MAYA

[Verse 1: PRICE] They killed my little bro Thomas yesterday And when you colored you don't really look to the law to investigate You just get the drop slide on the opps and replicate the same cycle Now you made rivals And you wonder why we remain spiteful I'ma tell you how the government truly put us in this position They only give assistance under one condition You gotta make sure that the daddy is missing They lower commissions, raise up the rent, and then handle evictions Soon as they put drugs in the hood they took away the love in the hood You see it's bad enough when we see cops that gotta frisk and smoke But then we hear stupid shit like, "You know black people kill each other the most" As if it ain't human nature to kill or attack whatever is close Whatever comes with a negative approach it's another way to put a rope on our throats It's a maze that we lost in think about what we got tossed in A prisoner couldn't kill a king and lions don't murder dolphins You can't kill who you don't see In other words forcing us in the ghetto was part of plot to put us against each other until we rot But we all that we got [Pre-Chorus: Price] They threw us in the slums and took our dreams Replaced them with a gun, it's all a scheme Then locked us in a box I hear your screams Caged bird, I gotta let you sing [Chorus: PRICE] Caged bird, I gotta let you Caged bird, I gotta let you sing Caged bird, I gotta let you Caged bird, I gotta let you sing [Verse 2: Kota the Friend] Flew away and got my dreams had to find my peace Moving cautious everywhere soldiers are falling like the leaves Block is calling, forcing my movements to be all I can be I meditate, it's crazy, I'm recently learning how to breathe Tension always building, we pensive they just be by my complexion I own my shit, I don't rent it I tell them talk to me nice Fuck that, talk to us nice They beat us over our backs But we still walking upright And now it's time to fly away now [Pre-Chorus: PRICE] They threw us in the slums and took our dreams Replaced them with a gun it's all a scheme Then locked us in a box I hear your screams Caged bird, I gotta let you sing [Chorus: PRICE] Caged bird, I gotta let you Caged bird, I gotta let you sing Caged bird, I gotta let you Caged bird, I gotta let you sing [Outro: PRICE] Fly away, fly away Fly away, fly away, fly away Fly away, fly away Fly away, fly away, fly away (Yeah) Fly away, home to Zion When my work is over, I will fly away Yo, give me that There will be no love letter passing in my classroom