[00:00.000] 作词 : Marlanna Evans/Patrick Douthit/Kevin Roosevelt Moore II/Erica Wright/James Poyser/Victor Cooke
[00:00.488] 作曲 : Marlanna Evans/Patrick Douthit/Kevin Roosevelt Moore II/Erica Wright/James Poyser/Victor Cooke
[00:00.977]Yeah, yeah, alright
[00:02.231]So my voice could, uh, the beat could come down a tiny bit, and my voice could come up a lot
[00:12.269]Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah
[00:13.779]Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, yeah
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[00:17.556]I can't be no bird in a cage
[00:20.576]My bad, I don't run away
[00:23.337]We got the juice, we got the crew
[00:26.180]Momma always told me don't waste your time
[00:29.268]I can't be no bird in a cage
[00:32.292]My bad, I don't run away
[00:35.052]Knock on wood, it's gon' be a long night
[00:38.063]Stay movin' forward, don't waste yourself
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[00:40.208]Yeah, stay movin' forward and elevate from the floor
[00:42.763]And the old you had big drive, the new you drive like Delorean
[00:45.773]Until you do more than luring
[00:47.539]The future's important, they tell me, do what you can
[00:50.048]Man, I'ma do it like Jordan
[00:51.811]Gotta check myself, momma
[00:53.308]Told me, just like old Morgan, Freeman
[00:55.818]A caged bird sings a song for freedom
[00:58.329]Goin' borderline crazy thinkin' 'bout the children
[01:01.172]Michael Jackson told us all, get off the wall, back then
[01:04.188]Ain't no strings, like Tito, no puppet, Danny DeVito
[01:06.920]It's your idle time, get you nowhere, less you Burino
[01:10.499]I ain't a new slave, my new wave, the new negro
[01:13.005]Ain't on the web, but it's W. E. B, he holds the lock in
[01:17.086]No thinkin' toxic, you mis-educated, like Lauren with the 'locks in
[01:21.359]If you confuse my boxin' with me being boxed in (never)
[01:24.546]It's my native language, ain't gotta say it in Mocassins
[01:27.307]Whatever I be rockin' in, I speak the truth, like 222 times 2
[01:33.080]That's 444, better than before
[01:36.117]Be three times the lady like we sang in Commodores
[01:38.626]Knowin' I can't, I can't
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[01:39.878]I can't be no bird in a cage
[01:42.387]My bad, I don't run away
[01:45.418]We got the juice, we got the crew
[01:48.451]Momma always told me don't waste your time
[01:51.462]I can't be no bird in a cage
[01:54.222]My bad, I don't run away
[01:57.226]Knock on wood, It's gon' be a long night
[01:59.989]Stay movin' forward, don't waste yourself
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[02:03.004]I can't be no bird in a cage (I can't be that)
[02:05.805]Can't let emotions hold me prison to rage (I can't do that)
[02:08.317]Everytime they pop off, I don't even engage (I can't say that)
[02:11.365]Knowin' if I act up, I ain't actin' my age (I don't play that)
[02:14.134]Some days are Morpheus, other times I'm just like Trey
[02:16.715]Which means, some days I need savin', other times I wear the cape
[02:19.977]They tell me in due time, when even babies come late
[02:22.740]So I'm go for mine cause I ain't got none to waste
[02:25.504]Born ready, like I came out in some cleats, double laced
[02:28.336]To run the world with, they tell me it's gon' be a long way (it's a long way)
[02:32.980]Knock on wood that we make it through the day (that's a long day)
[02:35.507]I ain't the one to cross, I left that burden to LeCroix
[02:38.016]I got a plot for every block, until I'm king like Luke Cage
[02:41.029]It's super, that's my word, the only time the two relate (a caged bird)
[02:44.793]So many many many moves to make
[02:47.302]And I approach 'em like Michael on the motel stage (hee hee)
[02:50.313]I walked the moon before I walk the graves all day
[02:53.083]Delay nuttin' sista you ain't got no time to waste, singin'
[02:55.842](I can't) You can't what?
[02:58.626](Control it)
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[03:01.886]I can't be no bird in a cage
[03:04.641]My bad, I don't run away
[03:07.652]We got the juice, we got the crew
[03:10.416]Momma always told me don't waste your time
[03:13.492]I can't be no bird in a cage
[03:16.249]My bad, I don't run away
[03:19.278]Knock on wood, It's gon' be a long night
[03:22.049]Stay movin' forward, don't waste yourself
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[03:25.615]I can't
[03:31.268]I can't control it