Caged Bird Sings

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 ready 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 momma 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