Fly away
Run away from all the pressure
All the pain that I been feelin on my mind
Sometimes I wanna fly away
Gotta be somethin better
Tell me what's the cost of living my life
Sometimes I wanna fly away
Ain't gotta tell me how you feel
Cuz I see the things you do all the time
Sometimes I wanna fly away
Fly away
Fly away
Fly away
Fly away
Fly away
Nothin changed
Same thang goin on
Another mother cryin tears
Another name up in a song
Really hate I had to write this
Had to get it off my chest
Took a knee for the peace
You put yo knee on my neck
And that silence is a privilege
Why you see me as a threat
If it's taken away
Then tell me what you got left
(Not a damn thang)
It's clear to see my Black body
Don't mean as much
As your comfort does
I could be another victim in the streets
That they sing along too
Another headline gettin played
On the evenings news
Double conscious got me guarded
As I move through the world we in
I'm just tryin to make it make sense
Fly away
Run away from all the pressure
All the pain that I been feelin on my mind
Sometimes I wanna fly away
Gotta be somethin better
Tell me what's the cost of living my life
Sometimes I wanna fly away
Ain't gotta tell me how you feel
Cuz I see the things you do all the time
Sometimes I wanna fly away
Fly away
Fly away
Fly away
Fly away
Fly away
Sometimes I want to fly
Just to prove that
I'm more than a mere mortal
I'm a goldy man divinely
Crafted from the ghetto soil
I'm organic
The cream of the planet
By god's grace I keep standing
I'm a king
Whether its feast or its famine
I'm slamming verses over soulful beats
As I mourn the deceased
The brother's life was snatched by the police
I can't breathe was his last sentence
How come the news never mentions
That we just witnessed
A modern day lynching
Inside the breeze
You can smell the tension
Cops were fired
But they still get their pension
Cities are burning
From historic resentment
It's so tempting to drift into that bitter abyss
With clinched fists I use my lyrical gifts
Riddle me this
What's the penalty for being a bigot
There is still none
That's why we're all livid
Sometimes I want to fly away
To escape the injustice that I see
I should move to Ghana
Build a crib in Kumasi
(like)
Fly away
Run away from all the pressure
All the pain that I been feelin on my mind
Sometimes I wanna fly away
Gotta be somethin better
Tell me what's the cost of living my life
Sometimes I wanna fly away
Ain't gotta tell me how you feel
Cuz I see the things you do all the time
Sometimes I wanna fly away
Fly away
Fly away
Fly away
Fly away
Fly away