Freedom is one of them things
That the human mind it'll spend it's entire
Life tryingtoobtain
See, it ain'tno reason with a
Nigga iffreedom is a prison, feel me
Freedom was granted by God
Therefore no man, no thing, no jail cells
Not even death, bruh, can take your freedom
See, because it was only granted by God
The only one that can take
It away is God Himself

I pray for the mothers and them
Babies ain't got no homes (That's right)
All of my niggas out here working
Stay in your zone (Woo)
You got the power but
You gotta respect yourself
And you know you never have to
Bow down to no one else
You're a king, you're a queen, yeah
You're a ruler (Ruler)
And if you didn't know, take a listen
I'm here to school ya (School ya)
You know that strategic out here
Pickin' up on your life (Yup)
It's an everyday struggle, damnit
When we gon' get it right?

We gon' get it right
When we gon' get it right?
Gotta put up a fight, gotta put up a fight
Said when we gon' get it right?
When we gon' get it right?
Gotta put up a fight, gotta put up a fight

'Cause you deserve (You deserve)
I deserve (I deserve)
Yeah, we deserve to be free
We should be free we should be free
We should be free
Yeah, we deserve to be free
We should be free we should be free
We should be free yeah, you deserve to be

Soon as they do something better
They try to stop you
They wanna keep you in the gutter
Do anything to block you
Ain't gonna mute your voice
I'm gonna shout it really loud
The marathon continues, Nipsey
I hope we make you proud
Too many killers I can't count
Too many murders still unannounced
Everybody tryna figure out
Is it will? Is it the law?
Don't be afraid (Speak up)
Turn this up all in your (Speakers)
I need the message to reach you, this time

When we gon' get it right? When
We gon' get it right?
Gotta put up a fight, gotta put up a fight
Said when we gon' get it right?
When we gon' get it right?
Gotta put up a fight, gotta put up a fight

'Cause you deserve (You deserve)
I deserve (I deserve)
Yeah, we deserve to be free
We should be free we should be free
We should be free
Yeah, we deserve to be free
We should be free we should be free
We should be free yeah, you deserve to be

See, that's your brother
That's your sister, gotta stop the killing
When we all deserve a plate that
Comes with all the trimmings
Why we hatin' when we all just
Want the best of living?
A future for our children (yeah, yeah)
You know the game
Clear to see they tryna fool you (yeah)
'Cause they know exactly who you are
Don't let 'em use you (yeah)
The battle of freedom
It begins right in your mind
It's an everyday struggle, damnit
When we gon' get it right?

We gon' get it right
When we gon' get it right?
Gotta put up a fight, gotta put up a fight
Said when we gon' get it right?
When we gon' get it right?
Gotta put up a fight, gotta put up a fight

'Cause you deserve (You deserve)
I deserve (I deserve)
Yeah, we deserve to be free

Yeah, we deserve, yeah, we deserve, yeah
We deserve
Yeah, we deserve, yeah, we deserve, yeah
We deserve yeah, we deserve to be free
Yeah, we deserve, yeah, we deserve, yeah
We deserve yeah, we deserve to be free
Yeah, we deserve, yeah, we deserve, yeah
We deserve yeah, we deserve to be free

Copyright: Songtrust Ave, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
Writer(s): CANDACE WAKEFIELD, FANTASIA MONIQUE BARRINO, JEAN SEMEXANT, JEVON LENDRICK HILL, JOVAN JOSEPH DAWKINS, KENDALL TAYLOR, STANLEY GREEN