11/26/2023 0 Comments Caged bird lyrics j cole![]() Omen finally ties the idea of the Caged Bird to his own life, him being an artist makes Omen fells as though he is just a “Caged Bird” on a stage singing and rapping songs. Omen then expresses that he feels “caged by the visions by the blind.” Omen says that he started as king and turned to a slave, alluding to the history of Black Americans. Cole raps that the “Caged Bird” is stripped of humanity in life and made to feel less than human, and then in turn commits crimes. The situation of the Caged Bird is present in prisons across the country with black males. Cole kicks the song off by speaking on the over population of black males in prison. Cole and Omen expressing the life and the world of a Caged Bird. One track on the project, “Caged Bird” features J. Cole, Bàs, Cozz, Omen, Lute, and Ari Lennox. The track 9 track project features label artists J. Blessed has delivered a bold statement: one that’s deceptively simple appearance belies the countless things going on just beneath the surface.This past December, Dreamville Records released the 2nd installment to the “Revenge Of The Dreamers series. “Caged Bird” is a massive, eternally memorable song, and I’m not fussing over the grandeur of the presentation, but just about the artist’s thoughts which speak for themselves. And that it’s our fear of making choices and wanting to be free in every sense that condemns us to be sentenced. Blessed tells us it’s the exact opposite. “Caged Bird” is a metaphor, an expletive shouted out to society, a judgment of our own judgments, a wrestling with our insecurities, and a warning of our inadequacies.įor a lot of people, life isn’t a choice it’s a sentence. ![]() It’s a volatile incitement to stand up, and be counted. It’s as bold and as hard and as hopeful as it is bursting with vitriol. Blessed is cracking open his mindset all over this thing with vigor, unravelling strands of his thoughts as he was completing the Rings of Pandora. The pacing, flow and lyricism makes this single an engrossing listen. As far as his rapping, he feeds off the solid production work, delivering agile, tight rhymes, while the powerfully sung hook further accentuates “Caged Bird”. ![]() This seemingly conscious rapper trades in pop rap’s puerile punchlines for hard-hitting lyrics and a powerhouse beat to bolster him. ![]() Hence there is no point in living under false pretenses, or suffering the ire of others, but rather to take stock of who you really are, and embrace it. I see the son holding a gun, about to blast because his emotion is numb.” The magnitude of the rapper’s mission on “Caged Bird” is to bring his messages about society’s failures – wasted opportunities, shortsightedness, lack of ambition as well as the fear of self-empowerment and truly being free from the limitations humanity often wants to impose on you.īlessed’s new studio effort, is also a loose concept about how each choice you make in life will affect you for better or worse, and will have an impact on those around you too. The characters in Blessed’s narratives tend to be under immense pressure and strain: “I see society is broken in more ways than one. Blessed has just dropped his single, “Caged Bird”, to give us a taste of where his musical passion takes him. He plans to seriously pursue both of his interests. Inspired by the likes of Jay Z, Tupac, Biggie Smalls, Naz, Chance the Rapper, and mainly J Cole, Blessing Cummings A.K.A Blessed, is an upcoming artist who is also College student, studying Mechanical Engineering. ![]()
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