Freedom Lyrics - Tlc

Various artists & tlc 

(appears on the panther soundtrack) 

Now this is time for free your mind and your soul 

Yo our official story has never been told 

Ladies you got to demand what you want 

And what we want is respect, right 

Yo listen up on the track here 

'cause you'll also have to deal with it right 

Freedom every time for the sisters 

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A here we go now 

Listen if I'm poompa moo 

I'll be the ruler like slick rick 

Get with this quick witted 

Adidas-wearing chick 

Poppa got a brand new bag 

Momma got a brand new jag 

A gold tag I ain't no old hag 

I represent not only in the kitchen 

And the bedroom room 

But also in the board room 

So give me more room 

Deny my opportunity 

You in jeopardy 

Yo-yo set me free 

Don't hinder me 

Let me be 

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My fightin' for freedom 

I got the heat in case you need 'em 

I'm a straight soldier 

Ain't nobody told you 

Hold up on them lies 

I know your games and your plans 

Do whatever you can to oppress demand 

But when it's time to drop the bomb 

Bring the funk and it's on 

You say you never met a sister so strong 

You're wrong now how can we be free 

It takes you and it takes me 

To blend together in harmony 

And peace and love and all of the above 

Sisters coming together representing one love 

No disrespect but we gotta get it together 

No matter what's the weather 

Sisters gotta stick together 

If sisters be stronger 

Don't let 'em steer you wrong 

Hold on 'cause sisters got it going on 

Yeah 

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Let's free your mind and your soul 

Don't let no guys go and take control 

Because you're young and a you play the role 

And our official story has never been told 

Whoever said these are the things that you can do 

And the things you ain't supposed to 

So am I further when I think I'm getting closer 

That's when I tend to think of rosa how was it 

Took a seat to make a stand 

But now in standing we've gotten more demanding 

They never thought in planning 

That a wish for us to sit would be a dose of 

This fucking rollercoaster 

Whether tradition or religion 

Why you question my decision 

Why you spend up all your time trying to 

Get into my mind 

Why everybody and they mama 

Gots to add to all my drama mad drama 

Hell if i'ma keep my dominating feministic hell 

Creating crazysexycool black ass 

In the palms of your player hater's stands 

My only chance of being free is to fly within me 

And it's illegal to kill a fucking eagle 

A bird is never more important than my people 

I guess we didn't need him so I took away his freedom 

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My spiritual awareness leads me to believe 

That you doubt in the sisters 

That come with the peace we've been together 

Since God created all of thee 

African daughters celebration is in order 

Pop the cork and give the champagne to the stork 

That brought the lyte to my momma in new york 

African I come again and again 

You kick me down I get back up 

I'm coming back in multiples of ten 

You know where I come from 

Slung from the belly of the beast 

Used to speak african tongue 

So I showed her next one bolder 

Slung the devil over my shoulder 

I'm getting over 'cause I'm bolder than the next 

I'm enlightened 'cause I speak the real truth from the text 

Who's next to flex with this s-i-s-t-e-r 

The sun the moon the crest and the star 

Wanna see how open you are 

Chorus 

Come and take a walk with me 

Closer walk with thee 

See what only I can see 

Nobody knows the trouble I've seen 

So it's back to the womb of everlasting life 

And truth let the heaven of a 

Sister embrace you and praise them other gods 

Come into the light let it shine blackness is fine 

The blackness of your skin 

The blackness of your mind 

I am who I am and that's who I be 

And I don't give a damn if your eyes can't see 

If you can't see what I can see 

That you're blind baby bop 

I'm a woman who's black so back up back up 

'cause it's on i'ma tell you strong what's wrong 

With the world that we're living on 

It ain't who you know it ain't what you drive 

It's about how you feel about yourself 

On the inside when your self-esteem is low 

And they call you a ho then they think you's a ho 

But that ain't what the lord God made you to be 

I need you to see you're black and you're free 

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