Eric.B.Jr – East River Side 2 Lyrics (English Translation)
(Verse 1: The Hustle & The Guilt)
I’m stacking paper while the city sleeps.
My brothers? Still in the deeps, where the struggle never cheapens.
You remember when my mind switched to “get it or die”?
You understand what it means to risk a life?
I pay the tabs for women with their noses in the sky,
Still prove my name on streets where weak men go to cry.
The ones who love this villain, despite the crazy things I do…
Hush. Just watch. I’ll show you.
(Chorus: The Cycle)
Making money while you’re sleeping,
But my circle’s still in deep, in the struggle barely breathing.
Back when I decided cash was all that mattered,
You get the meaning of a life that’s shattered?
Paying for the pride of girls who look straight through me,
Still proving manhood where they’d rather undo me.
Those who love the monster in my clothes…
Don’t talk. I’ll show you how it goes.
This life? I can’t quit it.
(Verse 2: Street Cred & Flow)
This style’s lethal, brings heat in every sector.
A weaker man would break and take the check, but I’m the connector.
Switch the pattern up, bro.
While I’m rocking festival grounds,
The girl who changes phones like trends is making newsward bounds.
“What’s with his flow?” A sound only women feel.
Rhymes that keep the creditors from making deals.
Even through the smoke, this thick haze,
My real ones move in their own ways.
As long as I’m myself, these bars won’t fade.
With my day-one and my family made, I’m not afraid.
(Verse 3: The Cost & The Grind)
We turn ten million yen a month to water, just to pass.
Fools blow a fortune trying to make a life that lasts.
Came from zero, but I can’t close my fist.
Made more than those pop flops—call it a twist.
Rolling dice in shadows, can’t even see the score.
Don’t need the answer, just floor it more.
I’m still messed up.
God, forgive the sinner.
So I’ll make this wicked flow a viral winner.
No repentance for the hollow things I sold.
These hands are dirty as the story they hold.
The hate that drove me here—it ain’t a lie.
Still chasing infinity. I haven’t changed. So why try?
(Outro)
This life… I can’t quit it.
