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Open Your Eyes (Explicit Version)

from Open Your Eyes [EP] by Black Smith

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On the first official single off Publish or Perish's upcoming mixtape "The First Meditation," Black Smith ruminates on the dichotomy of drug-dealers and his own bumpy road to success. "Open Your Eyes", produced by Nottz and sampled from Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody," was first heard on Pusha T's mixtape 'Fear of God.'

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[Intro - Queen]
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy


[Verse 1 - Black Smith]
They say patience is a virtue, and I wear it like a jacket
Now it's thin as onion layers, and malleable as plastic
If they test me any further, I'll probably end up in a casket
Dear Lord, I pray forgive me-- I can't stand much longer of this racket
You ask me, "Why?"-- you blind as hell, how can you not see it?
Niggas baskin' in the glory of a kingdom built from slingin'
How can niggas brag about paper that they got from sellin' ki's
When they own families can't even breathe a single day as fiends?
That's why I can't relate to that shit a ton of these rappers pushin'
Understand I hold no malice towards ya, but it's time to eclipse the bullshit
Your talent may be heavy, but it's supposed to be upliftin'
Your music may be dope, but the tale's not really grippin'
And now they say I'm trippin', but this high's a different zenith
Tryin' to get up on my level, but their attention spans is driftin'
Shout-out to Nottz and Queen for the instrumentation that I'm rippin'
The mic turned to polygraph, the truth has no limits


[Hook - Queen]
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy


[Verse 2 - Black Smith]
Lonnie Lynn said that life should not be measured in material wealth
'A rich man is one with knowledge, happiness, and his health'
Kweli told me that determination is the key to masterin' self
And while ki's might open doors, bricks open more without the stealth
Got that from two dope boys who changed the cards that they was dealt
Toast to the douchebags now, 'cause the haters already failed
Would shout "Free my nigga" too, but the boy's already bailed
All hands on deck now, but the outcasts already sailed
And I'm the joker sailing in a sea of spades and diamonds
Not a heckler nor assailant could block my forays into rhymin'
Now the Jack-of-all-trades is up on stage and ooohh he shinin'
A slim nigga from the Shady 580 is up here wylin'!
This must be how Jermaine was feelin' right before the signin'
Flow so cold, my bars are cool for you to stomach like good wine is
Yeezy said it's like bein' somewhere between church and a sane asylum
Well it must be if I'm where I'm at and got you niggas vibin'!
Uhh


[Outro - Queen]
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy...

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from Open Your Eyes [EP], released December 20, 2011
J. Smith, R.o.B.

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