As far as his rapping, he feeds off the solid production work, delivering agile, tight rhymes, while the powerfully sung hook further accentuates “Caged Bird”. This seemingly conscious rapper trades in pop rap’s puerile punchlines for hard-hitting lyrics and a powerhouse beat to bolster him. Hence there is no point in living under false pretenses, or suffering the ire of others, but rather to take stock of who you really are, and embrace it. I see the son holding a gun, about to blast because his emotion is numb.” The magnitude of the rapper’s mission on “Caged Bird” is to bring his messages about society’s failures – wasted opportunities, shortsightedness, lack of ambition as well as the fear of self-empowerment and truly being free from the limitations humanity often wants to impose on you.īlessed’s new studio effort, is also a loose concept about how each choice you make in life will affect you for better or worse, and will have an impact on those around you too. The characters in Blessed’s narratives tend to be under immense pressure and strain: “I see society is broken in more ways than one. Blessed has just dropped his single, “Caged Bird”, to give us a taste of where his musical passion takes him. He plans to seriously pursue both of his interests. Well, it's the oratory vet Turned down king slash poet laureate Used to paint a picture with a story of neglect I could've been a shorty drinking 40s on the steps With a shorty on my lap With a shorty on the way coming shortly to protect I could've been a dealer in the party with the X But I'm hardly in the mix and I partially confess I definitely got a couple parts in me that I regret Is the cup half-empty or is it half-full? I fill mine up with Hennessy, then get back to him I'm just a jazz musician trapped in a rap form You think you standing for something you on a trap door Well it's the, Mr.Inspired by the likes of Jay Z, Tupac, Biggie Smalls, Naz, Chance the Rapper, and mainly J Cole, Blessing Cummings A.K.A Blessed, is an upcoming artist who is also College student, studying Mechanical Engineering. Yeah, caged bird Something like a caged bird Caged bird Yeah, look You ain't a man till you stop chasing your friends, my n**** Think for yourself, make your own plans, my n**** I'll be lying if I said I ain't understand, my n**** Cause who you gon' follow when the leaders all get swallowed By reefer clouds and bottles In and out of county jail This is hell, see the young black males in packed cells With they heads down And they fists clenched tight Thinking "I could bust a hole through this wall And b**** I just might" It's just like the caged bird I sing a song Hoping they open up these bars and send a n**** home I cry when I'm alone I'm wondering why would God send me here Knowing that they hate us Knowing that they make us feel like we evil so we kill our people Without a second thought, in every lesson taught by OGs We full of real n**** wisdom, so we proceed Like real n***** who been stripped of our humanity I see the judge's eyes, I know that he ain't understanding me A caged bird (Yeah, a caged bird) (Let this little caged bird sing) Caged bird Yeah, caged bird Freedom's just an illusion, that's my conclusion And if it ain't, then how my n***** keep on losin' theirs? This goes out to childhood friends that's doin' years Prison tats on they backs like souvenirs We wish that you was here A mother's tear spilled on this page A brother's tear spilled on this page How many days left? And can you find peace when you released Still filled up wit' rage Back on the streets just to peep that you still in the cage
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