| [00:04.297][Intro: J. Cole] | |
| [00:04.924] | Yeah, caged bird |
| [00:11.298] | Some'n' like a caged bird |
| [00:16.522] | Caged bird |
| [00:20.310] | Yeah, look |
| [00:22.504][Verse 1: J. Cole] | |
| [00:22.740] | You ain't a man till you stop chasing your friends, my nigga |
| [00:26.031] | Think for yourself, make your own plans, my nigga |
| [00:29.035] | I'll be lying if I said I ain't understand, my nigga |
| [00:31.830] | 'Cause who you gon' follow when the leaders all get swallowed |
| [00:34.886] | By reefer clouds and bottles |
| [00:36.480] | In and out of county jail |
| [00:37.838] | This is hell, see the young black males in packed cells |
| [00:40.503] | With they heads down |
| [00:41.913] | And they fists clenched tight |
| [00:43.272] | Thinking, "I could bust a hole through this wall |
| [00:44.787] | And, bitch, I just might." |
| [00:46.041] | It's just like the caged bird; I sing a song |
| [00:48.392] | Hoping they open up these bars and send a nigga home |
| [00:51.239] | I cry when I'm alone |
| [00:52.415] | I'm wondering why would God send me here |
| [00:54.086] | Knowing that they hate us |
| [00:55.419] | Knowing that they make us feel like we evil so we kill our people |
| [00:58.553] | Without a second thought, in every lesson taught by OGs |
| [01:01.949] | We full of real nigga wisdom, so we proceed |
| [01:04.457] | Like real niggas who been stripped of our humanity |
| [01:07.017] | I see the judge's eyes, I know that he ain't understanding me |
| [01:10.126][Hook: J. Cole] | |
| [01:10.517] | A caged bird (Yeah, a caged bird) |
| [01:14.593] | (Let this little caged bird sing) Caged bird |
| [01:18.406] | Yeah, caged bird |
| [01:21.071] | Freedom's just an illusion, that's my conclusion |
| [01:23.500] | And if it ain't, then how my niggas keep on losin' theirs? |
| [01:26.452] | This goes out to childhood friends that's doin' years |
| [01:29.456] | Prison tats on they backs like souvenirs |
| [01:32.304] | We wish that you was here |
| [01:33.766] | A mother's tear spilled on this page |
| [01:35.438] | A brother's tear spilled on this page |
| [01:37.267] | How many days left? |
| [01:38.730] | And can you find peace when you released |
| [01:40.611] | Still filled up wit' rage |
| [01:41.917] | Back on the streets just to peep that you still in the cage |
| [01:44.633][Verse 2: Omen] | |
| [01:45.234] | Well, it's the oratory vet |
| [01:46.802] | Turned down king slash poet laureate |
| [01:49.466] | Used to paint a picture with a story of neglect |
| [01:52.548] | I could've been a shorty drinking 40s on the steps |
| [01:55.396] | With a shorty on my lap |
| [01:56.676] | With a shorty on the way coming shortly to protect |
| [01:59.941] | I could've been a dealer in the party with the X |
| [02:02.632] | But I'm hardly in the mix and I partially confess |
| [02:05.192] | I definitely got a couple parts in me that I regret |
| [02:08.431] | Is the cup half-empty or is it half-full? |
| [02:11.304] | I fill mine up with Hennessy, then get back to him |
| [02:14.073] | I'm just a jazz musician trapped in a rap form |
| [02:17.156] | You think you standing for something you on a trap door |
| [02:19.873] | Well it's the, Mr. Introspective |
| [02:22.171] | I'm a dreamers dream, a sort of an inception |
| [02:25.280] | I never fiend for the scene but I dreamed of the things |
| [02:28.232] | That a Mercedes brings, like slow sex with fast women |
| [02:31.837] | Drinking cognac I'm past grinning |
| [02:33.796] | A sexy dress, fat ass in it |
| [02:36.095] | But still hit it till I'm half-winded |
| [02:38.446] | Cause niggas tell me I'm the shit when I be hitting all these dimes |
| [02:41.397] | See I'm caged by the visions of the blind |
| [02:43.748] | I started as a king |
| [02:45.185] | Turned to a slave |
| [02:46.779] | Put us in our chains |
| [02:48.111] | We was forced to entertain |
| [02:49.652] | Thinking bout the present day I'm living off the stage |
| [02:52.500] | Wonder if a nigga ever get up out this cage |
| [02:55.321] | As I sing |
| [02:56.131][Hook: J. Cole] | |
| [02:56.601] | A caged bird (Yeah, a caged bird) |
| [02:59.187] | (Let this little caged bird sing) Caged bird |
| [03:02.713] | Yeah, caged bird |
| [03:06.423] | Freedom's just an illusion, that's my conclusion |
| [03:09.061] | And if it ain't, then how my niggas keep on losin' theirs? |
| [03:11.804] | This goes out to childhood friends that's doin' years |
| [03:14.808] | Prison tats on they backs like souvenirs |
| [03:17.864] | We wish that you was here |
| [03:19.092] | A mother's tear spilled on this page |
| [03:20.868] | A brother's tear spilled on this page |
| [03:22.645] | How many days left? |
| [03:24.108] | And can you find peace when you released |
| [03:26.250] | Still filled up wit' rage |
| [03:27.373] | Back on the streets just to peep that you still in the cage |
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