The Bird歌詞

[00:12]A bird with the word came to me
[00:15]The sweetness of a honeycomb tree
[00:18]And now I look what's taking over me
[00:21]Couldn't fake it if I wanted to
[00:24]I had to wake up just to make it through
[00:27]I got my patience and I'm making do
[00:31]I learned my lessons from the ancient roots
[00:34]I choose to follow what the greatest do
[00:37]A bird with the word came to me
[00:40]The sweetness of a honeycomb tree
[00:44]And now I look what's taking over me
[00:47]Couldn't fake it if I wanted to
[00:50]I had to wake up just to make it through
[00:53]I got my patience and I'm making do
[00:56]I learned my lessons from the ancient roots
[00:59]I choose to follow what the greatest do
[01:03]I'm repping for the longest cycle,
[01:05]mmm
[01:06]My uncles had to pay the cost,
[01:08]mmm
[01:09]My sister used to sing to Whitney,
[01:11]mmm
[01:12]My mama caught the gambling bug,
[01:14]mmm
[01:15]We came up in a lonely castle,
[01:18]mmm
[01:19]My papa was behind them bars,
[01:21]mmm
[01:22]We never had to want for nothing,
[01:24]mmm
[01:25]Said all we ever need is love,
[01:27]mmm
[01:28]We see the same things
[01:31]We sing the same songs
[01:35]We feel the same grief
[01:38]Bleed the same blood
[01:41]You grew up in the home beside me
[01:44]I always had a friend to call
[01:48]How could I make it here without you?
[01:50]Mmm
[01:51]I pray I leave before you're gone
[01:55]A bird with a word came to me
[01:58]The sweetness of a honeycomb tree
[02:01]And now I look, what's taking over me
[02:04]Couldn't fake it if I wanted to
[02:07]I had to wake up, just to make it through
[02:10]I got my patience and I'm making do
[02:14]I learned my lessons from the ancient roots
[02:17]I choose to follow what the greatest do
[02:21]A bird with the word came to me
[02:24]The sweetness of a honeycomb tree
[02:27]And now my luck was taking over me
[02:30]Couldn't fake it if I wanted to
[02:33]I had to wake up just to make it through
[02:36]I got my patience and I'm making do
[02:39]I learned my lessons from the ancient roots
[02:43]I choose to follow what the greatest do
[03:11]Hey, my little youth is crying
[03:14]I'm almost home, almost home
[03:18]Look no further riots,
[03:20]mmm
[03:21]Working my fingers to the bone
[03:24]See I do the best I can,
[03:27]mmm
[03:28]Mama was a farmer,
[03:30]mmm
[03:31]Papa was a goner,
[03:33]mmm