J Dilla - Be Free lyrics

[Verse 1] Uhhh A lonely teen just tryna change the world and make it out Walking down the streets of portsmouth tryna take the safest route At third baptist you see homeless men sleep Walk to the mcdonald's and its men who beg for something to eat And the same old heads who role dice behind the motel Be the ones who wish they had enough money for to go there Billboards say its a new life for you at T.C.C But everytime I look its new black faces on T.V. screens Man that sh** make me regret doing alot of sh** How we still slaves when we were told that they abolished it? Yall say that I'm the best cause I say whats behind the heart And put my soul in paper so this sh** sound like my final thoughts Im the instigatar, i always tell the truth you hiding Go tell yo neighbors matter fact go tell who you confide in I dream of salvation so I spit with my eyes closed Feel like a slave who blinded by freedoms blindfold, drive slow [Hook x2] I got dreams to be free I got dreams to be free Only thing that I see Is darkness that won't leave [Verse] I know this sh** I'm spitting now is sounding painful And it prolly make alot of yall believe really ain't hope Like the time Jermaine told me I sounded like j cole And I prolly didn't show it but it touched me in my faint soul It made me feel good until ca**andra said she hated it And wanted me to turn it off, i regreted I played the sh** Its crazy cause I never show how hurt my feelings be I smiled when she said it but deep inside it was k**ing me I guess a black man can never fully live his dream Unless you a convict who found god and went to ministry Now how you think that's gone effect the youth and adolescence Its black teachers with no answers when you ask that question But still we live through a everyday basis Not investing on our future, but taking every vacation Y'all confusing me, sounding rudimentatry, your music be The reason why I can't get through to these Kids [Hook x2] I got dreams to be free I got dreams to be free Only thing that I see Is darkness that won't leave [Verse 3] I'm only 19 but my mindset is 41 So I save money instead of buying that poison blount n***as thinking they hard sh** cause they can sport a gun When they should be in books, but hey they prolly ain't een thought it once But then again they prolly out here tryna dodge a punch Or moms screaming in the streets the cops done shot her son Or prolly asking when the next person adopting us I'm tired of going home to home, why they keep dropping us Am I too bad a kid, is it cause I got lots of guts The other kids be mean to me cause I don't box enough But when I do fight, the police come lock us up And if they don't, then they k** us on the block and stuff So why resist being the headline of obituaries Why is this something I'm drawing out to a visionary Why is that same visionary vision's blurry, And he don't see my people dying fast and the fact we living scary [Hook x2] I got dreams to be free I got dreams to be free Only thing that I see Is darkness that won't leave [Verse] Everyday I hear about somebody bout to die And it cut my soul, thats why it seems im bout to cry I mean fr, it cut deep enough to create a scab I never met the victims but I love em like leeasha sabb I pray to God everyday ion lose another brother I pray to God everyday to watch over my mother I pray to God that my father will watch me perform I pray I don't get stage fright again when I go on I pray these transparent chains will leave up off my people I pray nobody get shot for looking through they peep holes I pray that my youngest brother have a better life than me Pray he Finish school, get a wife and do it rightfully Pray that my ex girlfriend understands that she was hurting me And she took my heart out the body like she removed it surgically I pray the homeless will finally get they life together I pray that we stand strong as a people and unite forever [Hook x2] I got dreams to be free I got dreams to be free Only thing that I see Is darkness that won't leave