Don't understand
How I could be so blind
Something is changing
And I don't know why
Heaven knows how much I sacrifice
(I hear you, I hear you)
Now nothing in this world
Will ever change her mind
Freedom, what she needs
She wants freedom
'Cause she got dreams
In her heart it's time to go
A long way from home
Yes, it's a long way from home
I still remember
Her standing there
(Yeah, baby)
The sun was shining
On her soft brown hair
Well, all my life
Every tear I cried
I saw the future in her eyes
Now her heart says it's time to go
A long way from home
Freedom is what she needs
She wants freedom
'Cause she's got dreams
And I hope she knows she's not alone
'Cause it's a long way from home
It's a long way from home
I think about her and then I pray
That she'll be safe and warm
(Safe and warm)
I get on my knees
(Down on my knees)
Oh Lord
(Oh Lord)
Freedom is what she needs
She wants freedom
'Cause she's got dreams
Give her freedom to believe
Her heart says it's time to go
A long way from home
Such a long way from home
It's a long way from home
Freedom
(Uh huh, that's what I want)
Freedom
(That's what I need)
Freedom
(That's what I've got to have)
Freedom
(Oh baby, that's what I've gotta have)
Freedom
(Oh baby, baby)
Freedom
Freedom, freedom
(She needs freedom)
Freedom
(That's what she needs)
(She wants, she wants freedom)
Freedom, she wants freedom
(She's got to have)
This is my right
A right given by god
To live a free life
To live in freedom
Talkin' about freedom
I’m talkin' about freedom
I will fight for the right
To live in freedom
Any one
Tries to take it away
You will have to answer
Cause this is my right
Talkin' about freedom
I’m talkin' about freedom
I will fight for the right
To live in freedom
Yeah Oh
Talkin' about freedom
I’m talking about freedom
I will fight for the right
To live in freedom
Everybody talkin' about freedom
We're talking about freedom
We will fight for the right
To live in freedom
Talkin' about freedom
I’m talkin' about freedom
I will fight for the right
To live in freedom
Talkin' about freedom
We're talkin' about freedom
We will fight for the right
To live in freedom
We the people of the United States
In order to form a more perfect union
Stop pretending that you've never been bad
You're never wrong and you've never been dirty
You're such a saint, that ain't the way we see you
You want to rule us with an iron hand
You change the lyrics and become Big Brother
This ain't Russia, you ain't my Dad or Mother
(They never knew anyway)
'Cuz I never walk away from what I know is right
But I'm gonna turn my back on you
Freedom, we're gonna ring the bell
Freedom to rock, freedom to talk
Freedom, raise your fist and yell
Freedom to rock, freedom to talk
Freedom-ring
You're playing God from your ivory tower
Back off preacher, I don't care if it's Sunday
I ain't no angel, but I never felt better
We're a make-up metal generation
We're not as stupid as you want to make us
You better leave us man
'Cuz you sure can't take us
Nobody better tell you how to live your life
You gotta do it on your own
Freedom, we're gonna ring the bell
Freedom to rock, freedom to talk
Freedom, raise your fist and yell
Freedom to rock, freedom to talk
Freedom-ring
Cuz I never walk away from what I know is right
But I'm gonna turn my back on you
Freedom, we're gonna ring the bell
Freedom to rock, freedom to talk
Freedom, raise your fist and yell
"No" is just a word
That people say when they're afraid
And if you say "no" to me
Then I will fight you till I'm free
Say freedom, brotherhood
Justice, just say "yes"
Say freedom, brotherhood
Justice, just say "yes"
'Cause "no" is just a word
That people say when they can't cope
And if you say "no" to me
Then I will fight you till I'm free
Freedom, brotherhood
Justice, just say "yes"
Freedom, brotherhood
Justice, just say "yes"
'Cause "no" is just a word
That people say when they are lost
And if you say "no" to me
Then I will fight you till I'm free
Say freedom, brotherhood
Justice, just say "yes"
Freedom, brotherhood
Justice, just say "yes"
Say freedom, brotherhood
Dim and wavering on a wind blown night
Whose honor, whose anger, cold and quivering
As was the wind blown night
Into which she'd fallen, fallen
Freedom, well it's a thing that is fleeting
Freedom is standing next to you
Well, my intentions were clear
I was with him, everyone knew, poor little fool
Beautiful as you are with that high spirit
Morning star of evil hit me, cut me like a knife
Cool and collected, she became that with time
Totally rejected
Freedom, well it's a thing that is fleeting
Freedom is standing next to you
Well, my intentions were clear
I was with him, everyone knew, poor little fool
It's all in the eyes, it's all in the way that you look
It's all in the way that you say very little
It's all in the way that you talk
Look at me with daggers
It won't do you any good
All the looks that you've used on me
Don't work now that you've fallen, fallen, fallen
Freedom, well it's a thing that is fleeting
Freedom is standing next to you
Well, my intentions were clear
I was with him, everyone knew, poor little fool
Look at me with daggers
It won't do you any good
All the looks that you've used on me
Don't work now that you've fallen, freedom
All the looks that you've used on me
Don't work now that you've fallen, freedom
Freedom, everyone knew
Poor little fool, poor little fool, poor little fool
Everyday I hear a different story
People say that you're no good for me
So you love another
And she's making a fool of you
If you love me baby
Don't deny it
But you left me
And tell me
I should try it
Tell me I'm a baby
And I will understand
But to know that I'll forgive you
Just this once, twice, forever
'Cause baby
You could take me to heaven and back
Just as long as we're together
And you do
I don't want your freedom
I don't want to play around
I don't want nobody's baby
Part-time love just brings me down
I don't need your freedom
Girl all I want right now is you
Like a prisoner who has his own key
But I can't escape until you love me
I just go from day to day
Knowing all about the other boys
You take my hand and tell me I'm a fool
To give you all I do
Bet you someday
Baby
Someone says the same to you
But to know that I'll forgive you
Just this once, twice, forever
'Cause baby
You could take me to heaven and back
Just as long as we're together
And you do
I don't want your freedom
I don't want to play around
I don't want nobody's baby
Part-time love just brings me down
I don't need your freedom
Girl all I want right now is you
But to know that I'll forgive you
Just this once, twice, forever
'Cause baby
You could take me to heaven and back
Just as long as we're together
And you do
I don't want your freedom
I don't need to play around
I don't want nobody's baby
Part-time love just brings me down
I don't want your
I don't want your
I don't want your
I don't want your
I don't want your
I don't want your
I don't want your
I don't want your
Everything I have, everything I own
All my mistakes man, you already know
I wanna be free, I wanna be free
From Senegal, West Africa
To St. Louis, Missouri
Thanks to Catherine Dana
For giving my pops his glory
He came down with his drum
And a dream to change the world
In a free uplifting world
And that's all he ever want
Mom came a little after
Gave birth to my brother
Then all of the pressure
Made 'em fight one another
See, the pain would never last
Did the best with what they had
He knew the world was out for grabs
And he searched to find his
Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom
Everything I have, everything I own
All my mistakes, man, you already know
I wanna be free, I wanna be free
So I search to find my
Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom
Everything I have, everything I own
All my mistakes, girl, you already know
I wanna be free, I wanna be free
As a kid I never knew
I'd have to hustle just to make it through
So I found myself skipping school
'Cause the girls don't think I'm cool
And because of that I didn't care
Whether or not I went to jail
I just wanna be treated fair
'Cause that's all I ever knew
Telling me I need to slow down
'Cause everybody in the whole town
'Cause they know how I get down
Foreigner from another town
Can you believe we still around?
After so many hit the ground
And we ain't gon' stop now
Until we get that
Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom
Everything I have, everything I own
All my mistakes, man, you already know
I wanna be free, I wanna be free
Won't stop till I find my
Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom
Everything I have, everything I own
All my mistakes, girl, you already know
I wanna be free, I wanna be free
If you wanna be free, and the land is drug free
Put your hands up, put your hands up
If you wanna be free, from all your misery
Put your hands up, put your hands up
If you wanna be free, with plenty money
Put your hands up, put your hands up
If you wanna be free, just praise G O D
Put your hands up, put your hands up
Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom
Everything I have, everything I own
All my mistakes girl, you already know
I wanna be free, I wanna be free, yea
What if someone said you couldn't say I love you
What if someone said you couldn't say your say
And wouldn't it be foolish if somewhere there was a rule
That said you couldn't wish a friend a happy day
What if someone said you couldn't say l'm sorry
Do you want to hear a thought to drive you wild
What if someone said you couldn't tell your baby
You're so proud to be the father of so beautiful a child
Freedom freedom freedom to say what you feel
Freedom freedom freedom to say what you feel
What if someone said you couldn't pledge allegiance
What if someone said you couldn't say your prayers
What if someone said you couldn't say your feelings
Unless your feelings coincide with theirs
Freedom freedom freedom to say what you feel
verse 1
where the spirit of the Lord is
there is freedom
where the spirit of the Lord is
there is freedom
lift your eyes to heaven
there is freedom
lift your eyes to heaven
there is freedom
chorus
freedom reigns in this place
showers of mercy and grace
falling on every face
there is freedom
Jesus reigns in this place
showers of mercy and grace
falling on every face
there is freedom
verse 2
ever time you're thirsty
there is freedom
every time you're thirsty
there is freedom
give you all to Jesus
there is freedom
give you all to Jesus
there is freedom
I wanna win
Freedom talk of freedom
I’m just a whim
I’m so trapped in boredom
I touch the shore
How can I get there
To go away just to be nowhere
Last night I dreamed
I died in my sleep
Only to awake
Laying in a coffin
You were my all
A poster at the mall
You took a fall
Said I'm gone close my eyes
Said I'm gon' live my life
Despite what you think
I'm gone be free I'm a be me
Yeah!
See I ain't never think I would have a situation where the people around me just envy I must replace them
See I always thought the people that watch me grow
Would want to see me blow fa'sho but little did I know
They ain't never really wanna see me smiling.
They couldn't take the fact that I was really shining
And in my heart I knew they was wishing I was stop
Cause they don't me to rise and be on top.
And all that jealousy and hate
Can be right in front of your face
And it's gone hurt for you to see
But it ain't your fault just let it be
So I'm gone close my eyes
And I'm gone live my life
Despite what you think Im'a be free cause Im'a be me.
See everybody wanna have something to talk about
So they pointing their fingers and always running their mouths.
No matter how you try to satisfy someone else giving so much of yourself yo love but it's never enough.
The more you give them the more want they ain't happy
And they don't see all you do to make 'em happy
They don't appreciate it till you walk away
But you don't want to hear by now it's too late.
And all that jealousy and hate
Can be right in front of your face
And it's gone hurt for you to see
But it ain't your fault just let it be.
So I'm gone close my eyes
And I'm gone live my life
Despite what you think Im'a be free cause Im'a be me.
What they don't understand is that Im'a keep livin my life and surviving
Im'a keep pushing and striving and climbing and grinding
Cause ain't no time to be crying I been providing with the strength to carry my way
And Im'a be ok cause I'm gone live my life my way
And u can say what u wanna say it wont affect the way I'm living I'm winning by being free again
So I'm gone close my eyes
And I'm gone live my life
People always tell me their life story
Love they've lost, their taste of glory
He sat next to me at the counter in the diner
Said I used to be Wall Street but this is much finer
Oh yeah
He had a leather look on a steel horse Harley
And a dark-eyed girlfriend he called Charlie
He looked a little lost walkin' out the door
But I think I knew what he was lookin' for
Freedom, sweet freedom
I gassed 'er up, climbed back in my cab
To my wife I'm a husband, to my kids I'm a dad
To the credit card companies I'm just another sucker
To the IRS, a long-haul trucker
Mmmm yeah
Some say that freedom's the power to do what one pleases
You can live like the devil or hold on to Jesus
I found the one thing I was born to do
And girl that's why I'm runnin' back to you
Freedom, sweet freedom
He climbed up in my truck with his green duffel bag
I knew he was a soldier 'cause I saw his dog tags
We talked about it, we cried about it
Then a steel horse Harley came roarin' on past
I knew it was Charlie hangin' on real fast
We talked about it, we laughed about it
Through the joy and pain that living brings
Don't we all want the same thing
Freedom, sweet freedom
It's what the junkie needs that the needle can't give
The oppressed and forgotten are praying for it
It's what the brave and courageous are fightin' for
An open sail on a distant shore
Freedom to have two mothers and all be friends
Freedom to terminate my fetus if it don't fit in
Freedom to kiss my brother right on the lips
Freedom to make my own concoction and take a sip
What a trip, blame it all on God
Freedom...
Freedom to pay for a killer to have TV
Freedom to get elected and set my own salary
Freedom to go out and join the KKK
Freedom to get in trouble for everything that I say
What a day, blame it all on God
Freedom...
Oh say can you see
To scam everybody and make a buck
To use your credit card number and press my luck
Freedom cut down the forest, make new disease
Freedom to pour everything we got into the seas
Would you please blame it all on God, we can blame it on God
Freedom...
Freedom heil Hitler!
Freedom hell, heil Geraldo
Freedom '90
George Michael
I won't let you down
I will not give you up
Gotta have some faith in the sound
It's the one good thing that I've got
I won't let you down
So please don't give me up
Because I would really, really love to stick around
Heaven knows I was just a young boy
Didn't know what I wanted to be
I was every little hungry schoolgirl's pride and joy
And I guess it was enough for me
To win the race? A prettier face!
Brand new clothes and a big fat place
On your rock and roll TV
But today the way I play the game is not the same
No way
Think I'm gonna get me some happy
I think there's something you should know
I think it's time I told you so
There's something deep inside of me
There's someone else I've got to be
Take back your picture in a frame
Take back your singing in the rain
I just hope you understand
Sometimes the clothes do not make the man
All we have to do now
Is take these lies and make them true somehow
All we have to see
Is that I don't belong to you
And you don't belong to me
Freedom
You've gotta give for what you take
Freedom
You've gotta give for what you take
Heaven knows we sure had some fun boy
What a kick just a buddy and me
We had every big shot good-time band on the run boy
We were living in a fantasy
We won the race
Got out of the place
I went back home got a brand new face
For the boys on MTV
But today the way I play the game has got to change
Oh yeah
Now I'm gonna get myself happy
I think there's something you should know
I think it's time I stopped the show
There's something deep inside of me
There's someone I forgot to be
Take back your picture in a frame
Don't think that I'll be back again
I just hope you understand
Sometimes the clothes do not make the man
All we have to do now
Is take these lies and make them true somehow
All we have to see
Is that I don't belong to you
And you don't belong to me
Freedom
You've gotta give for what you take
Freedom
You've gotta give for what you take
Well it looks like the road to heaven
But it feels like the road to hell
When I knew which side my bread was buttered
I took the knife as well
Posing for another picture
Everybody's got to sell
But when you shake your ass
They notice fast
And some mistakes were built to last
That's what you get
I say that's what you get
That's what you get for changing your mind
And after all this time
I just hope you understand
Sometimes the clothes
Do not make the man
I'll hold on to my freedom
May not be what you want from me
Just the way it's got to be
Lose the face now
I've got to live
I set my goals higher everyday
I make my own rules that I will obey
As long as I live
This is the life I was born to lead
A unique chance for me to express myself
And fulfill my dreams
I'm in control of this ship of mine
And everything will be just fine
Like the wind I'm free to go anywhere
I got my song, it dances in the air
Now I know what to do with my life
So you will hear my freedom call
All those bad things I once went through
Changed into blessings when I changed the point of view
I needed them to grow
I've changed so much, I'm finally free
To do what I want without feeling of guilt or fear
It's so amazing
I'm in control of this ship of mine
And everything will be just fine
Like the wind I'm free to go anywhere
I got my song, it dances in the air
Now I know what to do with my life
So you will hear my freedom call
Like the wind I'm free to go anywhere
I got my song, it dances in the air
Now I know what to do with my life
Freedom will come
To real love
Heaven will come
For real love
Do-wah, do-wah, do-wah
Run away when it hurts from the things that we do
Do-wah, do-wah, do-wah
Don't know why we cry, run away from the truth
Children of new men
Colors of human kind in shadow
Good is your loving
Growing and sharing storms
Believe
You've got to believe
Calling the day freedom will come
And we will arise to real love
Day by day, heaven will come
And we'll survive for real love
Cherish the union
The light in a stranger's eyes
Your guardian angel will make
All the wrong things right
Believe
You've got to believe
Do-wah, do-wah, do-wah
Do-wah, do-wah, do-wah
Do-wah, do-wah, do-wah
Do-wah, do-wah, do-wah
Calling the day freedom will come
And we will arise to real love
Day by day, heaven will come
And we'll survive for real love
Calling the day freedom will come
And touch the sky in heaven above
Day by day, heaven will come
And we'll survive for real love
Calling the day freedom will come
And touch the sky in heaven above
Day by day, heaven will come
And we'll survive for real love
Calling the day freedom will come
And touch the sky in heaven above
Day by day, heaven will come
Freedom, freedom
I'll believe in you
More and more I do
Freedom, freedom
Oh, I miss you so
Oh baby, please don't go
Freedom, gimme, gimme freedom
Every night and every day
I love you more than I can say
Freedom, gimme, gimme freedom
Another night, another day
I love you more than I can say
Oh more, more, you want more
Oh, it's you, my heart beats for
Oho, I'll never let you go
Don't stop, do it again
Love is like burning flame
Oho, I'll never let you go
Oh, I know it hurts me
But I want you so much, my baby
Oh, I know it hurts me
But I miss your touch
Freedom, gimme, gimme freedom
Every night and every day
I love you more than I can say
Freedom, gimme, gimme freedom
Another night, another day
I love you more than I can say
Oh, fun, fun all day night
There is love to satisfy
Oho, I'll never let you go
One, two, baby, it's true
I will make good love to you
Oho, I'll never let you go
Oh, I know it hurts me
But I want you so much, my baby
Oh, I know it hurts me
But I miss your touch
Freedom, gimme, gimme freedom
Every night and every day
I love you more than I can say
Freedom, gimme, gimme freedom
Another night, another day
I love you more than I can say
I'll believe in you
More and more I do
Freedom, freedom
Oh, I miss you so
Baby, please don't go
Freedom, gimme, gimme freedom
Every night and every day
I love you more than I can say
Freedom, gimme, gimme freedom
Another night, another day
I love you more than I can say
Freedom, gimme, gimme freedom
Every night and every day
I love you more than I can say
Freedom, gimme, gimme freedom
Another night, another day
I love you more than I can say
Freedom, gimme, gimme freedom
Every night and every day
I love you more than I can say
Chuh
Babylon yuh betta turn wi loose
God knows, turn wi loose, now
Sing along, a little song
An guh a ting like
Freedom, for some I am bawling
Babylon, yuh pull di chain from mi han
Mi still under yuh Babylon system
God knows, freedom, for some I am bawling
Oh Selassie I, Rastafarian calling
Beenie Man a sing a ting
From the day mi know myself, man a born of mammal
Although yuh smart, dem sen yuh guh a Jamal
Teach yuh how fi spell gun and nuclear weapon
How fi spell politics and greet politician
Nowhere in the Bible, where those words come from?
Dem restore wi name an class us as African
When con is a short name for condemnation
I nuh know 'bout di I, I a true Ethiopian
Christopher Columbus, 'bout him discover island
Discover what when him come spot the Indian
An a him tun roun an all enslave black man
Mussolini an him friend, dem tief the gold and all di diamond
Who steal wi name, check the queen wheh deh a England?
A she build the pope and introduce Vatican
From Constantine, Julius and all Pope John
Now dem reach Paul I wonder if dem want to expand
Queen Elizabeth, all she is a next one
Well, mi naah guh too stress, me just a look a explanation
This is the word from the black man
Freedom, for some I am bawling
Babylon, yuh pull di chain from mi han
Mi still under yuh Babylon system
God knows, freedom, for some I am bawling
Oh Selassie I, Rastafarian calling
Beenie Man a sing a ting
I say man a true needle, kill the dragon and eagle
Murda di Pope wheh a defender of evil
Long time dem bwoi deh a pressure black people
Have wi like a slave, under chain and shackle
Now wi buss out inna muscle
Well, a long time mi deh warn dem fi look to the east
Warning to the dragon and the mark of the beast
Mek dem a galong suh like dem caan tun discease
Call on the Selassie wheh a blow all di breeze
Weeping, wailing, nashing of teeth
God judgment is only certain man see it
Pope Constantine, inna him grave an all a grief
This is no Pelican Brief, my speech
Freedom, for some I am bawling
Babylon, yuh pull di chain from mi han
Mi still under yuh Babylon system
God knows, freedom, for some I am bawling
Oh Selassie I, Rastafarian calling
Beenie Man a sing a ting
People, well, unnuh clean out yuh ears an listen to mi lyrics
Yuh nuh hear 'bout di Lieshah di ball head prophet
Word of Elijah, di man used to spread it
John di most righteous man yet still wasn't a prophet
He could not be God, dem haffi tun him inna baptist
This is the meaning of ma lyrics in these times
Mandela come an try it
Well, him never reach far, prison wall di man face it
Malcolm X try an a coppershot end it
All try and dem beat it an kill it
Marcus Garvey try a fi rice dem, sell it
Only we inna di music business can stop it
Follow Beenie Man and all live it
Freedom, for some I am bawling
Babylon, yuh pull di chain from mi han
Mi still under yuh Babylon system
God knows, freedom, for some I am bawling
Oh Selassie I, Rastafarian calling
You got my pride
hanging out of my bed
You're messin' around with my life
So I bought my lead
You even mess with my children
And you're screamin' at my wife, baby
Get off my back,
if you wanna get outta here alive
Freedom,That's what I want now
Freedom, that's what I need now
Freedom to live
Freedom, so I can give
You got my heart
speak electric water
You got my soul
screamin' and howlin'
You know you hook my girlfriend
You know the drugstore man
But I don't need it now
I was trying to slap it out of her head
Freedom, so I can give
Freedom, so i can give
Freedom, yeah
Freedom, that's what I need
You don't have to say that you love me
if you don't mean it
You'd better believe
If you need me
or you just wanna bleed me
you'd better stickin' your dagger in someone else
So I can leave
Set me free
(Yeah)
Right on, straight ahead
Stay up and straight ahead
I am the voice of rebellion
From a city black with hate
Imprisoned by the rules you make
I never will be free
Even strangers cry
When they see this life
In these days of suffering
Black odyssey
Lost in the crumbling streets
Of a concrete land
When the moonlight hides
I prowl the night alone
Wake up, time for freedom
Open up your eyes and come with me
Wake up, time for freedom
Open up your mind and you'll be free
Look around, can't you see?
Listen hard, try to hear
Shattered screams crack the sky
Useless promises
Wake up, time for freedom
Open up your eyes and come with me
Wake up, time for freedom
Open up your mind and you'll be free
Look around, can't you see?
Listen hard, try to hear
Shattered screams crack the sky
Useless promises
Take away all our hopes
Bullshit walks, no one talks
Fuck the man who takes a stand
Beat him down, burn his land
Fight the fight, wipe your tears
Shattered screams crack the sky
Break away from your fears
Hey, come on
Wake up, time for freedom
Open up your eyes and come with me
Wake up, time for freedom
Open up your mind and you'll be free
Time for freedom
Crying for freedom
Dying for freedom
Time for freedom
Crying for freedom
the red grass, up to my knees
an aura comes towards me
someone's changed the formula
un-chaining another law
the structures, the colors
uniform chaos is alternating
the nature of things!
immense inertia
nearly nirvana
is this quest forever?
oceans of motion
a field of questions
I won't last forever!
How long are we gonna last
How long everybody has to ask
Freedom to joke
Freedom to hope
Freedom to win
Freedom to be in
How long are we gonna last
How long are we gonna have to ask
Freedom to joke
Freedom to hope
Freedom to win
Freedom to be in
It's time to rebuilding Dresden, the great machines come a-rumbling in
The desecration of the ruins and everything that might have been
You showed me the square in the melting snow
As the light was beginning to fade
But your melancholy eyes betrayed you
Just as you have been betrayed
I get culture shock coming back to the west - I can feel the wicked sting
I see the stores all glittering like idiot's gold beckoning the innocents in
The constructed face of a civilised world, complete cosmetic control
But it's not far back to the caves and the trees
And soon it will be time to go
Freedom? I don't hear any more songs of freedom.
121st street and rising the western dream aspires
The crack kings like to drive German cars and there's children up for sale
The streets are left scorched and barren
There's twenty-seven channels on the cable television
Get gang murder hype from Tinseltown to sell a movie about Malcolm X
But freedom? I don't hear any more songs of freedom.
So pinned down and what do we get?
A longer piece of rope for our cute little necks
Sweet liberty and her faithlessness
Now this is time for free your mind and your soul
Yo our official story has never been told
Ladies you got to demand what you want
And what we want is respect, right
Yo listen up on the track here
'cause you'll also have to deal with it right
Freedom every time for the sisters
Check this watch this
A here we go now
Listen if I'm poompa moo
I'll be the ruler like slick rick
Get with this quick witted
Adidas-wearing chick
Poppa got a brand new bag
Momma got a brand new jag
A gold tag I ain't no old hag
I represent not only in the kitchen
And the bedroom room
But also in the board room
So give me more room
Deny my opportunity
You in jeopardy
Yo-yo set me free
Don't hinder me
Let me be
My fightin' for freedom
I got the heat in case you need 'em
I'm a straight soldier
Ain't nobody told you
Hold up on them lies
I know your games and your plans
Do whatever you can to oppress demand
But when it's time to drop the bomb
Bring the funk and it's on
You say you never met a sister so strong
You're wrong now how can we be free
It takes you and it takes me
To blend together in harmony
And peace and love and all of the above
Sisters coming together representing one love
No disrespect but we gotta get it together
No matter what's the weather
Sisters gotta stick together
If sisters be stronger
Don't let 'em steer you wrong
Hold on 'cause sisters got it going on
Yeah
Chorus:
Let's free your mind and your soul
Don't let no guys go and take control
Because you're young and a you play the role
And our official story has never been told
Whoever said these are the things that you can do
And the things you ain't supposed to
So am I further when I think I'm getting closer
That's when I tend to think of rosa how was it
Took a seat to make a stand
But now in standing we've gotten more demanding
They never thought in planning
That a wish for us to sit would be a dose of
This fucking rollercoaster
Whether tradition or religion
Why you question my decision
Why you spend up all your time trying to
Get into my mind
Why everybody and they mama
Gots to add to all my drama mad drama
Hell if i'ma keep my dominating feministic hell
Creating crazysexycool black ass
In the palms of your player hater's stands
My only chance of being free is to fly within me
And it's illegal to kill a fucking eagle
A bird is never more important than my people
I guess we didn't need him so I took away his freedom
Chorus
My spiritual awareness leads me to believe
That you doubt in the sisters
That come with the peace we've been together
Since God created all of thee
African daughters celebration is in order
Pop the cork and give the champagne to the stork
That brought the lyte to my momma in new york
African I come again and again
You kick me down I get back up
I'm coming back in multiples of ten
You know where I come from
Slung from the belly of the beast
Used to speak african tongue
So I showed her next one bolder
Slung the devil over my shoulder
I'm getting over 'cause I'm bolder than the next
I'm enlightened 'cause I speak the real truth from the text
Who's next to flex with this s-i-s-t-e-r
The sun the moon the crest and the star
Wanna see how open you are
Chorus
Come and take a walk with me
Closer walk with thee
See what only I can see
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen
So it's back to the womb of everlasting life
And truth let the heaven of a
Sister embrace you and praise them other gods
Come into the light let it shine blackness is fine
The blackness of your skin
The blackness of your mind
I am who I am and that's who I be
And I don't give a damn if your eyes can't see
If you can't see what I can see
That you're blind baby bop
I'm a woman who's black so back up back up
'cause it's on i'ma tell you strong what's wrong
With the world that we're living on
It ain't who you know it ain't what you drive
It's about how you feel about yourself
On the inside when your self-esteem is low
And they call you a ho then they think you's a ho
But that ain't what the lord God made you to be
I need you to see you're black and you're free
Believe in freedom in love and fortune
And all we need
Is a peace of heaven
Believe in freedom in love and fortune
And all we need
Is a peace of heaven
Freedom, come on everybody
We all need love
Freedom, let's live for freedom
We all need love
I don't know what you're believin' in
Is it love or fortune
Or a fight to win
I don't know to what you say
This is the thing
Is it a peace of heaven
That makes you swing
Freedom is the MAGIC WORD
The only thing that will never hurt peace
Like in a movie scene
We try together
And start to scream
Yes! I know you want some more
From what I said just right before
So clap your hands
To the beat of the sound
Put your hands in the air
And back to the ground
I never saw a jam like this before
Back to the front
And door to door
If you want some more
Get on the floor
Love will come and that's for sure
Scream and scream it out of your soul
Try to escape and get out of control
Get out of control and save your soul
Stop this violence, say no no no
No more pain, no more lies
No more panic in the children's eyes
Freedom, believe in it
Take a piece of heaven
Sadness finds its way onto me
Yeah on any given day
And I just end up feeling guilty
And I don’t know how many times I’ve told you
I do not know how I ended up this way
It’s as if sometimes I have just halted
Yeah I stop dead in my tracks
Life it just seems to cover me
And it’s in these moments that I feel trapped
So I claim freedom
Yeah I claim my freedom
So what is it exactly that you want from me
Oh yeah you want me to stay
Even though I am terrified
To let myself
End up this way
Yeah I'm afraid of feeling
Of feeling nothing at all
And I’m afraid of settling down
Into a love
Just ain't love at all
So I claim my freedom
Yeah I claim I claim freedom
So take this brain out and hang it on the line
Take this chair out back and burn it
‘Cause I can't get any work done from in here
You know this hole I dug myself in
Has got me buried up to helpless
And I’d like to call you a liar
Yeah but that’s what you
Isn’t that what you always called me
Yeah I’d like to call you a liar liar
yeah but that’s what you
That’s what you always called me
So I claim freedom
Yeah claim I claim freedom
Take your eyes off me
There's nothing here to see
Just trying to keep my head together
And as we make our vow
Let us remember how
There's nothing good that lasts forever
Time out on the running boards
We're running
Through a world that lost it's meaning
Trying to find a way to love
This running Ain't no kind of freedom
Feel the touch of grief
You stand in disbelief
Can steal the earth from right beneath you
And falling in so far
They know just where you are
Yeah but there ain't no way to reach you
Time out on the running boards
We're running
Through a world that lost it's meaning
Trying to find a way to love
This running
Ain't no kind of freedom
Of freedom
Yeah yeah
It's time to clean these boots
Fold up these parachutes
The words goodbye but I can't say it
The end is close at hand I think we understand
There ain't no use trying to delay it
Time out on the running boards
We're running
Through a world that lost it's meaning
Trying to find a way to love
This running
Ain't no kind of freedom
Freedom freedom
Time out on the running boards
We're running
Through a world that lost it's meaning
Trying to find a way to love
This running
Ain't no kind of freedom
Of freedom
Freedom
Fasten on my mask
I'm bending to the task
I know this work is never finished
And if I close my eyes
I walk right by him and he's freezing his ass off
He could be dead and I'm supposed to walk away
I won't remember a thing come the summertime
Handful of quarters make me feel okay
Ah ah who's gonna have to pay
Ah ah who do I love today
I love what's mine cause what's mine is all mine
Gives me a reason to go get more
Don't really care where I go to get it
I ain't too clear about \"What's yours is yours\"
You take it for granted
I guess that's what it's for
But before you demand it
Take a look out your back door
If you don't like a single thing that I'm saying
If you're offended when I demonstrate
Don't mean a damn to me and I shall continue
Hope you won't mind if I control my fate
Ah ah who will I have to fight
Ah ah to defend my created right
I'll defend what's mine cause what's mine will be all mine
It's what I'd fight for what I'd bleed
I roll the dice on the grand experiment
While I am strong I will get what I need
You take it for granted
I guess that's what it's for
But before you demand it
Take a look out your back door
If you're concerned with the moral imperative
If you are tripping on the right thing to do
Come to my office with the exclusive screenplay
I think there's money in a book about you
Ah ah what have you got to lose
Ah ah when are you gonna choose
I choose what's mine so what's mine will be all mine
Gonna make a million on the folly of men
Don't even care about no consequences
Turn my damnation into chapter ten
You take it for granted
I guess that's what it's for
But before you demand it
You are a morning glory
Like sunlight on my face
You always bring me comfort
Returning me to grace
I am a broken soldier
My spirit's strong, but tired
My heart has turned to steel now
It's been forged by the fire
Chorus:
Freedom
Freedom
I will lead them
To Freedom
I unsheathe my sword in Freedom
And for that I stand tall
I will die if is needed
But not until the last man falls
And they won't let me get rest
As my sword sinks in their chest
I see two more right behind
I know ten more's by their side
As I watch twelve more of them die
(Repeat Chorus)
Freedom
Freedom
I shall redeem them
Oh, my honey, take my money
I do what I wanna do
Don't you know the sun is shining
I'm sure trying, I ain't crying
My feet won't touch the ground
I ain't got no more misery
Spread the word I'm living again
Tell the world I'm loving again
Don't you know I feel like giving again
Freedom
No more walking or fast talking
No thing's gonna wear me out
I'm sure glad I wasn't born a fool, yeah
Someday, baby, you'll be my lady
I know that it won't be long
We ain't got no more misery
Spread the word I'm living again
Tell the world I'm loving again
Don't you know I feel like giving again
Freedom
Oh, honey, honey, honey
Taking all my money
I do what I really wanna do
Oh, the sun is shining
I tried, I tried, I tried, I tried
I never, never cried
Oh, my feet won't touch the ground
I ain't got no more misery
Spread the word I'm living again
Tell the whole world I'm loving again
Don't you know I feel like giving again
Freedom, this is what I call freedom
Well, I wanna say, I wanna tell you
I wanna say when you can do what you wanna do
And go where you wanna go
And live where you wanna live
And love who you wanna love
And be what you wanna be
Join what you wanna join
Well, well, well, that's freedom
Yeah, yeah, freedom, yes sir
When you can learn what you wanna learn
And read what you wanna read
(Free, free, free)
And write what you wanna write
(Free, free, free)
Do what you feel is right
(Free, free, free)
Hey, hey, hey, hey, freedom, freedom
Oh yeah, freedom, freedom, freedom
Oh yeah, freedom, oh that's freedom, freedom
Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, oh yeah
Free, free, free
Free, free, free
Free, free, free
Free, free, free
When you can eat what you wanna eat
And sleep where you wanna sleep
And say what you wanna say
I like the children play what they wanna play
And work when you wanna work
Flirt when you wanna flirt
Oh, that's freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom
Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom
When you can laugh when you wanna laugh
And cry when you wanna cry
(Free, free, free)
And don't have to feel ashamed
(Free, free, free)
Sing the song you wanna sing
(Free, free, free)
When you can buy what you wanna buy
(Free, free, free)
When no one to ask you why
(Free, free, free)
Dress the way you wanna dress
(Free, free, free)
Just because you feel the space
(Free, free, free)
Rock the way you wanna rock
(Free, free, free)
Talk the way you wanna talk
(Free, free, free)
Shake the way you wanna shake
(Free, free, free)
No one to put you at
(Free, free, free)
Oh, that's freedom, freedom
Freedom, freedom, oh yeah
Freedom, that's freedom, freedom, freedom
Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom
Freedom, oh, freedom, freedom, freedom
I like the lights when they hit your face
You're as good as blind, it blackens out your gaze
And we're on fire but I'm too caught in you to care
Let's walk away into the night
It's getting late but we're right on time
You and I wanna be nameless for a little while
So raise your hand, one fist in the air
For freedom
For being alive, not having a care
For freedom
'Cause tonight is the night
Where we break the speed of light
So stand up, come alive
Liberate yourself 'cause freedom starts tonight
Stand up, stand up, stand up, stand up
Stand up, stand up, stand up, stand up
I love the night, the way it covers us
You're acting shy, but you're curious
Let's play with fire cos we're too deep in this to care
So raise your hand, one fist in the air
For freedom
For being alive, not having a care
For freedom
'Cause tonight is the night
Where we break the speed of light
So stand up, come alive
Liberate yourself 'cause freedom starts tonight
Stand up, stand up, stand up, stand up
Stand up, stand up, stand up, stand up
Freedom!
Tonight, tonight we're gonna live our lives
Tonight, tonight we're gonna live our lives
Say freedom!
Freedom!
Freedom!
So raise your hand!
Freedom!
So raise your hand, one fist in the air
For freedom
For being alive, not having a care
For freedom
'Cause tonight is the night
Where we break the speed of light
So stand up, come alive
Liberate yourself 'cause freedom starts tonight
Stand up, stand up, stand up, stand up
Stand up, stand up, stand up, stand up
no time for anything at all
no time to reason or question direction
but I won't let myself fall
I'll just keep pushing 'til the end
I hope that I will find my way
when it's all been said and done
I really think you'll miss it once it's gone
as time passes I get scared
where will I end up and will it be good enough
will it work itself out
or will I be stuck here once again
I'll keep my eyes open wide
and try not to blink
it's just a matter of knowing where to look
cause sometimes things fall apart,
my walls crumble on me,
but I'll keep trying, and trying,
Oh, I know they say someday time will show me
How to be so cool someday but what about right now
Please someone tell me what do I do while I'm waiting
Waiting to be so cool someday
I know I'm not alone you know just how I feel
We both know the rules but who really knows
How to play this game?
No one will always win, good losers hide the pain
They say everything is fine
No one will hear them complain
But behind those smiles, so much purple rain
It's a wonder anybody ever comes out sane
But they do and freedom it's all up to you
When you're by yourself you get that silent noise
Inside your mind all the party boys trying to fill up
All the empty holes don't let one be her soul
Freedom now you're on your own
Freedom or does it really mean you're just all alone
Freedom either way it's gonna take you home
It just takes you by the hand and says
Now it's time to grow
So my friend you're gonna be alright
Seems like it's all uphill
But then that's the only way to get high
Someday your soul is gonna fly
But don't look back 'cause that's a waste of time
And right now is the time for you to look inside
And you'll see love, love has never gone away
Freedom I've been standing still so long
Freedom I almost forgot you had a song
Freedom shine your light and let us begin
Jesus is the One that makes me never
Ever want to spend another day without Him
Jesus is the One who shows me every time
I turn around that I could never doubt Him
Jesus is the One that makes me want to shout the news
Above the rooftops
Shout the joyful news and let the people know
That Jesus is the Lord!
Jesus is the One who changes slowly
All the evil things that dwell so deep inside me
Jesus is the One who cares forever
Never let me down and never failed to guide me
Jesus is the One that makes me want to shout the news
Above the rooftops
Come on, let's shout the joyful news
And let the people know that Jesus is the Lord!
HE'S THE LORD!
He'll do the same for you!
(He'll give you freedom)
He's reaching out for you!
(He'll give you freedom)
He's the only One who's true
(He'll give you freedom)
He'll set you free
He'll set you free
He'll set you free
He'll set you free
He'll set you free
All He wants to do is to show you His love, and to comfort you
Free free
Free free
I could be wrong but are you telling me that you're leaving (ooh),
And so then you've temporally lost your mind,
And now you're checking your phone and you've noticed it's not ringing (waoh),
And the one that you wanted to call you pushed out your life,
Now you're telling me it's me that you're needing,
Funny you didn't say that when you where leaving oh,
You just walked out the door,
I gave you all the love that you wanted from me,
Now tell me are you really free,
Tell me are you really free,
Cause you wanted freedom [x2]
You said our love was a cell so I gave you the key to break out,
I would have done it before it saved us both some time,
But isn't it ironic don't you think,
You couldn't stay to long without me,
I know your gonna miss miss miss my kiss kiss kiss so why'd you kiss this this away,
Now you're telling me it's me that you're needing,
Funny you didn't say that when you where leaving oh,
You just walked out the door,
I gave you all the love that you wanted from me,
Now tell me are you really free,
Tell me are you really free,
Cause you wanted freedom [x2]
Looks like it's [? ] Your way,
Looks like you got just what you asked for babe,
You know you read what you saw,
Now you're in the land of a broken heart,
Girl I can escape out where you are,
Baby what's wrong,
I gave you all the love that you wanted from me,
Now tell me are you really free,
Tell me are you really free,
Everyday i listened to you and nothing's ever good enough
you're always complaining about something you act so goddamn tough
but all you ever do is let someone do your thinking for you
and you have no respect for my opinion
well at least i think for myself i`m not brainwashed
to think like people that rule
i'm not a pool and i'll rise i wont compromise
and i'll never give up, i won't walk walk walk away
there won't be another day when i can say hey hey hey... freedom
you talk to me i see your lips move
but the words that come out aren't yours they're someone elses
you dangle from their strings beneath the wings
of the eagle you push but i'll never fall
i'm not the only one whose willing to stand up..
we've had enough your laws just benifit you
we watch you get richer as we get sicker
Freedom
Freedom
Wanna thank you
Freedom
There's nothing in the world
i wanna drive, i wanna get the car, and never look back, i want forever, i wanna stop the clock, and take my time, i want forever, i wanna not realize, what's coming in the end, i wanna live, i wanna never die, but not live too long, i wanna jump, but it's a long way down, i don't wanna get hurt, i wanna ride into the sunset, don't think about tomorrow, i know i cant, some dreams are better left for dreaming, time has a way of sneekin up on you and then tearin you apart, i wanna be free, i wanna have fun all of the time
Freedom
Same old story, nothings changed.
Only the rules have been rearranged.
You treat the losers commodity.
Act to someone yourself by day to day
Whats going on?
Whats going on?
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
Blinded by ex-cons ready made
Net to a heros own, nothing paid
Ex-murderers up in a tree
Lets start a drink called Anarchy
Chorus
Ain't got no halo, no wings to fly away
I've got to labor, for many many days
I'm on a journey, I'm looking for a place
To rest by burdens, far from this tyranny
From the shores of Africa
Up to the doors of America
With voices to Heaven praying for liberty
We cry freedom
(Freedom, freedom, freedom)
Said we cry freedom
(Freedom, freedom, freedom)
Yeah we cry freedom
(Freedom, freedom, freedom)
Yeah we cry freedom
(Freedom, freedom, freedom)
We marched in 'Bama
We marched in Tennesee
Brown men and white men
Stood for equality
We kept our chin up
We kept our dignity
And our proclamation
Let everbody sing
From the shores of Africa
Up to the doors of America
With voices to Heaven praying for liberty
We cry freedom
(Freedom, freedom, freedom)
Said we cry freedom
(Freedom, freedom, freedom)
Lord we've got freedom
(Freedom, freedom, freedom)
Yeah we cry freedom
(Freedom, freedom, freedom)
Up on Golgotha, hangin' upon a tree
They say the God-man, died for my liberty
He heard me crying
From my captivity
And so he came down
Down to deliver me
Woah, woah, woah, woah
From the shores of Africa
Up to the doors of America
With voices to Heaven praying for liberty
We cry freedom
(Freedom, freedom, freedom)
Said we cry freedom
(Freedom, freedom, freedom)
Said we cry freedom
(Freedom, freedom, freedom)
Oh we cry freedom
(Freedom, freedom, freedom)
Our hearts cry freedom
(Freedom, freedom, freedom)
My heart cries freedom
(Freedom, freedom, freedom)
Your heart cries freedom
(Freedom, freedom, freedom)
His heart cries freedom
Every dawn becomes a new day
A time to love, a time to cry
Every river knows it's own way
And it's the same for you and I
And every heart must have a reason
A winding road, a midnight flight
(Chorus)
Freedom, freedom
What we all need, is freedom in our hearts
Freedom, freedom
What we all need, is freedom in our hearts
We fight and die defending honor
The pride and prejudice we hide
A mother's tears, a father's anger
From trying to stop the pain and lies
So we pretend to look for answers
While I blame you and you blame me
(Repeat Chorus)
We don't need the pain anymore
To move our mountains, to reach our shores
What I've found is the choice I bring
What I can do to let freedom ring
(Repeat Chorus)
Freedom from the darkness
Freedom from the violence
Freedom from the hate
Freedom from the fear
Freedom from the hunger
Freedom from the forgiveness
Freedom from the past
Freedom from the mistakes
(Repeat Chorus)
(Repeat Chorus)
Tell the people now
Freedom, freedom
What we all need, is freedom in our hearts
Freedom, freedom
What we all need, is freedom in our hearts
Listen while I tell ya - Each and Everyone
About the state our planet's in and what should be done
Wheels of Freedom turning backwards on themselves
Liberty is burning - in this Hell, this Cosmic Cell
Freedom for the people - Humanity and all Mankind
Liberate your Soul and Mind - It's waiting for you all to find
But getting it together is what I'm talking about
Ain't got time to argue - Just time to turn it out
Look into the future - Just tell me what you see
If we don't love each other - There'll be no harmony
Freedom for the people - Humanity and all Mankind
Liberate your Soul and Mind - It's waiting for you all to find
Free wheel keep turning - Open up your mind
Star-spangled stairway - That you're waiting to climb
It's just a bummer - they're fascist rules
Police and Politicians - Pushing on you
Father of Creation - Master of this Tomb
Universal Messiah - Motherfucking King of Doom
We don't ask forgiveness - For our sins against you Lord
Transcribed by: B-Low & thanks to Julio.
{Yami Bolo}
It- been so long We›e been in captivity.
People wishing one day to be free.
{Snow}
Waiting to see the day when freedom will come.
Mama working hard in the burning sun.
I wish the world were truly happy living as one living as one.
Wish the word they call freedom one day would come.
I may bee just a foolish dreamer.
But I don˜ care.
{Yami Bolo}
Freedom rushes freely trough the air.
CHORUS
Freedom more freedom don˜ turn them down don˜ turn them down.
Freedom more freedom don˜ turn us down don˜ turn us down.
{Snow}
Although they›e no love for Humanity
{Yami Bolo}
How could you ever sell your brother man in slavery.
{Snow}
In word of injustice crimes and poverty.
Organize and set your lives in one I-nity was meant to be.
{Yami Bolo}
Overcome material gain petty prejudice system.
Too long poor people have been the victim.
I wish that one day when freedom comes.
For each and every man to see the morning sun.
CHORUS
I tried to live six years ago
When this story started
The sun, it told me where to go
Open minded, open hearted
Freedom was my vision
Every breath a dream
A million years ahead
All is what it seems
Freedom was my vision
Every breath a dream
Or are you taken by surprise
Covering your sleepy eyes
The mocking bird won't sing for you
What ever happened
To these friends I knew
These friends I knew
Or was it just a dream
But dreams are for real
Life is how you feel
Freedom is my vision
Every breath a dream
A million dreams ahead
And they're all for real
Freedom is my vision
Every breath a dream
Every dawn becomes a new day
A time to love, a time to cry
Every river knows its own way
And it's the same for you and I
And every heart must have a reason
A winding road, a midnight flight
[Chorus:]
Freedom, freedom
What we all need is freedom in our hearts
Freedom, freedom
What we all need is freedom in our hearts
We fight and die defending honor
The pride and prejudice we hide
A mother's tears, a father's anger
From trying to stop the pain and lies
So we pretend to look for answers
While I blame you and you blame me
[Chorus]
We don't need the pain anymore
To move our mountains, to reach our shores
What I've found is the choice I bring
What I can do to let freedom ring?
[Chorus]
Freedom from the darkness
Freedom from the violence
Freedom from the hate
Freedom from the fear
Freedom from the hunger
Freedom from the forgiveness
Freedom from the past
Freedom from the mistakes
[Chorus]
Tell the people now
Freedom, freedom
What we all need is freedom in our hearts
Freedom, freedom
Night, is the time for the hunger
Through these rooms, you and I, we wander
Too much, too long, holding back the tears
I wait, do hard labor and I count the years
Hey, soon the angels will unlock the sun
Break away these chains, yeah, and turn away the gun
Nothing is better than the freedom
Yeah, nothing is better, yeah, than the freedom
Let the law take a man from his family
See the evil on the fences down the highway
Too bad, so sad to be on the lam
(Too bad, so sad)
From my home I must crawl on my knees and hands
Hey hey, and soon the angels will unlock the sun
(Soon the angels will unlock the sun, hey hey)
Break away these chains, yeah, and turn away the gun
Yeah, nothing is better than the freedom
(Nothing is better, nothing's better than the freedom, oh yeah)
Yeah, nothing is better than the freedom
(Oh, nothing, nothing's better)
Yeah, nothing is better than the freedom
(Nothing, nothing's better, nothing's better than the freedom, oh yeah)
Yeah, nothing is better than the freedom
(Nothing, nothing's better)
Nothing is better than the freedom
(Nothing's better than the freedom)
Nothing is better than the freedom
Yeah, nothing is better than the freedom
(Nothing, nothing's better, nothing's better than the freedom)
Nothing is better, yeah, than the freedom, yeah
(Nothing, nothing's better, freedom)
(Is better, is better than the freedom)
Ooh baby, nothing, nothing is better
(Nothing, nothing is better)
(Ain't nothing, ain't nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing)
Nothing's better, yeah hey
Come
Bring it on, bring it on now
Solo, I'm a soloist on a solo list
All live, never on a floppy disk
Inka, inka, bottle of ink
Paintings of rebellion
Drawn up by the thoughts I think
Come on, oh
You see a set up like a deck of cards
They're sending us to early graves for all the diamonds
They use a pair of clubs to beat the spades
With poetry I paint the pictures that hit
More like the murals that fit
Don't turn away, get in front of it
Brotha, did you forget your name?
Did you lose it on the wall playin' tic-tac-toe?
Yo, check the diagonal, three brothers gone, come on
Doesn't that make it three in a row?
Your anger is a gift
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Drop it
Sista, did you forget your name?
Did you lose it on the wall playin' tic-tac-toe?
Yo, check the diagonal, three million gone, come on
'Cause you know they're counting backwards to zero
Environment, the environment exceeding on the level
Of our unconsciousness
For example what does the billboard say?
Come and play, come and play, forget about the movement
Forget about yourself's
Forget about your culture
And forget about your history and just fly
And just fly
Your anger is a gift
Yeah yeah
Bring that shit in
Freedom for the real
Freedom for the real
Freedom for the real
Freedom for the real
Freedom for the real
Freedom for the real
Freedom, yeah
Freedom, yeah right
Shoulders of perfection
Let them drag you straight across
And tell me
Have we found perfection
Are we finally lost and
I'm staring from a distance
Why don't you come get a closer look
I can guarantee that lickin' the package
Ain't ever quite as good as
So they're looking for a new face
With a voice to go along
I can tell you right now that ain't my style
I don't do no sing alongs
With my freedom from the mighty sky to the ground
She said you've got the freedom baby
Walk out if they drag you down
Standin' on the edge of a crisis
We decide to raise our own voices
Consider that the sounds is our own
And the fact our feet grow up from the ground
This is where I wanna be
This is who I wanna be
So they get my voice
But they can they can never get my soul yes
There's a million things about me
You will never know
Like they caught me on video
And yeah they caught me on radio yeah
They caught me on video radio stereo
Freedom from the mighty sky to the ground
She said you've got the freedom to walk out
If you drag me down
You've got the freedom baby to walk out
If they drag you down
If they drag you
If they drag you
Back in the Bible there was that old Pharaoh
Who ruled over Egypt and Israel.
God Spoke to Moses through fired up bushes
Said kick off your shoes and stay a while
All of humanity was made to Worship me
Pharaoh get out of my way
Freedom to dance
Freedom to sing
Freedom to grow
I'm telling you Pharaoh let my people go
We live in a country supposedly pharoahless
But all over town and in churches abide
Powerful weaklings who practice their politics
Stealing from Jesus his beautiful bride
Whether you're Pharisees, Sadducees, heresies
Free free
Free free
I could be wrong but are you telling me that you're leaving (ooh),
And so then you've temporally lost your mind,
And now you're checking your phone and you've noticed
it's not ringing (waoh),
And the one that you wanted to call you pushed out your life,
Now you're telling me it's me that you're needing,
Funny you didn't say that when you where leaving oh,
You just walked out the door,
I gave you all the love that you wanted from me,
Now tell me are you really free,
Tell me are you really free,
Cause you wanted freedom, (x2)
You said our love was a cell so I gave you the key to break out,
I would have done it before it saved us both some time,
But isn't it ironic don't you think,
You couldn't stay to long without me,
I know your gonna miss miss miss my kiss kiss kiss
so why'd you kiss this this away,
Now you're telling me it's me that you're needing,
Funny you didn't say that when you where leaving oh,
You just walked out the door,
I gave you all the love that you wanted from me,
Now tell me are you really free,
Tell me are you really free,
Cause you wanted freedom, (x2)
Looks like it's not going your way,
Looks like you got just what you asked for babe,
You know you read what you saw,
Now you're in the land of a broken heart,
Girl I can escape out where you are,
Baby what's wrong,
I gave you all the love that you wanted from me,
Now tell me are you really free,
Tell me are you really free,
You got me thinking
I'm really thinking
Don't want a palace, just a roof
You tend to melt, I'm waterproof
You got me thinking
I'm merely thinking
You wanna drop, make sure you bounce
You need a little don't take an ounce
The book we're living in
I read it twice
And I don't want the plot to change
Although it's beautiful
And you are lovely
Still I'll be damned if I let you take my
Freedom, freedom
Freedom, freedom
You got me thinking
Yeah, I'm merely thinking
You wanna grow, you'll have to learn
To put it out, it has to burn
How am I gonna tell you stuff
That I don't know myself
You need a minute, don't take an hour
I'll drink the milk, but not when it's sour
This book we're living in
I've read it twice
And I don't want the plot to change
Although it's beautiful
And you are lovely
Still I'll be damned if I let you take my
Freedom, freedom
Freedom, freedom
This book we're living in
I've read it twice
And I don't want the plot to change
Although it's beautiful
And you are lovely
Still I'll be damned if I let you take my
Freedom, freedom
Why can't I understand you, you made me believe
You showed me how to live, but now you make me feel so
For something I did ages ago, I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm trying to make this heal, don't look down on me
See me as I am, I'm letting you go free
I'm letting you go free
Sometimes I hear you cry, if you could only trust me
I will help you through, will you accept my words
It's a promise.
I'm trying to make this heal, don't look down on me
See me as I am, I'm letting you go free
Zips up her warm leather jacket
Sits on the back of his bike
And with the sun rising from behind
The road of freedom they ride
High on love and adventure
Another weekend escape
To touch the wind and make fire burn
Sleep in a wood and feel the earth turn
A time to forget trouble
A time to heal the soul
No counting days by the hour
Good feelin's go with the flow
Freedom - that's what they call it
Freedom - it's all worth the fight
Freedom - don't waste your life away
Freedom - take the time to unwind
Bob and Jill are two friends of mine
Their days are counted you know
Both HIV positive
I'll really hate to see them go
Can't go waste your life away
Find the time, enjoy the day
Live it, love it, fight it, feel it
Spread your wings and fly away, yeah!
Shoulders of perfection
Let them drag you straight across
And tell me
Have we found perfection
Are we finally lost and
I'm staring from a distance
Why don't you come get a closer look
I can guarantee that lickin' the package
Ain't ever quite as good as
So they're looking for a new face
With a voice to go along
I can tell you right now that ain't my style
I don't do no sing alongs
With my freedom from the mighty sky to the ground
She said you've got the freedom baby
Walk out if they drag you down
Standin' on the edge of a crisis
We decide to raise our own voices
Consider that the sounds is our own
And the fact our feet grow up from the ground
This is where I wanna be
This is who I wanna be
So they get my voice
But they can they can never get my soul yes
There's a million things about me
You will never know
Like they caught me on video
And yeah they caught me on radio yeah
They caught me on video radio stereo
Freedom from the mighty sky to the ground
She said you've got the freedom to walk out
If you drag me down
You've got the freedom baby to walk out
If they drag you down
If they drag you
If they drag you
Walk out
Don't wanna be a martyr in this war
Don't wanna hear the same excuses anymore
That everything's a threat
And it's only gonna get worse if we let it
Don't wanna blame the rich for what they got
Don't point a finger at the poor for what they have not
Though the politician and the priest
Live in the belly of the beast because we fed it
Freedom is seldom found
By beating someone to the ground
Telling them how everything is gonna be now, yeah
Now if the tables were turned tell me how you would feel
Somebody busted up into your house telling you to stay still
While the leaders will deny defeat
Innocents they testify by dying in the street
Freedom is seldom found
By beating someone to the ground
Telling them how everything is gonna be now
Freedom is seldom found
By beating someone to the ground
Freedom, freedom
Is this freedom?
Is it freedom?
Because I've been fighting wars I'll never win
Been losing all my life
Is this freedom?
Is this freedom?
Too high, too low
Too young to know
Too high, too low
Too quick, too slow
All my life, all my life
Freedom, freedom
Is this freedom?
Is it freedom?
Because I've been searching for that harvest moon
Been searching all my life
Is that freedom?
Is that freedom?
Too high, too low
Too young to know
Too high, too low
Too quick, too slow
I emerge and my soul flies free like a bird
I see you shine under the surface
You are as free as a lonely star on the deep sky
Spread your wings and fly with me,
don't fear that you have a choice
Somewhere there should be an awakening of wisdom
warning us of danger games destroying on behalf of misery
No passions that will break the harmony of souls
dwelling in darkened woods, keeping all secrets
People have come very far with their pain, waiting for you
But with lower-cased intelligence and guns keeping us a target
equality remains a mathematical symbol
We will not understand
What hides in the Universe
Freedom...
I emerge and my soul flies free like a bird
Waiting for you
I see you shine under the surface
You are as free as a lonely star on the deep sky
The sun is setting on my lonely heart
In this cheap motel
What I though would be brand new start
Is just a prison cell
Independence was calling my name
Screamin' in the wind
Sayin', Son you need a change
But now these walls are closin' in
Chorus:
'Cause freedom's just a prison
For a fool like me
Chains around my heart
Ain't liberty
You left me standin' tall
But now I'm beggin on my knees
You've still got me (oooo, still got me)
So baby, unlock me(ooo, unlock me)
From this freedom
My soul is burning for that sweet release
Where only moonlight can find us
Hey, I miss your kiss, I miss you holding me
And all the ties that used to bid us
Chorus:
Freedom's just a prison
For a fool like me
Chains around my heart
Ain't liberty
You left me standin' tall
But now I'm beggin on my knees
You've still got me (oooo, still got me)
So baby, unlock me (ooo, unlock me)
From this freedom
(repeat chorus)
Yeah! You've still got me (you've still got me)
So baby, unlock me (oooo, unlock me)
From this freedom (freedom)
I can't take this freedom (freedom)
Chorus (Porsha & Anita)
I want my freedom, full freedom, full freedom, mmm, hmmm x2
Verse 1
As I look in the mirror I see the picture gettin clearer
On the rip of this straightest of the life that I live
But uh I see em comin before they approach
Just like a stafty slot until you circle with hope
I maintaining on your legendary dreams and stack
Making million dollar moves with many platinum plaques
Negotiate your freedom, you catchin CRP
>From the court from blue, come many nights no sleep
What's the scenerio of life when you trapped in crime
My lil homie still incarcerated for packing a nine
Now history repeat itself, there's black on black
Check my backround, there's evidence just hide it's back
Eliminate all my foes, we run violent thrusts
Excuse me for my crime but in God I trust
Bossalinie uneffected by the eyes of even
Cause I'm military minded and demand my freedom
(Chorus)
Verse 2
Record labels try to sign for many years infact
Want a life time commitment, get you hooked like crack
Independant, black owned, you can keep your deal
I remain with No Limit cause the tank be real
I lose my cousin eight years for the time he spent
The penetentary is full of black violent, meant
Try to make a change, they can't
Cause they cuffs to tight
Momma please help us cause my mind ain't right
It ain't easy being me with my skin so toned
The mother land ain't been the same since they took me from home
My mobile phone in the benz, gettin high with my friends
Rainy days got us fighting each other, digging our graves
A cell block full of pictures, can't wait for parole
I need a second change of life cause I'm getting to old
And it's cold I can't see, can't sleep at night
Like a rebel for my freedom, I'll be prepared to fight
I have freedom
I have Jesus
you want freedom?
you need Jesus
america - land of free
america - show your freedom to me
look at us - I hate our little circles
look at us - we steer away from the troubled world
Jesus - gave us the chance to be free
Jesus - we killed him and nailed him to a tree
satisfied - with these tissue paper living lives
satisfied - your fine while everything goes right
but I don't want to be a part of that
I'm not into it, I see the waiting trap
I have Jesus I'm truly satisfied
because I know, for he died
She talks to me, outside she screams
But somewhere, there's a little child locked up inside your alibis
So take a bow for what you've done
Freedom
They light the sky
So many die for what they see is wrong or right
Your world, it seems a puzzle piece
So close but we never see
Life goes by but the pain you'll never see from the scars
Your world has put on me
Our statue reads the words of peace
Those written before my time
She holds the light for those who died
So you think
That we're all crazy
Can't you see
That I'm already there
What you need
Can't do without it
Can't you see
That I don't even care
I'm on the edge
Pound it out
Twice as loud
I crave the sound - (in darkness no weakness)
Flying free
At full speed
It's what I need - (ears will bleed, what we need)
Work and feed
Off of me
Adrenaline - (arise above, arise above)
Our fuel for life
It's what we like
It's in out blood - (in the blood, in the blood)
Freedom for you
Freedom from pain
Freedom for all
Freedom from this life
Where are you
Here I am
Hidden deep
Out of size and mind
Time flies by
And I'm alive
Alive inside
Inside of all of you
Inside of you
I've paved the way
For all to see
It's all for you - (all for you, bleed for you)
And now I'm lost
And time won't stop
Now that I'm through - (so through, so through)
What you need
Ears will bleed
I'll bleed for you - (bleed for you, all for you)
Don't leave me
I can't see you - (where are you, where are you)
Freedom for you
Freedom from pain
Freedom for all
Freedom from this life
So the twisted one is me
Sad, so bad, sad,
Don't make me laugh
Free from all that is me
Sad, too bad, sad
Freedom
Highs and lows
Effect us all
And crush one's soul
Time and time again
Feel the need
Arise above the pain you feel
Inside us all
And take control
I've paved the way
For all to see
It's all for you - (all for you, all for you)
And now I'm lost
And time won't stop
Now that I'm through - (so through, so through)
No day of rest
No time to guess
Arise above - (arise above, arise above)
Flying free at full speed
It's what I love - (it's what I need, that's why I
bleed)
Freedom for you
Freedom from pain
Freedom from all
They broke your bones
They stole your love
They treat you like a dog
Your hopes are gone
The english army won the
War cause Scotland were betrayed
Your souls are damned,
Your life´s at an end
The priest has evil horns
Pain and burning fire
Dreams that never end
Fight for your rights
You will never die
Freedom was there aim they lost
Scotland will defend
Rights and laws are out of order
The killing never ends
Their work is done
Your lifes are gone
The land will suck your holy blood
The warriors aren´t forgotten
Thoughts of freedom paid
With sorrows ´cos Scotland will exist
The spirits for their glory aims
I got two arms that can hold you
But no mind for the road
And they're pushing my life right over
I'm getting so tired and alone
And I'm living my life on a prayer now
I got no right to be here
And they're pushing my life right over
You get to the edge and it's clear
Freedom is yours if you want it
But you just don't know what you need
I made up my mind to leave you behind
'Cos you just don't know what you fear
Two little words and it's over
Gonna practise saying it all the time
Show a little sign
We'll get there in time
But you don't accept that it's near
Freedom is yours if you want it
But you just don't know what you need
I made up my mind to leave you behind
Freedom, freedom
Freedom, freedom
Freedom, freedom
Freedom, freedom
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
A long way from my home
Freedom, freedom
Freedom, freedom
Freedom, freedom
Freedom, freedom
Freedom, freedom
Sometimes I feel like I?m almost gone
Sometimes I feel like I?m almost gone
Sometimes I feel like I?m almost gone
A long, long, long, way, way from my home
Clap your hands, clap your hands
Clap your hands, clap your hands
Clap your hands, clap your hands
Clap your hands, clap your hands
Hey, yeah
I got a telephone in my bosom
And I can call him up from my heart
I got a telephone in my bosom
And I can call him up from my heart
When I need my brother, brother
When I need my mother, mother
Pusha-T;
With every line written, And all I have given
Music's been nothing more than a self made prison
I've taken inmate loses at the hands of this one
My pen's been the poison to family and friendships
Now is time to mend shit,
Time to bring closure to
The clear conscience of Pusha is long over due
Thinking to myself, what can I be owing you?
They only tell you great when they reminiscing over you
Before I trouble t-boy,
It's just a D-boy
Let me play the role of a common on his B-Boy
Speaking my truth in rhyme no matter how bland it is
A heavy heart lighting that's just what my ransom is
All apologies,
I bear the cross I wear the blame
We in the same group but I don't share my brothers pain
Not to confuse,
Our sentiment are all the same
I just don't feel Nothing I'm Numb by the will to gain
Same thing brought tears to innocence
I turned away
And didn't even flinch,
Yuuch
The music drove me crazy
Looked up and lost the first bitch ever wanted to have my babies
Nowadays
She can't even face me
I'm sorry for the heartbreak
I promised you forever my lady, Jodeci baby
Pompus muthafucka!
Just look what them jewels made me
I'm only finding comfort in knowing you can't replace me
What a thing to say! But what am I to do?
I'm role playing a conscious nigga
And true is true
Cocaine aside
All of the blogger behoove
My critics finally have a verse of mine to jerk off to
I owe you all
Malice:
This is were the buck stop, here's where I draw the line
I touch the hem Gods work is so divine
I see the error of my ways over time
Never to return, Malicous has been refined
Like vine with time, I get better
Not for valley vintage, my flow is fermented
Now drink of me, as if I bought the bar
Run to these words, as if there's no tomorrow
Never mind my car, careful what you wish for
Behind the curtains, the devil and his pitch fork
Jealousy, I ask thee: "What is this for?"
How was I to know I was happy being piss poor
No whore, that's not love, we was fucking
I was in search of a chicken head; you was clucking
And I was lusting
We were both out of order
I shoulda known better as I'm reminded of my daughter
Am I my brothers keeper for himself every man
I have been your reaper, there's blood on my hands
Except me as your keeper, there's been a change of plans
If you never believe in me
So how do you want me to be?
All I have is my own air...
If never you kept some distance
So how you want me to live?
Trust in something beautiful
As long as we both have it!
Hum...
Every step of this way we choose...
I could feel in my neck every link of the chain!
If your heart is aching
So can you imagine my life?
Living day dreams in cage...
If you always believed in us
So how come are you crying again?
Time is something you can't go back
At least for this we had!
Hum...
Every step of this way we choose...
I could die in your arms and tomorrow be back in the
game... Oh yeah!!!
All this time I had to pray
To spread my wings and fly away!
'Cos our lives had to be choked up
Even I sometimes can't buy that
I just tried to realize what freedom really is?
All this time I had to pray
To spread my wings and fly away!
'Cos our lives had to be choked up
Even I sometimes can't buy that
I just tried to realize what freedom really is?
Uggh!
Pull, pull
Wuh! (Sung sorta like Michael Jackson)
Come on!
Uggh!
Solo, I'm a soloist on a solo list
Al live, never on a floppy disk
Inka, inka, bottle of ink
Paintings of rebellion
Drawn up by the thoughts I think
Yeah!
Come on!
The militant poet in once again, check it
It's set up like a deck of cards
They're sending us to early graves
For all the diamonds
They'll use a pair of clubs to beat the spades
With poetry I paint the pictures that hit
More like the murals that fit
Don't turn away
Get in front of it
Brotha, did ya forget ya name?
Did ya lose it on the wall
Playin' tic-tac-toe?
Yo, check the diagonal
Three brothers gone
Come on
Doesn't that make it three in a row?
Spoken quietly: "Anger is a gift"
Come on!
Uggh!
(Guitar solo)
Check that!
Uggh!
Come on
Yeah
Uggh
Brotha, did ya forget ya name?
Did ya lose it on the wall
Playin' tic-tac-toe?
Yo, check the diagonal
Three million gone
Come on
'Cause they're counting backwards to zero
Environment
The environment exceeding on the level
Of our unconciousness
For example
What does the billboard say
Come and play, come and play
Forget about the movement
Spoken quietly: "Anger is a gift"
Yeeeaaahhhh!
Uggh!
Awww, bring that shit in!
Uggh!
Hey!
Freedom...yea...
Freedom...yea right...
Freedom...yeeeaaahhh!
Freedom!
Yea!
Freedom!
Yea right!
Freedom!
Yea!
Freedom!
Yea!
Fighting for my goals in every way
Things won't always go as planned, but I won't let it be
Although I face oppression every day
I'm marching on to win now on a road to victory
Destiny gave me a sign
A soul from long forgotten times
Leading me to freedom one fine day
On my own terms trying to succeed
In this game called life the stream of masses I refused
Accepting consequences for my deeds
At last I've got my dinity, which is something I won't lose
Time is now so I must follow my heart
Rather be dead than to work a lifetime for some leader's gain
Make your own mark,
so you'll be a part of independent spirit,
2, 3, 4, go!
i can't ever experience, anything like this freedom you've given me.
you set me on my feet and you sanctified me.
working through this car of death and sin galore.
i need you to work in me, work in me some more.
i need you to work in me, work in me some more.
i need you to work in me, work in me some more.
freedom, that's what it is.
freedom, that's what you've given me.
freedom, that's what i have in you.
freedom, that's what all of us need!
that's what we all need.
that's what all of us need.
that's what we all need.
that's what we all need.
you took my soul, you lift me up.
you claimed my life and took me up.
now i can never be a slave again, again.
never ever, never be a slave again.
never ever, ever be a slave again.
never ever, ever be a slave again.
never be a slave again. go!
freedom, that's what it is.
freedom, that's what you've given me.
freedom, that's what i have in you.
freedom, that's what all of us need!
freedom, that's what it is.
freedom, that's what you've given me.
freedom, that's what i have in you.
freedom, that's what all of us need!
that's what we all need.
that's what all of us need.
that's what we all need.
that's what we all need.
you took my soul, you lift me up.
you claimed my life and took me up.
now i can never be a slave again, again.
never ever, never be a slave again.
never ever, never ever, ever be a slave again.
never ever, ever, ever be a slave.
Freedom, Freedom, Freedom, Freedom
This is how we ride and roll - soldier fo life fo' sho
Freedom, Freedom, Freedom, Freedom
This is how we ride and roll - soldier fo life fo' sho [x2]
[Paris]
We come back to the days of - grenades up
Black fist raised up - we stay rough
Come this way cause - the game fucked
Can't stay away from - the main stuff
still bust when we ride, still game
still bust any time, fuck fame
still rhyme under pressure, still bangin'
still prime, niggas wetcha, still aimin'
Still put a fist in - the system
Still kill a killa cop, we still win
Still be the one to expose the beast (when it's)
Still un-American to be for peace (yeah)
Revenge is a dish best served with steel
If it's on then, lets get it on for real
Can't shut us up - cut us down - never regret
Fuck Bush, I'ma say it loud - raisin' a fist - we holla
[Chorus]
Freedom, Freedom, Freedom, Freedom
This is how we ride and roll - soldier fo life fo' sho
Freedom, Freedom, Freedom, Freedom
This is how we ride and roll - soldier fo life fo' sho
[M1 - Dead Prez]
RBG'd up, yeah, ready to get freed up
Bangin' on the system, ready to turn the heat up
Malcolm X cocktail, ready to burn the streets up
Holla if ya hear me big homie, it's time to eat somthin'
Picture me rollin', me Paris and Chuck D'd up
Dickies and white tee'd up, throwin' them O.G.s love
Listen up, rule number 1 is no snitchin'
Switch up and you gon' have to eat a clip up 'till you hiccup
[Stic - Dead Prez]
My reality is poverty, police brutality
How I came into this revolutionary mentality
Comin' up in my hood, it's an everyday thang
Niggas is hungry and starvin' that's why niggas bang
The O.G.s put me up on the jewels of the game
Ain't no wins in the street if you comin' up lame
That's why I walk how I walk and I claim what I claim
Red, Black to the Green with a gangsta lean
[Chorus]
Freedom, Freedom, Freedom, Freedom
This is how we ride and roll - soldier fo life fo' sho
Freedom, Freedom, Freedom, Freedom
This is how we ride and roll - soldier fo life fo' sho
[Paris]
Rebels at it come again
That's why we conspire so you never win
Keep it calmer when we ride so you never seein'
Niggas aim between the eyes so you never mend
Field niggas in the front be the first to bust
GuerrillaFunk.com who you gon' trust?
With all this talk about the war they forgettin' us
Broke schools and abuse made the noose a must
Holla black - fuck a pig and these killers wars
Around the world every border it's the same story
Anywhere that it's color it ain't never peace
Africa, South America and Middle East
Move in packs bust back at these killa foes
Reach first make the heat spurts so he know
No blood for the rich - they been exposed
Now it's power to the people everywhere I go - and everybody's sayin..
[Chorus]
Freedom, Freedom, Freedom, Freedom
Yeah, my live niggas standin' in here, Yeah, my live niggas standin' over there
Freedom, Freedom, Freedom, Freedom
I have freedom
I have Jesus
you want freedom?
you need Jesus
america - land of free
america - show your freedom to me
look at us - I hate our little circles
look at us - we steer away from the troubled world
Jesus - gave us the chance to be free
Jesus - we killed him and nailed him to a tree
satisfied - with these tissue paper living lives
satisfied - your fine while everything goes right
but I don't want to be a part of that
I'm not into it, I see the waiting trap
I have Jesus I'm truly satisfied
because I know, for he died
who has the real freedom now? you?
**Hold on to this feelin', Freedom (Freedom!)**
Yo, Seldom travel by the multitude
The devil's gavel has a cup of food
My culture's screwed cause this word is misconstrued
Small countries exempt from food cause leader have different views
You choose
What meen the world to me is bein' free
Live and let live and just let it be (Let it be)
Love peace and harmony, one universal family
One God, one aim and one destiny
Are we there?
Imagine life without a choice at all
Given no hope without a voice at all
These be the problems that we face
I'm talkin' poverty in race
But no matter what the case we gotta...
Yo, I'm the first candidate to hate
Had to beat on the drum to communicate
For what was to come to those who were hung
They would decapitate the tongue if you would mention the word (Freedom)
Got people screamin' free Umi and Jamal
But two out of three of ya'll will probably be at the mall
I'm heated wit ya'll, been defeated before
And complete an unsolved when the word freedom's involved
Yo, my forefathers hung in trees to be free (Rest in peace)
Got rid of slavery but kept the penitentiary
And now freedom got a shotgun and shells wit cha name
Release the hot ones and let freedom ring
I'm the former vote prisoner
Hollywood visitor
Dance for cats segregated on wax
My color got me HANDY-
-CAP Anson andy
For the freedom they just won't hand me
**Hold On**
Cause there's not a lot of time **To**
Your heart, body, soul and your mind **This**
They're so true and they been hurtin' so long **Feelin'**
It's been love and hate, this life of mine
I've seen pleasure, I've seen pain
What was good and bad, I can't define
Still I'd do it all again
You need a heart of gold
To see what's right or wrong
When the rain feels cold
Keep searching for the blue sky
Don't tie me up anymore
Freedom, that's all I need
Don't ever try to put a chain on me
My freedom, I won't give in
I'll keep on searching till the end of the world
I have crossed the sea to find what I need
I've been waiting for so long
River deep and mountain high
What goes up must come down
You need a heart of gold
To see what's right or wrong
And when the rain feels cold
Keep searching for the blue sky
Don't tie me up anymore
Freedom, that's all I need
Don't ever try to put a chain on me
My freedom, I won't give in
I'll keep on searching till the end of the world
Freedom, that's all I need
Don't ever try to put a chain on me
My freedom, I won't give in
I'll keep on searching till the end of the world
All the friends I had, way back then
Grew up and settled down
Guess I'll never learn to compromise
Praise the Lord, I'm still unbound
Freedom
Don't ever try to put a chain on me
My freedom, I won't give in
I'll keep on, I'll keep on searching for
Freedom, I won't give in
Don't ever try to put a chain on me
My freedom, that's all I need
(Pedrini)
Oh freedom
oh cielo
io tremo un po'
E' il vento
o il mare
noi insieme qui
mentre un'altra estate muore già
Oh freedom
oh amico
mi mancherai
Io parto
nel viaggio
la libertà
Pensami se un giorno torni qua
io penso a voi
se un giorno tornerò qua
io penso a voi
se un giorno tornerai qua
se un giorno tornerai...
people can you feel anymore?
look through the keyhole, listen at the door
can you see? can you see?
freedom is blowing away
by the wind that flies your flag
the pride of yesterday
people can you breathe anymore?
do you remember what you're fighting for?
are you free? can you be?
are you free? can you see?
can you feel my soul?
can you feel?
can you feel the quiet cold?
are you free? can you be?
are you free? can you see?
now I drift so far away
will you close the door behind?
we'll fly where the sun will shine
freedom
this corporal holding cell can’t keep me anymore
freedom
lose these terrestrial bonds and let this spirit soar
these old bones are so frail and weak
these old lips have just a few words left to speak
these old eyes are so tired from what they’ve seen
this old heart is still brave
this old soul is still safe
freedom
i’m ready for this
i know i’ll be missed
this body is done
i’m primed for a new one
shed your tears
but please don’t pity me
there’s no fear when you’re tasting immortality
life is a puff of smoke
Freedom, comes my way some times
But I have got no place to go
Freedom, has it's own silence
But I can hear no more
I've got no time
For lies that bring me down
And I must be wise
Before I vote you there
Freedom goes around in circles
But I just go straight on
Freedom comes to those deserving
But I fail to comply
I've got no time
For lies that bring me down
And I must be wise
Before I vote you there
Freedom, freedom, freedom
Comes my way sometimes
The time is here
Oooooh
The cure is here
(VERSE 1)
I never knew the day would come I would be free again
I never knew the day would come you would see me again
Know you did a pray fi mi
Now your prayers come true
Done wid all the suffering
Time for something new
(CHORUS)
Freedom
Ma heart just a sing, praises to the King
Freedom
Healing for the poor, here comes the Cure
Freedom
Mi heart just a sing, praises to the King
Freedom
Healing for the poor, here comes Jah Cure
(VERSE 2)
Been through the worst
Now a time fi wi rise an shine
Mi did tink seh mi did lose but I'm here to reclaim what's mine
Jah Jah mek mi stronger
Strong that I've overcome
Mi no have to wait no longer
Waiting time is done
(CHORUS)
Freedom
Mi heart jus a sing praises to the king
Freedom
Mi heart just a cry hail the Most High
Freedom
Here comes the Cure
Heeeaaaay
Freedom
Cure is here
Cure is here
Na no no no no no aaaaaah
heeay
A tell u hey
Aah aahaa
Ahhh ahhhhhhh yeh yeh yeh yeh
(VERSE 3)
Now that the day has come, I
I am free again
Now that the day has come, you
You will see me again
So long to all my suffering
Time for something new
And I am thankful to all of you
Who have helped me make it through
(CHORUS)
Freedom
Freedom yeeah
Freedom
Mi heart just a sing, praises to the king
Freedom
Healing for the poor, here comes the Cure
Freedom
Here come the Cure yeah
Freedom
Ma heart just a sing, praises to the King
Freedom
Healing for the poor, here comes the cure
Here comes the Cure
Freedom
Ma heart just a sing, praises to the King
Freedom
When I was younger, when I was afraid
Of making my mind up with my head
Of reaching for something that I couldn't get
You made me believe in who I am again
Helped me to leave my past back then
You gave me the words that had been left unsaid
So many words to say, how can I ever pay?
For you to be my freedom, nothing that I can bring
You give me everything, you give to me this freedom
I walked like the rest, did everything they did
But I never felt like I fitted
The puzzle I fit is somewhere else instead
You taught me the reason and how I should deal
With what I was keeping underneath it all
I used to think you understood
Taught me right and learnt me good
Made things simple for my brain
Told the truth and made it plain
But the implications I mistook
Until I found out whose side you took
And now with paper in my hand
I'm beginning to understand
So this is freedom - {they must be joking}
They must be joking - {if they think it's true}
So this is freedom - [i doubt their truth}
So this is freedom - {for me and you}
From the front page news to the interviews
Its sink the reds and lift the blues
They pretend they're differing points of view
But it's only different shades of blue
But the implications I mistook
Until I found out whose side you took
And now with paper in my hand
I'm beginning to understand
So this is freedom - {they must be joking}
They must be joking - {if they think it's true}
So this is freedom - [i doubt their truth}
So this is freedom - {for me and you}
[guitar solo]
So this is freedom - {they must be joking}
They must be joking - {if they think it's true}
So this is freedom - [i doubt their truth}
So this is freedom - {for me and you}
F.r.e.e.d.o.m.
They locked us up once
So they'll do it again
C.h.a.i.n.e.d.
They locked up my friends
(V1)
When I was younger when I was afraid
Of making my mind up with my head
Of reaching for something that I couldn't get
(V2)
You made me believe in who I am again
Helped me to leave my past back then
You gave me the words that had been left unsaid
(CH)
So many words to say
How can I ever pay
For you to be my freedom
Nothing that I can bring
You give me everything
You give to me this freedom
(V3)
I walked like the rest, did everything they did
But I never felt like I fitted
The puzzle I fit is somewhere else instead
(V4)
You taught me the reason and how I should deal
With what I was keeping underneath it all
It's life that I'm living ever since we met
I Wanna Be Free, Just Wanna Be Free.
[Verse 1:]
Here I Am, Feeling Followed And Confused
Looking Into, What Is Right And What Is True
So I Know What They Bepromised Is Wrong
So Ill Go Half Way Into The Galaxy Of Hope
While I Sing
[Chorus:]
Freedom
Come Along
Come Along
Expression
Seleso[?]
Sing My Song
[Verse 2:]
So Ill Make, The Choice To Be Me On My Knee
Cause They Say, Most Are Impossible For Me
But I Know Theres Room To Learn And To Grow
So Ill Shout, That What Ever Life Brings Me
Ill Go
[Chorus]
When Life Feels Cold Where Do You Go, Its Just Not Enough, Just Not Enough For Me
When Caught Are Lies Where Do You Go, Its Just Not Enough, Just Not Enough For Me
Well Not Realize Assosials, Its Just Not Enough, Just Not Enough For Me
When Time Replay Your On The Way, Its Just Not Enough, Just Not Enough For Me
I Wanna Be Free, I Just Wanna Be Free, Yeah Yeah Yeah
[Verse 2]
So Ill Live To Survive And To Be Real, And Ill Give, My Story As Long Will
Ill Be Free Of All The Living Boundaries That Are Here, And Ill See What Ever This World Offers For Free
(Dun Dun Dun Dun Dun Dun)
[Hook:]
freedom, my freedom
freedom, get off my back
freedom, freedom
i don't want your love
i don't want your pity
i don't want your body
i don't want your mouth
i don't want your violence
i don't want your mind
i don't want your weakness
i don't want what you need
freedom, my freedom
freedom, freedom
i don't want it
i don't want your love
i don't want your pity
i don't want your body
i don't want your mouth
i don't want your violence
i don't want it, don't want it
Theres nothing I can tell you
Cause everythings a secret
And all you really need right now
Is some unconditional love
Theres nothing I can show you
Cause lifes the only teacher
And all you really need right now
Is some unconditional love
Im not responsible
For someones misbehaviour
And all you really need right now
Is some unconditional love
I am not superhuman
I wont live forever
And all you really need right now
Is some unconditional love
Can you see freedom from behind the wall?
Can you see me from where you are?
So stop confusing me
I am nobodys savior
All you really need right now
Is some unconditional love
What does it take from you
To stop asking for favors?
When all you really need right now
Is some unconditional love
This is your kingdom
This is your war
And I go random
Im the ambassador
You need love
You keep on building walls
All around me
Ball and chain and blindfold
So I don't see
Take me far away
Leave me out cold
But the people see the truth
Let justice unfold
So if you just hold my hand
A little bit longer, understand
The feeling gets stronger
Yes, I do
Yes, I can
You can write your words down
Full of despair
You can celebrate your lies
And see if we care
'Cause people know the truth
They feel in their hearts
All the good things that we like
We knew from the start
I can't let my world get colder
I'd be a better man
I can see for miles around
Hope you understand
I believe in love
I believe in free will
I believe that people believe in it still
Though sometimes we don't always see it so clear
Freedom, freedom
freedom let me go
Do you want to know me
I would like to know you
do you want to talk to me
I would like to talk to you
Oh, oh, I just wanna love you
if you don't trust me
I'm never gonna trust you
if you don't try to understand me
I'll never understand you
Oh, oh, I just wanna love you
Talking about freedom
(do you want to know me)
Talking about freedom
(I would like to know you)
Talking about freedom
oh let me go
If you hold me know
I'll keep prayin'
that you will come around
and hear what I'm saying
Oh, oh, I just wanna love you
If you take my eyes
I'll still be watching you
and if you take my voice
I'll still hear me saying
Oh, oh, I just wanna love you
It's all completely silent except memories of the past
More freedom X2
All I am refusing is the mortal man that enslaves
More freedom X2
Explain it all to me I'm pale and broken free
More freedom, freedom
I can't feel more for than I've always done
Detest your holy war extermination grows
Grotesc inprisonment character denied
Furious visions of the life we proceed
LIFE!
It's all completely silent of all and any screams
More freedom X2
Explain it all to me I'm pale and broken free
More freedom, freedom
This is a picture attached to your war
Make me see what you see extermination lost
Killings of hundreds doesn't even make you flinch
A runaway incarcerated they took away your soul
SOUL!
When extermination grows
I hope you feel that much you die
No one can see how difficult it seems
With my luck I soon will cease to be
Incarceration the loss of my soul bury me in hell
Bury me in flowers I just past (passed?) away
Now I'm free
There is something caught behind my eye
Run to the end the screams before you are nothing
Extermination lacks
Increased or something lost upon the throne
You are nothing to us it's a war
Walking hand in hand embodying my soul
>From the gates of pain into a home of joy
Keep fighting for your rights
We talk about South Africa and we say it's a shame
Apartheid is wrong and we all share the blame
But people let me tell you, everywhere you go it's the
same,
people are being mistreated, when will it change?
Let's talk about the future and learn from the past
We must love one another if this world is going to last
We fought for self-respect, we fought for equal rights
We've known a long, long time that discrimination ain't
right
Talking about freedom, freedom, freedom
Talking about freedom, freedom, freedom
A ghetto is no place for children to grow
But you can find a ghetto everywhere you go
I heard Dr. King say: "I have a dream"
All he wanted was to let the freedom ring
Why do we have to fight in wars to save our land
If we get back alive, there's still no dignity
Do I have to die before I can be free?
I want freedom in my life, that's the way it's got to
Talking about freedom, freedom, freedom
Talking about freedom, freedom, freedom
I'm tired of discrimination, this has to stop
We must learn to live together before the bombs drop
So if you love your children too this is what you
should do
Teach them to love one another, live by the Golden Rule
Freedom of choice, freedom of speech, my freedom is up
to you
We were promised this freedom, but we have a long way
to go
The love of freedom, can't you tell, is the same for
you and me
All I need is someone to help me ring the Freedom Bell
Talking about freedom, freedom, freedom
Freedom ! Feel the Freedom ! Yeah !
Freedom ! Feel the Freedom ! Yeah !
day by day I feel it's a gift for me
I feel a day is a gift for (me)
Freedom ! Feel the Freedom ! Yeah !
Freedom ! Feel the Freedom ! Yeah !
day by day I feel it's a gift for me
I feel the day is a gift for me
keep the way of life , keep the way of life ,
Gathered here with my family
... My neighbours and my friends
Standing firm together against oppression holding hands
It doesn't matter where you're from
Or if you're young, old, women or man
We're here for the same reason; we want to take back our land
Oh God thank you...
For giving us the strength to hold on
And now we're here together
Calling you for freedom, freedom
We know you can hear our call, ooh oh
We're calling for freedom, fighting for freedom
We know you won't let us fall, ooh no
We know you're here with us
No more being prisoners in our homes
No more being afraid to talk
Our dream is just to be free, just to be free
Now when we've taking our first step
Towards a life of complete freedom
We can see our dream getting closer and closer, we're almost there
Oh God thank you...
For giving us the strength to hold on
And now we're here together
Calling you for freedom, freedom
We know you can hear our call, ooh oh
We're calling for freedom, fighting for freedom
We know you won't let us fall, ooh no
I can feel the pride in the air
And it makes me strong to see everyone
Standing together holding hands in unity
Shouting out loud demanding their right for freedom
... This is it and we're not backing of
Oh God we know you hear our call
And we're calling you for freedom, freedom
We know you can hear our call, ooh oh
We're calling for freedom, fighting for freedom
We know you won't let us fall, ooh no
We're calling you for freedom, freedom
We know you can hear our call, ooh oh
We're calling for freedom, fighting for freedom
We know you won't let us fall, ooh no
Everyday I hear a different story
People say that you're no good for me
So you love another
And she's making a fool of you
If you love me baby
Don't deny it
But you left me
And tell me
I should try it
Tell me I'm a baby
And I will understand
But to know that I'll forgive you
Just this once, twice, forever
'Cause baby
You could take me to heaven and back
Just as long as we're together
And you do
I don't want your freedom
I don't want to play around
I don't want nobody's baby
Part-time love just brings me down
I don't need your freedom
Girl all I want right now is you
Like a prisoner who has his own key
But I can't escape until you love me
I just go from day to day
Knowing all about the other boys
You take my hand and tell me I'm a fool
To give you all I do
Bet you someday
Baby
Someone says the same to you
But to know that I'll forgive you
Just this once, twice, forever
'Cause baby
You could take me to heaven and back
Just as long as we're together
And you do
I don't want your freedom
I don't want to play around
I don't want nobody's baby
Part-time love just brings me down
I don't need your freedom
Girl all I want right now is you
But to know that I'll forgive you
Just this once, twice, forever
'Cause baby
You could take me to heaven and back
Just as long as we're together
And you do
I don't want your freedom
I don't need to play around
I don't want nobody's baby
Part-time love just brings me down
I don't want your
(I don't want your)
I don't want your
(I don't want your)
I don't want your
(I don't want your)
I don't want your
(I don't want your)
Oh...
Say your name, look at me
Relax your body and mind
There's something you want to
get away right now
I feel this is how
You will learn to let it go
You'll feel like someone new
Do you see in the dark
Who's the boy there by the river
It is you, is it me
The little boy seems very eerie
Why X 5
Going under, feel the freedom X 2
How'd you feel, call me now
Follow the beat of your heart
The ghost inside no longer exist in you now (say my
name)
I feel this is how
You will learn to let it go (alright)
You'll feel like someone new
Count of three open eyes
Wake yourself and get on with it
Move yourself feel the breeze
Fear no longer rule your body
Why X 5
Going under, feel the freedom X 4
This one's entitled "Freedom," dedicated to the whole
entire world, coming from Una, Gramps, Peter, Lukes and
Mr. Mojo - Morgan Heritage:"
We're crying for freedom for all mankind
We don't care about color
Racism is not our style
We're fighting for a better world
for the young boys and girls
This is our contribution towards a better world
Somebody sing Freedom for every black man
Freedom for every white man
Freedom for every Indian
'Cause we believe some day here on Earth
Every man will be free
Every man will be free
The world has gone crazy
That's life in this time
We've gotta make changes without destroying mankind
World unity
That's how it should be
Let's open our hearts and welcome tranquility
Somebody say Freedom for every black man
Freedom for every white man
Freedom for every Indian
'Cause we believe some day here on Earth
Every man will be free
Every man will be free
We're going through too much changes
Just to find peace of mind
If we could only be humble
Find a way to love each other while believing in each
other
Then every man will be free
Every man will be free
Riding on the wings of a dove
Was a message from above
Over the hills and valleys there's a stream of love
Out of our reach
'Cause of the way we chose to be
Can you see
We've got so many souls in need
Indeed
There's so many ways
To find a way to communicate
About the facts of life
It's out there
So come and share this vibe with me
Under the umbrella of love
We keep it tight
Allright
We need positive people
With positive ways
Every man working equal
Towards a brighter day
We need to have faith
That all good things will come true
The better days I pray for are for me and you
Everybody sing Freedom for every black man
Freedom for every white man
Freedom for every Indian
'Cause we believe some day here on Earth
Every man will be free
I read it in the bible
I told you not to waste my time
Why should I be liable
For every situation, and every crime?
I know it's a long way home
When you haven't got a ride
I know it's a long way home
And you know we've been fighting for the longest time
Ain't no freedom like your own
Ain't no freedom like to say this is mine
Ain't no freedom like your own
And you know we've been fighting for the longest time
I told it to some people
But they said the fault was mine
I know it's never easy
I know it's never easy when you walk in line
I know it's a long way home
When you haven't got a ride
I know it's a long way home
And you know we've been fighting for the longest time
Ain't no freedom like your own
Ain't no freedom like to say this is mine
Ain't no freedom like your own
And you know we've been fighting for the longest time
Why do we live this way wasting our lives?
Why are the things that we say seen as a crime?
I have to live my way this is my life
I get on my knees and pray most of the time
Ain't no freedom like your own
Ain't no freedom like to say this is mine
Ain't no freedom like your own
Thinkin' about it, I'm confused
Can't do without it, I've been used
Judge man baby he's makin' it clear
Mother freedom are you there
Rollin', lookin' for the answer it's not there
Keep rollin'
Keep lookin' for the answer
Lookin' ahead now, I can't run
All the men try to hand me a gun
All the people talkin' baby I don't care
Mother freedom are you there
Rollin', lookin' for an answer it's not there
Keep rollin'
Keep lookin' for the answer
Lookin' at you man, I feel sad
Had a lot of things you never had
When you run from yourself
And tell me those lies
You can't look at me brother, in my eyes
Rollin', lookin' for the answer it's not there
Keep rollin'
We've been working on a course for change
Trying to work out a balance
Sometimes I feel I'm so alone
And I wish you were here
Making money can be one thing
Building bridges can be the other one
All it takes is understanding now
To make that dream come true
You and me bayma
We can make it happen 'freedom'
You and me liya-wayma
We can see it through 'freedom'
Many thousand years of history
Of a culture that is still to be told
This is only just the beginning now
I guess we'll have to work it out
You and me bayma
We can make it happen 'freedom'
You and me liya-bayma
We can see it through 'freedom'
You and me bayma
We can make it happen 'freedom'
You and me liya-bayma
We can see it through 'freedom'
You and me
You got my pride
Hanging outta my bed
You messin' with my life
So I bought my lead
Even messin' with my children
And you're screaming at my wife baby
Get off my back
If ya wanna get outta here alive
Freedom that's what I want now
Freedom that's what I need now
Freedom to live
Freedom so I can give
You got my heart
Speak electric water
You got my soul
Screamin' and hollerin'
You know you hooked my girlfriend
You know the drugstore man
Well I don't know her now
I'm tryin' to slam it out of her hand
Freedom so I can live
Freedom so I can give
Freedom yeah!
Freedom that's what I need
You don't have to say that you love me
If you don't mean it you better believe
If you need me or you just wanna bleed me
A. Torricini, F. Rubulotta
Free land is in front of me
'Cause I'm driving on the freedom street
Just a free man I decide to be
Keep on running to the sea
Freedom, file it like a wonder
Lot of time to find her
I want to see the world
Freedom, ready for my journey
Fire is still burning
I will see the world
Free wind is passing through my soul
And I follow its recall
And the ocean flows beside my car
With its high waves laps the stars
Freedom, come out from the darkness
Happy for my passage
I just want to see the world
Freedom, I don't want to say
A word I've waitedand prayed
I just want to go
Solo: Vic and Tower, Vic
Freedom, file it like a wonder
Lot of time to find her
I want to see the world
Freedom, ready for my journey
Fire is still burning
I will see the world
Freedom, come out from the darkness
Happy for my passage
I just want to see the world
Freedom, I don't want to say
A word I've waitedand prayed
