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[feat. Talib Kweli & Black Thought] [Chrisette Michele:] Oh American citizen, come collect your freedom No matter what your living in No more giving in Oh American citizen, come collect your freedom No matter what you're living in It's time to win Keep us in the four walls of our childrens will be quiet Most of us ain't even democratic or Republic Can, and by coincidence we love the elected until the detected of being human American falls, minorities lose war But if we unite we would have won the war On poverty On drugs On medicated On love Freedom isn't given it is taken Freedom isn't free it's earned Not, no, it's learned Been hung and burned, Yet rest in peace, resurrected plea This ain't black or white, it's grey Letras de cancionesThis is not about my face Most of us don't know what to say Right from wrong, I'm free from slaves Let freedom reign Do you wanna be free or do you wanna be I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be Free, Let freedom Reign [Repeated: [Talib Kweli:] America the beautiful Suspect as usual Liberty and death give me freedom on my funeral I walk across the planet with the steps of a giant My rhymes bridge the gap between religion and science Cause my evidence is spiritual I know my sheer presence is a miracle I wasn't supposed to be here to share with you But here I am, standing with my chest out I take my place in history I never get left out You stressed out and scared so it's causing you to act hard Freedom ain't free, gotta put it on my black card My passport claim I'm an American citizen The constitution said I'm three fifths I'm not a semi and gorrilla Make my songs stronger than the horn of Gideon Truth is the [?] gave the native people syphillis Consider this: Christopher Columbus ain't know where he was goin' So let's stop calling our Native brothers Indians [Chorus] [Black Thought:] We were carried here in shackles from the homelands [?] chop, chain locked, brain washed, programmed Time's change, freedom reigns, I'm a grown man Holding the future in the palms of my own hands In this World, the coonery and tomfoolery All I'm trying to do is stay true to my community The daily news ain't the only thing that's schooling me Watching these haters operating with impunity Tis journey dollar signs, black and white collar crimes Running out of time, out of sight, out of mind It gets realer and it's real in Palestine Troubles of the World start to seem intertwined War criminals, conflict minerals, pillagers are coming home And five star generals telling lies in press conferences and interviews I'm trying to take back the power cause it's been abused [Chorus] [Chrisette Michele:] I'm just black in America I'm not afro american Just a passive american Making belief I'm better than What we've been, what we've been I said I'm just black in America I'm not afro american Just a passive american Making belief I'm better than What we've been, what we've been From Letras Mania