On Top the Cage

I look out below me the clouds on top the blue
I said the kids thinking about nothing
'Cause absolutely nothing to do
The door ain't wide it's just open, open to my sky
I said on top the cage keep hoping
On top the cage just try, on top the cage

Help out your brother to the light at peace is a helping hand
And with help from my mother, I shine so bright
I gonna march to my father's land
I said we take spot, and we take it up top and that key gone fit in the lock
Would y'all come with me on this lifting walk, and you know you never come back
Because on top the cage is the harmony that bars and chains will never chime
Wherever I go it's not far for me, I better befriend old man time

On top my cage
And I'm never coming down

They might feed you all these things in your ear
Oh, trust me, it's easy for you to stop and hear
You might listen to that babble a lil' bit, at a little time
They tried to separate us each and every single time

They tried to feed you all these races
They tried to feed you all these sexes
And these creeds don't mean a thing
Because we are all one under that great sun
You must understand, my hand is the same as the next
And your neighbor right next to you
He feels the same in his chest

In your heart, we are one
In your mind, we are one
In your soul, we are one
So don't believe anything that they tell you
I'll tell my kids you can be there, we're all the same
I'm sick and tired of hearing everybody tell me
That my name makes me different
That my skin makes me different
Well, I feel we're all the same

I'm on top of my cage
On top of the cage
And I'm never coming down