Everything I have, everything I own All my mistakes, fam, you already know I wanna be free, I wanna be free From Senegal, West Africa To St. Louis, Missouri Thanks to Katherine Dunham For giving my pops his glory He came down with his drum And a dream to change the world In a free uplifting world And that's all we ever want Mom came a little after Gave birth to my brother And then all of the pressure Made em' fight one and another See, the pain would never left Did the best with what they had They knew the world was out for grabs And they they searched to find their Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom Everything I have, everything I own All my mistakes, fam, you already know I wanna be free, I wanna be free So I search to find my Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom Everything I have, everything I own All my mistakes, girl, you already know I wanna be free, I wanna be free, yeah As a kid I never knew That after so just to make it through So I found myself skipping school 'Cause the girls don't think I'm cool And because of that I didn't care Whether or not I went to jail I just wanna be treated fair 'Cause that's all I ever knew Tellin' me I need to slow down 'Cause everybody in the whole town 'Cause they know how I get down Far enough from another town Can you believe we're still around? After so many in the ground And we ain't gon' stop now Until we get that Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom Everything I have, everything I own All my mistakes fam you already know I wanna be free, I wanna be free Won't stop till I find my Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom Everything I have, everything I own All my mistakes, girl, you already know I wanna be free (free), I wanna be free (free) If you wanna be free, and the land is drug-free Put your hands up (hey), put your hands up (hey) If you wanna be free, from all your misery Put your hands up (hey), put your hands up (hey) If you wanna be free, with plenty money Put your hands up (hey), put your hands up (hey) If you wanna be free, just praise G-O-D Put your hands up (hey), put your hands up (hey) Freedom, freedom (freedom), freedom, freedom Everything I have, everything I own All my mistakes, girl, you already know I wanna be free (wanna be free), I wanna be free (wanna be free) yeah