Trapped

I’ve been caged for too long Trapped and ensnared for so long Kept in a place I don’t belong But I tried to stay strong Did everything I was told to Got the education I was supposed to I was promised I would go places But life has changed faces I was told I was free, free as a bird Why does freedom hurt so much? Freedom aint never been this poor Freedom aint never been this sorry Freedom aint never been so hopeless How can the system be so imperfect? My ancestors begged from your ancestors My parents begged from your parents The system says I should beg from you But I refuse to stretch out my hand to beg I refuse to sing the song of a loser I refuse to live like a beggar The system won’t work because you don’t let it The system stinks but you don’t see it Free my mind, free my body, free my spirit Away with the system, away with oppression My solutions come from within me