With My Own Eyes

Lyrics

[Intro] I'ma let you know right now These are not bedtime stories Just a little somethin' somethin' That your boy been through Check it [Verse 1] I was gettin' dressed to head to the mosque one Sunday When the sound of two shots took that attention from me I thought now maybe I'm mistaking the sound Must've been a couple of two-by-fours hittin' the ground When I walked out I found it was what it was seemin' Heard the sound of other residents yellin' and screaming People frantically running, everybody was scared I'm like what happened? My neighbors started pointing up stairs And somebody had got shot, the place was unsettled Blood had ran down all the way to the ground level The 911 lady said they was comin' soon Told me get a towel and apply pressure to the wounds So I ran upstairs not really knowin' what for Had to squeeze in the house 'cause he was blockin' the door Layin' face down, not moving, I touched him on the shoulder When the paramedics got there it was already over, man [Chorus] Just a few little thrown off things that I seen with my own eyes B(Seen with my own eyes) Everything that I'm saying really happened And I promise that it's no lie (Promise it ain't no lie) Just a few little thrown off things that I seen with my own eyes (Seen it with my own eyes, man) Everything that I'm saying really happened And I promise that it's no lie (Ha) [Verse 2] When I was young I had a friend named Jo-Jo my Ace He used to say that he was born with a veil over his face Didn't know that that meant, had no reason to doubt him But there was always something paranormal about him We used to watch karate movies, then put on our shoes Go outside later on and try to copy the moves He could do them all, somersaults, roundhouse kicks He was clever and could do slick and magical tricks One day he said he had a gift and would prove it in time Told us he could make things move by using his mind We all laughed and he said he would prove it's legit He put a pencil half and half on a four foot brick Stared at it for a minute as we gathered in tight Shifted his hands and when he did the pencil moved to the right We all went crazy said it was a trick or the wind So he put his hands behind his back and did it again, man [Chorus] Just a few little thrown off things that I seen with my own eyes (Seen with my own eyes) Everything that I'm saying really happened And I promise that it's no lie (Promise it ain't no lie) Just a few little thrown off things that I seen with my own eyes (Seen it with my own eyes, man) Everything that I'm saying really happened And I promise that it's no lie (Ha) [Verse 3] One night when I came home from getting some food My place sister was outside arguing with a dude I was like, "It ain't my business", so I walked on straight But then the fussing got louder and started to escalate Took the groceries to my door, put the bags on the ground I came back in peace tryna calm homeboy down He was still going off hard running his trap He started talking crazy to me and that's when I snapped Walked up on him, knock him out cold was the plan About two seconds later the altercation began Then he pulled out a pistol, he done probably got me I grabbed the gun hand and turned it away from my body Took my other arm and slammed him to the asphalt When we hit the ground somehow the pistol went off My sister screamed and L.V. ran out to help I walked away 'cause the damn fool blasted himself (Yeah) [Chorus] Just a few little thrown off things that I seen with my own eyes (Seen with my own eyes) Everything that I'm saying really happened And I promise that it's no lie (Promise it ain't no lie) Just a few little thrown off things that I seen with my own eyes (Seen it with my own eyes, man) Everything that I'm saying really happened And I promise that it's no lie (Ha)