Free Spirit

Peace and blessings to those dealing with depression
With a long road ahead
But still not knowing where they're headed
Ain't no aspirin on the market
That can take away your headache
I just hope you get a chance to hear this message and let Sink in
Like you spilled your favorite drink on your favorite shirt
The truth is hard to deal with
Not addressing it can make it worse
Trauma's hereditary
If you feel like you don't have no worth
You do believe it's true
The only way that you can break the curse
Passed down from generations to generations
When they had our ancestors
As captives on their plantations
From sex farms and mutilations and castrations
While the pastor told us pray and have patience
It's hard to fathom
We sell our souls for whips and chains
Feel like we walking backwards
These officers are trigger happy and we target practice
So if I pick this pistol up and let these bullets fly
I'm letting freedom ring in your direction
Cause we fought to have this

So whenever you stand for something
And you stand for goodness and truth
You'll always get resistance
That's period
Whether you're in pharmaceutical
The pharmaceutical industry
The record industry or whatever
Whenever you stand for truth and for the service
You know, the service of others
See, I can make money very easily
I can make records that are self-indulgent

I had dreams of writing classics
The type to change lives
Envisioned speaking to the masses
I knew what I was destined for, no weapon formed
But kept a weapon for em I had a passion
I would risk it all no cap, yo I was sneaking out my classes
Just to hit the studio, I called it therapy sessions
It took a weight off of my shoulders
I would carry depression
I recognize how far I've come
Through all the years I've invested
It's only right I speak my truth
And keep on sharing my blessings
And paint pictures there more like scriptures
The more I wish I
Can swallow pride then pic up the phone
And call my sister
And leave a voice-mail
Because I know she ain't gone answer the phone
But I'd tell her she ain't standing alone
I had to recognize that I became a man on my own
I'm still growing, I don't have the answers I'm still rowing
Upstream on this river we call life
I know if I stay the course then I will be alright
I'm ready for vacation planning followed with long flights
Buf I'm scared of heights though
If I face my fears and spread my wings
No telling where I might go
It's only up from here I'm finally walking up those stairs
No looking back
I won't spend my life being succumbed by fear
I persevere, I finally know my purpose here
To take what I've been given
And inspire every person here
I persevere, I finally know my purpose here
To take what I've been given
And inspire every person here

So what I realized is, you know, I can't create and not live
I can't be in this vacuum of, you know
Of creativity Creativity, creativity without life
So, you know, in hip-hop
We're all trying to get to this next level
Without, as my brother says
Without the next level finding us
You know, it's like, life is peaks and valleys
And some people think that, some people don't explain That it's good times or bad times
But I actually think it's, let's say, learning mastership
Learning mastership, okay
Or study mastership