Freedom

[Intro]
Mmm-mmm-mmm, yeah
Talk about freedom
Talk about freedom (Oh, oh, oh, oh)
What is freedom?
(Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah)
Can you truly define it?
I know you know it

[Chorus]
(Freedom)
Turn me loose, set me free from the chains that bind me
(Freedom)
Let me run to my own direction
(Freedom)
Let me go, set me free from all this propaganda and lies
That your people try to teach me

[Verse 1]
I know why you would like to keep me down
Because I have all the dibs on you
You try to tell me that my life ain't worth a damn
But I know much better
And so I'm gonna take my

[Chorus]
(Freedom, as I look on each of these pages)
Freedom, oh (I see only a court and cages)
(Freedom, each confined into a room)
Takin' mine since you won't give it (Each assigned a special being)
(Freedom)
Freedom (Some confined for acts of living)
Freedom (Some confined for acts of crime)
Yeah (Some confined for simply living)
Oh, yeah (All confined until they die)

[Verse 2]
All this time, you been telling me these lies
But now I've finally figured out your game
You thought that I would never wise up
And I showed you what a Black female can do her thang
(Freedom)
You cannot continue to keep me oppressed (It's funny when so many people talk about freedom)
'Cause I ain't goin' out like that
(Freedom, sayin' I can't do this, I can't do that)
All these lies and all this propaganda that you want me to take
I'm gonna take my

[Chorus]
(Freedom)
Freedom (You got to let yourself do what it is you wanna do)
(Freedom, if that ain't what you wanna do)
Takin' it back since you won't give it to me (You got to figure it out)
(Freedom, that's your clue)
Freedom for my body (Somewhat), freedom for my mind
(Freedom, you ain't really free until you know what it is you wanna do)
Freedom for my spirit
(Freedom, so why you lookin' at me?)
Freedom to do whatever I wish to live, yes (Freedom)
(Freedom, freedom) For me
Oh, give me all my freedom, oh yeah (Freedom)
(What would you do if we were free that would leave you free?)
Freedom to say whatever I wanna say, yeah (Would you be like you? Or would you be like me?)
(Freedom)
To write what I wanna write
(Freedom, it's just something to think about)
To read what I wanna read (Something to think about)
(Freedom)
Freedom to say what I wanna say, yes
(Freedom)
Give me all of my freedom, oh

[Bridge]
Take it back
Take it back
All the shit that you been doin' to me, yeah
Take it back
'Cause now I'm wiser
If you don't give it, I'm gonna take it

[Outro]
(Freedom, they could lock you up all day and all night)
All my freedom, all my freedom (Long as you free in the mind, you alright)
(Freedom)
All my freedom, yeah (You gotta take after your own mind when they try to keep you confined)
(Freedom, alright?)
All my freedom, all my freedom (I know you know)
(Freedom, you ain't gotta believe)
You gotta give it to, give it to me (But that's what I believe, and I'm free)
(Freedom)
Give me mine, give me mine (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Freedom)
Give me all of my freedom
(Freedom, all day)
Give me mine, give me mine
(Freedom, free to believe what you wanna believe)
Give me all of my freedom
(Freedom)
(Freedom)