Through My Eyes
Lyrics
What I'm seeing out my eyes
Isn't what is being televised
Take a walk with me
(Come take a walk through my life)
I done seen so
(So much pain) Much pain
In my life (My life)
So much pain
So much pain in my life
See the world through my eyes
Genocide (They killing our people)
Free ninety-nine for a nigga life
We ain't living long enough to even get a life
Either that or we get sentenced life
Penalized (They taking our freedom)
Violate our civil rights (Aye, aye, aye, hey)
Then expect us to be civilized (oh no)
Undignified
Stripped of pride
Even if we abide they uh, criminalize
They uh, dehumanize
Ain't uh, satisfied
Strategize to paralyze us
Feralize then confine how they sterilize us
Ain't no reason or rhyme why they terrorize us
See our pain, our demise then they televise us
Who gone stand beside us, besides us
Survivors
Instead of watching us die revive us
Eyes puffed, hey
What I'm seeing out my eyes
Isn't what is being televised
Take a walk with me
(Come take a walk through my life)
I done seen so
(So much pain) Much pain
In my life (My life)
So much pain
So much pain in my life
See the world through my eyes
Can't take another Rest In Peace (No, no)
Need a better remedy than
Cocaine and shots of Hennessy
Take enough shots from enemies
I'm empty
I'm on a ledge please don't tempt me
Crown on my head
It don't fit me
That's what they said
Tears that I bled
Blood that I shed
I'm better off dead
Or locked in the feds
I know it's cliche
Same ol tune
Change gone come
I hope it's soon
Cause if I go turn on the five o'clock news
And see one more person I knew
Or see one more person in blue
Killing and innocent like he was militant
Cause of his skin
And then go play the victim
Then I gotta witness the system acquit him again
I'ma commit me a sin
I'm tried off seeing my brothers and sisters as hashtags like the shit is a trend
No room for making amends
The revolution begins
Keep ya street signs
And ya peace signs
What we need is a conviction
Another twenty first century lynching
Say we free can't convince us
What I'm seeing out my eyes
Isn't what is being televised
Take a walk with me
(Come take a walk through my life)
I done seen so
(So much pain) Much pain
In my life (My life)
So much pain
So much pain in my life
See the world through my eyes
Hey baby
Yeah I'm leaving the gravesite now
Naw I'm—I'm good, I'm good
Hey look babe um
You wanna get away
I just—just need to get away from all this for
You know maybe a lil week or som'n
You down
Alright pack ya bags
I'll be home in a bit
I love you
I'll see you soon
What I'm seeing out my eyes
Isn't what is being televised
Take a walk with me
(Come take a walk through my life)
I done seen so
(So much pain) Much pain
In my life (My life)
So much pain
So much pain in my life
See the world through my eyes
Genocide (They killing our people)
Free ninety-nine for a nigga life
We ain't living long enough to even get a life
Either that or we get sentenced life
Penalized (They taking our freedom)
Violate our civil rights (Aye, aye, aye, hey)
Then expect us to be civilized (oh no)
Undignified
Stripped of pride
Even if we abide they uh, criminalize
They uh, dehumanize
Ain't uh, satisfied
Strategize to paralyze us
Feralize then confine how they sterilize us
Ain't no reason or rhyme why they terrorize us
See our pain, our demise then they televise us
Who gone stand beside us, besides us
Survivors
Instead of watching us die revive us
Eyes puffed, hey
What I'm seeing out my eyes
Isn't what is being televised
Take a walk with me
(Come take a walk through my life)
I done seen so
(So much pain) Much pain
In my life (My life)
So much pain
So much pain in my life
See the world through my eyes
Can't take another Rest In Peace (No, no)
Need a better remedy than
Cocaine and shots of Hennessy
Take enough shots from enemies
I'm empty
I'm on a ledge please don't tempt me
Crown on my head
It don't fit me
That's what they said
Tears that I bled
Blood that I shed
I'm better off dead
Or locked in the feds
I know it's cliche
Same ol tune
Change gone come
I hope it's soon
Cause if I go turn on the five o'clock news
And see one more person I knew
Or see one more person in blue
Killing and innocent like he was militant
Cause of his skin
And then go play the victim
Then I gotta witness the system acquit him again
I'ma commit me a sin
I'm tried off seeing my brothers and sisters as hashtags like the shit is a trend
No room for making amends
The revolution begins
Keep ya street signs
And ya peace signs
What we need is a conviction
Another twenty first century lynching
Say we free can't convince us
What I'm seeing out my eyes
Isn't what is being televised
Take a walk with me
(Come take a walk through my life)
I done seen so
(So much pain) Much pain
In my life (My life)
So much pain
So much pain in my life
See the world through my eyes
Hey baby
Yeah I'm leaving the gravesite now
Naw I'm—I'm good, I'm good
Hey look babe um
You wanna get away
I just—just need to get away from all this for
You know maybe a lil week or som'n
You down
Alright pack ya bags
I'll be home in a bit
I love you
I'll see you soon
Writer(s): Alonda Rich, Daniel Johnson
Copyright(s): Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid
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