2Baba doesn’t hold back about how overwhelming the world feels in “Fly”. He talks about escaping, wanting to just fly away from all the corruption and violence he sees everywhere.
The lyrics come back to this wish to leave it all behind, especially when it feels like everything’s falling apart. Still, underneath the frustration, there’s hope. He’s not giving up.
[Intro]
Yeah
Ai
Heh, na so
Na so
My people
One love man, you understand
Yeah yeah yeah
Ooh
See
My people
My people
[Verse 1]
I see the sun in the sky
But it's an illusion, I'm feeling so high
From the stress and the madness of today
My brother, e dey pain me, but what can I say
I say na so so confusion, complete pollution
Total corruption
In every nation
I feel like wailing, but my voice dey fail me
And now it's got me going crazy, plus it's got me wishing, wishing
[Chorus]
I wish I could fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly up to nowhere
I wish I could fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly up to nowhere
[Verse 2]
The only thing in my eyes is tears of frustration from what I am feeling inside yeah
Cos it feels like Armageddon is closing in on me
In the middle of the beautiful things in this world
Destruction is all I see
Sodom and Gomorrah is coming back again
I constantly feel the pain upon all the innocent people being slain
But I remember say my papa been tell me say "my son, e no go easy"
E no go easy for sheezy
I feel like wailing, but my voice dey fail me
And now it's got me going crazy, plus it's got me wishing, wishing
[Chorus]
I wish I could fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly up to nowhere
I wish I could fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly up to nowhere
I wish I could fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly up to nowhere
I wish I could fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly up to nowhere
[Outro]
I wish I could fly to South Africa without a Visa
Wish I could fly to Japan and say
I wish I could just fly to Ethiopia and say how far
I wish I could fly to America and tell them I am a super duper star
I wish I could fly everywhere
I wish I could fly, say I wish I could fly
You know the kind fly wey I dey talk about
No shaking man
Anyhow, one love man
But I'm stuck here, can't fly nowhere man