Dedicated to all the focused individuals who stuck to the script, believe in themselves, and got the fuck up out the hood, know what I mean? Now they livin' good, able to provide for their family, know what I mean? Just feel me on that, yo It's been a long, hard road, still my head's up high, situations happen and that be the signs of the times I took a squig of the fluid to keep my mind from losin' and pollutin' my body with smoke I'm tryin' to quit those, but it's kinda difficult when bullshit surrounds you Your life ain't right, all types of setbacks hound you, enough to wanna kill a man Run up on a victim like you a guerrilla man, damn Youngest brother confined to a hospital bed, mom's trippin' off the voices she be hearin' In the head pops, worry bout losin' a crib, losin' a swig, I'm playin' to sidelines and I can't do shit Lord, I need an answer, help us out please, knock knockin' on your door, give me air, I can't breathe, give me wings to fly I'm on a ride to win, all I'm askin' for is happiness, I'm sayin' I wanna fly, fly, fly away I wanna be free, I got to get away, feel I got to get away Whatever I want to, I got to get away I wanna fly, fly, fly away I wanna be free, I got to get away Whatever I want to, I got to get away I pray for better days before I go to sleep, slippin' to a dream, seein' visions of me and my team doin' it big Wake up and it's back to reality, back to the paper, chase the headaches, the rat race Spent years doin' this rap shit along with my camp folk, tryin' to make sense of what we all here for Makin' music for the people and at the same time advance, but they don't wanna give us a chance A lot of cats forgot about me, I ain't namin' no names, a lot of cats famous in the game from round my way Turn on the TV screen, seein' dudes that I know, a once new doin' interviews lookin' clean Playin' the game, handlin', while I'm still hood bound, scramblin' but I ain't complainin' I gotta learn from my mistakes, I'm a grown ass man, I'm a whole ass, start my own shit in control class I wanna fly, fly, fly away I wanna be free, I got to get away Whatever I want to, I got to get away I wanna fly, fly, fly away I wanna be free, I got to get away Whatever I want to, I got to get away Music is my life, I use it to express bottled up thoughts Get caught up in it so at times I get lost, but it's greater with me That's my way out, my G4 jet, movin' at top speed I ain't here to preach a message, kick knowledge No do's and don'ts, ain't here to prove no punk Just exercisin' my freedom of speech, speakin' my piece Salute my niggas, restin' in peace I wanna fly, fly, fly away I wanna be free, I got to get away Whatever I want to, I got to get away I wanna fly, fly, fly away I wanna be free, I got to get away Whatever I want to, I got to get away I wanna fly away Got to get away I wanna fly away I want to fly away Fly away Fly away