| [00:12] |
A bird with the word came to me |
| [00:15] |
The sweetness of a honeycomb tree |
| [00:18] |
And now I look what's taking over me |
| [00:21] |
Couldn't fake it if I wanted to |
| [00:24] |
I had to wake up just to make it through |
| [00:27] |
I got my patience and I'm making do |
| [00:31] |
I learned my lessons from the ancient roots |
| [00:34] |
I choose to follow what the greatest do |
| [00:37] |
A bird with the word came to me |
| [00:40] |
The sweetness of a honeycomb tree |
| [00:44] |
And now I look what's taking over me |
| [00:47] |
Couldn't fake it if I wanted to |
| [00:50] |
I had to wake up just to make it through |
| [00:53] |
I got my patience and I'm making do |
| [00:56] |
I learned my lessons from the ancient roots |
| [00:59] |
I choose to follow what the greatest do |
| [01:03] |
I'm repping for the longest cycle, |
| [01:05] |
mmm |
| [01:06] |
My uncles had to pay the cost, |
| [01:08] |
mmm |
| [01:09] |
My sister used to sing to Whitney, |
| [01:11] |
mmm |
| [01:12] |
My mama caught the gambling bug, |
| [01:14] |
mmm |
| [01:15] |
We came up in a lonely castle, |
| [01:18] |
mmm |
| [01:19] |
My papa was behind them bars, |
| [01:21] |
mmm |
| [01:22] |
We never had to want for nothing, |
| [01:24] |
mmm |
| [01:25] |
Said all we ever need is love, |
| [01:27] |
mmm |
| [01:28] |
We see the same things |
| [01:31] |
We sing the same songs |
| [01:35] |
We feel the same grief |
| [01:38] |
Bleed the same blood |
| [01:41] |
You grew up in the home beside me |
| [01:44] |
I always had a friend to call |
| [01:48] |
How could I make it here without you? |
| [01:50] |
Mmm |
| [01:51] |
I pray I leave before you're gone |
| [01:55] |
A bird with a word came to me |
| [01:58] |
The sweetness of a honeycomb tree |
| [02:01] |
And now I look, what's taking over me |
| [02:04] |
Couldn't fake it if I wanted to |
| [02:07] |
I had to wake up, just to make it through |
| [02:10] |
I got my patience and I'm making do |
| [02:14] |
I learned my lessons from the ancient roots |
| [02:17] |
I choose to follow what the greatest do |
| [02:21] |
A bird with the word came to me |
| [02:24] |
The sweetness of a honeycomb tree |
| [02:27] |
And now my luck was taking over me |
| [02:30] |
Couldn't fake it if I wanted to |
| [02:33] |
I had to wake up just to make it through |
| [02:36] |
I got my patience and I'm making do |
| [02:39] |
I learned my lessons from the ancient roots |
| [02:43] |
I choose to follow what the greatest do |
| [03:11] |
Hey, my little youth is crying |
| [03:14] |
I'm almost home, almost home |
| [03:18] |
Look no further riots, |
| [03:20] |
mmm |
| [03:21] |
Working my fingers to the bone |
| [03:24] |
See I do the best I can, |
| [03:27] |
mmm |
| [03:28] |
Mama was a farmer, |
| [03:30] |
mmm |
| [03:31] |
Papa was a goner, |
| [03:33] |
mmm |
