I Know Why The Caged Bird Sing-BINARY STAR

[ti:I Know Why The Caged Bird Sing] [ar:BINARY STAR] [al:Masters Of The Universe] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Know Why The Caged Bird Sing - BINARY STAR [00:02.93]You know what I'm saying [00:03.85]You got these wack emcees out here [00:05.15]You know what I'm saying [00:06.52]They do three days in the county [00:07.92]You know what I'm saying [00:09.08]And come home and write a rhyme about doin' bids [00:12.17]You know what I'm sayin' [00:13.49]Shankin' shankin' people [00:14.66]Doin' time they don't know [00:16.89]Nothing 'bout time [00:17.50]Man I got people locked down [00:18.90]You know what I'm saying [00:20.38]Yo it's handcuffed [00:21.00]In the back of the bus forty of us [00:22.97]The road it was rough [00:23.96]Plus nobody I could trust [00:25.74]Headed upstate [00:26.42]No chance for escape [00:27.24] [00:27.75]Barbed wire and guards [00:28.96]And the gun tower secured the gate [00:30.76]My uncle's fate was life without parole [00:32.95]Thank God I was blessed with an out date [00:35.22]I can't wait but I got to [00:36.82]You probably wouldn't have did [00:38.07]What I did to catch a bid [00:39.56]But I'm not you [00:40.24]I got a crew still on the street [00:42.24]They don't write me letters [00:43.26]No time to visit a brotha [00:44.49]Or bother to send me cheddar [00:45.75]Never did I sweat it [00:46.72]I know they got a life to live [00:48.19]My man J had a wife and kid [00:50.27]And these are the consequences [00:51.55]My actions committed [00:52.82]Some cats that I used to visit [00:54.68]Now I live with [00:55.65]Along with swillas killas drug dealas [00:57.17]Some rich brothas [00:58.35]Crackheads con artists child molesters dick suckers [01:01.26]All types of individuals [01:02.03]Sorta like a melting pot for criminals [01:04.17]The system is designed to stock it plentiful [01:06.09]This old cat from the hood [01:07.98]Told me [01:08.45]Out of every bad situation comes some good [01:10.25]It's understood [01:11.22]Prison ain't good for my health [01:12.93]Lookin' in the mirror [01:13.79]Introducing me to myself [01:15.31]I studied my thoughts my ways [01:16.76]The routes I took [01:17.76]Though I read daily [01:18.67]It ain't all about the books [01:20.21]Its all about the lessons you learn [01:22.22]Through your experience [01:23.41]Applying it in a positive way period [01:25.59]All praise due to Allah [01:26.99]I used to scheme [01:27.93]'Til he showed me the straight way [01:29.28]Sirat al-Mustaqim [01:29.68] [01:30.37]Now I'm on the VI [01:31.58]Telling Moms about Islam [01:32.87]She called me a blasphemous fool [01:34.55]I stayed calm [01:35.42]The world wasn't ready for the changes I made [01:37.74]They was waitin' for the nigga [01:39.46]I was in twelfth grade [01:40.43]Everyday the same old thing [01:42.09]I walked the yard [01:43.03]Set up in the chow hall [01:44.24]With Abdul Rahim [01:45.07]Cats waitin' in infirmary lines [01:46.77]For they medicines [01:48.02]Moorish Americans walk around [01:49.71]With circle sevens [01:50.53]And older heads playin' horseshoes [01:51.67]Sometimes chess [01:52.96]Trippin' when I first seen a faggot [01:54.68]With breasts [01:55.32]In the shower with a cat [01:56.89]Gettin' hit from the back [01:58.09]White dudes [01:58.94]On basketball courts kickin' hackysacks [02:00.21] [02:00.87]Board games card game [02:02.25]Face it [02:03.09]Everybody time on they hands [02:04.52]Most of it wasted [02:05.35]Anything to make the time fly [02:07.08]Soon as possible [02:07.69]Some cats used to sleep all day [02:09.52]That's unacceptable [02:10.23]Heads getting cracked over unpaid debts [02:12.30]Either a shank or a lock on the side [02:14.55]Would do the trick [02:15.43]Correction officers devil's advocate [02:17.66]And when it's time to go home [02:19.27]Parole boards wasn't havin' it [02:20.68]Life was hell every day [02:21.72]The devil's tryin' me [02:22.97]But I paid my debt to society [02:24.54]And after twenty-seven months of my life [02:26.91]I'll tell you one thing [02:28.16]I know why the caged bird sings [02:30.51]In jail without the bail [02:32.89]In jail without the bail [02:35.13]In jail without the bail [02:37.45] [02:38.04]I know why the caged bird sings [02:39.34] [02:43.66]I know why the caged bird sings [02:45.26] [02:46.26]I know why the caged bird sings [02:47.80] [02:50.36]I sang the same song [02:53.34]When I was upstate [02:54.60]I couldn't flap wings