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[Verse 1: Jussie Smollett]
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Open your eyes to what you love to hate
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You're up in the sky but you ain't flying straight
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Where do I go when I can't go home?
Cause you sold it, and you lost yourself in you are just no more
E C#m
Take every piece, every piece of me
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Whatever you need, my mind is changing
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And I can't hide no, but you know where I'll be
Mother
[Hook: Jussie Smollett]
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I know
C#m
I said I didn't need it, I said I wasn't built for it
A
But now that I can see it, damn right I really made it for this
B E
Chasing the sky, trying to fly
And now I see
C#m
Just why you had to be so hard for me
A
You'll hear my roar then fill your legacy
B E
Here to the sky, no choice but to fly, so high, so high, so high
[Verse 2: Yazz]
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Blood is supposed to be thicker than water is
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Nowadays we can't even stomach the thought of it
C#m
It's like we can't even get along, who right and who in the wrong?
C#m
Too busy pointing fingers like it's politics
A
I tell you shut up, you tell me be quiet, too much dysfunction
A
Cut up like we at a riot, kicking and punching
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Ain't nobody here to mediate it
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And you would think that we wasn't even related
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Why are we even throwing blows in the first place?
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We fight at cook outs, picnics and birthdays
C#m
I tried to give the benefit but in the worst case
C#m
You keep on talking smack, you end up with a hurt face
A
And we tried everything, it's time for plan B
A
If Bloods and Crips can reconcile, why can't we?
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I guess I'm ratchet like my mama and my poppa
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I'm chasing the sky and I ain't talking 'bout the vodka, let's fly
[Verse 3: Terrence Howard]
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Far from a perfect man
C#m
The fights and the lies , I guess you never understand
A
A mother and father who wanted for you much more than
Life is a slight of hand, if you hate it today
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And my love for you is the one thing thatâ??s true
[Verse 4: Jussie Smollett]
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Going all alone, I can't even trust all the people here inside my home
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And if you were my brother, then never let it get so wrong
That you turn your back on what we were
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Turn your back on me, on your family, no
[Hook: Jussie Smollett]
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I know
C#m
I said I didn't need it, I said I wasn't built for it
A
But now that I can see it, damn right I really made it for this
B E
Chasing the sky, trying to fly
And now I see
C#m
Just why you had to be so hard for me
A
You'll hear my roar then fill your legacy
B E
Here to the sky, no choice but to fly, so high, so high, so high