... And Then There Was X
Let Me Fly
DMX
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[Chorus]
Either✦ let me fly or give me death
Let my soul rest, take my breath
If I don't fly I'ma✦ die anyway✦
I'ma✦ live on, but I'll be gone any✦ day
Either✦ let me fly or give me death
Let my soul rest, take my breath
If I don't fly I'ma✦ die anyway✦
I'ma✦ live on, but I'll be gone any✦ day
[Verse 2]
I sold my soul to the Devil,✦ and the price was cheap
And yo, it's cold on his level, 'cause it's twice as deep
But you don't hear me, ignorance is bliss and so on
Sometimes it's better✦ to be thought dumb – shall I go on?
Yo, on the real, what the deal? It's a mystery
How is it I can live and make history?
If you don't see it, then it wasn't meant for you to see
If you wasn't born with it, it wasn't meant for you to be
But you can't blame me for not wantin'✦ to be held
Locked✦ down in a cell where the soul can't dwell
This is hell, come meet the Devil✦ and give me the key
But it can't be worse than the curse that was given✦ to me
It's what I live for, you take away✦ that and I'm gone
There's✦ a difference between doin' wrong and bein' wrong
And that ain't right, just keep it fair, baby✦
Put me in the air and I'll take it there, baby,✦ yes!
[Chorus]
Either✦ let me fly or give me death
Let my soul rest, take my breath
If I don't fly I'ma✦ die anyway✦
I'ma✦ live on, but I'll be gone any✦ day
Either✦ let me fly or give me death
Let my soul rest, take my breath
If I don't fly I'ma✦ die anyway✦
I'ma✦ live on, but I'll be gone any✦ day
[Verse 3]
I'ma✦ flow regardless because I'm an artist until✦ I'm trapped
I'ma✦ continue to hit the hardest whether I scrap or rap
Give me dap, but you ain't my friend
I see it in your eyes, you contemplate my end
You waitin'✦ for that bend in the road where you were told
That you would go when you were old and if you died young, it was cold
Sold, not for nearly✦ what it was worth
Think back 26 years, be like, "What if his birth
Was a miscarriage and I never✦ existed?"✦
Have I given✦ somethin' that if taken✦ away✦ you'd have missed✦ it?
Didn't know, yet I persisted,✦ it was the call of the wild
I merely✦ say what's in my heart and you call it a style
Don't put it in a cage, don't mistreat it
You say you hunger✦ for knowledge? Here it is, eat it
Another✦ song completed is another✦ thought captured
Let me do my thing, I got it locked✦ with this rap shit
[Chorus]
Either✦ let me fly or give me death
Let my soul rest, take my breath
If I don't fly I'ma✦ die anyway✦
I'ma✦ live on, but I'll be gone any✦ day
Either✦ let me fly or give me death
Let my soul rest, take my breath
If I don't fly I'ma✦ die anyway✦
I'ma✦ live on, but I'll be gone any✦ day
[Outro]
Or give me death
Or take my breath
I'ma✦ die anyway✦
But I'll be gone any✦ day
Or give me death
Or take my breath
I'ma✦ die anyway✦
But I'll be gone any✦ day
Where my niggas?✦
Uh, ah, for my niggas✦
Uh, ah, for my niggas✦
Uh, ah, for my niggas✦
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