Jokerr, The - Sidekick Lyrics






Hey there SwizZzle, guess who it is?
It's your old pal Jokerr and I'm giving you the biz
Cause socio-politcally, we're never eye to eye
But you're not a bad guy, and I consider you a friend
And Frie-friends don't tell friends what they want to hear
They always said a good friend is a good mirror
I don't know who you have, but I'll be there for you

I know it's gotta be tough
(In the background)
Looking at the crowd go nuts
(Over that sound)
And show after show, that you never headline, which how you long to do
Woah, I know it's gotta be sad
(In your minds eye)
Seeing what you want so bad
(From the sideline)
Ohh poor SwizZzle, I can't even imagine, what you go through, I mean...

It's gotta be, so so hard
To be a sidekick, stuck living in the shadow of a giant
So so hard
With everybody watchin' cause you know they'll never understand
It's gotta be, so so hard
To be a sidekick, it doesn't matter how popular you might get
So so hard
When you're whole identity's defined by the efforts of another man
It's gotta be

It's hard on tour, knowing in your mind,
if you didn't show up, the show would go along fine
Cause, nobody wants to hear the right hand man,
you and Krizz Kaliko could probably start your own hype man band
Oh sure, you could both tour, go and hit the road and everything you've hoped for could be so yours
Oh man, it'd be so grand, think about performing at a whole damn show of only your fans
There'd be no Hop, no Dizzy, no Dame
No half of ten percent of half the dough that the show bringed
Everybody singing out your songs, buying your merch, girls wearing your shirts, screaming you're name
Ooh-Ooh, think of that show, when the opening act's closed,
the lights turn low, and you step on stage to that crowd dream
And all ten crickets in the crowd sing

It's gotta be, so so hard
To be a sidekick, stuck living in the shadow of a giant
So so hard
With everybody watchin' cause you know they'll never understand
It's gotta be, so so hard
To be a sidekick, it doesn't matter how popular you might get
So so hard
When you're whole identity's defined by the efforts of another man
It's gotta be

It's gotta be tough on the sidelines, watching other rappers grind, tryna' get a little something goin'
When you just sit there in your room on your lazy ass, getting thousands of dollars of free promotion
I couldn't help but to notice how you talk about rich folks never give enough to help the people at the bottom
Hey, but you sittin' gettin' your career fed to you on silver spoon of courtesy of Hopsin

It's got to be hard
It's got to be hard
It's got to be hard

Hey there SwizZzle, what's there to do, when the whole world's moving on without poor you?
While Dizzy already dropped his album
Four years and you're stilling sitting there without one
Now I hate to be the one to break it to you baby boy, but I'mma make you face a fact many may avoid
You're not as good an artist as you think you are. (As you think you are.)
You don't shoot your own videos, Hop produces every beat you ever rocked, and even does your mixes, so
How much expecting to be given yo, I mean are you gonna be able to stand up and take it upon yourself to get your own?
No, no, no
I didn't figure so, so until you get your own fans, bitch zip it closed
My apologies, I shoudn't let it bother me, I mean after all

It's gotta be, so so hard
To be a sidekick, stuck living in the shadow of a giant
So so hard
With everybody watchin' cause you know they'll never understand
It's gotta be, so so hard
To be a sidekick, it doesn't matter how popular you might get
So so hard
When you're whole identity's defined by the efforts of another man
It's gotta be





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  1. m.... l....

    Never saw this until 2020. I don't even care about the diss. If you conceptualized this all by yourself your a musical God lol. I make my own beats and write hope to have my studio back soon I lost everything I had years back but I'm free and here now. I can do a little drums and keyboard myself too. If I get on this level within a few years I'll be happy

    m.... l....

    mike long Did everything from scratch including mixing and mastering and editing the video! Good times! Thanks for the props homie. Kill shit!

  2. K.... S....

    So so hard !!!!

  3. S.... B....

    It’s too bad him and hop we never able to fully collaborate on things. Together they could have been a new school styles and jada. Either way this dude is musically amazing.

  4. S.... T....

    It's gotta be so so hard 2 be a Side kick your whole identify is defined by the efforts of another mann

  5. M.... M....

    After what happened to FV and how embarrassingly irrelevant SwizZz is i gotta say, wow lmao.

  6. J.... H....

    Mannn im stilling bumpn THIS! Dude is beyond talented

  7. b.... w....

    HOPE THIS DUDE IS STILL makeing music cause old boys hella talented and i like the joker style

  8. S.... ....

    Jokerr is definitely a seer

  9. G.... P....

    Damn... Dude is good. Be better if he'd collab with the homies, instead of beef

    G.... P....

    Dead candy by Swiss ft jokerr +

  10. D.... P....

    Definitely one of the nicest disstracks ever! Lol.

  11. p.... ....

    Still one of my favorites from jokerr, I play this on a daily actually. Everything from the melody to the lyrics have me hooked. And I know this is old news but jokerr was right about everything..about fv, hell even the current state of psy in certain aspects

    p.... ....

    Hey there swizzle guess who it is!!!

  12. R.... R....

    Still gay asf the way you spent time using puppets.

    R.... R....

    It's called being creative.

  13. S.... T....

    Dam It's gotta be so so hard, 2 be a sidekick, this jokerr guy Kills it R.I.P. Funk VolumeX

  14. M.... B....

    Do people not see how crazy this dude is. Tech is a goat but this dude... if he had the machine behind him. Damn its unfortunate.

    M.... B....

    Mary Brost Welcome to my life. Thing is, the machine likes people who they can manipulate and control. I need the right people behind me.

  15. E.... A....

    I like how you can call some 1 a crackhead by just giving him a crack hat XD

  16. m.... ....

    When i was a hopsin stan i was so mad at how fucking good this song was lmao

  17. C.... C....

    one of my favorite videos

  18. C.... L....

    Joker popped up in my recommended like a month ago... Can’t stop listening. The musicianship and authenticity is incredible.

  19. O.... O....

    This was epic

  20. b.... S....

    All about down and crack

  21. b.... S....

    Thanks for the trements and beatening

  22. b.... S....

    Who's ring I wish I never have it to her now

  23. b.... S....

    Thanks 4 the memories

  24. b.... S....

    Don't treat me as a child I'm going on between 35 to 40

  25. b.... S....

    Don't rep us wrong ever again or use the kids wrong

  26. b.... S....

    Who helped promoter things

  27. b.... S....

    Stuck and stones may break bones but dam that one fine hot black Cat

  28. b.... S....

    Take ur doll and shove it seen the video tsk tsk they wonder why they didn't get sighened yet

  29. b.... S....

    Riddle me this Riddle me that ant that silver Pandora shinebox like that black kitty that spooky cat ruining in the wild with the raindeers

  30. c.... ....

    Joker was right about this, we see now Dame was corrupt and hop stood up eventually

  31. 3.... ....

    This shit is hella gay

  32. R.... T....

    Just got onto Jokerr just this morning. Only 2 songs and I love him already. This is bomb and I'm old skool

  33. J.... E....

    The accuracy

  34. S.... C....

    Hey joker are you willing to do a feature with me

  35. I.... L....

    2019 gang but I still fuck with all these artists solo

  36. D.... D....

    Listen to the song with king gordy x jelly roll and more on my page.

  37. T.... A....

    Fuck jokerr

  38. D.... D....

    Joker ya fuck don't dizzy side suey un seye for the dun tol livft un funish neighbors ReSpEkt byeeeee

  39. j.... r....

    I wonder wat he could've been . With the type of creativity in these videos . I bet it wouldve been good

  40. Q.... ....

    After hearing what happened to Krizz Kaliko, I immediately recalled this song. lol #JokerrCalledIt

    Q.... ....

    Same. Thought of what he said at the end of The Maestro, too.

  41. C.... S....

    So much talent in this song. Years later and it’s still impressive.

  42. m.... s....

    Man you sound great

  43. H.... V....

    He disses with the power of love and understanding

  44. D.... D....

    this is actually a masterpiece

  45. B.... B....

    Everyone was shitting on you when this entire beef was going on, and everything you said was so spot on that I was a believer the second I heard it. I loved Swizzz and was sad that he never got his own album, and never got a tour. That’s why I chose to support you and Swizzz. 2019 and funk volume is gone and hopsin is hardly even talked about now.

  46. G.... 1....

    People keep saying this was the nicest diss track they’ve ever seen,

    It kind of seems more like a care package at this point, being like these are the facts, I wish you the best but WAKE THE FUCK UP

  47. G.... C....

    The beginning killed me lmfao.

  48. E.... C....

    This shit wack.

    E.... C....

    Estevan C ur fucking deaf

  49. S.... W....

    Dont ever talk about krizz kaliko.

  50. w.... ....

    Listening in 2019!!

  51. J.... H....

    Joker right about Dame the whole fucking time.

  52. b.... b....

    So this the dude who murdered SwizZz before Passionate Mc did? Damn poor guy

  53. R.... D....

    What happened to the outro with hopsin?

  54. H.... B....

    This nigga Jokerr did diss tracks before before those YouTube faggots made it cool

  55. R.... A....

    This is LITERALLY the stupidest song I have ever heard

  56. C.... R....

    Oh no, it's the other one, we're he's cooking???& stop begging for money bro... you remind me of the guy on the corner with a sign, saying, we all need help sometimes.... shit jokker come on

  57. C.... R....

    This is actually one of 2 that I like... the other is dead horse.....

  58. B.... 5....

    2019 💟🙌

  59. R.... P....

    still epic 👌


    this deserves so many more views its unreal. even without context of the beef it's a masterpiece

    R.... P....

    Crazy people still here

    R.... P....

    @z a y going through music playlists, not really crazy ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  60. B.... I....

    Swizzz, his music and soul, have been blasted into the cosmos, never to be heard from again.

  61. V.... ....

    This shit hurts as someone whose been a SwizZZ fan waiting 6 years for an album. 😂

  62. t.... m....

    This is dope. How have I just found this guy. Your amazing

  63. l.... w....

    Still rockin this

  64. C.... C....

    How this dude is not a giant in the music industry is absolutely beyond me! Listen to his voice alone! His ability to spit lyrics and the fact that he plays instruments, shoots his own videos and does it at the level he does! This guy is absolutely incredible.
    When you have an artist that could sell major units on both rap & soul albums, his talent should speak for itself!

  65. G.... C....

    Jokerr is musically ahead of alot of well known other artist.. Hes one of my favorites and i know damn well he deserves to be in higher places and i genuinely mean that i was ina band called Hue-menn wish my band never broke up and had an opportunity to work with other talented artist like him man.. 2009 -2012 were fun years

  66. M.... B....

    Corny...

  67. Y.... Y....

    That intro was funny cant lie I'm fucked up he fully mocked it this is the first I'm seeing or hearing of joker this gotta hurt man made a diss song fit enough for a children's musical movie have to give props this must hurt a mans soul ca most of what he said is true though I love swizz but like wish bone he seems like the weakest in the crew you normally think its hop all the way to Dizzy when it comes to the best he fucked up the same nigga but I think they should get bk to being a group they sound better lyrically when your part of a group you challenge each other

  68. D.... ....

    Fuck dude, I’m glad you cleared it all up but don’t diss hop bro especially like that, he spit better, quicker, and wayyyy more fluent than you, you can’t trash someone that helped you get to where you are today

    D.... ....

    Back then I’m talking about, I have no comment about today

  69. N.... S....

    Personally im a big fan of swizzle fish ever since sag my pants came out, rip fv

  70. S.... B....

    Musician, rapper, singer, writer, producer/director... 90% of mainstream artists don't have this much talent in their big toe. Long live the jokerr!

  71. I.... S....

    my homie showed me this a couple days ago, i’ve listened to it like 20 times and it just blows my mind every time

  72. T.... O....

    Why you even hating on FV they were good you sound like a hater the management sucked that's true though

  73. s.... ....

    This guys shoulda been a singer, bro got mad vocals

  74. B.... B....

    Reminds me of Smashmouth. Honestly. Real AF diss though. Called it out HELLA early. I hope you guys reconnect. It's time.

  75. J.... C....

    God damn bro, I'm not gonna lie when i seen your video and something about dissing Hopsin. I was gonna come to Hate. But God damn Bro.... You got some fucking Talent, and the shit you said about Funk Volume using Hopsin Came True. I've listened to 4 songs of yours in the last 20 mins. I don't know if you're still making music but if you're not you better get back to it man because you got skills.

  76. I.... O....

    If you weren't so autistic and dressed like such a faggot maybe you'd have made it now you ginger cunt

    I.... O....

    But then he would just be another clone. Boring.

  77. A.... C....

    Keep your eyes on the prize jokerr

  78. S.... B....

    Keeping the jokerr classics alive baby!!!! Soo sooooo hard! 😎

  79. G.... m....

    First time coming accross this and from what i can gather jokerr tool the wrong path he got a mad diss game and made the choice not to capitalize on it but hey maybe he wasn't feelin' hope he happy about his choices

    G.... m....

    FUCK i'm mad he didn't pop off

  80. k.... s....

    Still one of my favorites!

  81. W.... Z....

    When the crickets started jumping....I was rolling. Great work of art jokerr!

  82. t.... ....

    Hahahaaa yooooooo this was straight hilarious....🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  83. M.... O....

    ... this is brazy 🤯

  84. R.... G....

    All this track is missing is a church choir... nope, nevermind... just remembered about the barbies.

  85. l.... ....

    This is so disrespectful. I like it.

  86. D.... V....

    Fuck yeah 💯✊💥

  87. F.... C....

    Favorite diss still in 2019

  88. C.... B....

    Love hopsin but what happened to joker?

  89. S.... ....

    damn i remember i used to love this song

  90. i.... b....

    This sounds so good. Gotta give a lot of credit to The Jokerr with this one.

  91. l.... ....

    , all ur career is based on disses or smthing?

    l.... ....

    Nah. Only like 1% of his content were disses.

  92. S.... M....

    HOLY SHIT!!!! Sings, raps, .... Skills w/live instruments? Yo,......... JOKERR, YOU ARE A BADASS!!!!
    Smashed the like, subscribe & share.... Respect!

  93. O.... H....

    Lol miss these fun disses

  94. F.... ....

    this song still bangs

  95. I.... T....

    not gone lie this is amazing

  96. J.... ....

    For real you gotta turn the music down and the vocals up. There's already too much going on instrumentally, and because of the volume I can't hear any of the lyrics

    J.... ....

    Your ears are broke

    J.... ....

    Lol nah just too loud. I wanna hear the rap!

  97. B.... H....

    This is a legendary diss track

  98. S.... C....

    This song is now true about how Gmo-Skee dangles off Twiztid's nut sack and George will never give him his own tour.