1: 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 universe So peaceful and serene In seconds turn to violence and screams I've seen true genius, Too often to lose the meaningless Appreciation of this mediocre nation I've heard the mind is repetition, Of empty words without tradition Turned 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 of 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
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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, the women on 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: Life! Your heart is one with your brain Emotional or reason, now which one do you obey? Life! Somebody callin' you insane When overwhelmed and blessed, burst in tears of happiness
Yo, yo, I've seen relationships that's so sick Life long friendships so cha-o-tic Thug cat bangin' this 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 a knife in your back "Once in the Life" I was trifle 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 ghost 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 my 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, now that's cold-hearted Ask Book he saw it, "Yo black I ain't seen (sh*t) Kids in the 6, they flip for nonsense" Poke an icepick, smokin' that (sh*t) since preschool fool And packin' a tool, (f*** you) Mom Dukes it's cool