Anderson .Paak - The Bird (Explicit)
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[ar:Anderson .Paak]
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[00:00.00]The Bird (Explicit) - Anderson .Paak
[00:06.14]Written by:Anderson .Paak
[00:12.28]A bird with the word came to me
[00:14.57]
[00:15.48]The sweetness of a honeycomb tree
[00:18.12]
[00:18.71]And now I look what's taking over me
[00:21.13]
[00:21.72]Couldn't fake it if I wanted to
[00:23.61]
[00:24.81]I had to wake up just to make it through
[00:26.96]
[00:27.93]I got my patience and I'm making do
[00:29.92]
[00:31.17]I learned my lessons from the ancient roots
[00:33.16]
[00:34.38]I choose to follow what the greatest do
[00:36.44]
[00:38.00]A bird with the word came to me
[00:40.51]
[00:41.31]The sweetness of a honeycomb tree
[00:43.88]
[00:44.50]And now I look what's taking over me
[00:46.85]
[00:47.50]Couldn't fake it if I wanted to
[00:49.30]
[00:50.58]I had to wake up just to make it through
[00:52.70]
[00:53.79]I got my patience and I'm making do
[00:55.74]
[00:57.06]I learned my lessons from the ancient roots
[00:59.10]
[01:00.23]I choose to follow what the greatest do
[01:02.18]
[01:02.86]I'm repping for the longest cycle mmm
[01:06.23]My uncles had to pay the cost mmm
[01:08.70]
[01:09.30]My sister used to sing to Whitney mmm
[01:11.92]
[01:12.63]My mama caught the gambling bug mmm
[01:15.19]
[01:15.75]We came up in a lonely castle mmm
[01:18.52]
[01:19.05]My papa was behind them bars mmm
[01:21.56]
[01:22.19]We never had to want for nothing mmm
[01:25.47]Said all we ever need is love mmm
[01:28.24]
[01:28.76]We see the same things
[01:30.72]Oh oh oh
[01:32.08]We sing the same songs
[01:33.92]Oh oh oh
[01:35.33]We feel the same grief
[01:37.25]Oh oh oh
[01:38.52]Bleed the same blood
[01:40.15]
[01:41.61]You grew up in the home beside me
[01:43.84]
[01:44.88]I always had a friend to call
[01:47.24]
[01:48.02]How could I make it here without you
[01:50.57]Mmm
[01:51.22]I pray I leave before you're gone
[01:53.36]
[01:55.38]A bird with a word came to me
[01:57.63]
[01:58.58]The sweetness of a honeycomb tree
[02:01.04]
[02:01.71]And now I look what's taking over me
[02:04.14]
[02:04.77]Couldn't fake it if I wanted to
[02:06.67]
[02:07.91]I had to wake up just to make it through
[02:09.70]
[02:11.05]I got my patience and I'm making do
[02:12.94]
[02:14.31]I learned my lessons from the ancient roots
[02:16.16]
[02:17.52]I choose to follow what the greatest do
[02:19.44]
[02:21.09]A bird with the word came to me
[02:23.33]
[02:24.33]The sweetness of a honeycomb tree
[02:26.78]
[02:27.65]And now my luck was taking over me
[02:29.73]
[02:30.57]Couldn't fake it if I wanted to
[02:32.30]
[02:33.56]I had to wake up just to make it through
[02:35.65]
[02:36.83]I got my patience and I'm making do
[02:38.74]
[02:39.89]I learned my lessons from the ancient roots
[02:42.15]
[02:43.22]I choose to follow what the greatest do
[02:45.20]
[03:11.03]Hey my little youth is crying
[03:13.63]
[03:15.07]I'm almost home almost home
[03:18.45]Look no further riots mmm
[03:20.01]
[03:21.75]Working my fingers to the bone
[03:24.85]See I do the best I can mmm
[03:27.42]
[03:28.05]Mama was a farmer mmm
[03:30.62]
[03:31.25]Papa was a goner mmm