Anderson .Paak - The bird

^AmA bird with the word came to me The ^Dsweetness of a honeycomb tree And ^Cnow I look what's taking over me Couldn't ^Cfake it if I wanted to I had to ^F7wake up just to make it through I got my ^F7patience and I'm making do I learned my ^D7lessons from the ancient roots I choose to f^D7ollow what the greatest do A ^Ambird with the word came to me The ^Dsweetness of a honeycomb tree And ^Cnow I look what's taking over me Couldn't ^Cfake it if I wanted to I had to ^F7wake up just to make it through I got my ^F7patience and I'm making do I learned my ^D7lessons from the ancient roots I choose to ^D7follow what the greatest do

I'm repping for the ^Clongest cycle, mmm My uncles had to ^Cpay the cost, mmm My sister used to ^C/Asing to Whitney, mmm My mama caught the ^C/Agambling bug, mmm We came up in a ^F7lonely castle, mmm My papa was ^F7behind them bars, mmm We never had to ^D7want for nothing, mmm Said all we ever ^D7need is love, mmm We see the ^Amsame things We sing the ^Dsame songs We feel the ^Csame grief Bleed the ^Csame blood You grew up in the ^Fhome beside me I always had a ^F7friend to call How could I make it ^Dm7here without you? Mmm I pray I leave ^Dm7before you're gone

Hey, my little youth is ^Ccrying I'm almost ^Chome, almost home Look no further ^C/Ariots, mmm Working my ^C/Afingers to the bone See I do the ^F7best I can, mmm Mama was a ^F7farmer, mmm Papa was a ^D7goner, mmm