've seen what they can be denied

And "weeds not a drug" - that's denial
Groundhog Day life repeat each time

I've seen oxycontin take three lives
I grew up with them, we used to chief dimes

I've seen cocaine bring out the demons inside

Cheatin' and lyin'
Friendship cease, no peace in the mind

Stealin' and takin' anything to fix the pieces inside

Broken, hopeless, headed nowhere
Only motivation for what the dealer's supplying

That rush, that drug, that dope
Those pills, that crumb, that roach

Thinkin' I would never do that, not that drug

and growing up nobody ever does

Until your stuck, lookin' in the mirror like I can't believe what I've become

Swore I was goin' to be someone

And growing up everyone always does

We sell our dreams and our potential

To escape, through that buzz
Just keep me up, keep me up

Hollywood here we come

You can tend to um go a little too far with some of these things

that have very strong addictive qualities
pills and syrups and whatnot so um..

- Is it changing the music? -

...umm I can only speak for myself personally,

know' what I'm saying' we have been taking down

toning down the content of certain things in the music label

and my new album of course probly' won't have any references to cough syrup in it

but um as we, if we look at it more than in music I think its going to start

affecting the personal lives of a lot of artists
and people

People...

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