[Intro]

Yeah, Check It Out

I Want Everybody To Just Sit Back

And Close Your Eyes

And Picture Things That You Never Seen

Cover Reality

Right Before Your Eyes

So Sit Back

Turn It Up

And Close Your Eyes



[Verse 1]

Coming Up Against All Odds

It Was The Story Of My Life

Doing What I Gotta Do

Whether Wrong Or Right

Late Nights

I Used To Go In The Kitchen

Nothing And Not Bitchin'

But Telling A Story

Pure Facts Homie Listen

I Used To See My Moms

On Her Knees Praying

Asking For Someone

Some How To Make A Way In

I Seen That

But Didn't Understand

Witnessing My Mom Doing Things

That A Man Should Really Do

But Naw, My Father Didn't Keep It True

So At That Point

My Mamma Told Me

It's Just Me And You

Kissed Me On My Cheek

Went To Work

When I Went To The Streets

Couple Of Months Later

Shackled Head To Feet



[Hook]

Now Close Your Eyes

I Want You To Close Your Eyes

And Just Visual What I See

Wasn't Nothing Funny

Running In The Streets

Close Your Eyes

And Witness A G

That's On The Rise

Doing What I Gotta Do

To Survive

Close Your Eyes

Trying To Make Sense Of this Life

Doing What I Gotta Do

On The Right

Close Your Eyes

And Picture Me Doing The Things

You Never Thought I Would Do

Open Your Eyes

And See It's Come True



[Verse 2]

Now Its 2012

Yeah Times Change

Different Story

Different Struggle

Different Things Is Bringing Pain

I Wanna Say

Life Ain't The Same

Some Very Sad Things That Happened

But I'm Charging To The Game

My Homie Droopy Got Out

Told Me, Damn It's Hard To Change

But He's Doing It For His Son

Now His Target Is a Name

The Homie Creepy

Just Did Seven & Some Change

Huey Just Got Out

And They Told Me Both The Same

I Was Talking To The Older Homie

Traveling On The Road

Come To Realize

Certain Things As You Grow

Said It's Not Cool To Be Stupid

Now Whoa

And Thats The Type Of Shit

That Starts To Fucks With My Soul

Start To Think About The Homies

In The Crossroads

Shed A Tear For The Homies

That They Lost Souls

Thinking To My Self

Would They Sense Us A Down For Descent

Either Way If They Were Here

They Would Change Our Fate I Bet

So I Drift Into The Sunset

Smoking Kush And In My Mind

I'm Thinking What's Next?

The Thoughts Cold

But Really It's Part Of Reality

Ask The Lord

To Please Look After Me

When I Close My Eyes



[Hook]

I Want You To Close Your Eyes

And Just Visual What I See

Wasn't Nothing Funny

Running In The Streets

Close Your Eyes

And Witness A G

That's On The Rise

Doing What I Gotta Do

To Survive

Close Your Eyes

Trying To Make Sense Of this Life

Doing What I Gotta Do

On The Right

Close Your Eyes

And Picture Me Doing The Things

You Never Thought I Would Do

Open Your Eyes

And See It's Come True



[Interlude]

(Laughs)

Yeah

I'm Feeling This Shit Right Here

Close Your Eyes

I Mean Its 2012

You Know What I Mean

Trying To Live Life

My Homies Are Getting Out

Trying To Raise Their Kids

I Mean My Kids Are Doing Good

I'm A Proud Dad

My Son Just Got In Football

Thats How It Goes Down

They're Looking For A Change

But Ain't No One Bringing It To Em

2012 Mr. Criminal

For The Future

And This From The Heart

I Just Wanna Let Everybody Know Real Quick

I Made This Song Close Your Eyes

So You Could Let Everybody Know

You Could Beat Any Muthafucking Odd

Thats The Way It Goes

I Come Against All Odds

My Mom Came To This Country

And Didn't Even Know English

Like I'm Pretty Sure

Most Of Your Parents Didn't

But We Come Against All Odds

And We Survive

Close Your Eyes

You're Going Through A Struggle Right Now

Close Your Eyes

And Know There's Gonna Be A Better Day

Close Your Eyes

If You're In A Cell Right Now

Know That One Day You're Gonna Get Out

Future's On The Horizon

Close Your Eyes

You A Pregnant Female

And Ain't Got a Baby's Dad

Sit There And Take Care Of Em



[Hook]

Now Close Your Eyes

I Want You To Close Your Eyes

And Just Visual What I See

Wasn't Nothing Funny

Running In The Streets

Close Your Eyes

And Witness A G

That's On The Rise

Doing What I Gotta Do

To Survive

Close Your Eyes

Trying To Make Sense Of this Life

Doing What I Gotta Do

On The Right

Close Your Eyes

And Picture Me Doing The Things

You Never Thought I Would Do

Open Your Eyes

And See It's Come True



[Hook]

Now Close Your Eyes

I Want You To Close Your Eyes

And Just Visual What I See

Wasn't Nothing Funny

Running In The Streets

Close Your Eyes

And Witness A G

That's On The Rise

Doing What I Gotta Do

To Survive

Close Your Eyes

Trying To Make Sense Of this Life

Doing What I Gotta Do

On The Right

Close Your Eyes

And Picture Me Doing The Things

You Never Thought I Would Do

Open Your Eyes

And See It's Come True