freedom

Lyrics

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 katherine dunham, 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, yeah, 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 thats all i ever knew, tellin' 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, my freedom, my freedom, freedom, everything i have, everything i own, all my mistakes girl, you already know, i wanna be free, i wanna be free, yeah, 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