The Bird

A bird with the word came to me

The sweetness of a honeycomb tree

And now I look what's takin' over me

Couldn't fake it if I wanted to

I had to wake up just to make it through

I got my patience and I'm makin' do

I learned my lessons from the ancient roots

I choose to follow what the greatest do

A bird with the word came to me

The sweetness of a honeycomb tree

And now I look what's takin' over me

Couldn't fake it if I wanted to

I had to wake up just to make it through

I got my patience and I'm makin' do

I learned my lessons from the ancient roots

I choose to follow what the greatest do

I'm reppin' for the longest cycle, mmh

My uncles had to pay the cost, mmh

My sister used to sing to Whitney, mmh

My mama caught the gamblin' bug, mmh

We came up in a lonely castle, mmh

My papa was behind them bars, mmh

We never had to want for nothin', mmh

Said all we ever need is love, mmh

We see the same things

We sing the same songs

We feel the same grief

Bleed the same blood

You grew up in the home beside me

I always had a friend to call

How could I make it here without you? Mmh

I pray I leave before you're gone

A bird with the word came to me

The sweetness of a honeycomb tree

And now I look what's takin' over me

Couldn't fake it if I wanted to

I had to wake up just to make it through

I got my patience and I'm makin' do

I learned my lessons from the ancient roots

I choose to follow what the greatest do

A bird with the word came to me

The sweetness of a honeycomb tree

And now I look what's takin' over me

Couldn't fake it if I wanted to

I had to wake up just to make it through

I got my patience and I'm makin' do

I learned my lessons from the ancient roots

I choose to follow what the greatest do

Ay

My little youth is cryin'

I'm almost home (Almost home)

Up north with the Mayans, mmh

Workin' my fingers to the bone

See I do the best I can, mmh

Mama was a farmer, mmh

Papa was a goner, mmh