Freedom

I had a dream
That every Brown and Black Queen
Could walk around and not be cautioned like a cracked screen
That hatred was a sickness and we found a vaccine
That we lived inside the real world and not a magazine
Race is a friendly competition for respect
Not the reason why my grandad had a noose around his neck
Not the reason why my grandma never got a check
And not the reason why my momma always gotta check, the news
Before she send me outside
She need to guarantee that imma come home alive
If you ask me, this is all a disguise
Open your eyes and realize

That these time's the reason MLK had to die
That these time's the reason why Trayvon mother cried
That these time's the reason why I walk fast outside, but why
How come the white man gets advantages
And they just try to manage us
Everyone is paranoid, not asking but demanding us
We turn into lifeless machines
Controlled by hate, not fate, what does it all mean

Livin' a life of darkness (Medieval times)
Trynna see it clearly (Read between the lines)
Segregated, a constant divide
Breakin' the chains, I'm setting fire to the rain (Setting fire to the rain)
Say I'm the reason, but I'm not the reason (Not the reason)
Soul is broken glass, I'm picking up the pieces (Picking up the pieces)
Sold as second class, and the boys in blue harass
If it's not too much to ask, we just want our freedom, freedom
We just want our freedom, freedom
(We just want our freedom)
We just want our freedom
(We just want our freedom)
Yea

We shall overcome
The fight ain't over, man it's only just begun
The other day a single mother lost her son
The other day we were losing to their guns
The other day we were singing change would come (Change gon' come)
But the other day the Neo-clan had come
They locked out the immigrants
Took away the benefits
Mild snakes turned venomous
Dividing us by differences
But you see the difference is
That we take the high road
Patience never gets old, climbing up through the hole
Jim Crow, slaves sold, now we gonna take control
We ain't gonna slow down, ready for the showdown
It's not a war though, just an inner change
Making up for the past, and all our sinning ways
Time to end this cycle of hate
It's never too late, to change your fate

Livin' a life of darkness (Medieval times)
Trynna see it clearly (Read between the lines)
Segregated, a constant divide
Breakin' the chains, I'm setting fire to the rain (Setting fire to the rain)
Say I'm the reason, but I'm not the reason (Not the reason)
Soul is broken glass, I'm picking up the pieces (Picking up the pieces)
Sold as second class, and the boys in blue harass
If it's not too much to ask, we just want our freedom, freedom
We just want our freedom, freedom, freedom
(We just want our freedom)
We just want our freedom
(We just want our freedom)
FREEDOM

We just want our freedom
Oh!