[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
