Windows

[Chorus: James Fauntleroy]

If your eyes are the window to your soul

Open eyes bring the cold

If your dreams keep you warm at night

Baby just keep 'em closed

If your eyes are the window

I can sneak in at night

In your eyes, I can see your soul

Staring back into mine

[Verse 1: Common]

She was a beautiful rose

From the concrete and heat she grows

In the dark room her light was exposed

Her picture of men, we walk on all fours

Heart opened and heart closed

Every now and then she sparkles

You can tell she was hurt by the words that she chose

I'm thinking like Lauryn, a rose is still a rose

Even when the door close, there grows a new one

I told her it's some good men, she asked me if I knew one

Her daddy left a hole 'cause she never really knew him

Okay, sometimes from commitment, we do run

Rocking Lou Vuitton, said she focused on the Christian

I'm speaking to her trying to enhance her vision

But not to be married with kids she was wishing

Shhh, 'til your soul just listen

[Chorus: James Fauntleroy]

If your eyes are the window to your soul

Open eyes bring the cold

If your dreams keep you warm at night

Baby just keep 'em closed

If your eyes are the window

I can sneak in at night

In your eyes I can see your soul

Staring back into mine

[Verse 2: Common]

She said "Daddy, take me ice-skating"

Looking at the rear-view, life's waiting for her

Gotta be there to support her

Can't really wait for a court order

She got the type of aura that's fun and vibrant

A lot of love inside, got to help guide it

Daddy will protect it, God will provide it

We all will be there so your soul ain't divided

Man, how quick she grows

Lookin' like her mama but she got my toes

I suppose it's the age that she really really need me

A lot of girls without, they become needy

"Come on, Dad, I'm too old for the backseat

Can you come and get me, are you coming to my track meet?"

As she begins the race of life and love, I told her

"I can't run it for ya, but God know's I'ma coach ya"