Blind Man

Lyrics

[Intro (Sampled): Little Milton] Blind man standing on the corner Crying out the blues He said, "I don't want a dollar and don't you give me a dime Until you bring back that little girl of mine" [Verse 1] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Kissing you on the commission flat rooftops Cops sirens harmonising like doo-wop Dogs barking, bottles bombarding Somebody screamed "Fuck the pigs!", we started laughing True romance, cigarettes and a goon bag Sixty three cents and a pocket of food stamps I'd do anything to have you back for that First night, talking about family crap But I was a blind man, listen to my heart skip a beat When you asked about my dreams and the scar on my sleeve We cried at the blues like a mark of the bleeds To the blood on our hands [?] such a relief It was love like you and I, to align synthesis Fewer than city lights, suicide witnesses Blue lights flickering, moonlight glistening Illuminating life, purified innocents (What?) [Chorus] She's from a place where you have to believe Where a buckled bike rims hang from the trees And if you squint when the full moon captures the street Blind man you can see! He's from a place where you have to believe Watching your family collapse to their knees Broken glass everywhere from the shattered dreams Blind man you can see! [Turntablism] "You're blind from the facts" "Man, can't you see?" "And it's hard to explain like humanity's vision" "You're blind baby" [Verse 2] Yeah, yeah, yeah We heard bass drums echo in the stairways Heavy screen doors slamming like rear brakes A symphony of old V8s revvin' sent a Shiver up my spine, like a DJ's records For one second we were consciously lucid And everything else was an optical illusion Blind to intrusion and constant confusion Removed like the truth in historical blueprints First love, last goodbye See these bags under my eyes? I earned my stripes First love, last goodbye See these bags under my eyes? [Chorus] She's from a place where you have to believe Where a buckled bike rims hang from the trees And if you squint when the full moon captures the street Blind man you can see! He's from a place where you have to believe Watching your family collapse to their knees Broken glass everywhere from the shattered dreams Blind man you can see! [Turntablism] "You're blind from the facts" "Man, can't you see?" "And it's hard to explain like humanity's vision" "You're blind baby" [Verse 3] Fourteen, left home and look for the meaning Fifteen, found gangs and hooked on graffiti Sixteen, the whole world's crooked and greedy Seventeen, stop pushing me 'round like Mussolini Nothing to hide, used to hustle and grind Eighteen, you're never too young to die! We do what it takes, losing our patience Suffer defeat and humiliation We come from the streets and move on the pavement And you still don't recognise truth in my statement This bad blood needs purification Slash my wrists, spill it on the music of Phazes, yeah [Chorus] She's from a place where you have to believe Where a buckled bike rims hang from the trees And if you squint when the full moon captures the street Blind man you can see! He's from a place where you have to believe Watching your family collapse to their knees Broken glass everywhere from the shattered dreams Blind man you can see! [Turntablism] "You're blind from the facts" "Man, can't you see?" "And it's hard to explain like humanity's vision" "All y'all fake motherfuckers up in the joint, huh" "Watch me!" "Why you wear those glasses? Ooh I can see!"