Through the eyes of a child

(So) I was peering through the eyes of a child for a while
For a while I was sympathizing
But instead of sympathizing, I started realizing

Realizing that you are peering through the eyes of truth
The eyes of truth attracting window shopping at the soul
The soul looking for a clue
A clue to what would possess a youth to go down such a route
A route that could lead to death
His early death his mother could have never expect

Expect that the good die young but the bad live old,
Old enough for your head to be pierce with a hole
A whole day’s wage is enough to make a whole dollar,
A whole dollar is enough to make ‘em stick kids holla’
So holla’ at a child with the strive to survive in his eyes
Cause in his eyes you either see the reflection of a gun, a book or a knife
A Knife to slice the lies that were told to us throughout life 
Life will close your eyes,

Close your eyes and imagine yourself at the funeral in the rain
In the rain where hearts broken and spirits are trying to maintain
Maintain peering through the eyes of a child, can you sense that pain?

That pain some may over look
Over look the Young and feeble
Feeble and Hungry for knowledge will we let that brain become un-feed-able
Un-feed-able but not undefeatable because through the eyes of a child all things are possible
Possible that society impetus a child to become a man
But man, what does it mean to a man if he does not understand?
Understand what it means to be a child
A child, Jesus said we should be like
Like them because they are meek and mild
(See) Mild is not how you describe the aura of the streets
The Streets is the devil’s playground
The devil’s playground is where the Lion is looking for some meat

Meet the parents, who do not equip their children with knowledge as weaponry
Weaponry to be able to fight to achieve a dream
(See) Dreams that are not protected are fast to break
Fast to break to become breakfast in the harsh reality of society

Through the eyes of a child there are no boundaries
No boundaries in the eyes of a child he is a bird flying free
Free through the eyes of a child is a world full of fun
Fun that the stove is cold, tho’ the heat is on
(But) On television the price is right
Right to give the unprotected mind a surprise
Surprise that everything in life has a price
Price-less is the eyes of a child

See the eyes of a child will eventually become a man’s
(But) a man’s demands are to be able to look through the eyes of his own child
(And) His own child can then understand
Understand that opportunity is endless
(and) endless opportunity is what one should see
When peering through the eyes of a child
Because the eyes of a child at risk was once me