You go to bed, just to learn
It was all a dream
Day after day, just a yearning
For something in between

Kneeling down beside your bed
Praying for a sign
And everything your mother said
Was just a waste of time

But one day, one day, we'll all be free

You go to church, just to be sold
Why you deserve to die
It's just like having your fortune told
But never asking why
More like having one of God's creations
Tied up on a leash, oh, ah
Makes you wonder who controls the nations
If we never have peace

One day, one day, we'll all be free

You go to school, just to learn
About what never existed
But if your history only burns
It's better to resist it
Keeping it Franklin
Benjamin Banneker
Was never born a slave
And ah, if George Washington never told no lie
Maybe we'd all be saved

One day, one day, we'll all be free

One day, one day, we'll all be free
One day, one day, we'll all be free
One day, one day, we'll all be free

One day, one day, we'll all be free
(One day, one day, we will all be free)
Oh, yes we will, yes we will

One day, one glorious day, we will all be free
(One day, one day, we'll all be free)
I'm talking 'bout you (one day, one day, we'll all be free)
I'm talking 'bout me
One day, one day, we'll all be, all be free
(One day, one day, we will all be)

Copyright: Universal Music Publishing Group
Writer(s): Prince Rogers Nelson