Freedom
Talib Kweli, John Legend, Estelle
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Ooh, said I love and I love And I love to be free hmm, ooh ooh, hmm Said we're free to live and love again Tell your mum, or your sister, brother Friend This can be solved, just find it in your soul Come get your free, come get your freedom Everything that I do will stay true to me Wanna see what it's like to be truly free? (Uh, huh) from the pain and the strife That come with chasin' What you see in magazines and on the TV (Uh) I knew this kid named Mike He used to slang white Not for the fame where he lived Shit just ain't right Snitches throwin' salt in the game Mike saw police and drug dealers All in the same light now you're like "Is this what God's handing me?" Take it and run, son You're feeding your family Flash the heat and you speak with profanity Shit is so crazy, he pleaded insanity Payin' the cops, Mike break into more Then his connect die then that Make him a boss He seeing the world and meeting them girls He's buyin' them clothes and takin' them off (Uh, huh) Now he got ma dukes in the fly crib Took a step back like "Take a look at what I did" (yeah, yeah) Only rockin' fly shit like some Sort of fetal Corleone, tony Montana hybrid Philanthropical (yeah) , hot tropical, beach properties Making more than lawyers or how doctors do (Woo) Donatin' libraries and hospitals, he got the Donut and in the streets, it's impossible (yeah) gettin' old, now he at a crossroad Tryna find a reason for his tortured soul Tryna slay these demons that be Screamin' in his ear Was it worth his wait and go? (M-m-m) All that he wanted was to take it Home but in his old age Time made it known that when The paper chase is on You can easily become a slave at what you own Said we're free to live and love again Tell your mum, or your sister, brother Friend This can be solved, just find it in your soul Come get your free, come get your freedom (Ohh, uh) Now we're making chains 'til It hasn't changed Now my wrist is bling, I'm still sufferin' Yep, I feel your pain When you gotta move out Your own ends will get killed by another gang Since the day I'm born, this is all I know Been through chasing bones Singin' sticks and stone But in sticks, I'm grown, made me find a home Never a tell a ho, so believe your son I ain't judgin', I'm tellin' you real is real Never had a dad so I know how you feel But what matters most is you choose your role Yappin' your the one so I know you're grown You ain't on your own Buildings standin' with ya It's a pretty picture in The words that's scripted Misses, mistle, mister Set your own rules 'cause your free to choose Said we're free to live and love again Tell your mum, or your sister, brother Friend This can be solved, just find it in your soul Come get your free, come get your freedom So much is going on in the World while you're waitin' around When you're waitin' around Someone to give you a hand take it You can take it, ohh Said we're free to live and love again Tell your mum, or your sister, brother Friend This can be solved, just find it in your soul Come get your free, come get your freedom This is for the people This is for the people You don't have to kill nobody You don't have to kill nobody You don't have to kill nobody You- don't- have- to- this is for the people This is for the people This is for the people
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Written by: Estelle Swaray, John Stephens, Natalia Scott, Tommy Keith, Talib Kweli
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