[Verse 1]
When I was little I would wake up in the mornin'/
Like as if I was my dadden, and happen to be just snorin'​/
All evening, and even things would just seem like it was alright​/
No stress and it was the best, when I got rest in the night/​
I preferred the rainy days, sometimes when it was pourin​
I didn't have many friends, I pretended that I had more then/​
I really needed, and indeed it seemed it worked/​
I Never really cared much for playing in the dirt/​
Instead, on my favorite saturday mornings around 6/​
I'd wake up and power up my precious Sega Genesis/​
I had about 8 games, but man it was like bliss/​
Playing through Sonic 3, while I was sitting amidst/​
The sun rays that shone through my window as I played/​
From left to right, dashin’ from Angel Island to Launch Base Always
Beatin' my score from the week before/ ​
It was all we could afford because we were poor/​
See I, left out the part that it was 2001/ ​
No matter what I had I still found ways to have fun/​
Sometimes, I asked my dad if I could have a brand new Dreamcast/ ​
However, I knew it was too much for us to just grab/ ​
When I was 9, teary eyed I asked my dad one day/ ​
Why didn't we go to Disneyland like kids my age/​
He simply replied that we just didn't have the money/​
I'm glad he was honest instead of hustlin' to druggees/​
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My mom and dad called that place sorry vista,
A small town reminiscent of where heroes start adventures/
Spent most of my young years here and it appeared
Like a place I could go to shed my tears
Funny thing, some people don't know that it exist/​
Next to a base that holds government intelligence/​
There's not much to see there when you go to visit/​
But, if you do, I promise you might catch a glimpse/​
​
Of what I’ve seen...

(CHORUS)
What I seen, what I seen, What I seen.....​/
In the days when I was young and I was free/​
Maybe you will see that small piece of me/​
From the days when I was young and I was free/​
And What I’ve seen

What I seen, what I seen, what I seen, what I seen
As a kid, gazin’ at the mountain peaks
Listening to the sounds of that time we would leave
in the days when I was young and I was free/


​[Verse 2]
I used to love the smell of autumn and spring/ ​
I still do but allergies get in the way of those things/​
I remember when I was in middle school and it was cool/​
Riding my bike home there was this place I ran through/​
That would remind me of the forest in my favorite game/​
Phantasy Star Online, I played it almost every day/​
Episode one was like the best place to grind/ ​
And Episode 2 was cool enough to make you lose your mind/​
I was in my teens then and every weekend/
We had my best friend over, playing Gamecube and sleepin’ in/
Late nights, sneakin’ to the corner store for snacks/
Adult Swim anime bingin’ is how we relaxed/
When I was at school, sometimes I’d find a place to hide/
to daydream of romantic things, and watch clouds drift by /
Serene, now It seems like it was all just a dream/
And now my team is much different than when I was thirteen/



My mom and dad called that place Sorry Vista,
A small town reminiscent of where heroes start adventures/
Spent most of my young years here and it appeared
Like a place I could go to shed my tears

Funny thing, some people don't know that it exists/​
Next to a base that holds government intelligence/​
There's not much to see there when you go to visit/​
But, if you do, I promise you might catch a glimpse/​
Of what I’ve seen

[CHORUS]
What I seen, what I seen, What I seen, what I seen.....​/
In the days when I was young and I was free/​
Maybe you will see that small piece of me/​
From the days when I was young and I was free/​
And What I’ve seen

What I seen, What I seen, What I seen
When I was a teen—listenin’ to beats/
gazin at the clouds, wind brushin off my sleeve/
​in the days when I was young and I was free/


[Verse 3]
I returned when I got older to find things were much different/
I guess this place existed in the past of my existence/
Thinking of that time just brings me back/
I didn’t stress about the bills or how to pay what I was taxed/
But, the thing about nostalgia, it looks so rose tinted/
Like there were better times in the past and I admit this/
That I have fallen for it, now I know the past ain’t perfect/
But reflection from time to time has it’s purpose/
But, My mom and dad called that place sorry vista/
A small town reminiscent of where heroes start adventures/
Spent most of my young years here and it appeared/
Like a place I could go to shed my tears/
Funny thing, some people don't know that it exists/​
Next to a base that holds government intelligence/​
There's not much to see there when you go to visit/​
But, if you do, I promise you might catch a glimpse/​
Of What I've Seen....



(CHORUS)
What I seen, what I seen, What I seen, what I seen.....​/
In the days when I was young and I was free/​
In that place you can see that small piece of me/​
From the days when I was young and I was free/​

And what I’ve seen

What I seen, What I seen, What I seen
When I was teen—listenin’ to beats/
gazin at the clouds, wind brushin off my sleeve/
​in the days when I was young and I was free/


(CHORUS)
What I seen, what I seen, What I seen, what I seen.....​/
In the days when I was young and I was free/​
In that place you can see that small piece of me/​
From the days when I was young and I was free/​

And what I’ve seen

What I seen, what I seen, what I seen, what I seen/
As a kid, gazin’ at the mountain peaks/
Listening to the sounds of that time we would leave/
in the days when I was young and I was free/