Things I've Seen

Chorus One: Ming Xia You won't believe the things I've seen Far beyond your wildest dreams I've seen chaos and order reign supreme I've seen the beauty of the uni- -verse so peaceful and serene In seconds turn to violence and screams [Verse One] I've seen true genius, too often elude the meaningless Appreciation of this mediocre nation I've heard the mindless repetition, of empty words without tradition Turn original verbs into submission I smelled this malignerance addiction, but I guess I wouldn't be right If I said the blunt was like a baby pipe THERE AIN'T GON' BE NO REVOLUTION TONIGHT Half my warriors as high as a kite Lost and they lost all they fight And I've tasted, the bitter tragedy of lives wasted And men who glimpsed the darkness inside, but never faced it And it's a shame that most of y'all are followin sheep Wallowin deeper than the darkness, you're fallin asleep Chorus One [Verse Two] I've seen and experienced things That'll push the average to the edge and swan dive to death I'm two guys, multiplied by ninety-three guys Evenly balanced seein evil equally in each eye now Maybe I'm the most thorough worker on the job to you Or maybe I'm the one, who was plottin to rob you The fear of this beatdown, no women or no cash to floss Makes most of y'all hustle ya ass off From nothin to two mill', in five years I'll live to see it Vanish in six months, with no tears believe it I'll rock, twenty-eight years before the Feds can lay a trace See they plan is to erase me, just to replace me Chorus Two: Ming Xia LIKE, your heart is warring with your brain Emotional or reason, now which one do you obey? LIKE, somebody callin you insane When overwhelmed and blessed, bursting tears of happiness [Verse Three] Yo, yo, I've seen relationships that's so sick Life long friendships so cha-o-tic Thug cat bangin his chick but won't kiss Drinkin her spit, when coppin a fix for dope bliss I got a knife and a bat, to bust your brain, put the knife in your back Once in the Life I was trifling like that Like my man Troy, who lost his days Shootin dice on worldly ways And ended up in a early grave Because once in a lifetime is rough Twice in a lifetime you combat the ghosts of mistrust Mentally cuffed, thrust by a cop thinkin he tough You bust, Amadou Diallo is us, and what Now I'm on my knees, beggin GOD PLEASE SAVE ME FROM THE FIRES OF HELL LET WATER WATER SOUL PREVAIL - cause I can't take no more Who'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 keeps Like my man Mark I beat to death wrapped in a carpet And left in the garbage, damn now that's cold-hearted Ask 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 fool And packin a tool, fuck you Mom Dukes it's cool Chorus One + Chorus Two