He knows he's leaving, not much time left   Holding on to his very last breath   I saw him last week, nervous and uptight   Losing sleep, stays up all night   Wishin he would a used his mind and not rushed   To push in the bush but took his time   To get to know the girl he slapped skins with   Shared needles with   Wish he could go back, change the direction   But now he's got the infection   I spoke to him, gave him inspired words   I'm sure he's heard   Live by the sword, die by the sword   What's left, pray to the oh lord   You can deny but the truth will unfold   Because the eyes are the soul      Eyes are the soul   Eyes are the soul      I look into his eyes, but he's so high   From the crack, he thinks that he can fly   He has problems he doesn't like solving   Takes one hit, and thinks the world stops revolving   19, His eyes full of tears   He hasn't smiled at least for a year   His mom is gone cause he was high one night   While they killed her, because of the crack pipe   He's wanted by the law   Because he's robbed at least three grocery stores   He's lost, all control   Take a look, eyes are the soul      Eyes are the soul   Eyes are the soul   Eyes are the soul      I look into her eyes, she's so young   But I know, where she's comin from   I've watched her grow, little girl down the street   White shirts and skirts with pleats   She cried, fear in her voice   Not knowing, she had a choice   Oh so sad, oh so lonely   If she knew that she's not the only   One in school that didn't use the caution   Facin, raisin a baby or abortion   Her mother said she had to leave   Who wants to be where a baby is not received   No ultimatum, she's goin to the g.y.n   To put it to an end   She's learned a lesson I suppose   I can tell, eyes are the soul      Eyes are the soul   Eyes are the soul   Eyes are the soul