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Otherside
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Oct 8, 2026 updated
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Song Meaning
Hulvey's "Otherside" opens with a declaration of resolve — a life lived like it's the only night, and a decision to stop running from what haunts him. The hook's repeated "keep climbing" becomes a mantra for pressing through, anchored by the image of having glimpsed the other side of the mountain. The verses root that spiritual resolve in concrete experience: a mother's tearful phone call, a move to Atlanta, childhood memories of being cut from the team and booted in kickball, and the weight that once sat heavy on his chest. Faith, he insists, is something to invest, not just profess. The song turns outward in its final verse, naming Ahmaud and the ache of a country where freedom isn't promised to everyone, asking hard questions about a system that withholds love and a world that looks away when a Black person dies. Rather than retreating into private devotion, the track holds personal surrender and public lament together — the same God who carries the key to freedom is the one he asks to keep everyone alive. It's a song about choosing where to turn in the rain, and refusing to let go of hope.
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Welcome to the other side
I live my life like it's my only night
Who you gon' run to in your darkest times?
Done runnin' from it, I done made up my mind
I've made up my mind
Keep climbing, keep climbing
Keep climbing, keep climbing
I seen the other side of the mountain
Keep climbing, keep climbing
Yeah, Momma called me on the tele'
I knew she been cryin', I moved to Atlanta
But listen, I knew I was ready
There ain't nothin' that nobody can tell me
Foot on the pedal, my drive like a Chevy
Like an umbilical, stayin' connected
This for the Wick town, I'm spreadin' the message
Yeah, yeah, I ride with my dawgs, just like Dr. Doolittle
Just a youngin', everybody ain't fool with him
Cut from the team, they ain't know what to do with him
Playin' kickball, it's like they bootin' 'em
Had weight, it was over my chest
Real faith, I gotta invest
We in some dark times, it's a mess
Feelin' like Pippen, keep the game pressed
I cannot change for nobody
I ain't here to entertain for the lobby
We doin' way more than just rappin' about it
They treatin' my brothers like they're not somebody
Put on for the people who've been locked up in that cage, yeah
I can't ever switch up on the One that changed my ways, yeah
This time really ain't a phase, yeah
Where you gon' turn in the rain? Yeah
Real peace is all of my veins, yeah, enough about me
I know the people just want to be free
I know the One who carry the key
We cannot be who they tell us to be
Never let down, we back on our feet
Welcome to the other side
I live my life like it's my only night
Who you gon' run to in your darkest times?
Done runnin' from it, I done made up my mind
I've made up my mind
Keep climbing, keep climbing
Keep climbing, keep climbing
I seen the other side of the mountain
Keep climbing, keep climbing
Yeah, I heard 'bout Ahmaud, the weight on me
It's crazy to think in America freedom ain't promised
They sayin': "Just wait on it"
It's easy to say as a white man that it's all okay
Imagine you inside a system that never give love: what you gon' say?
How can we be so blind? This world crossin' the line
This for my time to speak to the people that think it's okay to see a black folk die
What if your son died and they told you, "Momma, don't cry"?
Please do not fall for the lie, God, I see the other side
God, I want 'em all alive, God, I want 'em all alive
Welcome to the other side
I live my life like it's my only night
Who you gon' run to in your darkest times?
Done runnin' from it, I done made up my mind
I've made up my mind
Keep climbing, keep climbing
Keep climbing, keep climbing
I seen the other side of the mountain
Keep climbing, keep climbing