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Key: D minor
Verse 1
Bb
Bb

C
C

Dm
Dm

Free city
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Bb

This is a shout out to every
C
C

young brother ya know
Dm
Dm

That's doing his thing right now
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Bb

Keep ya head up
C
C

He's walking the yard wishing
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Dm

he had wings
Gm
Gm

Am
Am

Ya know so he could fly
Dm
Dm

up out that joint
Man
C
C

If I could
Verse 2
fly away
Dm
Dm

Oh I wouldn't come back no more
Bb
Bb

C
C

Dm
Dm

Id turn around just to see
you for the last time
Bb
Bb

C
C

See now I know
Dm
Dm

Hey that it wouldn't be easy
Gm
Gm

I done fought through the battle,
Am
Am

and I made it this far
C
C

I got a few more feet but its still
Gm
Gm

Am
Am

C
C

Csus4
Csus4

C
C

the longest yard
Bb
Bb

Man its
Verse 3
C
C

the longest yard I ever
had to get in my life
Dm
Dm

See my life ain't right
if my wife don't write
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Bb

My nigga can't eat if the
C
C

fish don't bite
Dm
Dm

My raise the gross sales like mike 'n' ike
C
C

Dm
Dm

A big brother all mighty I keep
gamma ray on my g five g
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Bb

C
C

Takin g five jeep, g five deep
Dm
Dm

C
C

To ?
Listen man they lock it down
round here
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Dm

See body bag, ya gag,
then ya frown round here
Bb
Bb

C
C

This is serious as the sound
round here
Dm
Dm

The guards guard the ground
fo' pounds round here
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Bb

And they ain't playin' they just
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C

layin' old
Dm
Dm

And anything that would've happen
Nigga happen real slow
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Bb

Get the word from upstairs,
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C

tell you in that hole
Dm
Dm

I can't take it I'm just ready to go
Verse 4
C
C

Dm
Dm

If I could fly away
Oh I wouldn't come back no more
Bb
Bb

C
C

Dm
Dm

Id turn around just to see
you for the last time
Bb
Bb

C
C

See now I know
Dm
Dm

Hey that it would be easy
I done fought through the battle,
Am
Am

and I made it this far
Dm
Dm

I got a few more feet but its still the
Am
Am

Bb
Bb

C
C

Dm
Dm

longest yard
Bb
Bb

Yea,yea its still the longest yard
C
C

Dm
Dm

Bb
Bb

Uh,uh its still the longest yard
C
C

Dm
Dm

Uh, uh its still the longest
Gm
Gm

Done fought through the battle
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C

Am
Am

Dm
Dm

C
C

, and I made it this far
Verse 5
C
C

Dm
Dm

I'm in my cell 20 hours a day,
doin' push ups every hour of a day
Cause I'm tryin' to keep the
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Bb

cowards away
C
C

That's why I'm markin'
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Dm

off the calendar days
Tryin' to get it outta the way
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Bb

Yea, and I'm just tryin' to
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C

keep a peace in mind
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Dm

And try not to strike a mother fucker
with a piece of mine
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Gm

Cause he try to take a peace of mine
Am
Am

Dm
Dm

C
C

So I'm a slice him one piece at a time
But now they close the doors, lock me in
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Dm

In a cell 30 feet but is built for 10
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Bb

Tell me what kinda world
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C

Dm
Dm

they got you in
With a barbwire fence to box you in
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Bb

C
C

From now till they turn off the lights
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Dm

See I'm read everything in sight
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Bb

Its kinda hard tryin' to read at night
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C

But I'm a change my life
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Dm

And help another brother take this flight
Verse 6
Bb
Bb

C
C

If I could fly away
Dm
Dm

Oh I wouldn't come back no more
Bb
Bb

C
C

Dm
Dm

Id turn around just to see
you for the last time
Bb
Bb

C
C

See now I know
Dm
Dm

Hey that it would be easy
I done fought through the battle,
Am
Am

and I made it this far
Dm
Dm

I got a few more feet but its still the
Am
Am

Bb
Bb

C
C

Dm
Dm

longest yard
Bb
Bb

Yea,yea its still the longest yard
C
C

Dm
Dm

Bb
Bb

Uh,uh its still the longest yard
C
C

Dm
Dm

Gm
Gm

Dm
Dm

Uh, uh its still the longest, done fought through the battle,
Am
Am

C
C

Dm
Dm

C
C

and I made it this far
Verse 7
Dm
Dm

Oh no,
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Dm

I gotta make it out this place some how
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C

Dm
Dm

Oh no, man I really believe
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Dm

C
C

I can turn it around
Dm
Dm

Oh no, you see all I need is
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Dm

that second chance to show
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C

Since incarceration,
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Dm

my obligation of rehabilitation
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C

Bb
Bb

C
C

Dm
Dm

Oh no, they can punch
me high kick me low
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Bb

C
C

Oh no, spit on me,
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Dm

its gonna take more than that for them to break my soul
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Bb

C
C

Dm
Dm

Oh no, man its hard for people to understand
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Gm

what its like to be gated,
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Am

Incarcerated, most can't take it
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Gm

Dm
Dm

but imma make it to see betta days
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C

If I could
Verse 8
Dm
Dm

fly away
Oh I wouldn't come back no more
Bb
Bb

C
C

Dm
Dm

Id turn around just to see
you for the last time
Bb
Bb

C
C

See now I know
Dm
Dm

Hey that it would be easy
I done fought through the battle,
Am
Am

and I made it this far
Dm
Dm

I got a few more feet but its still the
Am
Am

Bb
Bb

C
C

Dm
Dm

longest yard
Bb
Bb

Yea,yea its still the longest yard
C
C

Dm
Dm

Bb
Bb

Uh,uh its still the longest yard
C
C

Dm
Dm

Uh, uh its still the longest
Done fought through the battle,
Am
Am

Dm
Dm

and I made it this far
C
C

If I could
Verse 9
Dm
Dm

fly away
Bb
Bb

C
C

Dm
Dm

If I could id turn around
Bb
Bb

C
C

Dm
Dm

If I could fly away
Bb
Bb

C
C

If I could id turn around
Dm
Dm

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