The Left, Finale - Caged Birds lyrics

Man I don't 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 digit's
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