There was a time within our lives we were inseparable
Now I find it difficult for me to just sit next to you
Like I'm supposed to forget all the damage you done
Always doing foul shit and then you break out and run
I know I did all I could as my brother's keeper but you decided
You would rather simply follow the leader, know for me it gets deeper
Cuz you told me to my face that it was me you'd hate to be
See I was hurt you'd rather look to someone else than up to me
And I ain't know how to stomach that, I mean my heart broke
In the streets ain't shit out there for you but false hope
But you was runnin'em, with them niggas
Pretendin' like you was one them just because they had thug in'em
That was somethin' I could never understand
Do you honestly believe that shit right there make you a man
No I don't think so, but you seem to love the block
I guess the day you plan to stop is when they "X" you out the box
You know that pain that you been feeling is the same one I have felt
I know it comes from childhood wit all the trauma we was dealt
But maybe I'm still thinkin of myself
And maybe this is how you crying out for help

Let me see it through your eyes
Cuz maybe I'm just living blind
Let me see it through your eyes
Help me understand
Let me see it through your eyes
Maybe I'll understand why
If I see it through your eyes
If I could only see it through your eyes
See it through your eyes

Alot of shit is harder now but do you know what makes it tougher
When the one who gave you life feels like she failed you as a mother
I don't think you comprehend that
But it's sad because all she want is her son back, know she feel like she lost that
And there ain't much more of this she can take
Seeing potential in you going to waste, feel like its more on her plate
But who is she to be the judge of your fate
Cuz she ain't been through whatchu have I mean how could she relate
I know that's prolly whatchu thinkin
While you gettin' high everyday and liquor drinkin'
She knows that you been drowning and she hate to see you sinking
Only wantin' better for you
I guess she was only thinkin' of your kids nigga
But you more concerned about being a real nigga
I know you hate to hear the truth but lets be real nigga
Now let me paint this picture for you, make it clear nigga
For real nigga (let me see it through your eyes)

Let me see it through your eyes
Cuz maybe I'm just living blind
Let me see it through your eyes
Help me understand
Let me see it through your eyes
Maybe I'll understand why
If I see it through your eyes
If I could only see it through your eyes
See it through your eyes

Desensitization annihilated my imagination at a very young age
And I know this is no excuse
But bare with me as I heal the plant of who I am
And the roots of what I used to be
So that I can be me authentically
No longer fighting to prove my strength
I am showing up vulnerable, beautiful
And although I am too strong indeed
I once was a sheep
But somehow I done woke