[Nelly Talking] 
Free City 
This is a shout out to every young brother ya know 
Thats doin his thing right now 
Keep ya head up... 
He's walkin the yard 
Wishin he had wings 
Ya know so he could fly up out that joint 
Man 

[Intro] 
If I could, fly away 
Ooo and I [bad word] back no more 
I, I'd turn around, 
Just to see you for the last time, 
See, now I know 
Hey, that it won't be easy 
I done fought in a battle, and I done made it this far 
I gotta few more feet, but its still the longest yard 

[Verse 1] 
Man, it's the longest yard I ever had to get in my life 
And see my life ain't right, if my wife don't write 
My niggas cant eat if the fish don't bite 
My raise the gross sales, like Mike and Ike 
Now big brother almighty 
I keep a gamma ray, i'ma G-5 
Take a G-5 jeep, G-5 deep 
To some of their bare feet 
And that jeep don't speak 
Listen mayne they lock it down round herre 
See body bag and gag and your found round herre 
This as serious as it sound round herre 
The guards guard the ground, 4 pounds round herre 
And they ain't playin, they're just lettin you know 
That anything they want to happen, [bad word] happen real slow 
Get the word from upstairs, put you in that hole 
I cant take it, I'm just ready to go 
 [bad word]  
If I could, fly away 
Ooo and I [bad word] back no more 
I, I'd turn around, 
Just to see you for the last time, 
See, now I know 
Hey, that it won't be easy 
I done fought in a battle, and I done made it this far 
I gotta few more feet, but its still the longest yard 
Yeah yeah, its still the longest yard 
Uh uh, its still the longest yard 
Um um, its still the longest yard 
I done fought in a battle and I done made it this far 

[Verse 2] 
I'm in my cell 20 hours a day 
And doin push-ups ever hour a day 
Cause I’m tryin to keep the cobwebs away 
That's why I’m markin off the calendar days 
Tryin to get it out of the way 
And I’m just tryin to keep a piece of mine 
And I’m gon shame a [bad word] with a piece of mine 
Cause he tryin to take a piece of mine 
So I’m gon slice his [bad word] a piece at a time 
But now that they close the door 
Lock me in and cell 30 deep but its built for 10 
Tell me what kind of world they got you in 
With the barbed wire fences, box u in 
From now, til they turn off the lights 
I'ma read anything in sight 
Its kinda hard tryin to read at night 
But I'ma change my life 
And hope another brother take this flight 
 [bad word]  
If I could, fly away 
Ooo and I [bad word] back no more 
I, I'd turn around, 
Just to see you for the last time, 
See, now I know 
Hey, that it won't be easy 
I done fought in a battle, and I done made it this far 
I gotta few more feet, but its still the longest yard 
Yeah yeah, its still the longest yard 
Uh uh, its still the longest yard 
Um um, its still the longest yard 
I done fought in a battle and I done made it this far 

[Verse 3] 
(Oohh no) I gotta make it out this place some how 
(Oohh no) Man I really believe that I done turned it around 
(Oohh no) You see, all I need is that second chance to show, 
since I crossed the ration, my obligation of rehabilitation 
(Oohh no) They can punch me high, and they can kick me low 
(Oohh no) But I mean its gonna take more than that for them to break my soul 
(Oohh no) Man its hard for people to understand what its like to be, 
Gated, incarcerated, 
I just cant take it, 
But I'ma make it man to see better days 
 [bad word]  
If I could, fly away 
Ooo and I [bad word] back no more 
I, I'd turn around, 
Just to see you for the last time, 
See, now I know 
Hey, that it won't be easy 
I done fought in a battle, and I done made it this far 
I gotta few more feet, but its still t