With My Own Eyes

[Intro]
I'ma let you know right now
These are not bedtime stories
Just a little somethin' somethin'
That ya boy been through
Check it

[Verse 1]
I was gettin' dressed to head to the mosque one Sunday
When the sound of two shots took that attention from me
I thought now maybe I'm mistaking the sound
Must've been a couple of two-by-fours hittin' the ground
When I walked out I found it was what it was seemin'
Heard the sound of other residents yellin' and screaming
People frantically running, everybody was scared
I'm like what happened? My neighbors started pointing up stairs
And somebody had got shot, the place was unsettled
Blood had ran down all the way to the ground level
The 911 lady said they was comin' soon
Told me get a towel and apply pressure to the wounds
So I ran upstairs not really knowin' what for
Had to squeeze in the house 'cause he was blockin' the door
Layin' face down, not moving, I touched him on the shoulder
When the paramedics got there it was already over, man

[Hook]
Just a few little thrown off things that I seen with my own eyes
(Seen with my own eyes)
Everything that I'm saying really happened
And I promise that it's no lie (Promise it ain't no lie)
Just a few little thrown off things that I seen with my own eyes
(Seen it with my own eyes, man)
Everything that I'm saying really happened
And I promise that it's no lie (Ha)

[Verse 2]
When I was young I had a friend named Jo-Jo my Ace
He used to say that he was born with a veil over his face
Didn't know that that meant, had no reason to doubt him
But there was always something paranormal about him
We used to watch karate movies, then put on our shoes
Go outside later on and try to copy the moves
He could do them all, somersaults, roundhouse kicks
He was clever and could do slick and magical tricks
One day he said he had a gift and would prove it in time
Told us he could make things move by using his mind
We all laughed and he said he would prove it's legit
He put a pencil half and half on a four foot brick
Stared at it for a minute as we gathered in tight
Shifted his hands and when he did the pencil moved to the right
We all went crazy said it was a trick or the wind
So he put his hands behind his back and did it again, man

[Hook]
Just a few little thrown off things that I seen with my own eyes
(Seen with my own eyes)
Everything that I'm saying really happened
And I promise that it's no lie (Promise it ain't no lie)
Just a few little thrown off things that I seen with my own eyes
(Seen it with my own eyes, man)
Everything that I'm saying really happened
And I promise that it's no lie (Ha)

[Verse 3]
One night when I came home from getting some food
My place sister was outside arguing with a dude
I was like it ain't my business so I walked on straight
But then the fussing got louder and started to escalate
Took the groceries to my door, put the bags on the ground
I came back in peace tryna calm homeboy down
He was still going off hard running his trap
He started talking crazy to me and that's when I snapped
Walked up on him, knock him out cold was the plan
About two seconds later the altercation began
Then he pulled out a pistol, he done probably got me
I grabbed the gun hand and turned it away from my body
Took my other arm and slammed him to the asphalt
When we hit the ground somehow the pistol went off
My sister screamed and L.V. ran out to help
I walked away 'cause the damn fool blasted himself

[Hook]
Just a few little thrown off things that I seen with my own eyes
(Seen with my own eyes)
Everything that I'm saying really happened
And I promise that it's no lie (Promise it ain't no lie)
Just a few little thrown off things that I seen with my own eyes
(Seen it with my own eyes, man)
Everything that I'm saying really happened
And I promise that it's no lie (Ha)