Even though the streets mob filthy, lights burned out

Dopefiends die with antennas in they mouth

**** are starvin', some of my **** is havin' they cash

**** is ballin', parkin' they car up on the grass

Livin' it up to the fullest platinum-colored jewels and organized glass

Not none of that old fake ass costume jewelry, that looks like brass

I'm lookin' out the window while you play Nintendo

You drive a Navigator, I drive a Pinto

I was there, nothin' polite, me and my fools

The ghetto, field mice and rat drippings up in my shoes

A rebel, without a pause, commodes and stars

No toilet tissue, dirty doo-doo stains up in my draws

Oh, zoom, I like to fly far away from here

Where my mind flows on, it's fresh and clear

And I found a love that I long to see

And people can be, who they wanna be, oh

I never had, lobster in my life

Or teriyaki steaks, just sardines and spam and cornflakes

Pacific Bell done put me on restriction once again

I can't call out, but you can call in

Can barely think straight, barely can focus

My crackhead cousin spent the night, now we got roaches

Here lies my property, no composure

Six months behind on my mortgage, house under foreclosure

Mama ain't feelin' too well, she diabetic

Scared of needles hospitals, ambulance, paramedics

And I'm the oldest of four, sleepin' on the floor

Watching TV channels, we used to borrow cable from next door

Oh, zoom, I like to fly far away from here

Where my mind flows on, it's fresh and clear

And I, found a love that I long to see

And people can be who they want, who they wanna be, yeah

I seen it in a dream, a big white home, looked like a office building

An old school Brougham with a sunroof ceiling

Thug living, sixty-four ounce of drinkin' thinkin'

"How could I come up, and purchase me a Lincoln?"

Drug dealin', wheelin' and dealin' tryin' to make a million

Blood spillin', driveby walk up to that ****, peel him

Back then I was blind, penitentiary, chance at jail

Livin' off my girl for hella long she worked at Taco Bell

And if the heater ain't workin' and it's freezin' cold

We open up the oven and turn on the stove

Survival, granddaddy's appreciation, revival church

Of Pentecost, we raised money by givin' car washes

Oh, zoom, I like to fly far away from here

Where my mind flows on, it's fresh and clear

And I found a love that I long to see

And people can be who they want, who they wanna be, yeah