I know why the caged birds fly
Because I need to extend my wings
To fly away to make my escape
From his steel cage I know I got all day
There's got to be a way
To get out of my nightmare
Such wear and tear on my mind
Physiologically confined and too much time
To double life plus 99
Same routine makes me want to scream
And leave this bad dream, road to low self esteem
Downward trajectory
Started a criminal history
Somebody set me free from another strike three
Look out! Here comes another race riot, almost never quiet
You gotta fight it, you decide it
Co's messin' with your mind and your property
Doin' time with Socrates
Denyin' the flesh because ain't nothing plush about
Livin in this mess, a cemetery of the living
Suffering what their giving
Got me wiggin
Out livin in this monastery without peace
Gotta describe how I feel, confined coffin with bars
Diffused shining star on the left side of mars
With a thousand other cats all stressin where they're at
Takin it out on each other
Each a depressed stressed out brotha
I confess sometimes they cry and daily die a little inside
There's got to be a way to get out some day
Out of this concrete steel cave
Peace out!