Liberation

Say you wanna be free, that'll cost you Go ahead and make an offer Speak now or hold your peace Gamblin' with the lot, they're playing for keeps Are you ready to lose? Can you win if you don't hold any? Say you trying to be, but you don't know which Say you trying to ball, but you sitting on the bench Wanna be free, but take a stand, fuck the team, break the chains Drive the hearse, in reverse, live to die, fuck the lane Matter of fact, fuck the name, I'm what's next, write the checks Malcolm X, ready to die, steady and aim Take my life and I'll remain free (liberation) I'm a extraterrestrial, born in a telescope Dressed like an eskimo, on point like a decimal Hair to my feet, see the aura is impeccable (yeah) The god is within, but I'm sinning with the best of you Floating on a stepping stone, or rather that Super-sport chevy, got your chick riding heavy on my testicles By any means necessary This is something I've been destined to do And when I die, then I'm legendary So frame my picture in the vestibule Next to sammy davis Say bitch, I tend to bob-and-weave As though I don't know where my lane is They want me to stay confined On some suit-and-tie, assembly line From the cradle to the grave shift And that reminds me When I studied all year, got straight aces Stayed out of trouble, kept it straight laced and Carried her books, and bought her lay's chips But when I went for a kiss, I got nixed (I just saw you as a fan) Next summer she was running with dwayne Fresh nigga' with the new J's He never went to class, but he stayed paid And he stayed laid So I diverted from the safe way And you can still see the chip on my shoulder But I refuse to live life like a robot, it's a new day In short story, shorter, you gon' do what you told her Or you'll influence the culture, it's either hot or it's colder Run with us, or get ran over, drumhedz The only way they can inherit the freedom we have known Is if we fight for it, protect it, defend it And then hand it to them With the well thought lessons of how they in their lifetime must do the same And if you and I don't --- Liberation - SiR and Anderson .Paak