Intro: Yeah, Check It Out I Want Everybody To Just Sit Back And Close Your Eyes And Picture Things That You Never Seen Cover Reality Right Before Your Eyes So Sit Back Turn It Up And Close Your Eyes
Verse 1: Coming Up Against All Odds It Was The Story Of My Life Doing What I Gotta Do Whether Wrong Or Right Late Nights I Used To Go In The Kitchen Nothing And Not Bitchin' But Telling A Story Pure Facts Homie Listen I Used To See My Moms On Her Knees Praying Asking For Someone Some How To Make A Way In I Seen That But Didn't Understand Witnessing My Mom Doing Things That A Man Should Really Do But Naw, My Father Didn't Keep It True So At That Point My Momma Told Me It's Just Me And You Kissed Me On My Cheek Went To Work When I Went To The Streets Couple Of Months Later Shackled Head To Feet
[Chorus:] Now Close Your Eyes I Want You To Close Your Eyes And Just Visual What I See Wasn't Nothing Funny Running In The Streets Close Your Eyes And Witness A G That's On The Rise Doing What I Gotta Do To Survive Close Your Eyes Trying To Make Sense Of this Life Doing What I Gotta Do On The Right Close Your Eyes And Picture Me Doing The Things You Never Thought I Would Do Open Your Eyes And See It's Come True
Verse 2: Now Its 2012 Yeah Times Change Different Story Different Struggle Different Things Is Bringing Pain I Wanna Say Life Ain't The Same Some Very Sad Things That Happened But I'm Charging To The Game My Homie Droopy Got Out Told Me, Damn It's Hard To Change But He's Doing It For His Son Now His Target Is a Name The Homie Creepy Just Did Seven & Some Change Huey Just Got Out And They Told Me Both The Same I Was Talking To The Older Homie Traveling On The Road Come To Realize Certain Things As You Grow Said It's Not Cool To Be Stupid Now Whoa And Thats The Type Of Shit That Starts To Fucks With My Soul Start To Think About The Homies In The Crossroads Shed A Tear For The Homies That They Lost Souls Thinking To My Self Would They Sense Us A Down For Descent Either Way If They Were Here They Would Change Our Fate I Bet So I Drift Into The Sunset Smoking Kush And In My Mind I'm Thinking What's Next? The Thoughts Cold But Really It's Part Of Reality Ask The Lord To Please Look After Me When I Close My Eyes
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Outro: (Laughs) Yeah I'm Feeling This Shit Right Here Close Your Eyes I Mean Its 2012 You Know What I Mean Trying To Live Life My Homies Are Getting Out Trying To Raise Their Kids I Mean My Kids Are Doing Good I'm A Proud Dad My Son Just Got In Football Thats How It Goes Down They're Looking For A Change But Ain't No One Bringing It To Em 2012 Mr. Criminal For The Future And This From The Heart I Just Wanna Let Everybody Know Real Quick I Made This Song Close Your Eyes So You Could Let Everybody Know You Could Beat Any Muthafucking Odd Thats The Way It Goes I Come Against All Odds My Mom Came To This Country And Didn't Even Know English Like I'm Pretty Sure Most Of Your Parents Didn't But We Come Against All Odds And We Survive Close Your Eyes You're Going Through A Struggle Right Now Close Your Eyes And Know There's Gonna Be A Better Day Close Your Eyes If You're In A Cell Right Now Know That One Day You're Gonna Get Out Future's On The Horizon Close Your Eyes You A Pregnant Female And Ain't Got a Baby's Dad Sit There And Take care Of Em