Restrictions

Use your manners, Queen Latifa

Wipe the grease off of your nose

Learn the letters, burn 'em betters

Learn to hide the puppet shows

If you're a man or you're a lady

Someone still thinks you're the one

Who starts givin' all the bad ideas

To his wicked son of a-

Picture 'bout what's on your mind

Till the problem's clear

When it is, I'm sure you'll find

Your problems are your fears

Hey, restrictions, they're the problems makin' me fear whatever's best

They're the laws and rules and clocks and rhymes, and you know all the rest

They're the guidelines tied around your throat and then stabbed into your chest

Many wonder what's the right to do: whatever he finds best

You'd better watch out for the Son of God

Who, in his past, abuses Hell

So makes 'em snare a turtle shell

And straps it to a rabbit's back

And writes it on your sickle back

And when that spot is getting old

Describes whatever's being sold

As a substitute for all his restrictions

(Restriction) I don't wanna die to know

(Restriction) I don't need it baby, no

(Restriction) I can't buy it, I can't try it like that

(Restriction) Don't want nothin' to hold me down

Whoo

Whoo-hoo

Yeah

(Restriction) I don't need it, I can't read it either

(Restriction) Can't stand it, you'd better not try to stand around here

(Restriction) You don't need no, I don't want no

(Restriction) Yeah, restriction

Oh, it's bringin' me down

Oh, bring me down

No-no

Restrictions, they're the problems make me believe and fear whatever's best

They're the laws and rules and clocks and rhymes, and you know all the rest

They're the guidelines tied around your throat, stabbed into your chest

(Restriction) I don't need no

(Restriction) Baby, I don't want no

(Restriction) You've gotta take it, take it, take it, take it down

(Restriction) And I did, yeah, yeah-yeah yeah

I don't want it (Restriction)

I don't need it (Restriction)

Baby don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't (Restriction)

Honey don't, oh honey don't (Restriction)

Don't try to tell me any restriction (Restriction)

Try to tell me any restriction (Restriction)

It just seems so senseless (Restriction)

Yes, I wanna be free (Restriction)

(Restriction) Can't use no restriction

(Restriction) Yeah, I don't want no restriction

(Restriction) Whoo-hoo-hoo hoo hoo-hoo

(Restriction) Yeah

(Restriction) I'm gonna die

(Restriction) Die

(Restriction)

(Restriction)

With bright (Restriction) candlelight

Can't use (Restriction), that don't prove

Babe, I gotta admit, (Restriction) admit …