Caged Birds - Apollo Brown, The Left, Journalist 103

Man I dont know what I thought

But thats how it is

Haha

Yeah

From time to time

You try to find direction you know what I mean?

And usually

The path to where you need to go is right there in front of you

But you gotta open your eyes and pay attention

Yeah, The Left

This the song of a caged bird

Cause when I go out and search for something else

Every time I find myself

Right back on the stage;

back in the booth

Back in that notebook to continue writing the truth

Even when my paper’s low and my wife start fussin'

I go straight to the lab like she ain’t said nothin'

I tried going back to school (but it didn’t work)

I even pursued a different career (that was even worse)

?

stated at first but Jay was quite clear

Man you are who you are 'fore you got here

That’s part of destiny a bond you can never sever

It gotta be carried out no matter the weather

So if my lord decreed this for me

Then I submit in totality til the death of me

Every man was born with his own legacy

Rather international or a local celebrity

Cause I’m an emcee

A title that became a part of me like it was my anatomy

It’s my reality story of an artist starving

Or the story of an artist on his way to stardom

I’m an emcee

A title that became a part of me like it was my anatomy

It’s my reality story of an artist starving

Or the story of an artist on his way to stardom

Yeah

I live in a?

like?

After school who wanna grab you

Swift dollars attract a few who recruit distracted youth

I refuse to?

I moved out

That ain’t cool I guess

I know my home, I ain’t mad at you

Too much of my time I coulda spent tryna get my momma livin' in a life of luxury

See that attractive view, we imagined?

double digits

Succeed or keep runnin' at it til I can’t fuckin breathe on my?

They call it Statistics

Street shit is addictive he wanted?

If he didn’t end up in the cemetery he woulda been a defendant

Cause I’m an emcee

A title that became a part of me like it was my anatomy

It’s my reality story of an artist starving

Or the story of an artist on his way to stardom

I’m an emcee

A title that became a part of me like it was my anatomy

It’s my reality story of an artist starving

Or the story of an artist on his way to stardom

From the second the beat drops you can feel the adrenaline rush just as soon as

the head knocks

Rappin' for the real when they step to the center stage

The nucleus of the rap game will never fade

Will never change for the corporate

If they never endorse us they

They gotta mission that’s more important

Reestablishing what the game has lost

The theme music of life something that never costs

Aight

Pimp listen — I’ma be Jim Henson

You muckers stuck on that tough shit

If you look up, you see X on the set of strings

I’m never neck and neck with the next team

You?

you better respect?

Threaten the flesh better than best

Ten steps ahead I never rest

I write and go to war don’t never want the Vet status

Since I heard a veteran don’t gotta fight no more

Crack doors open I go in

Cause I’m an emcee

A title that became a part of me like it was my anatomy

It’s my reality story of an artist starving

Or the story of an artist on his way to stardom

I’m an emcee

A title that became a part of me like it was my anatomy

It’s my reality story of an artist starving

Or the story of an artist on his way to stardom