Freedom

Freedom is not free

I want 'em to know why Officer Darren Wilson

Didn't got to jail for killin' our brother Michael Brown

I want 'em to know why, I wanna know why George Zimmerman

Didn't got to jail for killin' Trayvon, I want 'em to know why

And the reason is because America is at war with the black man

You do not go to jail for carryin' out your responsibilities to your state

That's why no police will ever go to jail for killin' a black man

Because war has been declared on the black man

It's the black man who simply won't accept it

Look, the art of war is a meaning behind the message

You don't need a gun or sword if you treat your mind as the weapon

Our colors is hidden, it's secrets teachers hide in their lessons

History books was full of people with white complexions

Reach the height you're destined, ****, we define the essence

Uh, took my rap money, made a team from my investments

Get my family out the hood, the only reason why I'm stressin'

Small city but **** carry heat the size of precious

Look, I speak on shit you other rap **** nervous to say

The purchase I paid, more than most **** earn at my age

My purpose was made, from my birth was determined for great

The land of the free unless you black or you served in a cage

For my **** behind a wall tryna learn up a trade

You get free and they make it hard just to earn up a wage

You either return to the cage or get murdered in graves

That's the power how racist judges can turn us to slaves

We celebrate one hundred and fifty years of freedom

Did y'all know that?

Since 2015, one hundred fifty years

What do we got, black folks?

Where's our airplanes?

What do we got?

Where's our supermarkets, what do we got?

Where's our schools, what do we got?

Where's our banks, what do we got?

A hundred and fifty years of freedom

Whatever

Yo, compared to the wise

Could win a war with just my ears and my eyes

The greatest victories come to those who prepared when it's time

Inspired by moments seein' mommy with tears in her eyes

Smokin' cigarettes while she playin' out Mary J. Blige

Racist cops shoot at our kings, they even got a noose if you free

One shot could turn your blood to a pool when you bleed

Poison our mind, even poison the food that we eat

Choke us out in broad day till we can't move or can't breathe

I'm the female Mansa Musa to ****

Generational wealth what I plan to do for my ****

I'm the palm reader, look how I hand the future to ****

Was music to my ears, so I hand a flute to my ****

All praises due to the highest as God protect me

I'd give you food for thought but my diet was Dr. Sebi

Kings killin' kings, won't get to be led, let it be violent

What's worse than bein' physically dead is mentally dyin'

America has the highest incarceration rate on the planet

And most men, black men in jail, are in jail

For non-violent, drug-related offenses

In other words, he was sellin' crack and heroin on the street

Because he couldn't find a decent job

Through which he could earn enough

To take care of his family

So who is responsible when the black male is miseducated

Economically castrated, comes out of jail

Cannot find any opportunity to set his life right

Can't get welfare, can't get healthcare, can't get public housing

Can't get student loans?

So he breaks the law again and goes back

We look at him, how 'bout the system?

Freedom is not free