Nelly - Fly Away lyrics

[Nelly Talking] Free City This is a shout out to every young brother ya know Thats doin his thing right now Keep ya head up.. He's walkin the yard wishin he had wings Ya know so he could fly up out that joint Man [Intro] 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 [Verse 1] 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 n***as can't eat if the fish don't bite My raise the gross sales, like Mike and Ike Now big brother almighty I keep a gamma ray, I'mma G-5 G Take a G-5 jeep, G-5 deep Too some of their bare feet And that jeep don't speak Listen mayne they lock it down round herre See body bag and gag and your found round herre This as serious as it sound round herre The guards guard the ground, 4 pounds round herre And they ain't playin, they're just lettin you know That anything they want to happen, n***a happen real slow Get the word from upstairs, put you in that hole I can't take it, I'm just ready to go [Hook] 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 Yeah yeah, it's still the longest yard Uh uh, it's still the longest yard Um um, it's still the longest yard I done fought in a battle and I done made it this far (this far) [Verse 2] I'm in my cell 20 hours a day And doin push-ups ever hour a day Cause im tryin to keep the cowards away Thats why im markin off the calendar days Tryin to get it out of the way And im just tryin to keep a peace of mind And im gonna shank a motherf**er with a piece of mine Cause he tryin to take a piece of mine So im gon slice his a** a piece at a time But now that they close the door Lock me in and cell 30 deep but its built for 10 Tell me what kind of world they got you in With the barbed wire fences, box u in From now, til they turn off the lights I'mma read anything in sight Its kinda hard tryin to read at night But I'mma change my life And hope another brother take this flight [Hook] 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 Yeah yeah, it's still the longest yard Uh uh, it's still the longest yard Um um, it's still the longest yard I done fought in a battle and I done made it this far (this far) [Verse 3] (Oohh no) I gotta make it out this place some how (Oohh no) Man I really believe that I done turned it around (Oohh no) You see, all I need is that second chance to show Since incarceration, my obligation of rehabilitation (Oohh no) They can punch me high, and they can kick me low (Oohh no) But I mean its gonna take more than that for them to break my soul, I said (Oohh no) Man its hard for people to understand what its like to be Gated, incarcerated, I just can't take it But I'mma make it man to see better days [Hook] 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 Yeah yeah, it's still the longest yard Uh uh, it's still the longest yard Um um, it's still the longest yard I done fought in a battle and I done made it this far (this far) [Hook] If I could fly away If I could I turn around If I could fly away If I could I turn around