Fly/I Believe I Can Fly

Fly/I Believe I Can Fly by Nicki Minaj feat. Rihanna/R. Kelly is a mash-up featured in On My Way, the fourteenth episode of Season Three. It is sung by the New Directions, with solos from Artie, Blaine, Finn, Mercedes, Rachel, and Santana.

The song is the first song of the New Direction's setlist for Regionals, followed by What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger) and concluding with Here's to Us.

Lyrics

Rachel:
I came to win,
To fight,
To conquer,
To thrive
I came to win,
To survive,
To prosper,
To rise

Rachel with New Directions Girls:
To fly...
To fly...

Santana:
Uh, yo, yo

Artie:
I used to think that I could not go on

Santana:
I wish today it would rain all day
Maybe that will kinda make the pain go away

Artie:
And life was nothing but an awful song

Santana:
They got their guns out aiming at me
But I become Neo when they aiming at me

Blaine (New Directions):
(If I can see it)
Me, me, me against them
Me against enemies, me against friends
(Then I can do it)
Somehow they both seem to become one
A sea full of sharks and they all smell blood
(If I just believe it)
They start coming and I start rising
Must be surprising, I'm just surmising
(There's nothing to it)

Blaine and Santana:
I win, thrive, soar,
Higher, higher, higher
More fire

Rachel:
I came to win

Rachel with Santana:
To fight,
To conquer,
To thrive
I came to win,
To survive,
To prosper,
To rise

Finn with New Directions:
I believe I can (with Rachel and New Directions Girls: fly...)
I believe I can touch the sky
I believe I can (with Rachel and New Directions Girls: fly...)
I believe I can touch the sky

Artie:
See, I was on the verge of breakin' down

Santana:
Paint they own pictures, then they crop me in
But I will remain where the top begins

Artie:
Sometimes, silence can seem so loud

Santana:
I am not a word,
I am not a line
I am not a girl
That can ever be defined

Blaine (New Directions):
(If I can see it)
I hear the criticism loud and clear
That is how I know that the time is near
(Then I can do it)
See we become alive in a time of fear
And I ain't got no motherfickle time to spare
(If I just believe it)
Cry my eyes out for days upon days
Such a heavy burden placed upon me
(There's nothing to it)

Blaine and Santana:
But when you go hard your nays become yays
Yankee Stadium with Jay's and Kanye's

Rachel:
I came to win

Rachel with Santana:
To fight,
To conquer,
To thrive
I came to win,
To survive,
To prosper,
To rise

Finn with New Directions (Mercedes):
I believe I can (with Rachel and New Directions Girls: fly...) (Fly)
I believe I can touch the sky (Ooh, yeah)
I believe I can (with Rachel and New Directions Girls: fly...)
I believe I can touch the sky (Fly)

Finn:
I believe I can fly (Mercedes: Fly)

Artie (Rachel with New Directions Girls):
(Get ready for it, get ready for it)
Then I can be it (Get ready for it, I came to win)
If I just believe it (Get ready for it)
There's nothing to it (Get ready for it)
(Mercedes with Rachel and New Directions Girls: Get ready for it!)

Artie and New Directions Boys:
I believe I can (with Rachel and New Directions Girls: fly...)
(Mercedes: Oh!)

Finn and New Directions (Mercedes):
I believe I can touch the sky (Fly!)
I think about it (Rachel and New Directions Girls: To fly...)
Every night and day (Oh)
Spread my wings and fly away (Ooh, whoa!)

Artie with New Directions (New Directions):
(I can fly!) I believe I can soar (Rachel and New Directions Girls: To fly...)
(Mercedes: Get ready for it!) (I can fly!)
I see me runnin' through that open door
(Mercedes: Get ready for it! Fly!) (I can fly!)

Finn with New Directions (New Directions):
I believe I can (with Rachel and New Directions Girls: fly...) (I can fly!)
(Mercedes: Get ready for it!)

Artie:
Whoo
I believe I can fly
I believe I can (Mercedes: Oohh!)

Artie with Finn, Rachel, and New Directions:
Fly...

Trivia

This is the second time that the New Directions have performed a mash-up at a competition, the first being Any Way You Want It/Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' (Journey).
This is the first song Santana is heard rapping on. The second is Doo Wop (That Thing).
This is the first mash-up Blaine has provided vocals in.
This performance marks the first use of a Nicki Minaj song in a mash-up, the second being I Still Believe/Super Bass (Feud).
- Blaine is featured in both mash ups.
This is the second out of three songs featuring Blaine rapping, the first being Perfect and the third being Boys/Boyfriend.