I'm to flee to a better place Go West, South and East, the way make a move, hurry up let's go now You got to we can get away 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 each I to be free, love ya sista I want to be free, don't you her I to be free, I want to be free
Master say being born colored was the disease And we the to bread, worse than flees As long as I for he, I work for free He beat me a dick in jail and cursed at me
I'm we, weren't put on this earth to be, bustled Nobody to be, hustled here, run I dare ya I catch ya, give ya more lashes than mascara
If its or die, I'm choosin' respect I saw my daddy hung dead, wit a on his neck My niece got raped pregnant, won't she scared Master done it but she blamin' it on drop Fred
But one day, things gon' change for Lord knows it cant forever what I told my momma Two later master sold my momma, master sold my momma
I'm ready to to a better place Go West, and East, whatever the way Let's a move, hurry 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 lemme help ya
I want to be free, on brotha I to be free, help each other I want to be free, love ya I want to be free, don't you her I to be free, I want to be free
Uh, uh, uh, I'm in the field, thats white lil' and me From dusk to dawn 'til the sun come and it Through all seasons, winter, fall, summer and Pickin', pushin', pullin', the field
Sweatin' to dehydrate, stuck in the heat And when it's cold, joints up barker than trees Rest, I don't get enough of my 'Cause master got us workin' late night and wakin' up in the wee
Hours of the mornin', stackin' of hay Hopin' the rain from 'til shower day Wishin' I walk away But then I think about hard away, master cut off his
'Cause you can't talk or sing or speak from your If it ain't what master or say But I was taught to pray to the and have faith Please take me away from this place you can be so off today
I'm ready to flee to a better Go West, and East, whatever the way make 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, my hand lemme help ya
I to be free, come on brotha I want to be free, each other I to be free, love ya sista I want to be free, you miss her I want to be free, I want to be
Man I tell ya drop shit, nothin' sufferin', done dealt with more headaches the bufferin' Gotta spend my time off the destructive by by doe bu-bu-bubblin' risk stumblin', fumblin'
So I'm 'bout takin' my life, tumblin' I down the road, tryin' to get that pot of gold Still out in the field, mobbin' with and Smoke Nine times, nine to five, I'm servin' Nine, you bout to eat well, get in line
'Cause momma got laid off, the sis need shoes My brother got popped back in his county blues And been made it off, there was no money, no food Comin' through next week, my rent and my due Life ain't got no rules, destruction, one So every now and then, your sing the blues
I'm ready to to a better place Go West, South and East, the way Let's make a move, up let's go now You got to believe we can get I'm tired of doin' what the say We got 2 lose, take my hand lemme help ya
I want to be free, on brotha I to be free, help each other I to be free, love ya sista I to be free, don't you miss her I to be free, I want to be free