Vi Finesse - Freedom Writers lyrics

[Intro] I never thought I was meant for this Never thought how deep I would enter this Only artist out here getting dents for this He got a stage, started talking feminist [Verse 1] Nah, it's always been this way; never ashamed Funny how my writing's changing up the game Funny how you come around and acknowledge me Yet all rap is nothing more than misogyny And so it seems, the change I want is my aim More than three months in a cell, it's a shame Feeling like they dying when I never mention names Divisive is the language, hate's the only blame Freedom Writer flow, did it since the sixth grade Back in Dozier Middle, I would misbehave Then I met this woman, now I'm feeling saved Heading out of school, got my city on a wave [Hook] (and I ain't got bands, I'm always rich in spirit And if the money's nothing, then we hear the lyrics If my soul is the pen with I wrote... If the world is full of pain that we hold...) If I found another key in my note Maybe, maybe, maybe we could have some hope If I found another key in my note Maybe, maybe, maybe we could have some hope [Verse 2] White privilege is being able to turn away Crossed wood and lynchings, we burn away Pray these kids will learn today Tomorrow is better and Lord, I pray My cousins don't ever face what I faced They can make it in any place They can make it to any field And will never struggle for any meal And never know how it feels To rub that brimstone against them heels But, we all slaves; feeling like another time k** us all over nothing, but it ain't a crime Sit down for the anthem, but we crossed a line When rapists running loose on that Turner time People going to them learners, cop a burner nine But they never gotta serve that murder time So I'mma pray to God 'cause I really need it English took my family, getting beat for reading Knowledge is the Devil's literature; talking Forrest Whitaker An educated black youth is sinister; discipline administered And if they take my body, I'll be rich in spirit 'Cause my father heard me cry, hear my pain in lyrics [Outro] You see, I'm very much alive; I'm very much devout in my faith Very much aware of the situation and aware of this nation And how things are going from you know... Things like gender equality to racial disparity And I just don't feel like we can overlook one particular issue I feel like these are all issues that face us on a daily basis And it's just, there's really nothing more to say about it