J. Cole - Caged Bird (feat. Omen) Apr 2026

Omen nodded, looking toward the horizon where the orange glow was being swallowed by the grey of the towers. "A bird born in a cage thinks flying is a sickness. We’ve been sick for a long time, Jermaine."

for the characters (e.g., a recording studio, a childhood memory)

Jermaine finally scribbled a line. Born in a box, thinking outside of it is treason. He thought about the brothers downstairs, trapped in the cycle of the hustle, wings clipped by the weight of a zip code. They had the songs of giants in their throats, but the world only heard the rattle of the locks.

you're aiming for (e.g., more gritty, more hopeful, or more abstract)