One Way Ticket

[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]