I'm to flee to a better place Go West, South and East, the way Let's make a move, up let's go now You got to we can get away I'm tired of doin' what the say We got nothing 2 lose, take my hand help ya
I want to be free, on brotha I want to be free, help other I want to be free, love ya I want to be free, you miss her I to be free, I want to be free
Master say being colored was the worst disease And we the to bread, worse than flees As as I work for he, I work for free He beat me a dick in jail and cursed at me
I'm certain we, weren't put on this to be, bustled Nobody deserve to be, Look here, run I ya I catch ya, give ya more lashes than mascara
If its pride or die, I'm choosin' I saw my daddy dead, wit a noose on his neck My niece got raped pregnant, won't tell she Master done it but she blamin' it on drop Fred
But one day, things change for better Lord knows it cant forever Thats I told my momma Two days later master sold my momma, sold my momma
I'm ready to flee to a better Go West, and East, whatever the way Let's a move, hurry up let's go now You got to believe we can get I'm tired of doin' what the say We got nothing 2 lose, take my lemme help ya
I want to be free, come on I want to be free, each other I to be free, love ya sista I to be free, don't you miss her I want to be free, I want to be
Uh, uh, uh, I'm in the field, white lil' niggas and me From dusk to 'til the sun come and it leave Through all seasons, winter, fall, summer and Pickin', pushin', pullin', the field
Sweatin' 'bout to dehydrate, in the heat And when it's cold, joints lock up barker than Rest, I don't get enough of my 'Cause master got us late night and then wakin' up in the wee
Hours of the mornin', stackin' of hay Hopin' the rain from dawn shower day Wishin' I could away But I think about hard away, master cut off his hand
'Cause you talk or sing or speak from your mouth If it ain't what master or say But I was taught to pray to the and have faith Please take me away this awful place 'Cause you can be so off
I'm ready to flee to a better Go West, and East, whatever the way Let's make a move, hurry up go now You got to believe we can get I'm tired of what the devils say We got nothing 2 lose, take my hand lemme ya
I want to be free, come on I want to be free, each other I want to be free, ya sista I want to be free, you miss her I to be free, I want to be free
Man I tell ya drop shit, nothin' 'Nuff sufferin', done with more headaches the bufferin' Gotta spend my time off the by gettin' by doe bu-bu-bubblin' Can't stumblin', fumblin'
So I'm takin' my life, dice tumblin' I drop down the road, tryin' to get that pot of Still out in the field, mobbin' with and Smoke Nine times, nine to five, I'm servin' Nine, you tryin' to eat well, get in line
momma got laid off, the lil' sis need shoes My brother just got popped back in his blues And pops been made it off, there was no money, no Comin' through next week, my rent and my due ain't got no rules, destruction, one two's So every now and then, gonna sing the blues
I'm ready to to a better place Go West, and East, whatever the way Let's make a move, up let's go now You got to believe we can get I'm tired of what the devils say We got nothing 2 lose, take my hand help ya
I want to be free, come on I want to be free, help other I want to be free, ya sista I want to be free, you miss her I want to be free, I to be free