Fly Away lyrics

(Nelly Talking)

free city
this is a shout out to every young brother ya know
thats doing his thing right now
keep ya head up....
hes walking the yard wishing he had wings
ya know so he could fly up out that joint
man

(Chorus)

if i could fly away
ohh i wouldnt 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 thru the battle, and i made it this far
i got a few more feet but its still the longest yard

(Verse 1)

man its the longest yard i ever had to get in my life
see my life aint right if my wife dont write
my nigga cant eat if the fish dont 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 herre
see body bag, ya gag, then ya frown round herre
this is serious as the sound round herre
the guards gurard the ground fo pounds round herre
and they aint playin they just layin old
and anything that would've happen
nigga happen real slow
get the word from upstrairs, tell you in that hole
i cant take it im just ready to go

(Chorus)

if i could fly away
ohh i wouldnt 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 thru 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 thru the battle, and i made it this far

(Verse 2)

im in my cell 20 hours a day, doin pushups every hour of a day
cause im tryin to keep the cowards away
thats why im markin off the calender days
tryin to get it outta the way
yea, and im just tryin to keep a peace in mind
and try not to strike a mother f**ker with a peice of mine
cause he try to take a peace of mine
so imma slice him one peice 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 im read everything in sight
its kinda hard tryin to read at night
but imma change my life
and help another brother take this flight

(Chorus)

if i could fly away
ohh i wouldnt 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 thru 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 thru the battle, and i made it this far

(Singing)

ohhhhhh no, i gotta make it out this place some how
ohhhhhh no, man i really belive i can turn it around
ohhhhhh no, you see all i need is that second chance to show
since encarciration, my obligation of rehabilitation
ohhhhhh no, punch me high kick me low
ohhhhhh no, its gunna take more than that for them to break my soul
ohhhhhh no, man its hard for people to understand what its like to be gated, incarcerated, most cant take it but imma make it to see betta days

(Chorus)

if i could fly away
ohh i wouldnt 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 thru 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 thru the battle, and i made it this far

(Fading)

if i could fly away
if i could id turn around
if i could fly away
if i could id turn around