Fly Away

Free city, this is a shout out to every young brother ya know That's doin' his bid right now, keep ya head up He's walkin' the yard, wishin' he had wings like this You know fly up out that joint, man If I could, fly away, ooh bet 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 it's 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 nigga can't eat if the fish don't bite My raise the gross sales, like Mike did Nike I'm 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 a G don't speak Listen mayne, they lock it down round here See body bagged and gagged and your found round here This as serious as it sound round here The guards guard the ground, four pounds round here And they ain't playin', they're just lettin' you know That anything they want to happen, nigga, happen real slow Get the word from upstairs that you're in that hole I cant take it, I'm just ready to go If I could fly away, ooh 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 it's still 'The Longest Yard' Yeah, yeah, it's still 'The Longest Yard' It's still 'The Longest Yard', it's still the longest Fought in a battle and I done made this far I'm in my cell 20 hours a day Doin' push ups ever hour 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 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 they 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 a cell 30 deep but it's 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 help another brother take this flight If I could fly away, ooh 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 it's still 'The Longest Yard' Yeah, yeah, it's still 'The Longest Yard' It's still 'The Longest Yard', it's still the longest Fought in a battle and I done made this far Oh no, I gotta make it out this place some how Oh no, man, I really believe that I done turned it around Oh no, you see, all I need is that second chance to show Since I my incarceration, my obligation is rehabilitation Oh no, punch me high and kick me low Oh no, spit on me it's gonna take more than that for them to break my soul Oh no, man, it's hard for people to understand what it's 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, ooh 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 And I done fought in a battle and I done made it this far I gotta few more feet but it's still 'The Longest Yard' Yeah, yeah, it's still 'The Longest Yard' It's still 'The Longest Yard', it's still the longest Fought in a battle and I done made this far If I could fly away If I could, I'd turn around If I could fly away, yeah If I could, I'd turn around If I could fly away