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<TITLE>Strange Bird</TITLE>

<ARTIST>sweetZombieJebus</ARTIST>

<STYLE>Rap x Alt-Pop</STYLE>

<MOOD>Defiant, Uplifting</MOOD>

<BPM>84</BPM>

<KEY>Am</KEY>

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<LYRICS>

<VERSE_1>

Strange bird from Africa, caged in America

Ran ecstatic like a leopard

Misunderstood as the foreigner, quote unquote "average Joe"

Mind of an oracle what you hatin’ for?

I’m steady creatin’, though

Why is you waitin’, bro?

The time is now and um...

</VERSE_1>

<PRE_CHORUS>

They try to write me off, but I’m still writin’ on

I turn my pain to songs, help the quiet feel strong

Every bar they built, I bend until it’s gone

You can’t stop the dawn I rise, I move on

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<CHORUS>

From the cage to the sky, I’m soaring

Every wound in my past, still roaring

Can’t hold me down no borders, no walls

Strange bird sings loud hear the call

</CHORUS>

<VERSE_2>

Raised on resistance, fluent in struggle

Dreams in my fist can’t burst my bubble

“Fall in line,” they said; I don’t march the same

I built my own fire, I carved my own name

History heavy, still my spirit stays wild

Planting seeds for tomorrow watch the future smile

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<BRIDGE>

What you fear, I embrace; what you doubt, I create

What you cage, I escape; I was born to innovate

If the door don’t open, I’m making a way

If the path ain’t paved, I’m shaping the clay

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<VERSE_3>

I’m the voice of the unheard, rhythm in my veins

Carrying the stories, never lost in the flames

From the ground to the stage, from the silence to sound

Strange bird flies higher, wings never touch down

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<CHORUS_REPEAT intensity="bigger">

From the cage to the sky, I’m soaring

Every wound in my past, still roaring

Can’t hold me down no borders, no walls

Strange bird sings loud hear the call

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<PERFORMANCE_NOTES>

<VERSES>Rap delivery, tight pocket, slight swing.</VERSES>

<CHORUS>Melodic, layered harmonies, wide stereo.</CHORUS>

<PRODUCTION>

Warm 808s, crisp rim/snare, airy pads (no top-sparkle), subtle vinyl grit.

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