Yeah  This is the new millennium  That's right (that's right)  And the game ain't changed a bit  It ain't changed a bit  Uh uh  Listen  Got a little something to tell ya  Oh right    If I could fly  Probably woulda been a lil taller  Maybe even playing for the Raiders  I don't really know I can't call it  We deal with what the good Lord gave us  He told me go and holla at your people  He said to wait up late at night (late at night)  Go get your favourite pen and your notebook  And I'm gon tell you what to write    If I could fly (if I could fly)  I promise life would be a lot better, baby (be a lot better, baby)  If I could blow  Like the wind  Across the city I go (across the city I go)  Up in the sky (up in the sky)  I swear the pain is for the living, baby (living baby)  But I can't fly, uh uh  And you can't fly  So we gon have to work it out    First off, we gon eliminate Congress  Bring back Bob Marley to be King, oh yeah  We shutting down San Quentin and Towers  Give all the homies jobs and a hundred g's  Close up all the public housing  Everybody get a crib on the hill  Split it up five students to every teacher  Now we gon get some education, that's real    If I could fly (if I could fly)  I promise life would be a lot better, baby (it would be a whole lot better, baby)  If I could blow (if I could blow)  Like the wind  Across the city I go (oh, I go)  Up in the sky (in the sky)  I swear the pain is for the living, baby (for the living baby)  But I can't fly, uh uh (I can't fly)  And you can't fly (you can't fly)  So we gon have to work it out    No more getting it on the corner  The day my friend when hustling is dead  We wouldn't have to kill each other  Cos everyone would have enough bread  A child would find a cure to cancer  And give it to everybody for free  We wouldn't even notice the colour of our skin  I wouldn't hate you, you wouldn't hate me, oh    If I could fly  I promise life would be a lot better, baby (I promise life would be a whole lot better, baby)  If I could blow  Like the wind  Across the city I go  Up in the sky (up in the sky)  I swear the pain is for the living, baby (for the living baby)  But I can't fly, uh uh  And you can't fly (oh, you can't fly)  So we gon have to work it out    Work it out  Work it out  We gon have to work it out    Spread my wings  Spread my wings  Spread my wings and fly    Spread my wings  Spread my wings  Spread my wings and fly    If I could fly (if I could fly)  I promise life would be a lot better, baby  If I could blow  Like the wind  Across the city I go (across the city I go)  Up in the sky (in the sky)  I swear the pain is for the living, baby (for the living baby)  But I can't fly, uh uh (I can't fly)  And you can't fly (you can't fly)  So we gon have to work it out    If I could fly  I promise life would be a lot better, baby  If I could blow  Like the wind  Across the city I go  Up in the sky (in the sky)  I swear the pain is for the living, baby  But I can't fly, uh uh  And you can't fly (can't fly)  So we gon have to work it out    Yeah