Fly Away

Nelly

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The Longest Yard

2005

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Free City This is a shout out to every young brother ya know Thats doin his thing right now Keep ya head up... Hes walkin the yard wishin he had wings Ya know so he could fly up out that joint Man If I could, fly away Ooo and I wouldn't come back no more I, I, d turn around, Just to see you 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 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 can't eat if the fish don't bite Might raise the gross sales, like Mike and Ike Now big brother almighty I keep a gamma ray, I'ma G-5 G Take a G-5 jeep, G-5 deep Too some of their bare feet And thet deep don't speak Listen maybe they lock it down right herre See body bag and gag and your found right herre This as serious as it sounds right herre The guards guard the ground, 4 pounds right herre And they ain't playin, their just lettin you know That anything they want to happen, niggahappen real slow Get the word from upstairs, put you in that hole I can't take it, I'm justready to go If I could, fly away Ooo and I wouldn't come back no more I, I'd turn around, Just to see you for the last time, See, now I know Hey that it won't be easy I done fought in a battle, and 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 I'm in my cell 20 hours a day And doin push-ups every hour a day Cause I'm tryin to keep the cobwebs away that's why I'm markin off the calender days Tryin to get out of the way And im just tryin to keep a piece of mine And I'm gonna shame a motherfucker with a piece of mine Cause he's tryin to take a piece of mine So im gonna slice his ass a piece at a time But now that they close the door Lock me in a cell 30 deep but its built for 10 Tell me what kind of world they got you in With the barb wire fences, box you in From now, till they turn off the lights I'ma read anything in sight Its kinda hard tryin to read at night But I'ma change my life And hope another brother take this flight If I could, fly away Ooo and I wouldn't come back no more I, I'd turn around, Just to see you for the last time, See, now I know Hey that it won't be easy I done fought in a battle, and 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 I gotta make it out this place some how (Oohh no) Man I really believe that i done turne it around (Oohh no) You see, all I need is that second chance to show, since I crossed the ration, my obligationof rehabilitation (Oohh no) They can punch me high, and they can kick me low (Oohh no) But i mean its gonna take more thatn that for them to break my soul (Oohh no) Man its hard for people to understand what its like to be, gated, incarcerated, I just can't take it, but I'ma make it man to see better days If I could, fly away Ooo and I wouldn't come back no more I, I'd turn around, Just to see you for the last time, See, now I know Hey that it won't be easy I done fought in a battle, and 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 If i could fly away, If I could I turn around, If I could fly away