Let Freedom Reign(Album Version) feat. Talib Kweli,Black Thought

歌詞

[Chrisette Michele] Oh American citizen, come collect your freedom No matter what your living in No more giving in Oh American citizen, come collect your freedom No matter what you're living in It's time to win Tape us in the four walls of our churches will be quiet Most of us aint even democratic or republic Can, and by coincidence, we love the elected until the detected of being human America falls, minorities lose war But if we unite we could have won the war On poverty On drugs On medicate On love Freedom isn't given it is taken Freedom isn't free it's earned Not, known, it's learned Been hung and burned, Yet rest in peace, resurrected plea This aint black or white, it's grey This is not about my face Most of us don't know what to say Right from wrong or free from slave Let freedom reign Do you wanna be free or do you wanna be found I wanna be free, I wanna be free, I wanna be Free Let freedom reign Do you wanna be free or do you wanna be found I wanna be free, I wanna be free, I wanna be Free [Talib Kweli] America the beautiful Suspect as usual Liberty and death give me freedom on my funeral I walk across the planet with the steps of a giant My rhymes bridge the gap between religion and science Cause my evidence is spiritual I know my sheer presence is a miracle I wasn't supposed to be here to share with you But here I am, standing with my chest out I take my place in history I never get left out You stressed out and scared so it's causing you to act hard Freedom aint free, gotta put it on my black card My passport claim I'm an American citizen The constitution said I'm three fifths I'm not a simian gorrilla Make my songs stronger than the horn of Gideon Truth is the? gave the native people syphillis Consider this: Christopher Columbus ain't know where he was goin' So lets stop calling our Native brothers Indians [Chorus] [Black Thought] We were carried here in shackles from the homelands Screwed chop, chain locked, brain washed, programmed Time's change, freedom reigns, I'm a grown man Holding the future in the palms of my own hands In this World, the cornery and tomfoolery All I'm trying to do is stay true to my community The daily news aint the only thing that's schooling me Watching these haters operating with impunity This journey dollar signs, black and white collar crimes Running out of time, out of sight, out of mind It gets realer and it's real in Palestine Troubles of the World start to seem intertwined War criminals, conflict minerals, pillagers are coming home Five star generals, telling lies in press conferences and interviews I'm trying to take back the power cause it's been abused [Chorus] [Chrisette Michele] I'm just Black in America I'm not Afro American Just a Passive American Making belief I'm better than What we've been, what we've been I said I'm just Black in America I'm not Afro American Just a Passive American Making belief I'm better than What we've been, what we've been