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taken from 12.18.2010

no matter who you are, or where you came from,
no matter what your thinking about right now
there's somebody out there, thinking about you,
trying to bring you down.
no matter who you are, where you came from,
somebody looking at you.
they want your dollars, want your styles,
wanting everything that you thought that you had just you.
but you cannot repeat it, you can't hold it in.
these people try to break you down with sin
they want you to be like them, and them like him
and they don't want nobody else to dream like them
and i be dreaming i'm dreaming
of a time where i can, be myself in my own damn hands
and i, i'm gonna take it, in fist of rage,
and i'm gonna stand on top, on top the cage


taken from 05.18.2002

don't believe everything that you read
don't believe everything that they write
and don't believe everything that you see
just believe in what is right
and don't let them confuse you
they gonna try to split you up
they gonna try so damn hard to break you down
conquer while dividing you
don't believe a word that they say to you
well just believe what you know in your heart

there's no races on top the cage
there's no colors on top the cage
i have no time for hate in my life no more
i have no time for violence in my life no more
well i choose love
to hold me down til the end of my time
and i'm ready, oh yes i'm ready
cause i know that i tried my best
so don't let them split you up
don't let them invade the nest
on top the cage
well on top my cage
and i'm never coming down, no no


taken from 05.10.2002

they try to break ya'll down
they try to split ya'll up
they're gonna lie to you with colors, creeds and things
they try to break you up
but don't believe everything that you read in the paper every day you wake up
and don't believe a damn thing that you see on the television set that up

and you know the mind is basically a cage
the key is in your heart
and you can break out any time you like
i don't have time for hate in my life no more
i choose love to push me on
i choose love to lift me up
i choose love to fill me up
i choose love to live my life every day
so if you wanna choose this love and break the hate
will ya'll join me on top the cage
on top my cage and i'm never coming down


taken from 01.21.2002

well i spend my time on top of this cage and i'm just looking out
i've got no time to be locked inside a cage in here looking out
so you ask me what i think about them trying to label me
they try to break you down by splitting you up
and why can't we see on top this cage
we're all one man, we are all one woman
we are all one person alive and living and moving on together
they try to seperate you with labels
they try to seperate you with sexes and creeds and things
and they try to seperate you by colors
why can't you see that we're all inside a cage together
and we're trying to get out
so why can't we just pass that key from one hand to another
don't you see that your hand is the same as mine
and that man to your left, the woman to your right's just fine
and you ask them for love and they'll give it right to you
because on top the cage i'm hoping that i can run right into you
on top the cage
on top my cage
i ain't never coming down


taken from 01.17.2002

sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay
were laid spread out before me, as her body was there
all those five horzions revolved around the sun, as the earth to the sun

you see it took awhile for me figure out what black was all about
well i feel like i am living inside a painting
and i'm crushed between the borders looking out
oh there's many nights when i know i'm part of things
but them closest to me seem to sell me out time and again
so that's when i figured out what black was all about

well i know someday you'll have a beautiful life
i know you'll be the sun in somebody else's sky
but why can't it be mine
i'm on top the cage
and i'm never coming down


taken from 01.16.2002

well i stand on top my cage sometimes middle of the night and i stare
i stare at that city down there and i think to myself, oh what can i do
oh, how can i grow, oh what exactly do i need to know
to get on top this cage done lost the key long ago
but i am at that age where i'd like to change, i'd like to bring about things in my mind
that i miss long ago all them frills and them frails and them things that i left behind
and i know what is stupid, i know what is wrong, i like to do right
but every once in a while in my day i love to have a pretty crazy night
so i feel that tonight could be that night, how bout you
would ya'll like to get on down, have a good time
chicago illinois say yeah
get out on top of that cage, don't ever lose your rage, oh no
get on top the cage and don't ever come down


taken from 10.26.2001

sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay
were laid spread out before me, as her body wore still
all those five horizons revolved around the sun, as the earth the sun
i can taste
i can see so much from on top this cage

took me awhile to figure out what this black was all about
stuck inside a painting, inside the borders, looking out
and i am surrounded by color, yet i can't see a thing
so i climb out on top of my cage and begin to sing

well i know someday you'll have a beautiful life
i know you'll be the sun
in somebody else's sky
but why can't it be mine
that's why i'm on top my cage

you must see, when you're alone you're never by yourself
because inside there's room to grow
and you might find that yourself is the best friend that you'll ever have
i've been stuck inside this painting, all these colors here
they done meshed into a big big pile of paint long gone year
and i felt that this cage was holding me down when it's locking me up
but i realized that i can pop the lock and get right on top
you must see, that there ain't no chains that can hold you down
you must see, that there ain't no lock in this town that can lock you down
you must see, that there ain't nothing black that don't have many colors
you must see, that a painting is only as strong as it's weakest spot
but what you got
you must understand i'm what i am
i ain't got nothing more than my own two feet
so i keep walking to that land
i'm not afraid to stop and talk
ah, lord knows i don't always walk
i like to run, i like to run, i like to run
and keep my shit kinda fun
cause i don't know what will come tomorrow, i only know today
i don't care about yesterday's many hours and i'm not gonna waste and pray
i got one thing that i'd liked to do is break away these chains
so you can never hold me down and this black is all rearranged

don't ever come down from the top of that cage
cause we each have a cage in our mind
we must break that lock and realize
you have a million brothers and sisters
you have a million little friends
even if you have not met them, they're gonna die for you in the end
this world is one, this world is one
so sit back and relax, enjoy your time, have some fun on top my cage