[Intro - Zero Star]
I got a one way ticket
I don't know what I'mma do with it
One way ticket, so I'm thinking I should use it quick
One way ticket, I don't wanna be abusing it
One way ticket, so we write and hope the music sticks
But at last we are here
So the past that you fear
Will it last even here
Perhaps what you hear is the claps and the cheers
And that's what you hear
Yeah, laugh through the tears

[Verse 1]
I wanna go where the sun never sets
Where class is based on respect
Far from the devil's rejects
Where pain is a memory and joy is normalcy
Where banishment's the resort of conformity
I wanna go where love is the foundation of living
Where we cherish what we receive and polish what we're giving
Where children sing and dance, shielded from struggle
Where you progress further the harder you hustle
I wanna go where I'm immersed in bliss
Where my wife's kiss is the alarm that wakes me from my slumber
Where we use our brains to fight, not fists
So we can find peace in the beauty of lightning and thunder
I wanna go where my sons are the light of my day
Where they listen to what I do and watch what I say
Where they see the honor in the times we pray together
And feel pride in the fact that we pray together
[Hook x2 - Zero Star]
Far, far away from here
Yeah that's the ticket
So can you help me out on my one way ticket
Heard that heaven's really off the chain, we can kick it
I'm out here tryna hustle for my one way ticket

[Verse 2]
I wanna go where the truth has no footnotes
Where the most it's no surprise that hope floats
Where what we say on mics is tuned to the key of life
Where we're willing to pay the cost no matter the price
I wanna go where hip hop is how we live and how we walk
What we wear, the books we read and how we talk
Not what set we claim
Or the length of our chain
But a medal of honor beyond a musical genre
Wanna go where I can breathe and lead a nicotine dependence
That's a feat in itself, but I'll take it by inches
Where the land and free and home of the brave comes to its senses
And comes to its own people's defenses
Where our leader is competent
And wouldn't wave a flag of "mission accomplished" if his people are still in fear of bomb threats
Where we know we're role models, so our words our conscious
Never underestimate those who see through nonsense
[Hook]

[Verse 3]
I wanna go where my friends are my friends because they love me
Not for who I am or what they can take from me
Where silence is priceless
Where the breeze that walks through the leaves of the trees is free of crisis
I wanna go to the sky and hold stars in each hand
Place a bow around the moon as a gift to my mother
So she never questions or doubts that I love her
Where I can be an island of refuge for each of my brothers
I wanna go where reality is fantasy incarnate
Where loving and being loved is harmless
A place where children can relax because their fathers are men
So their lives can be balanced from the day it begins
I wanna go where women respect themselves so they're respected
Where their virtue is praised and protected
Just wanna go to a place where somebody cares
Then it hits me
If I walk by faith then I'm already there

[Outro - Barack Obama]