Birds

Hey, Bluebird, sitting in a tree Staring at me, tell me what do you see Now, hey, Redbird, way up high How you get so low, but you stay so fly One time for the BIRDS, one time (One Time) Two times for the BIRDS , two times (Two Times) Sing, little bird, don't cry (Don't Cry) Fly, little bird, stay fly (Stay Fly) Hey, Bluebird, sitting in a tree Staring at me, tell me what do you see Now, hey, Redbird, way up high How you get so low, but you stay so fly One time for the BIRDS, one time (one time) Two times for the BIRDS, two times (two times) Sing, little bird, don't cry (Don't Cry) Fly, little bird, stay fly (Stay Fly) She been fly since the beginning Her high supplied them a feeling of freedom Her mass appeal reached the regions New York's the United Kingdom's From basketball court arenas From White Houses and World Leaders From strippers to ballerinas From pastors, prisoners even To the baby's heart that is beating In mama's womb as she's singing The Sweetest Thing and fetus feet start kickin to the beat Look, Lauryns healing was needed And Kendrick's heart is a reason Hip-hop's alive and still breathing And I wonder before I leave here Could I leave her with some passion marks to let them know my love for her was strong And if He take me home, come get me , say it's time fah me ah'go Before I see the Promised Land Promise me that you'll get her there Treat her well, give her care, Lift her up, lift a prayer Cause we're well aware when she lifts her wings they'll try to shoot her down and slay her Her power is a threat Power moves if we move with power There'll be powerless like Alcatraz Some birds fly, and some birds don't But I'd rather be a pelican than a caged bird But to each his own You sing yo' song Hey, Bluebird, sitting in a tree Staring at me, tell me what do you see Now, hey, Redbird, way up high How you get so low, but you stay so fly One time for the BIRDS, one time (One Time) Two times for the BIRDS , two times (Two Times) Sing, little bird, don't cry (Don't Cry) Fly, little bird, stay fly (Stay Fly) Hey, Bluebird, sitting in a tree Staring at me, tell me what do you see Now, hey, Redbird, way up high How you get so low, but you stay so fly One time for the BIRDS, one time (one time) Two times for the BIRDS, two times (two times) Sing, little bird, don't cry (Don't Cry) Fly, little bird, stay fly (Stay Fly) Tell Batmane I'm the baddest, tell Dre fly to Atlanta Tell Sway I'm the new answer, a different flavor, Blue Fanta Untypical taste, but top talent I flick my flame and they fan it Now I'm on fire, they frantic I can't be contained, to be candid I'm like cocaine, lit with propane Dealing a feeling that's never in vain They couldn't compare, it simply doesn't equate To the high I attain When I pull out my pen and like a grenade Throw out a bomb bar to blow em' away Make the ground rock, tremble and shake (AH!) Every day these wars , they rage But I'll battle and bang Till it's emancipation Till it's a proclamation Till it's not all talk and conversation But a manifestation of our Hip-Hop Nation Where we Rise Up and we raising Kings and Queens and we walk round' chainless and whips ain't the only thang custom painted Picture us, a new creation A new frame of mind and body language changing Sangin' more bout liftin up and liberation " It's a bird, it's a plane" Naw Hip-Hop what HER name is! Sang it! Hey, Bluebird, sitting in a tree Staring at me, tell me what do you see Now, hey, Redbird, way up high How you get so low, but you stay so fly One time for the BIRDS, one time (One Time) Two times for the BIRDS , two times (Two Times) Sing, little bird, don't cry (Don't Cry) Fly, little bird, stay fly (Stay Fly) Hey, Bluebird, sitting in a tree Staring at me, tell me what do you see Now, hey, Redbird, way up high How you get so low, but you stay so fly One time for the BIRDS, one time (one time) Two times for the BIRDS, two times (two times) Sing, little bird, don't cry (Don't Cry) Fly, little bird, stay fly (Stay Fly)