Caged Bird Sings
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I, I Church Mm, I'm finna take you to church, right now Yeah, listen Check your ego at the door with your winter coat Some a fall for the games, but the winners won't The world ain't for your boy, is it? Mama, I'ma give 'em Hell, I'ma give 'em hope I'm mixin' up the gumbo, shout out to my mamma dukes Got me cookin' cauliflower, collard greens and callalloo I took a trip to LA, Suby told me that I got the juice Spit that holy gospel make the pastor holler, "Hallelujah" I'm tryna change the world before I drop dead But if I only change myself in the process that's success I ain't much of a talker, no, I'm a doer (yeah) I ain't no game spitter neither, listen, I just prove it (yeah) The cook is in the kitchen, the word is set in stone, the proof is in the puddin' The flow is overcomin', the motor's up and runnin', I'm growin', nevertheless I'm comin' for all heads, you runnin' your mouth Tail tucked 'tween your hind legs, your mama will vouch You gotta let it go You can't keep an eagle in a parrot cage Nah, you can't tell a feather, "Don't get carried away" Nah, you can't tell a single mother, "No" You can't stop the mission that I'm on You can't call it, no You can't keep an eagle in a parrot cage Nah, you can't tell a feather, "Don't get carried away" Nah, you can't tell a single mother, "No" You can't stop the mission that I'm on You gotta let it go, ooh, ooh You gotta let it, ooh, ooh You gotta let it go Every time I speak, my soul bleeds through the bandages So these words get reserved for the warriors on canvases My high passionate reds, melancholy blues These the Langston Hughes I use to pain the canvas with (no) I don't plan to quit anytime soon Rain, sleet, hail, snow, typhoon Even as these dark clouds surroundin' me You reminded me of high noon Am I a fool to let you through these thick walls of mine? Am I a fool to introduce you to the borderline? Look as these tears on my pillowcase dry Yet I remain cooler than the side, never mind Am I a fool to let you through these thick walls of mine? Am I a fool to introduce you to the borderline? Look as these tears on my pillowcase dry Yet I remain cooler than the side, yeah Never mind the pain, yeah You can't keep an eagle in a parrot cage Nah, you can't tell a feather, "Don't get carried away" Nah, you can't tell a single mother, "No" You can't stop the mission that I'm on You can't call it, no You can't keep an eagle in a parrot cage Nah, you can't tell a feather, "Don't get carried away" Nah, you can't tell a single mother, "No" You can't stop the mission that I'm on You gotta let it go, ooh, ooh You gotta let it, ooh, ooh (yeah) You gotta let it go
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Written by: Smith Edward, Oluwatobi Ajibolade, Linden Jay Berelowitz, Jonah L. Christian
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