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Sleep​/​Terrell - Fly (Prod. by Taylor King)

from XXI by Terrell

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Fly
[Verse 1]
They told us that the best thing to ever happen was the president seat,
Evidently, things are never what they seem,
Cause they hate us still,
Beat us down at every opportunity,
In the land of the free,
But nothing's being handed,
We demanded all these things we take for granted,
In the streets, locking arms while we chanting,
Somebody will hear the message,
If red and blue can get along to fight the greater cause,
Then why the fuck can't we see each other for more than flaws,
Yeah I'm talking messed up grills,
Crooked hairlines still,
But do you see what's in the news,
Tell me what is the deal,
Sandra ain't deserve to go,
Nigga neither did Sam,
I'm tryna paint a picture bigger that can capture what I'm saying,
I mean more than a thousand words,
Feel it in traps and burbs,
While everything they saying got them sounding absurd,
Got the power of the pen but man this shit is a curse,
Now imma let you mourn dawg, just know that shit for the birds.

[Hook](x2)
Everybody got a problem with the world we living in now,
I wanna fix it, I been thinking tryna figure out how,
If we spread our wings then maybe we could learn how to fly,
All these frowns that's around me, hope we learn how to fly.

[Verse 2: Sleep]
I'm tryna learn how to fly,
Ain't got my wings yet,
They saying there's some good in the world, that I ain't seen yet,
And I ain't mad about it,
Life is but a dream, or better yet it's a nightmare,
Blessings to the team, we good,
So it's understood,
Look if it's a problem,
Then you got a whole squad of some niggas you need to solve it with,
Model it,
Wear it like a uniform, keep it true,
Keep your word,
Always be a man, nigga see it through,
And we seeing through,
All of the lies,
All of the smiles, you can see the hatred all in the eyes,
I'm saying,
Every man created equal but the heart isn't,
It's hard not to play a part in it,
I'm saying,
Yo, perception is everything,
So stay grounded,
Speak your mind, nigga fuck how the shit sounded,
When it's all said and done, you can look at you,
Came for the world and you took it too,
Sleep.

[Hook](x2)
Everybody got a problem with the world we living in now,
I wanna fix it, I been thinking tryna figure out how,
If we spread our wings then maybe we could learn how to fly,
All these frowns that's around me, hope we learn how to fly.

[Verse 3]
Day by day, this shits insane and when it rains, it fucking pours dawg,
If somebody ask me if I get it, imma say of course dawg,
Of course yall know, knowledge is power,
Freedoms only realistic at the top of tower,
Put a stop to these cowards,
Who shoot first and ask questions never,
Better him than me they say, oh boy that's fucking clever,
Still that boy from the cellar, that you can't tell shit to,
But when it really hit you nigga lift up the pencil,
Put your heart in every letter, never know where it'll get you,
If your hands up and you next, better hope they miss you,
That's a separate issue,
So there I'll place the comma,
Drama drama dramas all I hear, turn to my momma,
Saying I can be whatever I want if I put my mind to it,
But the systems corrupt, don't know if I got time to prove it,
Power of the pen but man this shit is a curse,
Now imma let you mourn dawg before it get any worse.

[Hook 2]
Tell me why they got a problem with the shit I keep in my head,
Are they scared of the potential that's unleashed if I ain't dead,
Born living a lie, I was only born to die,
The way I'm feeling inside, imma learn how to fly,
Yeah, imma learn how to fly,
Man I put on my momma imma learn how to fly,
Put it on my son too, one day imma fly,
Done living a lie, man imma learn how to fly.

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from XXI, released December 31, 2016

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