We can all fly, too
We can all fly,
too
I thought this day would never come
I've seen plenty rain but rarely sun
And whether or not you see
it on the surface
Ain't nobody perfect
and I'm certain that
I'm weathered from
The kind of storms that daddy
couldn't warn you of
The kinds that poems
could never capture the longing of
And anytime I try an d sum all
of the feelings up in one piece,
the point is, I never break the formula
Cause I'm supposed to wax
po etic bout my ass, right?
And that's the only way a chick can get a pass,
right?
But if I say we're teaching
girls to value twerk
Instead of work and covet
things over esteem
You'll just say that I'm
too deep and hard
And up your little heart
like about last night
Cause too much thought
will make you question
What you try to forget
Like why your father left your mom
with two vulnerable kids
And maybe that's who taught you
to see woman as disposable
You hold on to that hurt
an d suddenly every queen's a bitch
I'm not gon' tiptoe no more,
I swore I'd leave it here
But right now, what
y 'all want gon' lose
to what y 'all need to hear
We can all fly too, ayy
We can all fly too, ayy
We can all fly too, ayy
We can all fly too, ayy
This booth is like a boost, a true serum
I give up my feelings
like the ghost in church serum
Money got the homies
pimpin' souls like Don Juan
But they Don Juan'd to face the demons,
just leave em and sell em
I'm breathin' this mu sic,
meanin' that it's a part of life
And you can't value that
with bankrolls or flawless ice
Cause I'm speakin' for the people,
artist's plight
And I'ma keep paintin' the scene
till the completion is seemingly right
If I say that I'm God,
will they call me Illuminati?
If something's in the image,
isn't that usually a copy?
And if I make a life,
then don't they make me a creator?
Drop a water to an ocean,
two sides of the same quarter
But I'ma stop it right there
Cause you ain't God
unless your face is on the back
of a factory dollar bill
They don't want the bottom
believing the top is actually real
And reachable if we teach them
to see who they really is
So we become niggas and hoes
who put on a show
To see who can get the lowest
for most of the dough
Emotionally pros
So I'ma make this song cry
till the levees break
And hope y listen to my sorrow
for the heavens sake
We can all fly to the sky,
we can all fly to the sky,
we can all fly to the sky,
we can all fly to the sky
These days being real
will get you blacklisted
And I keep trying to tell them
to let me speak,
I'm not gifted
I can save us with my voice
if they would open up
And maybe boys'll have a chance
outside a trap prison
I can't keep it light
when it's way heavy on my mind
When life or death is on the table
and I'm afraid to die
And I can smile and we can part in 1999
But mama told me to be honest
so I'm ashamed to lie
I stay woke like Badu
cause sleep is kin to death
And Kim and Ye try and put me out
like I'm in need of rest
My words are bulletproof
an d I'm gon' still need that vest
Cause they like to martyr you
if you ain't Hollywood enough for press
So who gon' stand beside me,
and who too afraid to talk?
I'm just gon' say it if you scared,
get off your knees and walk
We can all fly tonight
We can all fly tonight
We can all fly tonight
We can all fly tonight
We can all fly tonight