[Verse 1] If you'd focus and read between the lines Then you would be able to see the lies But you're blinded by this thing that we call love The thing that causes many people to bawl from And cry they eyes out til even after lights out The hell 5 a.m? Man i'm seeing lights now Didn't sleep at all thinking that they might call But nothin' staring at the plain white wall Like aw, sh**, really startin' to flip out Going crazy like man I need to sort this sh** out You look in the mirror eyes looking red as hell Plus the wetness from your tears is on your bed as well Like man, what you gonna do now Going to work to see that person you found To be a nice person but they a snake in the gra** Your love and their, hates finna crash [Hook] Open ya eyes, brother open ya eyes She ain't feeding you with nothing but lies Open ya eyes, brother open ya eyes She ain't feeding you with nothing but lies If you would just read between the lines Then you would be able to see the lies But you're caught up in emotions If things are so great why you walking round feeling hopeless? [Verse 2] All you see is her face can't see she's playing you Somethings bout to go down soon in a day or two All you want is for her to say hey to you Meanwhile she's talking behind your back to hate on you But you can't see that you're too busy in love To duck and run for cover but you need that You know it's true, you know she's bad for you And you don't want her but yet you gotta have her too It's the next day, you meet her on her workplace Greet her, because today is her birthday After you give her a gift she asks you out You're completely speechless and you yap your mouth She says meet her at her house at eight o' clock You can ring the bell and it's okay to knock So you say okay then you start leaving work Meanwhile she's looking at you with a deceiving smirk, yo [Hook] Open ya eyes, brother open ya eyes She ain't feeding you with nothing but lies Open ya eyes, brother open ya eyes She ain't feeding you with nothing but lies If you just read between the lines Then you would be able to see the lies But you're caught up in emotions If things are so great then why you walking round feeling hopeless? Then why you walking round feeling hopeless? [Verse 3] So you show up, go up to her front door Knock no response so he does it once more All he sees is her come and open the door Inviting him in bottles broke on the floor So she says "Make your self at home i'll be right back He sat, then all he felt was a light tap Looked up, saw two men with shotguns One was already co*ked the other guy co*ked one Grabbed him before he could even fight back k**ed him in cold blood just like that The woman was behind it she set him up Beware of some people cuz with some you better duck yo [Hook] Open ya eyes, brother open ya eyes She ain't feeding you with nothing but lies I said, open ya eyes, brother open ya eyes She ain't feeding you with nothing but lies (Now look) If you would just read between the lines Then you would be able to see the lies But you're caught up in emotions If things are so great then why you walking round feeling hopeless?