Be Free

Just had a talk with Mrs. and no she not a sista, I wonder if Dr. Umar I think I'm
Going too far, I couldn't wash this black up off me not with 20 loofahs, my mother black
My daughter black, so Uncle Tom I'm none of that it's Tamba, nose wide is like my papa who
Was never there, four C on my crown, that's my fucking hair, texture never here to lecture

But before I had erections, my complexion wasn't in, top of that I'm african
Well spoken, cause I read somehow that was a sin, I ain't no Candance Owens, the conversation
Is open, for many years I spoke this black card, can't revoke it, black bear, yall niggas
Is poking, blacker the berries, sweeter the juice, the darker the flesh, this shit I've

Been through, not better than you, we set up, it's true, it's better we move, move
Stockholm Syndrome, never holding my mind again, fall in love with myself time and time
Again, I hope the pain go away, hope the shame go away, till we all fade away, sometimes
You gotta let it be, move along and be free, keep the past in the past, hard times never

Last, gotta cry, gotta laugh, sometimes you gotta let it be, let it be, move along and
Be free, be free, I hope the pain go away, hope the shame go away, till we all fade away
Sometimes you gotta let it be, move along and be free, generational curses hurt us
Hard to feel that I deserve this finding solace in these verses, I ain't living perfect, success

It make me nervous, cause there's another side, to highs, demise the only thing
On my mind, I don't think I'm ready to die, if I blink I'm missing the prize, hope the grass is greener, walk into Some neighborhoods I change my whole demeanor, I get a little meaner
It's really my own people, supposed to be my equal, the pain will make you evil, see

We were redlined, then gentrified, they kicked us out, petrified, don't victimize
I'm thriving, ain't no time to pout, run from the past and move along, I write these songs
Became a king, and went a different route, this is what it's all about, I know I am who I
Am, I'm free until the very end, see I know I am who I am, I'm free until the very end

I told you to be free, I know I am who I am, I'm free until the very end, feel it, I know
I am who I am, I'm free until the very end, feel it, I know I am who I am, I'm free until
The very end, until the very end, until the very end, I hope the pain go away, hope the
Shame go away, till we all fade away, sometimes you gotta let it be, let it be, move along

And be free, be free, keep the past in the past, hard times never last, gotta cry, gotta
Laugh, sometimes you gotta let it be, let it be, move along and be free, be free, be
Free, yeah, change the pace, it's Tamba