The Spooks
Things I've Seen
You won't believe the things I've seenFar beyond your wildest dreamsI've seen chaos and order reign supremeI've seen the beauty of the uni--verse so peaceful and serenein seconds turn to violence and screams[Verse One]I've seen true genius, too often elude the meaninglessappreciation of this mediocre nationI've heard the mind is repetition, of empty words without traditionTurned original verbs into submissionI smelled this malignerance addiction, but I guess I wouldn't be rightif I said the blunt was like a baby pipeTHERE AIN'T GON' BE NO REVOLUTION TONIGHTHalf my warriors as high as a kiteLost and they lost all they fightAnd I've tasted, the bitter tragedy of lives wastedAnd men who glimpsed the darkness inside, but never faced itAnd it's a shame that most of y'all are followin sheepWallowin deeper than the darkness, you're fallin asleepChorus[Verse Two]I've seen and experienced thingsLetras de cancionesthat'll push the average to the edge and swan dive to deathI'm two guys, multiplied by ninety-three guysEvenly balanced seein evil equally in each eye nowMaybe I'm the most thorough worker on the job to youor maybe I'm the one, who was plottin to rob youThe fear of this beatdown, the women on no cash to flossmakes most of y'all hustle ya ass offFrom nothin to two mill', in five years I'll live to see itvanish in six months, with no tears believe itI'll rock, twenty-eight years before the Feds can lay a traceSee they plan is to erase me, just to replace meChorusLIKE, your heart is warring with your brainEmotional or reason, now which one do you obey?LIKE, somebody callin you insaneWhen overwhelmed and blessed, bursting tears of happiness[Verse Three]Yo, yo, I've seen relationships that's so sickLife long friendships so cha-o-ticThug cat bangin his chick but won't kissDrinkin her spit, when coppin a fix for dope blissI got a knife and a bat, to bust your brain, put a knife in your back"Once in the Life" I was trifle like thatlike my man Troy, who lost his daysshootin dice on worldly waysand ended up in a early graveBecause once in a lifetime is roughTwice in a lifetime you combat the ghost of mistrustMentally cuffed, thrust by a cop thinkin he toughYou bust, Amadou Diallo is us, and whatnow I'm on my knees, beggin GOD PLEASESAVE ME FROM THE FIRES OF HELLLET WATER WATER SOUL PREVAIL - cause I can't take no moreWho's that knockin, at, my door?Is that you, Pete from Cobb's Creek, who died in his sleep?We was playin for fun, now it's keepsLike my man Mark I beat to death wrapped in a carpetand left in the garbage, now that's cold-heartedAsk Book he saw it, "Yo black I ain't seen shit!Kids in the 6, they flip for nonsense"Poke an icepick, smokin that sniff, coke to preschool fooland packin a tool, fuck you Mom Dukes it's coolChorus One + Chorus Two
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