THE BLUES, BABY

🎸 “Pressure Got Me Blind (But the Herb Let Me See)”
In BB King Mode: slow, moaning, deliberate—soul sliding down the neck of Lucille, heart bleeding truth into every bend.

🎶 [Intro – Guitar Lick]
Slide from E to A, hold it like a breath that knows the pain’s about to speak.

🎶 Verse 1:
I was born with light in my eyes,
But the darkness, it came slow.
Eight years old, that pressure hit—
And mama cried, "Lord, don’t let it go."
They gave me drops and bitter pills,
Said, “Boy, we’ll hold that tide.”
But year by year, that tide rose up—
'Til my good eye just survived.

🎶 Chorus:
🎸 Ooooh, pressure got me blind—
But the herb, Lord, the herb let me see.
Doctor gave me medicine,
But the pain still shackled me.
I ain't talkin’ ‘bout no miracle,
Just a little mercy leaf.
Pressure got me blind—
But the herb gave back belief.

🎶 Verse 2:
They said, “This ain’t a cure, my son,”
But it eased that ache inside.
Lowered the weight behind my brow,
Let me breathe, let me bide.
I didn’t find it in a bottle,
Or some white coat’s decree—
Just a puff of quiet wonder
That brought sight back to me.

🎶 Bridge (Spoken with Guitar Moaning Behind):
Now listen…
They swear by laws and letters,
While I swear by what I know.
And what I know is pressure—
And how it steals your glow.
But that green leaf?
It didn’t lie to me.
Didn’t need a robe, a gavel, or a fee.
Just a light… and a little faith…
In what this body asked to be free.

🎶 Final Chorus (Full Cry):
🎸 Pressure got me blind—
But the herb, oh Lord, let me see.
They can call it criminal,
But it felt like grace to me.
I ain’t beggin’ for permission—
Just a chance to let it be.
Pressure got me blind—
But that herb, yeah, it let me see.

🎶 Outro (Guitar Fade, whispered):
And I see you now…
Through smoke, not mirrors.
Through pain… not fear.
Let me see. Let me be.
Let me breathe.

🎹 “Can’t See Right, But I Know What’s True”
—Ray Charles Mode engaged. Gospel-fried blues with a side of truth. Testimony in C minor.

[Intro – Slow, with Gospel Piano]
Mmm…
Yeahhh…
You can take a man’s money…
You can take his time…
But when you mess with his sight?
Lord, you better have a good reason why…

[Verse 1]
🎤 I was just a young man, baby, thirty-three years old,
Had a wife, three children, and a heart full o’ soul.
Teaching English to the babies, tryin’ to make 'em wise—
But my right eye went dark, Lord, like midnight in the sky.

[Verse 2]
Doctor said, “Boy, we gon’ cut and try again,”
Four times they cut me, four times it failed to mend.
Now that eye don’t see nothin’, not the sun, not the moon—
Just a memory of color, gone far too soon.

[Call & Response – with Gospel Organ]
🎶 Call: Then my left eye started twitchin’,
🎶 Response: Uh huh, yes it did…
🎶 Call: Saw pinwheels in the lights,
🎶 Response: Lord, have mercy...
🎶 Call: Doctor said, “It’s glaucoma,”
🎶 Response: Mmm-hmm, that thief in the night…

[Verse 3 – Building up with Piano Arpeggios]
Put me on them eye drops, baby, every mornin’, every night,
But that pressure kept risin’, like a storm outta sight.
Then one day I had a brownie—friend made it with love,
Next day at the doctor’s? That pressure came down from above!

[Bridge – With Horns Creepin’ In]
Didn’t know it was the weed, didn’t know what it meant,
But my doctor cut the meds back—said the numbers made sense.
Three months later? Pressure back on the rise…
And I knew the truth was hidin’ behind bureaucratic lies.

[Verse 4 – Testimony Time]
I wrote my Congressmen, I prayed to the Lord,
Said, “Help me find a doctor who’ll open the door.”
But every man I asked said, “Too risky, son,
I got a license to keep—I ain’t the one.”

[Chorus – Full Band, Choir Harmony]
🎶 Can’t see right, but I know what’s true…
When that pressure hits, there’s one thing I can do.
Ain’t lookin’ to party, ain’t chasin’ no high,
I just wanna keep seein’ my baby girl’s eyes… 🎶

[Verse 5 – Back to the Blues Groove]
Went to Pittsburgh, tried again with a friend,
Used that sacred smoke and saw results again.
Doctor said, “It’s workin’, son, but I can’t be your man,”
Different state, too much red tape—can’t take that stand.

[Verse 6 – Testimonial Revival]
So I turned to the people that matter to me,
My preacher, my parents, my small-town family.
I said, “I ain’t no sinner—I’m just tryin’ to see,”
And they said, “Child, the Lord gave you that remedy.”

[Final Chorus – Full Choir, Modulate Up]
🎶 Can’t see right, but I still got sight…
Got my faith, my family, and the will to fight.
This little plant, Lord, it helps me get through—
And the God I serve said, “It’s made for you.” 🎶

[Outro – Slow Fade with Piano, Ray Charles Style]
So Uncle Sam, if you hear me moan,
Don’t make me suffer just to stay in my home.
I’m a teacher, a daddy, and I still believe—
In a world where medicine don’t hide behind greed…

🎹 [Soft piano riff trails off]
Mmm, I may be blind in one eye,
But I see the truth just fine...

🎙️ “Let Me See My Babies”
—Whitney Houston Mode, key of triumph. A soaring gospel-soul ballad for the right to see, to teach, to live.

🎶 [Verse 1 – Gentle, Intimate]
I was just a man, with a humble dream…
To read the words, to teach the youth, to keep my vision clean.
But fate came down like thunder from the sky—
Took the light from one good eye.

Still I stood, I stood by faith…
Believin’ love would make a way.
But oh, the pain, it came so fast—
And those little drops, they didn’t last…

🎶 [Pre-Chorus – Soft Build, Like a Whispered Prayer]
Then came a moment, unexpected, divine…
A brownie made with kindness, a blessing in disguise.
The pressure dropped, the numbers spoke—
But the system said, “No,” and closed the door.

🎶 [Chorus – Soaring, Triumphant]
🎤 Let me see my babies, Lord, let me see ‘em grow…
I ain’t askin’ for a miracle, just what You already know.
You made this plant, You made it right—
To give the blind a little light!
Let me see my babies, ohhh—
Don’t take my sight.

🎶 [Verse 2 – Stronger Now, A Voice Grown Steady]
I knocked on every door, I cried on every line—
“Please help me see,” I told ‘em, “I ain’t tryin’ to cross no line.”
But those doctors, they turned away in fear,
While the darkness crept year by year.

Still I prayed, still I tried,
I kept my faith, I held my pride.
Even when the law said, “Son, you’re on your own,”
I found my strength, I carried on.

🎶 [Bridge – Choir Enters, Testimony Rising]
🎶 I told my preacher, told my mama too,
Said, “This medicine’s not sin, it’s the only thing that’ll do.”
And they said, “Child, if God gave you this sign,
Then don’t you let the world call it a crime.” 🎶

🎶 [Final Chorus – Modulate Up, Full Choir and Strings]
🎤 Let me see my babies, let me hold ‘em tight,
I got a little herb, and a whole lotta fight.
This ain’t for pleasure, this is for life—
To see the dawn, to kiss my wife.
Let me see my babies, Lord—
Let me see… the light.

🎶 [Final Note – A Capella, Tears and Glory]
🎤 Don’t take… my sight… away…
(Let me see them… one… more… day…)
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