Skies

[00:12.22] Yeah, this is, this is, this is
[00:13.65] Way up, I'm on my way up (way up)
[00:17.25] Way up, I'm on my way up (way up)
[00:20.48] Way up, I'm on my way up (way up)
[00:24.07] Way up, I'm on my way up (way up)
[00:25.96] Yeah, this is, this is, this is
[00:27.47] The grass is green on the other side
[00:28.56] But you cut it up and so the snakes will show
[00:30.82] I got a one way ticket out this town
[00:32.41] Wait, never really knew I would go
[00:34.35] But for my damn sake
[00:35.04] I ain't gonna sit, wait, this is my time and I know that
[00:37.08] I ain't 'bout to waste another damn year
[00:38.65] Sittin' here, thinkin' if I'm gonna make it and blow
[00:40.70] It go Circa '91, as we follow the trajectory
[00:44.32] So check the text that I left for me, I do this 'til the death of me
[00:47.78] But I'm fruitless in my victory, if losin' myself and my history
[00:51.13] 'Cause all of these systems depicting me
[00:52.98] They buildin' us up then eventually
[00:54.55] We wear it like jeans or American denim
[00:56.43] We act like our genes have American in 'em
[00:58.27] We fearin' these mirrors so how we be livin'
[00:59.77] When given reflection no merit within 'em
[01:01.55] So tell me how much you wanna be like them
[01:03.46] Eat like them, wanna be breathe like them
[01:05.06] Change my speech 'til my teeth like them
[01:06.85] Teach myself I got a reach like them
[01:08.16] 'Til you realize then, that you're denied when
[01:09.82] You'll never be like them
[01:10.89] I got a free mind when I'm stayin'
[01:12.03] Way up, way up, ay, make 'em understand me that I'm
[01:15.55] Way up, way uh, make 'em understand me that I'm
[01:18.84] Way up, way up, ay, make 'em understand me that I'm
[01:22.28] Way up, way up, uh, way up, way up, uh
[01:25.73] Way up, way up, ay, make 'em understand me that I'm
[01:29.22] Way up, way uh, make 'em understand me that I'm
[01:32.64] Way up, way up, ay, make 'em understand me that I'm
[01:35.90] Way up, way up, uh, way up, way up, uh (yeah, this is, this is, this is)
[01:39.48] Way up, I'm on my way up
[01:41.57] Deuces to haters 'cause my fingers raised up, they goin' way up
[01:44.92] Forever, will never, I never gave up, I'm goin' way up
[01:48.33] All of them bringin' me down, but I'm way up, I'm goin' way up
[01:51.92] Straight up to the skies
[01:52.41] They say some stories need to wait to be told
[01:54.89] But I need a way to unfold
[01:56.41] All of the weight of the people before me
[01:58.03] Who never got chances to speak from they soul
[02:00.17] That's why when I'm speakin' it cold
[02:01.75] Mamas degrees ain't valid here so
[02:03.32] We never agree to be lesser than gold
[02:04.92] 'Cause in our most basic of element know
[02:06.78] We shine, just like the sun gets, remind me that I need to run less
[02:10.19] From my insecurities holdin' me back
[02:11.70] And that's makin' me feelin' I'm one breath away
[02:13.93] From saying I'm calling it quits
[02:15.26] When both of my feet feelin' heavy, it gets
[02:17.06] To thinkin' that I got the weight of the world
[02:18.69] On both of my shoulders or will it unfurl?
[02:20.42] You see, I'm flawed as they come, huh?
[02:22.08] It's odd to forget where you from, huh
[02:23.98] I'm asking myself, "Ruby, when did you change?
[02:25.36] Was it when you believed that they won, huh?"
[02:27.33] But I'm goin' up in the sky, high, I'm tired of livin' that nine to five
[02:30.73] I'm aimin' for higher
[02:31.54] I'll never retire, I'm givin' a riot, no closed eyes
[02:34.17] When the cards down, I will never back down
[02:35.46] Put us on the map, it's a wrap when I'm back now, yuh
[02:37.99] Way up, way up, ay, make 'em understand me that I'm
[02:41.18] Way up, way uh, make 'em understand me that I'm
[02:44.63] Way up, way up, ay, make 'em understand me that I'm
[02:48.06] Way up, way up, uh, way up, way up, uh
[02:51.50] Way up, way up, ay, make 'em understand me that I'm
[02:54.77] Way up, way uh, make 'em understand me that I'm
[02:58.38] Way up, way up, ay, make 'em understand me that I'm
[03:01.61] Way up, way up, uh, way up, way up (yeah, this is, this is, this is)
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