Chasing the Sky (feat. Terrence Howard, Jussie Smollett & Yazz)

Open your eyes

To what you love to hate

You're up in the sky, mmm, yeah

But you ain't flyin' straight

Where do I go

When I can't go home?

'Cause you sold it and you lost yourself

And you were just no more

Take every piece

Every piece of me

Whatever you need

My mind is changing

And I can't hide, no

But you know where I'll be

Mother

And I know

I said I didn't need it, I said I wasn't built for it

But now that I can see it, damn right, I'm really made for this

Chasing the sky

Tryin' to fly (Just tryin' to fly)

And now I see (Now I see)

Just why it had to be so hard for me

You'll hear my roar then fill your legacy

Fear of the sky

No choice but to fly

So high, so high, so high

Blood is 'posed to be thicker than water is

Nowadays, we can't even stomach the thought of it

It's like we can't even get along

Who right and who in the wrong?

Too busy pointin' fingers like it's politics

I tell you, "Shut up," you tell me, "Be quiet"

Too much dysfunction

Cut up, like we at a riot, kickin' and punchin'

Ain't nobody here to mediate it (Mediate it)

And you would think that we wasn't even related (No)

Why are we even throwin' blows in the first place? (No)

We fight at cookouts, picnics and birthdays

I tried to give the benefit but in the worst case

You keep on talkin' smack you'll end up with a hurt face

(Oh)

And we tried everything, now it's time for plan B

If Bloods and Crips can reconcile, why can't we?

I guess I'm ratchet like my mama and my poppa

I'm chasin' the sky and I ain't talkin' 'bout the vodka, let's fly

Far from a perfect man

The fights and the lies, I guess you'll never understand

A mother and father who wanted, for you, much more than (Much more than)

Life is a sleight of hand (If you hate it today)

And my love for you is the one thing that is true

Goin' all alone (Goin' all alone)

And I can't even trust all the people here inside my home

(Here inside my home)

But if you were my brother then never let it get so wrong

That you turn your back on what we were, turn your back on me

On your family, no

And I know (Said, I know) (I know)

I said I didn't need it, I said I wasn't built for it (I wasn't built for this) (Yeah)

But now that I can see it, damn right, I'm really made for this

(I'm really made for this)

Chasing the sky (To the sky)

Tryin' to fly (So high) (Oh yeah)

Tryin' to fly (So high, so high)

And now I see (Now I see)

Just why you had to be so hard on me (So hard to me)

You'll hear my roar, fulfill your legacy

Fear of the sky

No choice but to fly (Fear of the sky) (So high, so high, so high) (Hands up)