Sabzi - Wounded Eyes lyrics

(Sendin' this one out...) [Hook] All right, yo, yo yo... My wounded eyes seen through the lies, many soon to die Who am I? A student, I study to survive Wounded eyes seen through the lies, many soon to die Who am I? A student [Verse 1] I'm listening to the music of the countryside circling the city for the victory Liquor shop philosophy: scary, but necessary Pops was a military man, and seein' what it did to him and fam, it was never in my plans My method is one hand open and one fisted, skin burnt like the sun kissed it Consistently committed to community-building, they could never put the theory into practice Who are they to be illin'? I made a k**ing, not for profit but respect And unless it's for a benefit you better cut the check Dude, compensations for the blood and the sweat, see I do for my people cause I love 'em to d**h In my geography, you gotta be smart, boss, it's crucial Paranoid, don't smoke as much as I used to Even more broke than before we made music, but maybe one day we'll get through it [Hook 2] Now, my wounded eyes seen through the lies, many soon to die Who am I? A student, I study to survive Wounded eyes seen through the lies, many soon to die Who am I? A student, I study to survive Wounded eyes seen through the lies, many brutalized So we rise and fight for the future we strive Wounded eyes seen through the lies, many soon to die Who am I? A student [Verse 2] Observing my environment to see contradictions in concrete conditions Evidence we're living in an obsolete system, poverty-stricken, folks constantly livin' hope American dreams danglin' from a rope, I got folks working in the public school sector Who lose one youth to d**h per semester, I guess the cost of living is going up While the chance of living is going down, what the f** is the basis? I'm saying never no more, the solution for the poor, recruit 'em for the war They kicked in the door, waving the .45 cal, one million died, I survived, now alive I reside where the struggle and the hustle coincide, and this moment in time, a shift in the tide Get the blindfold lifted from your eyes, and see what we see, and stop pretending it's all right man [Hook 2] (I'm sending this one out...)