Fly Away
Nelly
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Free city This is a shout out to every young brother ya know That's doing his thing right now Keep ya head up He's walking the yard wishing he had wings Ya know so he could fly up out that joint Man If I could fly away Oh I wouldn't come back no more Id turn around just to see you for the last time See now I know Hey that it wouldn't be easy I done fought through the battle, and I made it this far I got a few more feet but its still the longest yard Man its the longest yard I ever had to get in my life See my life ain't right if my wife don't write My nigga can't eat if the fish don't bite My raise the gross sales like mike 'n' ike A big brother all mighty I keep gamma ray on my g five g Takin g five jeep, g five deep To ? Listen man they lock it down round here See body bag, ya gag, then ya frown round here This is serious as the sound round here The guards guard the ground fo' pounds round here And they ain't playin' they just layin' old And anything that would've happen Nigga happen real slow Get the word from upstairs, tell you in that hole I can't take it I'm just ready to go If I could fly away Oh I wouldn't come back no more Id turn around just to see you for the last time See now I know Hey that it would be easy I done fought through the battle, and I made it this far I got a few more feet but its still the longest yard Yea,yea its still the longest yard Uh,uh its still the longest yard Uh, uh its still the longest Done fought through the battle, and I made it this far I'm in my cell 20 hours a day, doin' push ups every hour of a day Cause I'm tryin' to keep the cowards away That's why I'm markin' off the calendar days Tryin' to get it outta the way Yea, and I'm just tryin' to keep a peace in mind And try not to strike a mother fucker with a piece of mine Cause he try to take a peace of mine So I'm a slice him one piece at a time But now they close the doors, lock me in In a cell 30 feet but is built for 10 Tell me what kinda world they got you in With a barbwire fence to box you in From now till they turn off the lights See I'm read everything in sight Its kinda hard tryin' to read at night But I'm a change my life And help another brother take this flight If I could fly away Oh I wouldn't come back no more Id turn around just to see you for the last time See now I know Hey that it would be easy I done fought through the battle, and I made it this far I got a few more feet but its still the longest yard Yea,yea its still the longest yard Uh,uh its still the longest yard Uh, uh its still the longest, done fought through the battle, and I made it this far Oh no, I gotta make it out this place some how Oh no, man I really believe I can turn it around Oh no, you see all I need is that second chance to show Since incarceration, my obligation of rehabilitation Oh no, they can punch me high kick me low Oh no, spit on me, its gonna take more than that for them to break my soul Oh no, man its hard for people to understand what its like to be gated, Incarcerated, most can't take it but imma make it to see betta days If I could fly away Oh I wouldn't come back no more Id turn around just to see you for the last time See now I know Hey that it would be easy I done fought through the battle, and I made it this far I got a few more feet but its still the longest yard Yea,yea its still the longest yard Uh,uh its still the longest yard Uh, uh its still the longest Done fought through the battle, and I made it this far If I could fly away If I could id turn around If I could fly away If I could id turn around
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Written by: RASHAD HILL, CORNELL HAYNES, KENNETH KARLIN, ANDREA MARTIN, IVAN MATIAS, CARSTEN SCHACK
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