Fly Away

[00:00.77] Free city, this is a shout out to every young brother ya know
[00:05.69] That's doin' his bid right now, keep ya head up
[00:08.40] He's walkin' the yard, wishin' he had wings like this
[00:12.31] You know fly up out that joint, man
[00:15.12] If I could, fly away, ooh bet I wouldn't come back
[00:18.92] No more, I, I'd turn around
[00:21.50] Just to see you for the last time
[00:24.09] See, now I know, hey, that it won't be easy
[00:27.46] I done fought in a battle and I done made it this far
[00:29.66] I gotta few more feet but it's still 'The Longest Yard'
[00:35.34] Man, it's 'The Longest Yard' I ever had to get in my life
[00:37.72] And see my life ain't right, if my wife don't write
[00:39.87] My nigga can't eat if the fish don't bite
[00:41.71] My raise the gross sales, like Mike did Nike
[00:44.12] I'm big brother almighty
[00:45.84] I keep a gamma ray, I'ma G-5 G
[00:47.74] Take a G-5 jeep, G-5 deep
[00:49.81] Too some of their bare feet
[00:50.95] And a G don't speak
[00:52.48] Listen mayne, they lock it down round here
[00:53.73] See body bagged and gagged and your found round here
[00:56.06] This as serious as it sound round here
[00:57.55] The guards guard the ground, four pounds round here
[01:00.19] And they ain't playin', they're just lettin' you know
[01:01.62] That anything they want to happen, nigga, happen real slow
[01:03.76] Get the word from upstairs that you're in that hole
[01:05.87] I cant take it, I'm just ready to go
[01:07.35] If I could fly away, ooh and I wouldn't come back
[01:11.27] No more, I, I'd turn around
[01:13.51] Just to see you for the last time
[01:16.17] See, now I know, hey, that it won't be easy
[01:19.33] I done fought in a battle and I done made it this far
[01:21.60] I gotta few more feet but it's still 'The Longest Yard'
[01:25.77] Yeah, yeah, it's still 'The Longest Yard'
[01:30.85] It's still 'The Longest Yard', it's still the longest
[01:35.92] Fought in a battle and I done made this far
[01:40.20] I'm in my cell 20 hours a day
[01:41.75] Doin' push ups ever hour a day
[01:43.41] 'Cause I'm tryin' to keep the cowards away
[01:44.77] That's why I'm markin' off the calendar days
[01:46.21] Tryin' to get it out of the way
[01:48.36] And I'm just tryin' to keep a peace of mind
[01:49.68] And I'm gon' shank a motherfucker with a piece of mine
[01:51.79] 'Cause they tryin' to take a piece of mine
[01:53.27] So I'm gon' slice his ass a piece at a time
[01:55.50] But now that they close the door
[01:56.83] Lock me in a cell 30 deep but it's built for 10
[01:59.81] Tell me, what kind of world they got you in?
[02:01.51] With the barbed wire fences, box you in
[02:04.38] From now, til they turn off the lights
[02:05.80] I'ma read anything in sight
[02:07.35] It's kinda hard tryin' to read at night
[02:08.65] But I'ma change my life
[02:09.75] And help another brother take this flight
[02:11.35] If I could fly away, ooh and I wouldn't come back
[02:15.19] No more, I, I'd turn around
[02:17.22] Just to see you for the last time
[02:20.22] See, now I know, hey, that it won't be easy
[02:23.44] I done fought in a battle and I done made it this far
[02:25.88] I gotta few more feet but it's still 'The Longest Yard'
[02:29.83] Yeah, yeah, it's still 'The Longest Yard'
[02:34.50] It's still 'The Longest Yard', it's still the longest
[02:39.92] Fought in a battle and I done made this far
[02:43.63] Oh no, I gotta make it out this place some how
[02:48.08] Oh no, man, I really believe that I done turned it around
[02:52.17] Oh no, you see, all I need is that second chance to show
[02:56.75] Since I my incarceration, my obligation is rehabilitation
[02:59.59] Oh no, punch me high and kick me low
[03:04.03] Oh no, spit on me it's gonna take more than that for them to break my soul
[03:07.87] Oh no, man, it's hard for people to understand what it's like to be
[03:11.96] Gated, incarcerated, I just can't take it
[03:13.45] But I'ma make it man to see better days
[03:15.33] If I could, fly away, ooh and I wouldn't come back
[03:19.25] No more, I, I'd turn around
[03:21.34] Just to see you for the last time
[03:24.10] See, now I know, hey, that it won't be easy
[03:27.36] And I done fought in a battle and I done made it this far
[03:29.67] I gotta few more feet but it's still 'The Longest Yard'
[03:33.51] Yeah, yeah, it's still 'The Longest Yard'
[03:38.58] It's still 'The Longest Yard', it's still the longest
[03:43.95] Fought in a battle and I done made this far
[03:47.61] If I could fly away
[03:51.43] If I could, I'd turn around
[03:55.51] If I could fly away, yeah
[03:59.57] If I could, I'd turn around
[04:03.19] If I could fly away
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