Blackest Bird

Verse 1 (P.A.T. Junior):

First time seeing his mother shiver it was summer
Bike got clipped son of a gunner
She said she would replace in December
But the shivers kept her victim to that winter colored bitter
She done went missing now
Might face doom maddening the villain
Mad liberation is given throughout the rhythms
The heavy tempo beaten proceeded upon the seed of heavy drinker that's sinking in pain daddy's in prison now
But he keeps on showing up to class
With a back pack full D's
And vast knack for the she's
If you ask cat what he deems?
Worthy in this life of his personal purpose he
Draws blanks like you out of ink
The tattoo of his past has marked him out his peace
Skin color and dreams are "t's" for dirty police
I'm praying every word is strength into his feet
Runway is the streets
God wind under his wings
Blackbird

Pre-Hook:

(x 2) And every sentence has to be a feather
Added to his wings so he's blind to heavy weather

Blackbird, blackbird
Come on you gotta fly Blackbird
Fly for your life blackbird
Fly above the doubt blackbird

Hook (Greg Cox):

I know you, ain't seen a change and your
Daddy's name is pain, you feel
The cold is your homie, but I'm saying homie
You're gonna fly, come on BlackBird
You're gonna fly, so high

Verse 2 (Benjamin Starr):

Brothers, blowing in the wind like a tumbleweed
We buzzing, no honeysuckle for bumblebees
I see the stripes on him
He’s trying to fly but the swat’s close
Populated prisons be filling pockets when stocks close
How can I see him sinking, not thinking to intervene?
Seeing him taking in water
Too fast for him to breathe
I threw him a line, and aligned the movement to lift him up
Gave him all of my guidance
And still I don’t feel I did enough
(fuck it) I’ll take the world off his shoulders
If only for fleeting moments
To momentarily focus
On entrepreneur lore
Just to lure him out from his owners
I bit the bullet so hard I ended up chipping molars
You’re a soldier now
Don’t salute me nigga truthfully
Salute the movement;
Rebuke the nigga you used to be
Lift up the sisters and pledge your alliance brutally
Live and give of yourself, that’s the only thing you can do for me
I told the boy: “I’m Bruce Wayne and you’re Robin now”
This the shit I wish I could go tell your mom about”
I want to see you elevate
Icarus over wickedness
Poetic how I wax prophetic visions for listeners
My sinister cinematic woven into fabric
Of the fact that I need this black seed
Seeing successful habits
On track to tackle attackers
And the traps that they manufacture
Just cash in, don’t let them capture you
Crashing you down to ashes
Blackbird

Pre-Hook
Hook