[Intro — Filtered Vocal]

Yeah…

Clear the runway…

We taking off.

[Chorus — Rap-Sung, Layered Harmonies]

Clear the runway, sparked the gunplay when I took off

AK make it look like a bad day, something get took off

I get to cookin’, then bro get to cookin’, it look like a cook-off

Ran it back, this how we act, kick it off like football

When I took off—took off

They wasn’t ready when I took off—took off

Clear the runway, clear the runway

Everything changed when I took off

[Verse 1 — Tight Run-On Flow]

I clear the runway, don’t care what none say, I kick it off like a field goal / three-five in a four-K of that good hay, stuffed tight but it still roll / got a stack full of bank cards, get your life charged, keep a lifeline in the billfold / I’m hot in the winter, better tell ’em simmer, one wrong move and it get cold / cause and effect, I invested in pressure, came back with a hundred up / they was asleep when I stepped in the building, woke up the room when I doubled up / came from the bottom with nothing but hunger, now everything custom and buttoned up / I took the risk, put it all on the table, they thought I was finished—I leveled up / had to stay down, I was building the engine, preparing the flight while they counted me out / stayed on the mission, protected the vision, no need for permission, I figured it out / now when I walk in, the temperature shift and the energy different, they watching me now / I gave ’em a warning, the storm was approaching, cleared out the runway and lifted the crowd

[Pre-Chorus — Melodic]

I was down, had to find me a way

Now the whole team flying today

They didn’t believe what I saw in the dark

Now they see every move that I make

[Chorus — Full Harmonies]

Clear the runway, sparked the gunplay when I took off

AK make it look like a bad day, something get took off

I get to cookin’, then bro get to cookin’, it look like a cook-off

Ran it back, this how we act, kick it off like football

When I took off—took off

They wasn’t ready when I took off—took off

Clear the runway, clear the runway

Everything changed when I took off

[Verse 2 — Run-On Flow, Increased Energy]

I came out the hangar, controlling the traffic, they tracking the path when I fly through / built it from gravel, survived every battle, applied every lesson that life drew / money got longer, the team getting stronger, I stayed with the ones I was tied to / they tried to delay me, but couldn’t contain me, I powered the engines and climbed through / turbulence hit, I adjusted the pitch, never panicked or switched on the altitude / I kept it a hundred, they hated and fronted, then copied the moves and the attitude / back on the ground they were blocking the gate, now I’m looking at clouds from a better view / came for the crown and the title, no rival, I’m breaking the cycle—that’s what I do / I turned every loss into fuel for the flight, every scar into proof I survived it / bet on myself when the odds wasn’t right, put the work in alone and arrived with it / now every city I land in, they know when I’m coming, the name getting bigger, the vibe different / ain’t no returning to how it was before, once I took off, I was gone with it

[Bridge — Emotional, Drums Drop Out]

I remember nights I was stuck on the ground

Nobody calling, nobody around

I heard them laughing, but look at me now

I turned that pain into power somehow

If I go down, I’m coming back up

If the door close, I’m breaking that lock

I waited too long to give up my spot

Clear the runway—I’m ready to launch

[Final Chorus — Bigger Drums and Stacked Vocals]

Clear the runway, sparked the gunplay when I took off

AK make it look like a bad day, something get took off

I get to cookin’, then bro get to cookin’, it look like a cook-off

Ran it back, this how we act, kick it off like football

When I took off—took off

Whole team winning when I took off—took off

Clear the runway, clear the runway

Everything changed when I took off

[Outro — Filtered Harmonies]

When I took off…

They couldn’t bring me back down.

Clear the runway.

Young V.