Maya

[00:00.00] Yeah, yeah, alright
[00:02.29] So my voice could, uh, the beat could come down a tiny bit
[00:06.86] And my voice could come up a lot
[00:10.18]
[00:12.24] (I can't)
[00:12.39] Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah
[00:13.99] Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah
[00:17.63] I can't be no bird in a cage (Woo, woo)
[00:20.40] My bad, I don't wanna wait, no
[00:23.56] We got the juice, we got the proof
[00:26.49] Mama always told me don't waste your time
[00:29.37] I can't be no bird in a cage (Woo, woo)
[00:32.39] My bad, I don't wanna wait, no
[00:35.14] Knock on wood, it's gon' be a long night
[00:38.10] Stay movin' forward, don't waste your soul
[00:40.21] Yeah, stay movin' forward and elevate from the floor
[00:42.79] And the old you had big drive, the new you drive like Delorean
[00:45.71] Until you do more than Lauryn (Yeah)
[00:47.22] The future's important, they tell me, do what you can
[00:50.10] Man, I'ma do it like Jordan (That's right)
[00:51.93] Gotta check myself, Mama
[00:53.35] Told me, just like old Morgan, free man (Free man)
[00:55.70] A caged bird sings a song for freedom (Freedom)
[00:58.52] Goin' borderline crazy thinkin' 'bout the children
[01:01.32] Michael Jackson told us all, get off the wall, back then
[01:04.36] Ain't no strings, like Tito, no puppet, Danny DeVito
[01:07.12] It's your idle time, get you nowhere, unless you Burrino (C'mon)
[01:10.56] I ain't a new slave, my new wave, the new negro
[01:13.31] Ain't on the web, but it's W. E. B
[01:15.60] Key holes, unlocked 'em (Uh)
[01:17.15] No thinkin' toxic (That's right)
[01:19.18] You miseducated, like Lauryn with the 'locks in
[01:21.39] If you confuse my boxin', with me being boxed in (Never)
[01:24.55] It's my native language, ain't gotta say it in moccasins
[01:27.24] Whatever I be rockin' in, I speak the truth (I speak the truth)
[01:30.84] Like 222 times 2 (Yeah), that's 4:44
[01:34.74] Better than before (Yeah, c'mon)
[01:36.14] Be three times the lady like we sangin' Commodores
[01:38.68] Knowin' I can't, I can't
[01:39.74] I can't be no bird in a cage (Woo, woo)
[01:42.61] My bad, I don't wanna wait, no
[01:45.67] We got the juice, we got the proof
[01:48.52] Mama always told me don't waste your time
[01:51.42] I can't be no bird in a cage (Woo, woo)
[01:53.74] My bad, I don't wanna wait, no
[01:57.36] Knock on wood, it's gon' be a long night
[02:00.27] Stay movin' forward, don't waste your soul
[02:03.39] I can't be no bird in a cage (I can't be that)
[02:05.78] Can't let emotions hold me prison to rage (I can't do that)
[02:08.42] Everytime they pop off, I don't even engage (I can't say that)
[02:11.52] Knowin' if I act up, I ain't actin' my age (I don't play that)
[02:14.38] Some days are Morpheus, other times I'm just like Trey
[02:16.68] Which means, some days I need savin', other days I wear the cape (Yeah)
[02:20.00] They tell me in due time, when even babies come late (Talk about it)
[02:22.91] So I'm go for mine 'cause I ain't got none to waste (That's right)
[02:25.76] Born ready, like I came out in some cleats, double laced
[02:28.43] To run the world with, they tell me it's gon' be a long way (It's a long way)
[02:33.06] Knock on wood that we make it through the day (That's a long day)
[02:35.52] I ain't the one to cross, I left that burden to Lecrae
[02:38.15] I got a plot for every block, until I'm King like Luke Cage
[02:41.05] It's Sue Bird, that's my word, the only time the two relate (A caged bird)
[02:44.88] So many, many, many moves to make (Yeah)
[02:47.27] And I approach 'em like Michael on the Motown stage (Hee, hee)
[02:50.46] I walk the moon before I walk the graves all day (C'mon)
[02:53.17] Delay nuttin' sista you ain't got no time to waste, singin'
[02:57.66] You can't what?
[02:58.82] (Control it)
[03:01.81] I can't be no bird in a cage (Woo, woo)
[03:04.75] My bad, I don't wanna wait, no
[03:07.74] We got the juice, we got the proof
[03:10.68] Mama always told me don't waste your time
[03:13.55] I can't be no bird in a cage (Woo, woo)
[03:16.49] My bad, I don't wanna wait, no
[03:19.42] Knock on wood, it's gon' be a long night
[03:22.28] Stay movin' forward, don't waste your soul
[03:25.83] I can't, I can't
[03:31.28] I can't control it
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