I Seen It All

X-Ray Da Mindbenda ft. Spiga - “I Seen It All”
[Emcee(s): Spiga]
[Producer(s): X-Ray Da Mindbenda]
[Sample (Melody): Sven Libaek - “Misty Canyon”]

[Intro: Spiga]
Uh. Tell me what you see. (I don’t see nothing). You see anything? (Nah). You sure? (I don’t see nothing). Look close

[Verse: Spiga]
Where we at now? Kind of hard to tell. It makes you wonder if
The Sun is coming back out after the days of thunder. I
Scream louder, “What if it doesn’t?” Eyes crossed, start busting after
Ninety year-old brethren got it off of a cousin. I’m tired
Of struggling, loving up every demon, being beaten, broken
Bleeding lead to scheming with reason, fiending for meaning
But the answer’s a rare find, so the season’s squeezing, got you
Dazed, breathing receding like hairlines. Niggas sly?
There’s time. Time is promised to no man—soon as you blink
Your whole fam’s outside the box, singing slow jams
Heart of a lion, hand of a serpent, eyes of a tiger
Become blinded in shadows of light when God find ya
You a hard rhymer? Soft singer? Crossdresser? Boss figure?
All get tossed up from the wrong end of a finger. When Death
Pointed, anointed by God, shoot me the job, said it was hard
Gave me a squad—all hands on deck. The storm’s
Coming, whoever ain’t gunning ain’t running, something ruined
If my people ain’t immune and then ain’t nothing doing
You never thought you’d be the next to shiver ever at the block
Waiting, watching ‘em pull a lever ‘til you get there
High as hell, accept the reshape—please, define the meaning
It seems the straighter you get, got the world leaking. My
Girl’s been meaning to tell me, but she’s kept the surprise, but is it
Wise pulling covers off consecutive lies? You’re never
Alone if where you lay your head is your home. Let it be known
I used to jump from the nest feathered and chromed, deaded
And stoned, fed hunger and sleepy lunch and dinner, looking
For hope in the eyes of a demon stuck in my mirror. Ain’t
Nothing realer than truth—peel it like fruit and eat it, raising
The roof off a nation undefeated. Who need it? We all
Do, but who wants it? A small few, but tell me this:
What will you be doing on the day that God calls you?
I warned you, showed you since we’re all shooting, seizing on the floor
We’re hard to force or we wouldn’t listen to reason. These days
Are slaughter, a New World Order. I think you autographed your son
And daughter. The struggle for food and water’s around the corner
Price that. Hiding crack? I’ll be right back. They’re on your oldest
Daughter on the door for a light snack, see Mad Max
Like that, but, worse, you done passed unsocial. See?
My past can’t hurt you—not after them anthrax commercials
How fast they’ll laugh and curse you or bless you in the same breath
Face sweats, so meet your old friend sooner, that nigga named Death
Place bets high or don’t place ‘em at all. Win or lose, you gave it
Your all, the lyrics and prose and thoughts of food
Lost? Confused? Good. Now begin your journey. It’s better
If you never known Him until now then known Him and did Him dirty. See, my
Words mean nothing. God’s word is law, so if you cry to
Glory to see the wall like nothing you ever saw, I seen
It all

[Hook: Spiga]
I seen it all through the eyes of the Father
Same game, different name, nothing changes—why bother?
I cry for the strife, for the life, the past thoughts
The beef on the streets never pass the backcourts. I seen
It all. I seen it all through the eyes of the Father
Same game, different name, nothing changes—why bother?
I strive for the rhyme, for the life, the past tombs
The beef on the streets never pass the backcourts. I seen
It all