"Eye"

Eye see da day turn 2 night

Night turn 2 day

Eye see da starz light up da sky

Eye see myself getting older

While all my loved ones around me die

Eye see my tears hit da page

As my words laminate across da lines

Eye see brothaz killin' brothaz

While da 

Klan thanks our kind

Eye see my dead peers in my dreams

Felt my grandmother's cold skin

When dey unhooked her from dat machine

Eye even seen my brotha break down fiends

Endured body work

Just 2 obtain dat devil in a bottle

Saw da nightmare Jigsaw of peoples integrity bein' swallowed

Insides hollow

Filled wit embalming fluid to preserve n look decent

Ride down my strip

Eye see less children clubs n more jail precincts

Eye see honeymooners gettin' divorced within 3 years instead of hangin' in der like Alice n Jackie Gleason

Eye saw bullets hit innocent kids n it wasn't meant for dem

Seen cats turn down hoop dreams to fly wit Birdie 
"Above Da Rim"

Da future is grim!

So many can't find work like Lem

Food for da Soul is what my grandparents gave like Boyz 2 Men

Ask most people want dey really want

Some say peace within

And I know GOD will provide if we just have faith n believe in Him

But right der at dat particular moment

It's Difficult to establish when options n means is slim

Eye seen what happens when your on da bottom

When your positioned on top

Everybody's a friend

Shit!

Even kin

Eye see da dark corridors n da path to sin

Lived der frequently 

Tryin' 2 change da station n get on da right frequency

Eye see cats wit

No more RESPECT!

No more LOYALTY!

No more HONOR!

Without COMMITMENT n TRUST!

FlatLine!

Your a goner

Our Leaders n bystanders bein' murdered

Children bein' brought up in da system because dey parents strung out

Eye saw da past follow da present n watched da future have doubts

Watched as some of my peepz lost dey 

Jobs

House

Kids

And spouse

Eye seen others take their own lives

Cause it hurt just to breathe

Lackin' Love n Motivation

Pulled trigga n put brains on sleeves

Eye still see some consumed by greed

Eye still see I

When Eye open da bible 2 read

And it still cuts like a thousand knives

Like it did my aunt n so many

As it continue's 2 do 2 me

Equally 4 Thee

It adds up to an equivalent eye standard

Transmitted to da cells of da brain

But da Heart follows a different path

It leads us to da truth

Pointin' 2 da aftermath

Eye see modern day catastrophies of da Creator's wrath

People still thinkin' it's greener on da other side of da grass

Eye see my Eyez giving away because da scenery

Mirrored to me

Of changes not made n absent identity

To solve dat war inside

We usually have to identify Eye selves wit da entity 2 gain prosperity n tranquility

To stay on da positive side is a relentless task among da negative energy

Eye see a New World Order wit no compassion or clemency

When it's all said n done

I Pray one day

Da LORD'S WILL will enter me

"Eye" by Ra Shine McKoy aka Shawn Stare