Yasiin Bey
Inner City Travellin' Man
Bismillah Ir-Rahman Ir-Rahim

[Hook]
Inner city
Inner city travellin' man
I'm a travellin' man

[Interlude]
I wanted to become an aviator, and I wanted to become a great singer. I always had the same dream. The dream was I'm singing for hundreds of thousands of people, and be with the people, and I got standing ovations. And then about being an aviator, I always thought I'd like to fly

[Marvin Gaye]
And I know that you're letting me go

[Hook]
I'm leaving
I'm a Inner city travellin' man
I'm leaving
I'm a Inner city travellin' man
With tears in her eyes she said this isn't goodbye
I said
I'm leaving

[Verse 1]
Well, go 'head and leave
The call heard 'round the world from the wives of MC's
These cats is payin' more than half a pound
My garment bag I snatch it down
Ain't got the state but we could prolly run a blacker town
Scenarios like this is tear jerkers
For the modern MC, i.e. the blue collar worker
Cause this thing called rhymin' no different from coal minin'
We both on assignment to unearth the diamond
When you start climbin'
And them eyes start shinin'
You be strugglin' and strivin'
And they think you prime-timin'
Maintain and keep silent, make note, an observation
This confrontation
This is the daily operation
My concentration
Stay focused on my recitation
'Bout to reach my destination with no pause or hesitation
Baby make the preparation cause this ain't no recreation
This is Pro Ball!
And we lettin you know y'all
At the show y'all
Doin' this for dough y'all
Get the phone call
And I'm ready to blow y'all
'Bout to go y'all
Been a pleasure to know y'all
And I'm lettin' you know that

[Hook]

[Verse 2]
But God willing I'll be back home
To drop these heavy ass bags up off my backbone
Around the world with a catalog of rap songs
My baby girl is walking, been away for that long
But no you haven't well least that's how it seem to me
My home town is like a whole different scenery
The old timers on the stoop leaning leisurely
The new jacks up in the park smoking greenery
Easily taken for granted when you up in it but its sweet scented
When you been down for a minute
Move around city limits
Break it down with the vintage
The innovative
Classical B-Boy image
Collect the winnings
Cause that's the reason that we came here
This thing is not a game here
The fortune not the fame here
From New York to the Cakalaks
Cali in the Cadillacs
Chicago know we innovate
Infiltrate Virginia State
DC make me stimulate
Philly know we penetrate
Georgia make us generate
Let's set a date to get the papes
They celebrate to my jams in foreign lands
Even your mans in Japan know who I am
Minasan, like everybody out in Nippon
Say ichiban, may God have well where you're getting from
Phenomenon, excuse me that's a phone call
Its the show y'all
Tryin' to get this dough y'all
'Bout to blow y'all
Been a pleasure to know y'all
And I'm letting you know that

[Hook]

[YB]:
She said

[MG]:
You can leave but it's going to cost you

[YB]:
She said

[MG]:
You can leave but it's going to cost you

[YB]:
I'm leaving, on the next plane
I don't know when I'll be back again
Kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me, like you know I'll never go
Even though you know I will
I'm a travelling man
Moving through places
Space and time
Got a lot of things I got to do
But God willing I'm coming back to you
My baby-boo
I'm a travelling man
Moving through places
Space and time
Gotta lotta things I got to do
But God willing I'm coming back to you
My baby-boo
I'm leaving

I'll be back to you

[MG]:
Hang ups, letdowns
Bad breaks, setbacks
Natural fact is
Oh, honey, that I can't pay my taxes