♪ ♪ Everything I have, everything I want ♪ ♪ All my mistakes, babe, you already moved ♪ ♪ I wanna be free, I wanna be free ♪ ♪ From Senegal, West Africa, to St. Louis, Missouri ♪ ♪ Thanks to Catherine Dunham for giving my pops his glory ♪ ♪ He came down with his prom and a dream to change the world ♪ ♪ In a free uplifting world, and that's all you ever want ♪ ♪ My mom came a little after, gave birth to my brother ♪ ♪ And then all of the pressure, made them fight one another ♪ ♪ You see the pain will never last, did the best with what they had ♪ ♪ He knew the world was out for grabs, and he searched to find his freedom ♪ ♪ Freedom, freedom, oh freedom ♪ ♪ Everything I have, everything I own, all my mistakes, babe, you already knew ♪ ♪ I wanna be free, I wanna be free, so I searched to find my freedom ♪ ♪ Freedom, freedom, oh freedom ♪ ♪ Everything I have, everything I own, all my mistakes, girl, you already knew ♪ ♪ I wanna be free, I wanna be free, yeah ♪ ♪ As a kid I never knew, I'd have to hustle 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 ♪ ♪ You're telling me I need to slow down, cause everybody in the whole town ♪ ♪ Cause they know how I'll get down, far enough from another town ♪ ♪ Can you believe we're still around, after so many hit the ground? ♪ ♪ And we ain't gonna stop now, until we get that freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom ♪ ♪ Everything I have, everything I own, all my mistakes, fam, you already knew ♪ ♪ I wanna be free, I wanna be free, won't stop till I find my freedom, my freedom, my freedom, oh freedom ♪ ♪ Everything I have, everything I own, all my mistakes, girl, you already knew ♪ I wanna be free, I wanna be free, if you wanna be free and the land is drug free put your hands up, put your hands up, if you wanna be free from all your misery put your hands up, put your hands up, if you wanna be free with plenty money put your hands up, put your hands up, if you wanna be free, just praise G-O-D put your hands up, put your hands up freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, oh freedom everything I have, everything I own, all my mistakes girl you already know I wanna be, I wanna be free, I wanna be free, wanna be free