[Verse 1] School of hard knocks, I was present No Santa with these n***as hard flash cannons I ain't talking no camera or dime Work hard from my n***a that they get my DNA Dream a ship of shine and waking up at ING f** it Take a sip and roll a tree up Momma talking about jobs, all I can think of is rehab Only way out of this ghetto is only stretch out our hand Cause naturally I'm only concerned with getting this bands off Man I end up quickly when daddy took off of momma Punctuation don't care, all I understood was commas No sun, but I swear somebody must have turn the heat up You all are black and ambitious, one day I'm a put my feet up And I promise I'm a [Hook] Spread my wings, take flight Head it to the top, I'm a take this real high Cause I'm never aware I'm about to turn in my mother Best is the help from this young, ambitious brother I'm a fly, baby [Verse 2] They get me too busy clapping clowns and thinking about capping gowns But pride beat the reason, we're suddenly backing down Packing rounds like luggage, but never been in a plane No BET on TV but all we know is the game So we play it like a X-Box, spread the word to stop the piston It's like a rest out, we grown until our breath stops F cops, they can never understand the Gs Like hustle honey if you make that I could get my peace right But you just wanna throw the cuffs on me, send me back to trial And hope the judge spreads dust on me, trust homie Got a bigger vision in the sail, yeah, I'm black and ambitious One day I'll make it to Yale And I promise I'm a [Hook] Spread my wings, take flight Head it to the top, I'm a take this real high Cause I'm never aware I'm about to turn in my mother Best is the help from this young, ambitious brother I'm a fly, baby [Verse 3] Misunderstood, yeah, we that And some say cause we're black But they never get us the fundamentals we lack So we struck, thinking the whole world set us cruel Set the barrier at peace and b**h I don't need you They said I'm foolish if they're thinking that one day they can go to office Instead I'm on for picking out my coffin I'm picking up the phone when I'm calling her from sale Cause she can't afford to pay the rent and still post pale I wonder if I'm a making off, if I will die tryin' Maybe I corporate America, maybe I try flyin' Maybe I'll be a rapper who gets under Jay Z Yo, I'm black and ambitious, you just have to wait and see I promise I'm a [Hook] Spread my wings, take flight Head it to the top, I'm a take this real high Cause I'm never aware I'm about to turn in my mother Best is the help from this young, ambitious brother I'm a fly, baby