Birdsong (feat. JID & Saba)

Live how I wanna 'cause I'm freer than a birdsong
 Life's a challenge, so for balance had to right some wrongs
 Live how I wanna 'cause I'm freer than a birdsong
 Live how I wanna 'cause I'm freer than a birdsong
 Life's a challenge, so for balance had to right some wrongs
 Live how I wanna 'cause I'm freer than a birdsong (yeah, uh)
 A pretty little bird on my doorstep awoke me
 I open my eyes to a place I don't know yet
 But been once before, yesterday in a moment
 Rememberin' times I was loveless and lonely, damn
 Government that sent the stimulus
 Donated it to black kids or mental illness
 Diamond necklace don't determine realness
 I'm just rappin' 'til I'm somewhere chillin'
 Feet in this feelin', I need for healin'
 Rap shit don't be appealin' to me no more
 Pedal to floor like scappacks at the intersection
 Don't look back 'cause you might miss a blessin'
 Catch me in the city, bendin' blocks like we playin' tetris
 Been that nigga since an adolescence
 I done learned some lessons
 Come back better like I never fail
 Manifest my future like a wishing well
 Married to the game, but I don't kiss and tell
 We don't talk as much, but I still wish you well
 Roll up my sleeves like I do my heart
 Kites fly higher with a runnin' start
 Niggas tryna down me like I'm Tony Stark
 I be more like Clark without the cape
 But with a gold tooth
 Nigga just be you, 'cause all that fake shit gon' expose through
 Shawty say she cold, my heart cold too
 I be layin' low, but I still roll through
 Get it how you live, and that's the cold truth
 Birds of a feather flock
 Together me and my dawgs flew
 Shit cost me more than it cost you
 Collect my coin then I'ma dip off
 Niggas can't be me, so they be pissed off
 Imagine how they face look when I lift off
 Niggas think it's givin', but that shit cost
 Live how I wanna 'cause I'm freer than a birdsong
 Life's a challenge, so for balance had to right some wrongs
 Live how I wanna 'cause I'm freer than a birdsong
 Live and let live
 I'm free, I'm like the prison system lessening the bid
 I come from uncles with beer bellies and Pelle Pelle leather
 To a plethora of rap niggas tellin' me that they better with no proof
 Just subjective thought ain't quite been thought out
 A grain of salt to listen to anythin' out of y'all mouth
 This what it feel like when makin' amends after a fall out
 I got the ball in my court, fuck it, I ball out
 If you seen what we saw, you probably would tear an eyeball out
 I'm talkin' 'bout depressions and messin' up legacies and successes
 His head down, seven up, but got 'em see like I'm Bethlehem born
 Destined for more, outdancin' the Devil
 The best is yet to come, I feel like Eve's second son
 I am able, can't let 'em lead you astray like Adam was
 I keep goin', but that's enough
 He got bigheaded, they gassed him up
 Caught him outside with medallions tucked
 I swear this shit it can get sad as fuck
 But
 Live how I wanna 'cause I'm freer than a birdsong
 Life's a challenge, so for balance had to right some wrongs
 Live how I wanna 'cause I'm freer than a birdsong
 Live how I wanna 'cause I'm freer than a birdsong
 Life's a challenge, so for balance had to right some wrongs
 Live how I wanna 'cause I'm freer than a birdsong (yeah, uh)
 A pretty little bird on my doorstep awoke me
 I open my eyes to a place I don't know yet
 But been once before, yesterday in a moment
 Rememberin' times I was loveless and lonely, damn
 "Tell me what I know, man"
 "Life is a test"
 "So keep your eyes on your own paper"
 (Gold Mouf!)