Shabaam Sahdeeq - The Window lyrics

[Hook] Look through the window Tell me what I couldn't see A beautiful planet Peace and harmony [Verse 1] As I begin to gaze out of the windows of my soul I notice that my habitat is still out of control Police don't patrol with a third of us on parole The rest are nine-to-fiving it and going with the flow Nobody seem to look up at the sky no more It's like people living secret lives behind closed doors I remember when the coke was raw, line so pure Or when the one that had your eyes wide open but lock jaw Nowadays they burning piff piece or rocking popping mollies Everyone a boss but they resume got no bodies Loyalty is absent, keep a close eye on your colleague Cause I was always taught to be better safe than sorry When it rains it pours in this concrete safari When D's roll, we peel 'em with the speed of a Ferrari Liquor pour, for my mans outlined by the yellow tape Peace and harmony are only found on days that I escape [Hook] [Verse 2] Tell you the truth, the enemies, we got nothing in common My team squeeze triggers like they squeezing the shaman Bring you real close to your karma, bang bang It's us dog, life in this sh**, chain gang Hip hop's my only comfort, ride my with mans in them Hard time family, pistols we brandish them Police out there k**ing us, better know how to aim They'll shoot you in your back, it ain't nothing but a thing They still get a pension, not to mention a medal The streets stay hot, blow the whistle like a tea kettle Wanna make it out the hood, however brief Young rhyme boys, they wanna be Chief Keef Wanna pop hollows, chase wigs for bottles Don't know how closely d**h follows Peace is a state of mind, often I find But I strive for a better situation all the time [Hook] [Verse 3] Sneakers hanging off the telephone pole, abandoned residence Fiends scrambling, homies gambling, dead presidents The root of all evil: money, lust, and greed So concerned with the trap, they forgot about they seeds Time flies, some of us in the same position Locked up, nowhere to go, cause pops is missing Very few make it out of the hood Ain't nothing changed just you on the same blocks Or sleep in the same cell, or die in the same hood Seeing through the smokescreen, lies and deceit It's rising like yeast, survive all the creeps, deny me to sleep Through the windows seeing things that'll make your eyes bleed Gems start scraping the plate at light speeds ?, turn to ? fiends Homicide scenes got me going out of my mind while I'm searching for beats Soul searching, never fold when they unleash the beast Ain't no love on these streets, ya heard? [Hook]