[00:12]A bird with the word came to me
[00:15]The sweetness of a honeycomb tree
[00:18]And now I look what's taking over me
[00:21]Couldn't fake it if I wanted to
[00:24]I had to wake up just to make it through
[00:27]I got my patience and I'm making do
[00:31]I learned my lessons from the ancient roots
[00:34]I choose to follow what the greatest do
[00:37]A bird with the word came to me
[00:40]The sweetness of a honeycomb tree
[00:44]And now I look what's taking over me
[00:47]Couldn't fake it if I wanted to
[00:50]I had to wake up just to make it through
[00:53]I got my patience and I'm making do
[00:56]I learned my lessons from the ancient roots
[00:59]I choose to follow what the greatest do
[01:03]I'm repping for the longest cycle,
[01:05]mmm
[01:06]My uncles had to pay the cost,
[01:08]mmm
[01:09]My sister used to sing to Whitney,
[01:11]mmm
[01:12]My mama caught the gambling bug,
[01:14]mmm
[01:15]We came up in a lonely castle,
[01:18]mmm
[01:19]My papa was behind them bars,
[01:21]mmm
[01:22]We never had to want for nothing,
[01:24]mmm
[01:25]Said all we ever need is love,
[01:27]mmm
[01:28]We see the same things
[01:31]We sing the same songs
[01:35]We feel the same grief
[01:38]Bleed the same blood
[01:41]You grew up in the home beside me
[01:44]I always had a friend to call
[01:48]How could I make it here without you?
[01:50]Mmm
[01:51]I pray I leave before you're gone
[01:55]A bird with a word came to me
[01:58]The sweetness of a honeycomb tree
[02:01]And now I look, what's taking over me
[02:04]Couldn't fake it if I wanted to
[02:07]I had to wake up, just to make it through
[02:10]I got my patience and I'm making do
[02:14]I learned my lessons from the ancient roots
[02:17]I choose to follow what the greatest do
[02:21]A bird with the word came to me
[02:24]The sweetness of a honeycomb tree
[02:27]And now my luck was taking over me
[02:30]Couldn't fake it if I wanted to
[02:33]I had to wake up just to make it through
[02:36]I got my patience and I'm making do
[02:39]I learned my lessons from the ancient roots
[02:43]I choose to follow what the greatest do
[03:11]Hey, my little youth is crying
[03:14]I'm almost home, almost home
[03:18]Look no further riots,
[03:20]mmm
[03:21]Working my fingers to the bone
[03:24]See I do the best I can,
[03:27]mmm
[03:28]Mama was a farmer,
[03:30]mmm
[03:31]Papa was a goner,
[03:33]mmm

A bird with the word came to me
The sweetness of a honeycomb tree
And now I look what's taking over me
Couldn't fake it if I wanted to
I had to wake up just to make it through
I got my patience and I'm making do
I learned my lessons from the ancient roots
I choose to follow what the greatest do
A bird with the word came to me
The sweetness of a honeycomb tree
And now I look what's taking over me
Couldn't fake it if I wanted to
I had to wake up just to make it through
I got my patience and I'm making do
I learned my lessons from the ancient roots
I choose to follow what the greatest do
I'm repping for the longest cycle,
mmm
My uncles had to pay the cost,
mmm
My sister used to sing to Whitney,
mmm
My mama caught the gambling bug,
mmm
We came up in a lonely castle,
mmm
My papa was behind them bars,
mmm
We never had to want for nothing,
mmm
Said all we ever need is love,
mmm
We see the same things
We sing the same songs
We feel the same grief
Bleed the same blood
You grew up in the home beside me
I always had a friend to call
How could I make it here without you?
Mmm
I pray I leave before you're gone
A bird with a word came to me
The sweetness of a honeycomb tree
And now I look, what's taking over me
Couldn't fake it if I wanted to
I had to wake up, just to make it through
I got my patience and I'm making do
I learned my lessons from the ancient roots
I choose to follow what the greatest do
A bird with the word came to me
The sweetness of a honeycomb tree
And now my luck was taking over me
Couldn't fake it if I wanted to
I had to wake up just to make it through
I got my patience and I'm making do
I learned my lessons from the ancient roots
I choose to follow what the greatest do
Hey, my little youth is crying
I'm almost home, almost home
Look no further riots,
mmm
Working my fingers to the bone
See I do the best I can,
mmm
Mama was a farmer,
mmm
Papa was a goner,
mmm