[Verse 1] Follow me down the yellow brick to the project steps and the ghetto Though my conscious slept in the d**h Row I was born here, left in a d**h hole All of my friend are gone in the wind, tossed in the pen, lost, and they all live in sin Robbing the kids slaughtered, offing their limbs, darkness is calling all of our kin But hell is just so handsome It touch 'em, then romance 'em It bust 'em down and ask 'em if they like some private dancing So many times I've tried to run away, but I can't outrun hell It's here to stay, wish I had wings on my back to fly away Had wings on my back to fly away [Hook] I just wanna fly away, far, so far I just wanna fly away, far, so far I just wanna fly, just wanna fly away Just wanna fly away, just wanna fly away I just wanna fly, just wanna fly away Just wanna fly away, just wanna fly away [Verse 2] Living inside a broke household, mommy and my papa can't get along So I live in a basement and sit alone I hope y'all never see what I been shown Everyday, striking her face, fighting away, screams in the night and the day Ike-ing her face, go and get her knife and her mace Sweet nine millimeters she be hiding in a safe But she say he's so handsome, she love him She romance him, she bust him down and ask him if he like some private dancing So many times I've tried to run away, but I can't outrun hell It's here to stay, wish I had wings on my back to fly away Had wings on my back to fly away [Hook] [Verse 3] For the beat of the drum, I'd sleep on the sun Hold heat deep at the feet of the gun Low key creep with the reaper of the numb Your life and then I feast on the young Twice, let it leap from my tongue I'm a writer, no need for my lungs For the Beatstreet and people in slums I'mma go knee-deep in the beat and beyond [Bridge] In the beat and beyond, in the beat and beyond In the beat and beyond, for the Beatstreet and the people in slums In the beat and beyond, in the beat and beyond In the beat and beyond, for the Beatstreet and the people in slums [Hook] [Outro] I just wanna fly away Somebody help me find some way to escape from the pain I just wanna fly away Somebody help me find some way to escape from the pain I just wanna fly away, far, far, far, far, far I just wanna fly away, far, far, far, far, far