Peace to the struggle, peace to the kings/ peace for the hustle/ let freedom can ring/ yeah peace to the struggle/ peace to the kings/ peace to the humble/
They turned that block into a murder sceeeeene/ lets yellow tape it/ hello hatred, hello vacant hearts/ make it hard for a mother just to sleep tight/ older son in jail, younger still out in that street life/ - We can't control it, raising soldiers someone really tell me what's the war/ -who's winning, who's losin', tell me what's the score/ - what's the point? you can bet them hollow points spread/ -hoping that they hit em all, that's a parlay/ the cats out in DC got your head twisted man, that's that Wale/ that ain't dissing, man listen I ain't got the time/ passing laws- hoping to trap us all -and your sons still out there pushing Knicks, that's Amar'e/ They steady lynching Obama, castrating the Cos'/ toss you up on the pedestal waiting for you fall/ assassinating the greats, they degrading them all/ click bait and coonery/ mix tape buffoonery/ I- know it's a symptom, sickness that's systematic/ the way I'm living is criminal, pencil and pistol packing/ - speak your mind, free your soul at the same time/ speak your mind, cleanse your soul in the same line/ They say aspire greatness, but when you finally achieve/ - They try to force you back to your knees and they tell you be humble
Chorus;
Kingdoms fall and idol gods, they all come crashing down/
Jealous eyes, they're always trying to come and snatch your crown/
They tell you be humble yeah, please don't shine too brightly, you gotta be humble yeah
They say the strong move in silence like a mime/ the weak cause commotion, only producing violence like a mine/ get ya mind right, don't step wrong/ they headstrong/ and vipers in the vine/ the providers of the virus to the kind/ the dividers of the viable violating the vinyls for the shine/ pimpin' the game, can't you peep the limp and his chain/ living's insane when the same folk/ that saw you at you at the bottom, see you on top and they can't cope/ ain't that how the game go, swimming for the shore and then they try to drag you down with the same stroke/ swinging for the fences, try to crown you with that same bat/ -Canseco hit McGuire with that same act/ Benedict, Judas, and Brutus- all of them the same cat/ jealous eyes, zealous pride then downfall/- them traitors that hate to see you succeed, and try to force you back to your knees and they tell you be humble/
Chorus
I've been trying for so long to hold on/ can you help me/
Oh Lord, can you help me/ Oh Lord, Oh Lord can you help me/
I just wanna fly away, I just wanna fly away/
I just wanna fly away/ I just wanna fly away/
I just wanna fly away/ I just wanna fly away/
I just wanna fly away/ I just wanna fly away/
I just wanna fly away/ I just wanna fly away/
credits
from 12 (2014 Edition),
released December 24, 2014
produced by Red Letters the Less
additional vocals by Jacqui Malone
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