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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Jhené Aiko
Vocals
James Poyser
Keyboards
Steve Wyreman
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
James Poyser
Songwriter
Steve Wyreman
Songwriter
Lonnie Lynn
Songwriter
Ernest Dion Wilson
Songwriter
Jhene Aiko Chilombo
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
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Producer
Jim Caruana
Recording Engineer
Michael Law Thomas
Recording Engineer
Casey Cuayo
Assistant Recording Engineer
Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton
Mixing Engineer
Dave Kutch
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Yes
This is all I have left in me
[Verse 2]
Said she had just self-expressed
Herself to death, now nothing's left
Nothingness
She finessed it
She the best (She the best, she the best)
And I said (And I said, and I said)
And I said (And I said)
[Verse 3]
Pretty bird
And I said
Pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird
Sounds so pretty when you cry
Pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird
You're so pretty, but why I never see you fly?
Pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird
Please don't die, please don't die
Pretty bird, pretty bird, I know you're hurtin'
Well so am I, so am I
Pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird
Please don't cry, you can fly
[Verse 4]
And there's a blinding light inside of you
There's a blinding light inside of you
And they cannot deny you, they cannot deny you
[Verse 5]
Pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird
Pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird
Please don't die, please don't die
Pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird
Please don't die, please don't die
Pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird
[Verse 6]
Pretty bird, pretty bird
Sounds so pretty when you cry
Pretty bird, pretty bird, I know you're hurting
Well so am I
[Verse 7]
Pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird
Pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird
Pretty bird, pretty bird
Please don't die, please don't cry
Pretty bird, pretty bird
We need your life, we need your life
[Verse 8]
The city heard the sounds of a pretty bird
Yelling from Slauson to 53rd
What happens if you holla and can't be heard?
For the birds and the drama, I paint these words
They say through the pain is how we learn
You landed on the window of pain, simple and plain
It's hard for you to fly in the rain
[Verse 9]
The way love goes is not the way that it came
Come fly, un-die, be born again
I've seen the strongest of them be torn from men
Ripped apart and get put back together
Them the ones with the most beautiful feathers
Let's flock together, rock together, Nirvana
A bird's persona to be free and honor
The sky, that's when you really most high
Unafraid of the unknown and now we know why (Know why)
[Verse 10]
Pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird
Let me hear that back
Written by: Ernest Wilson, James Poyser, Jhené Aiko, Lonnie Lynn, Steve Wyreman