Hopsin
Fly
[Intro]
I was taught that education was the only way to make it
Then how'd I get so much money inside my savings?
My teachers never saw the heights that I was fucking aiming
Did the man who invented college go to college? Hm, okay then
Am I the only one that notice humans on the same shit?
Y'all thoughts are sailing on the same ship
And if that's the case, then that's the reason that you ain't shit
Let me enlighten you, my n***as, just let your brain drift

[Verse 1]
First of all, the best type of marketing
Is marketing that doesn't feel like marketing
It makes the people feel like they’re a part of it
And when it's done right, corporations think it's marvelous
They feed us these ideas and then we place 'em in our hearts to sit
It's why players are good at getting chicks
It's why Nike is good at selling kicks
It's why Disney is loved by all the kids
Why McDonald's owners are super rich
We're too blinded to ever see 'em pitch
See, when this happens we take our health, wealth, lives, and just hand 'em off
Thinking that we did this from organic thoughts
I know you seen parents trick kids with candy, toys, and Santa Claus
The same method is used to trap adults
But instead of candy, it's with money, religion, drugs, and alcohol
Mention that shit and it's gon' arouse us all
I done seen n***as get into fights over chicken wings like a pack of dogs
They get you hooked and then they laugh at y'all
[Chorus]
I really hate to break it to you
But your life's being played with
You have not witnessed the world
‘cause you’re stuck in the matrix
Everything we have been taught was all a lie
Open your eyes, open your mind, and fly

[Verse 2]
Man, can't you see we're robots who know not what we do and we got no shot
In the real world until we climb out of this ice-cold box
Your whole life has been part of a whole plot
To keep you at the bottom while they on top
Stay quiet and they won't stop
They always tryna show us what we don't got
They do it to all of us until we finally break and go cop a gold watch
Knowing we need the cash for rent, my ass is sick
Just thinking about how rich and powerful all these bastards get
They package ideas like it's oxygen
They make us feel like if we ain't got it we fucked and we cannot fit in
This fucking system is not your friend
And understand they’re controlling your thoughts 'cause they got a lot to win
N***as get turned away when I mention this
Ignorance is bliss, but I don't give a fuck, I won't censor shit
The matrix is real and y’all done entered it
It's way too intricate for you to ever realize it, you fucking simpleton
[Chorus]
I really hate to break it to you
But your life's being played with
You have not witnessed the world
‘cause you're stuck in the matrix
Everything we have been taught was all a lie
Open your eyes, open your mind, and fly

[Verse 3]
Yo, fuck Hollywood, fuck all these reality shows
Making us feel lame unless we blowing stacks on new clothes
Making us feel like we ain't cool unless we have a few hoes
Making us feel like we ugly unless we have a new nose
I seen naturally beautiful women get Botox, fake tits
Fake lips, they so brainwashed and it doesn't make sense
Focus on your life and the path you’re pursuing
'Cause you’re too busy worried 'bout what Kim Kardashian doing
Check it, most of this shit that you sheep are watching on television is fake as fuck and it's not real, I rebel against it
It's the devil's business, they just reel y'all in
If they say it, we do it, yo, I'm tryna tell y'all, man
The system created the stereotype for the Black image
That's why my people are scared to be different
Why don't you get it?
I'm done practicing these ridiculous rituals
It's time I become a real individual and just do me
[Chorus]
I really hate to break it to you
But your life's bein' played with
You have not witnessed the world
‘cause you're stuck in the matrix
Everything we have been taught was all a lie
Open your eyes, open your mind, and fly

[Bridge]
Wa, wa, wa, wa
Wa, wa, wa, wa
Wa, wa, wa, wa
Wa, wa, wa, wa
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh

[Outro]
Use your mind, be yourself
Don't be nobody else but you
You and the meaning of life
There's no rules, no rules, no rules
Fly away
Fly away
Away, away, away
Life's too short not to live it
The world’s all yours, go and get it
Just go and get it, it's beautiful