Nelly - Fly Away |
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[Nelly Talking] Free City This is a shout out to every young brother ya know Thats doin his thing right now Keep ya head up... He’s walkin the yard wishin he had wings Ya know so he could fly up out that joint Man [Intro] If I could fly away Ooo and I wouldn’t come back no more I, I’d turn around, Just to see it for the last time, See, now I know Hey, that it won’t be easy I done fought through the battle, and I done made it this far I gotta few more feet, but its still the longest yard [Verse 1] Man, it’s the longest yard I ever had to get in my life And see my life ain’t right, if my wife don’t write My niggas cant eat if the fish don’t bite My raise the gross sales, like Mike at night Like big brother almighty I keep a gamma ray, I’ma G-Phi-G Take a G-Phi jeep, G-Phi deep To some of their bare feet And that jeep don’t speak Listen man they lock it down round herre See body bag and gag and you're found round herre This as serious as it sound round herre The guards guard the ground, 4 pounds round herre And they ain’t playin, they’re just lettin you know That anything they want to happen, it can happen real slow Get the word from upstairs, put you in that hole I can't take it, I’m just ready to go [Chorus] If I could fly away Ooo and I wouldn’t come back no more I, I’d turn around, Just to see it for the last time, See, now I know Hey, that it won’t be easy I done fought in a battle, and I done made it this far I gotta few more feet, but its still the longest yard Yeah yeah, its still the longest yard Uh uh, its still the longest yard Um um, its still the longest yard I done fought in a battle and I done made it this far [Verse 2] I’m in my cell 20 hours a day And doin push-ups ever hour a day Cause I'm tryin to keep the cowards away Thats why I'm markin off the calendar days Tryin to get it out of the way And I'm just tryin to keep a peace of mind And I'm gon shank a motherfucker with a piece of mine Cause he tryin to take a piece of mine So I'm gon slice his ass a piece at a time But now that they close the door Lock me in and cell 30 deep but its built for 10 Tell me what kind of world they got you in With the barbed wire fences, box you in From now, til they turn off the lights I’ma read anything in sight It's kinda hard tryin to read at night But I’ma change my life And hope another brother take this flight [Chorus] [Verse 3] (Oohh no) I gotta make it out this place some how (Oohh no) Man I really believe that I can turn it around (Oohh no) You see, all I need is that second chance to show, since incarceration, my obligation to rehabilitation (Oohh no) Punch me high, and kick me low, (Oohh no) Spit on me its gonna take more than that for them to break my soul (I said Oohh no) Man its hard for people to understand what its like to be, gated, incarcerated , Most cant take it, but I’ma make it man to see better days [Chorus] [Hook] If I could fly away, If I could I turn around, If I could fly away |
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