(verse)
i hit the ground, minds racing & cant ignore/ heart flutters, fears here, reflected off the floor/ begin to wonder, eyes closed, i’ve been here before/ & now i’m worried angst grows, a part of me is torn/ news cast, hit the screen, & they out my hood/ reporter say he critical, i think he gone for good/ imagined wings, descending from the heaven’s sky/ a souls cry heart-broke, whether he gone or not legend has it, when shots rang, 11th grade/ hop laid, exiting life, probably afraid/
i couldn’t fathom, a bullet, vs a heart racing/ that bullet served as his graduation/

(chorus)
the shots ring,
and we all
hear,
the pain we can all see
it changes you and me.
the hurt, the screams, the tears of dreams it’s hurting deep
to see us bleed

(verse)
this ripples out, beyond, the initial sound/ it’s in the ground, the blood, we stand upon it now/ the freeze frames, the stories, imprinted on our brains/ & carried out, through reflexes, unconscious now i see the hurt, influencing how we move about/ & hear the pain, toppling peace whenever its around/ i feel grief, from the depths of my soul i cry aloud/ & i am concerned, that too few will listen now what do we do with the inner chaos producing rage?/ how do we build up support, ‘til we all okay?/
ubuntu lyrics
no more the days, we see from far & stand away/ when our neighbors, are hurting loud in pain/ so long the days, hiding away, too ashamed too afraid, to reach deep,
& unrestrain
we cut the chains, gettin loose, stopping the pain bringing light to darkest pits of communal strength before that gun, rips apart another family ubuntu, when shots ring, we all grieve tears & pain, cut the seams of a community & tears a piece of you and i, we all bleed

(chorus)
the shots ring,
and we all
hear,
the pain we can all see
it changes you and me.
the hurt, the screams, the tears of dreams it’s hurting deep
to see us bleed

eyes open (mantra)
open up your eyes

open, open, open your eyes (x6)

open up your eyes (x3)
seeing through the lies
seeing through disguise
open up your eyes (x2)

open up your eyes (x3)
seeing through the lies
seeing through disguise
open up your eyes (x2)

(blackleonardo lead)
open (open, open, open your eyes) (x4)

(iD jeter lead)
open (open, open, open your eyes) (x4)

open your eyes (x15)

open up your eyes (x3)
seeing through the lies
seeing through disguise
open up your eyes (x2)

open up your eyes (x3)
seeing through the lies
seeing through disguise
open up your eyes (x2)