[Intro]
So I'm saying What up what up. Nigga you made it.
So I'm saying What up what up. Nigga you made it.
So I'm saying What up what up. Nigga you made it.
So I'm saying What up what up. Nigga I hate it.
So I'm saying What up what up. Nigga I hate it.
Frustrated and I'm riding down the back streets
Making my conscious ask me
Would I survive to make it up out this hole in time?
Black boy fly
Black boy fly
Black-black boy fly
Black boy fly
[Verse 1]
I used to be jealous of Aaron Afflalo
I used to be jealous of Aaron Afflalo
He was the one to follow
He was the only leader foreseeing brighter tomorrows
He would live in the gym
We was living in sorrow
Total envy of him
He made a dream become a reality
Actually making it possible to swim
His way out of Compton with further more to accomplish
Graduate with honors, a sponsor of basketball scholars
It's 2004 and I'm watching him score 30
Remember vividly how them victory points had hurt me
Cause every basket was a reaction or a reminder
That we was just moving backwards
The bungalow where you find us
The art of us ditching classes heading nowhere fast
Stick my head inside the study hall, he focused on math
Determination ambition, plus dedication and wisdom
Qualities he was given was the shit we didn't have
Dug inside of his book bag and Coach Palmer asked for his finals
He had his back like a spinal meanwhile
We singing the same old song spinning the vinyl
11 graders gone wrong
He focused on the NBA we focused on some Patron
Now watch that black boy fly
[Hook]
Black boy fly
Watch that black boy fly
Black boy fly
Watch that black boy fly
Black boy fly
Watch that black boy fly
Black boy...
[Verse 2]
I used to jealous of Jayceon
I used to jealous of Jayceon- Taylor when I was young
Taylor made a career out of music from writing songs
A Buick had driven past bumping him when I mowed the lawn
Money laundering hustling, homies pondering up against
Schemes to make a million even if doing you harm
War's the case and just in case you wasn't alarmed
The city had fought with firearms and many had died before dawn
It's 2004 and I'm hearing the people roar
For the name of The Game they line in front of the store
Swap meets selling our mixtapes I'm like oh shit, wait
Don't wanna be another nigga stuck regretting mistakes
Mixed feelings was my opinion I was defending my insecurities
Chillin my conscience next to a villain
Compton made you believe success wasn't real
Be honest, none of us knew of a record deal
So as I peel through these lottery tickets
I see a Harley Davidson truck visit the same plaza we shopped
A tall nigga hopped out with Jordans and a white tank top
He was top of the rap game, we was the top of the block
So watch that black boy fly
[Hook]
[Verse 3]
My mama didn't raise me up to be jealous-hearted
Like most of the winners call it
Regardless of where you stay, hold your head and continue marching
That's what she said but in my head I wanted to be like Jordan
A Boy touring the country with money from mic recording
The only way out the ghetto, you know the stereotype
Shooting hoops or live on the stereo like top 40
And shortly, I got discouraged
Like every time I walked to the corner had them guns bursting
Nigga, I was rehearsing in repetition the phrase
Only one in a million will ever see better days
Especially when the crime waves was bigger than tsunamis
Break your boogie boards to pieces you just a typical homy
All these niggas facetious and they all standing beside me
They all will buy me a chopper if any one of you try me
What am I to do when every neighborhood is an obstacle
When 2 niggas making it out had never sounded logical
3 niggas making it out, that's mission impossible
So I never believed the type of performance that I could do
I wasn't jealous cuz of the talents they got
I was terrified they'll be the last black boys to fly...
Out of Compton
Thank God...
Black boy fly, watch that black boy fly
Black Boy Fly
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\u200bi (Album Version) \u200bu 1 Train (Feat. ASAP Rocky, Joey Bad Ass, Yelawolf,... 25 6'7 (Freestyle) A Million Dollar Arm Soundtrack (Snip) A Tale Of 2 Citiez Remix A.D.H.D A.D.H.D. Ab-Soul's Outro Ab-Souls Outro Alien Girl (Today With Her) All Day Alright Autumn Leaves Average Joe B*tch Don't Kill My Vibe Backseat Backseat Freestyle Backwards Bad Blood Bad Blood (Remix) Balance Fasho Barbed Wire BET BackRoom Freestyle BET Cypher Better Off (Feat. Quadron) Beyonce Big Boys Neighborhood (Freestyle) Biggie (Freestyle) Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe (Remix) Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe (remix) Bitch Dont Kill My Vibe (Remix) (Feat. Jay-Z, Emel... Bitch Dont Kill My Vibe (Remix) (Feat. Jay-Z, Emel... Bitch Dont Kill My Vibe (Remix) (Feat. Jay-Z, Emel... Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe (International Remix) Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe (Remix) Bitch, Don\u2019t Kill My Vibe Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe Remix Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe Black Friday Black Friday (A Tale Of 2 Citiez Remix) Black fridayf Blessed Blessed ft. Schoolboy Q Blow My High (Members Only) Blue Faces Bridget Kelly – Street Dreamin Buried Alive Cartoon & Cereal Cartoon & Cereal Cartoon and Cereal Cartoons & Cereal Celebration Chapter 6 Chapter Six Chapter Ten Cloud 10 Collard Greens Collard Greens (Feat. Schoolboy Q) Collard Greens ft. Schoolboy Q Collect Calls Complexion Complexion (A Zulu Love) Compton Compton Feat. Dr. Dre Compton ft. Dr. Dre (Prod. by Just Blaze) Compton's Finest Comptons Finest (Feat. H.O.P.E.) Control Control County Building Blues Cut You Off Cut You Off (To Grow Closer) Determined Do Yo Gudda (Remix) Don't Kill My Vibe Don't Kill My Vibe (Remix) Don't Understand Don't Understand Double XL Dumb It Down Dying Of Thirst F*ck Your Ethnicity Faith Far from Here Fight The Feeling For Free? For Free? (Interlude) For Sale? For Sale? (Interlude) For The Girlfriends For The Homies Forbidden Fruit (Feat. J Cole) Fragile Fuck Your Ethnicity Funkmasterflex (Freestyle) Get Bizy Get Bizy ft. Kurupt & Bad Lucc (Prod. by Terrace M... Good Kid Good Morning America GQ Man of The Year 2013 Freestyle Growing Apart (From Everything) Growing Apart (To Get Closer) H.O.C H.O.C. Heart Pt. 3 Heaven & Hell Heaven & Hell Heaven and Hell Heaven Help Dem Higher Ground (BBC Radio Freestyle) Hii Power Hiii Power HiiiiPoWeR HiiiPower Hol' Up Hol' Up Holy Ghost (Remix) Homage To DPG ft. LaToiya Williams (Prod. by Focus... Hood Gone Love It Hood Politics How Many Drinks How Many Drinks (Remix) (Feat. Miguel) How Much A Dollar Cost Hub City's Wild Side I I (from California Dreams, 2015) I Am (Interlude) I Do This I Do This (Remix) I Do This (Remix) I Hate You I Want It All I Want It All (Feat. B. Martin, Juicy J) I'm Da Man I'm On 2.0 I'm Da Man I'm On 2.0 Ignorance Is Bliss Im Da Man Institutionalized Interlude Is It Love Jason Keaton & Uncle Bobby Keisha's Song Keisha's Song (Her Pain) Keisha's Song Her Pain Keisha's Song Kendrick Lamar Kendrick Lamar BET Cypher Cypher at the BET Hip Ho... Kendrick Lamar Interlude Track No.9 on Ab-Soul's '... Kendrick Lamar Partynauseous is a duet with Lady G... Kendrick Lamar Sing About Me Produced by Pac Div. ... Kendrick Lamar: Rapper of the Year - GQ King Kunta Kush & Corinthians Kush & Corinthians Kush and Corinthians (His Pain) Lamar You Ain't Gotta Lie Lamar You Ain't Gotta Lie Last Real Nigga Alive Let Me Be Me Lets Us Move On (Feat. Dido) Little Johnny LMAO Look Out For Detox Looks Good With Trouble (Feat. Solange) Lunch Table Lunch Table (Freestyle) Lunch Table (L.A. Leakers Freestyle) M.A.A.d City m.A.A.d city Feat. Mc Eiht Members Only Memories Back Then Memories Back Then (Feat. T.I., B.o.B) Michael Jordan Michel Jordan Momma Money Trees Monster Monster Freestyle Mortal Man Murder Murder (Feat. The Game, Scarface) My Mind Drifts My People Never Catch Me No Make-Up (Her Vice) No Makeup Not Coming Down Now Or Never Opposites Attract (Tomorrow W\/O Her) Opposites Attract (Tomorrow Without Her Outrageous P&P 1.5 P&P P&P 1.5 Party Nauseous Partynauseous Pay for It Phone Home Poe Man Dreams Poe Mans Dreams (His Vice) Poetic Justice Poetic Justice feat. Drake Poetic Justicee Power Circle PP 1.5 R.I.P. (Remix) R.O.T.C. (Interlude) Rare Breed Real Real 92.3 Freestyle Real feat. Anna Wise of Sonnymoon Rigamortis Rigamortis Remix Rigamortus Rigamortus (Remix) Rip (Remix) Ronal Reagan Era Ronald Reagan Era Ronald Reagan Era (His Evils) Rossi Wine (Prod. by Droop E) Say Whassup (Black Hippy) Sex With Society Shake It Off (Freestyle) She Needs Me She Needs Me (Remix) Sherane a.k.a Master Splinter's Daughter Sherane A.k.a Master Splinter's Daughter Sherane a.k.a. Master Splinter’s Daughter Sherane aka Master Splinter's Daughter Shock The World Sing About Me Sing About Me / I’m Dying of Thirst Sing About Me I'm Dying Of Thirst Sing About Me, I m Dying of Thirst Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst Sing About Me, I'm Dying Of Thirst Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst Skill Still Appeal Solo Dolo Solo Dolo Part 2 (Feat. Kid Cudi) Somebody That I Used To Know (Freestyle) Street Dreamin (Feat. Bridget Kelly) Swimming Pools Swimming Pools (Black Hippy Remix) Swimming Pools (Drank) Swimming Pools (Drank) (Extended Version) Swimming Pools (Drank) (Extended) Swimming Pools (Drank) (Single) Swimming Pools (Drank) [Extended Version] Swimming Pools (Remix) Swimming Pools (Replay Remix) Taking Me Down Talib Kweli Interlude Tammy's Song Tammy's Song (Her Evils) Tammy's Song Her Evils Tammy's Song TDE Roll Call (Black Hippy) Temptation Textbook Stuff Thanksgiving The Art Of Peer Pressure The Blacker The Berry The Blacker The Berry (feat. Assassin) The City The City Is Mines The Heart Pt 3 The Heart Pt. 2 The Heart Pt. 3 The Heart Pt. II The Heart Pt. III The Jig Is Up The Jig Is Up (Dump'n) The Recipe The Recipe (Black Hippy Remix) The Recipe (Single) The Relevant The Spiteful Chant These Walls They Say Thirsty Today Track 1 Trip Two Presidents U U \/ For Sale? (God Is Gangsta) U.O.E.N.O. (Black Hippy) U.O.E.N.O. (Remix) Uncle Bobby & Jason Keaton Untitled Untitled 01 (08.19.2014) untitled 01 | 08.19.2014. untitled 02 (06.23.2014) untitled 02 | 06.23.2014. untitled 03 (05.28.2013) untitled 03 | 05.28.2013. Untitled 04 (08.14.2014) untitled 04 | 08.14.2014. untitled 05 (09.21.2014) untitled 05 | 09.21.2014. untitled 06 (06.30.2014) untitled 06 | 06.30.2014. Untitled 07 - 2014-2016 Untitled 07 - Levitate untitled 07 (2014 - 2016) Untitled 07 (Levitate) untitled 07 | 2014 - 2016 untitled 08 (09.06.2014) untitled 08 | 09.06.2014. Untitled 2 Untitled 2 (Blue Faces) Vanity Slaves Vanity Slaves Part 2 Wanna Be Heard War Is My Love Watts R.I.O.T. (Feat. Gee Watts) We Up We Up (Feat. 50 Cent) Wesley's Theory Wesley's Theory Westside Right On Westside, Right On Time What The Deal What The Deal (Freestyle) (Feat. Miguel) Who Shot Ya Who Shot Ya (Freestyle) Writer At War: \u2019s XXL Cover Story XXL Freshman You Ain't Gotta Lie You Ain't Gotta Lie (Momma Said) Young & Black
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