Verse 1 (P.A.T. Junior): First time seeing his mother shiver it was summer Bike got clipped son of a gunner She said she would replace in December But the shivers kept her victim to that winter colored bitter She done went missing now Might face doom maddening the villain Mad liberation is given throughout the rhythms The heavy tempo beaten proceeded upon the seed of heavy drinker that's sinking in pain daddy's in prison now But he keeps on showing up to cla** With a back pack full D's And vast knack for the she's If you ask cat what he deems? Worthy in this life of his personal purpose he Draws blanks like you out of ink The tattoo of his past has marked him out his peace Skin color and dreams are "t's" for dirty police I'm praying every word is strength into his feet Runway is the streets God wind under his wings Blackbird Pre-Hook: (x 2) And every sentence has to be a feather Added to his wings so he's blind to heavy weather Blackbird, blackbird Come on you gotta fly Blackbird Fly for your life blackbird Fly above the doubt blackbird Hook (Greg Cox): I know you, ain't seen a change and your Daddy's name is pain, you feel The cold is your homie, but I'm saying homie You're gonna fly, come on BlackBird You're gonna fly, so high Verse 2 (Benjamin Starr): Brothers, blowing in the wind like a tumbleweed We buzzing, no honeys**le for bumblebees I see the stripes on him He's trying to fly but the swat's close Populated prisons be filling pockets when stocks close How can I see him sinking, not thinking to intervene? Seeing him taking in water Too fast for him to breathe I threw him a line, and aligned the movement to lift him up Gave him all of my guidance And still I don't feel I did enough (f** it) I'll take the world off his shoulders If only for fleeting moments To momentarily focus On entrepreneur lore Just to lure him out from his owners I bit the bullet so hard I ended up chipping molars You're a soldier now Don't salute me n***a truthfully Salute the movement; Rebuke the n***a you used to be Lift up the sisters and pledge your alliance brutally Live and give of yourself, that's the only thing you can do for me I told the boy: “I'm Bruce Wayne and you're Robin now” This the sh** I wish I could go tell your mom about” I want to see you elevate Icarus over wickedness Poetic how I wax prophetic visions for listeners My sinister cinematic woven into fabric Of the fact that I need this black seed Seeing successful habits On track to tackle attackers And the traps that they manufacture Just cash in, don't let them capture you Crashing you down to ashes Blackbird Pre-Hook Hook