[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