(Kontrast)
Lock it down, just to hold me over,
But don't talk too loud, 'cause you might blow me over,
When the diamond glamour's strong
And the spade digs the grave,
But the club hammers on
Still my heart's here to stay,
Let's see you stack up when your chips fall
When your thick walls get ripped by brick balls,
Grip all your pitfalls
When the shit stalls and your spit draws,
Thick coughs, get lost, hit fog,
See where the tick crawls in the shit stalls in the strip malls?
You forget all the tricks fit to break it off
Shake it off..
Forgot I had a smarter bluff:
Laid my cards when the odds weren't enough,
So every sweet syllable becomes a bleak miracle,
They reachin' out to touch but never claim that they're feeling you,
Now I've come between the two:
Fame and the allegiance
Or the dame and the bereavement
But I say I need to see it through,
Seems advice is a device (de-vice)
Just to advise, add a vice to my life
Now I spite trife,
Then I choke time,
Stop still night and day
But a broke clock is still right twice a day

CHORUS x2
If I could take the day with me,
Then I would make you say you'd see,
I should take it patiently
'Cause now I can hear how the caged bird sings

(Fo Chief)
It's a beautiful day, I wake up every morning,
With the gloom on my face, knowing that you is on a
Different part of my page, I think you kinked my armor,
As far as me, I'm in pain, not what the doctor ordered,
It's funny, how one decision can change everything,
A second you have 'em, the next they onto heavens' wing,
I dunno what happened, imagine all the worst of things,
I hope they find a path to peace, ain't no more worrying,
I stare off to the moon venting my pain astray,
It's like when I need it now it's always a day away
Life twists, and it turns and it hurts, bra,
Swearin' it's workin' against ya just to murk ya,
Damn,
And then you take a deep breath,
Re-evaluating on what you think's best,
Yo I'm tired of waitin' so I'ma eat next,
So I gotta dig deepest to reach my complete depth

BRIDGE
(A.V.I.U.S of Prime Element)
Spend so much time tryna succeed,
Pickin' up what's left under siege,
Bendin' walls just tryna believe
Still wishin' on a dream while the caged bird sings,
Spend a lifetime tryna succeed,
To watch it all fall apart at the seams,
Cashin' in now, tryna believe
Still wishin' on a dream while the caged bird sings

(Spoke-In-Wordz)
All my life I been known as a bad guy
I walk around with a smile so I don't give off a bad vibe,
But underneath this smile is pain,
A sad face pissed at the game,
'Cause these fake "jacks" are lame
With no "heart"
Callin' themselves "kings,"
Better hope it rains, 'cause this is what hell brings,
Risin' like a phoenix out of the flames into a Dark Knight,
What's your next move?
I'm steps ahead of you, bet it's a hard life...
Shake my hand friend, join me,
Feel the "joy of my buzz," you can't avoid me....I'm hot,
With a sadistic sense of humor,
Spit sick, the ruler,
Rip shit, and go ballistic,
A villain on the mic,
Crook of my city is the rumor,
Kill 'em every night,
Don't let this grin fool ya,
I'm 'bout to set it off and take this city with me,
It's up to you to save it, but the situation's frisky,
Come get me

CHORUS x4
If I could take the day with me,
Then I would make you say you'd see,
I should take it patiently
'Cause now I can hear how the caged bird sings