[Intro Chrisette Michele] Oh American citizen Come collect your freedom No matter what youre living in Oh American citizen Come collect your freedom No matter what youre living in Its time to win [Verse 1 Chrisette Michele] Keep us in the four walls of our churches Well be quiet Most of us aint even Democratic or Republican And by coincidence, we love the elected Until theyre detected Of being human America falls Minorities lose war But if we united, we wouldve won the war On poverty, war on drugs War on Medicaid, war on love Freedom isnt given it is taken Freedom isnt free its earned I know its learned Been hung and burned Yet rest in peace Resurrect it please This aint black or white its gray This is not about my faith Most of us dont know what to say Right from wrong or free from slaves [Hook Chrisette Michele] Let freedom reign Do you want to be free Or do you want to be dead? I want to be free I want to be free I want to be free Let freedom reign Do you want to be free Or do you want to be dead? I want to be free I want to be free I want to be free [Verse 2 Talib Kweli] America the beautiful Suspect as usual Liberty and death Give me freedom or 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 wasnt 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 its causing you to act hard Freedom aint free, gotta put it on my black card My passport claim Im an American citizen The constitution said Im threefifths Im not a semi and gorilla Pack my song stronger than the Horn of Gideon Truth is the Norse gave the native people syphilis Consider this Christopher Columbus aint know where he was going So lets stop calling our native brothers Indians [Hook Chrisette Michele] Let freedom reign Do you want to be free or do you want to be dead? I want to be free I want to be free I want to be free Let freedom reign Do you want to be free or do you want to be dead? I want to be free I want to be free I want to be free [Verse 3 Black Thought] We were carried here in shackles from the homeland Broomchopped, chainlocked, brainwashed, programmed Times changed, freedom reigns, Im a grown man Holding the future in the palms of my own hands In this world the coonery and tomfoolery All Im trying to do is stay true to my community The daily news aint the only thing thats schooling me Watching these haters operating with impunity Its dirty dollar signs Black and white collar crimes Running out of time Out of sight, out of mind It gets realer in Israel, in Palestine Troubles of the world start to seem intertwined War criminals, conflict minerals Pillagers are coming home Fivestar generals Telling lies in press conferences and interviews Im trying to take back the power Cause its been abused [Hook Chrisette Michele] Let freedom reign Do you want to be free or do you want to be dead? I want to be free I want to be free I want to be free Let freedom reign Do you want to be free or do you want to be dead? I want to be free I want to be free I want to be free [Outro Chrisette Michele] Im just black in America Im not AfroAmerican Just a passive American Making believe Im better than what weve been, what weve been Im just black in America Im not AfroAmerican Just a passive American Making believe Im better than what weve been, what weve been
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