Freedom

Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom

Yo, we living in a cold, cold world
Black mama shot in front of her five-year-old son
What have we become?
Feels like we've been singled out, hunted down
Treated like animals, third country nationals

My Lord, how long?
So much blood has been shed all year long
All we hear about is death
How much is melanin going for on the black market?
Must be a lot 'cause black boy's the prime target
Yup, they turned kings into slaves
Put 'em in them chains, gave 'em new names
Worked the life out of 'em, oh, what a shame
Hundreds of years later, not much has changed

Yeah, but we ready to fight back though
Reminiscing of when we used to rock afros
Hold up, we need to strategize
Shoulders back, head high, fists in the sky
All together now

Freedom
Freedom
Everybody say
Freedom
Say
Freedom

How many children gotta die before we understand what's happening?

Huh? How many politicians gotta lie
Before we take our cities back again?
(Take our cities back again)
Listen, my people die and they get a hashtag
The shooter get a paid vacation and keep the badge
They say we shouldn't get mad but they laugh
Because we're killing ourselves over red and blue flags
From red and blue flags to toe tags and body bags
They show up in black vests and gas masks

They say the only reason they come is to keep order
But every time they leave, they take another son or daughter

Man, I can't take much more of this

We're at a breaking point and something's gotta give
So what I pray for is for all lives to really matter
For us to get it together and no longer be scattered
Yeah, this is what you do
Put them hands in the air if you feel this groove

Yeah, they gon' learn today

Everybody in the place repeat what I say
Say let freedom ring (Let freedom ring)
Let freedom ring (Let freedom ring)
Let freedom ring (Let freedom ring)
Let freedom ring (Let freedom ring)

In the hedges and the highways (Let freedom ring)
And even in them byways (Let freedom ring)
From New York to Cali (Let freedom ring)
From D.C. to the Valley (Let freedom ring)
From Texas to Louisiana (Let freedom ring)
From Mississippi to Alabama (Let freedom ring)
From Florida to Georgia (Let freedom ring)
From Chi-Town to Motown (Let freedom ring)

Yes, the intent of this song is not to continue
The social and economic divide of our country
But it is to bring about a moral awareness
That black and brown lives do matter
Just as much as any other life matters
So if you really believe that all lives matter
Come on, get it together
Everybody say

Freedom (Woo, woo)
Freedom

Everybody say
Freedom

Say
Freedom

Everybody say

Freedom (Let freedom ring)
Let freedom ring (Say)
Freedom (Let freedom ring)
Let freedom ring (Everybody say)
Freedom (Let freedom ring)
Let freedom ring (Say)
Freedom (Let freedom ring)
Let freedom ring

Let freedom ring
Let freedom ring
Let freedom ring
Let freedom ring
Let freedom ring

Let freedom ring
Let freedom ring
Let freedom ring
Let freedom ring