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Lion in a Cage

from I Know I Waited by Ascidzz

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This song is about needing space to put forth my best work. It takes on multiple meanings to display how a person who knows their greatness is restrained by a lack of information or wisdom. There is an overarching message of understanding that many of us are in that position and would be better off working to together to accomplish whatever the larger objective is. God's promise.

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I need my breathing space
You won't see me today
I just want to keep creating
Can't let my energy be taken

Too long I'd seek okays
Meanwhile I'm feeling strange
How is it I'm outside
Feel like a lion in a cage

I want to be myself
Sorry you don't see it this way
Crossroads with things I've left
I give the Spirit thanks.

Money won't ease my pain
Judge me don't see my change
Suffering I see my blame
How you want me the same?

You're talking to the right one
Harsh truths, yeah I like them
I walked in it so why run?
No excuse on my tongue

To you everything's a bygone
But won't let me loose when I say bye I'm gone
For you never had to ask how high, I jump
I like shooting but I'm looking for my dunk
No more losing, all I had to do was try once

How you get closer act like you have empathy
Loving me is torture, treating friends like enemies
Not trying to avoid you, I just have inner peace
I don't need noise to help me feel settled and at ease

I can be cordial but I'm not good with little speech
I'm here for you, only moving forward when we meet
I give glory, why do I have to be discrete?




I need my breathing space
You won't see me today
I just want to keep creating
Can't let my energy be taken


Too long I'd seek okays
Meanwhile I'm feeling strange
How is it I'm outside
Feel like a lion in a cage


I want to be myself
Sorry you don't see it this way
Crossroads with things I've left
I give the Spirit thanks.


Money won't ease my pain
Judge me don't see my change
Suffering I see my blame
How you want me the same?




Why should I feel disgraced
All on our own paths, mine leads in a different way
If you want to ride with me, I advise walk over say hey
I just feel obliged to teach, everyone deserves to be great

Kingdom inside me,
I'm on my knees when I give him praise.

Who are you to say you can't hear me when intensity raises
Some of the slickest tongues come from
Developing a little Patience

Bickering is inspiration.
So talk to me.

Why should I confine to the norm
I have been scorned, before I had a chance to be born
Planned to abort.
Still kicking, I'm meant to move forward

Still in it.
Honesty, confidence, personality, let them witness it

Picturing an imminent transition to kindness
God is prevailing over Evil
Putting feel goods into conscious

See I came from basements, shared rooms and garages
But who could stop this
Only music could massage his
Curious mindset

Grew from Monster to ruthless as Godzilla
Could sober up, you know you're even more you off the ganja.

Who was too proper?
You should understand clues in the context.

What's a genre that speaks to kings and great rulers inside us

Who determines if we get the yards in?
I was my own coach
Gotta build chemistry to get started

Teachers love to boast
But tell me what the alumni is
Sheep you're supposed to grow
Discover what happens beyond this...

But leave me out of it..

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from I Know I Waited, released April 8, 2022

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Ascidzz Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

First-born out of Philly, I make music for the introvert.

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