Derek Minor - Free lyrics

[Verse 1] They gone tell me be quiet They gone say I'm stirring up the pot They gone say I'm too emotional They gone say I need to calm down Usually I hold it in, I don't wanna mess the paper up I don't wanna be too aggressive, that could make you uncomfortable But do you know what that feel like Handcuffed scared for you life Pray to God he ain't had a bad day This could be your very last night This so exhausting, Lord knows we tired They say wait for the facts like I can't believe my eyes Wake me up from this nightmare Tell me that this ain't true Do black men have rights? Do black men bear the image of God too? Cause if we do, then tell me, why we always get shot down Why we can't get a trial date Why is d**h the only answer now? I know that it's good cops Word to officer Fitzgerald at my church But tell me why the bad cops Never get to see the justice system work? But I know the Lord still just, and I know he still love us But I'm starting feel in America The justice system means just us [Hook] And I don't have no explanation, I'm just hurt And I know that it's complicated, but it still hurts [Bridge] If we supposed to be free, why it feel like chains hanging on me [Verse 2] Listen homie keep your head up, yea I know you prolly fed up It feel like they ain't hearing us, feel like they only fearing us All I know is that we hear today There's a God and he feel our pain All I know is every time we pray He'll be there to wipe our tears away We are more than criminals, we are more than imbeciles Our fathers ain't all dead beats We ain't all thugging in the streets The Land of opportunity is only for the ones with opportunity We just trying to catch up, years after slavery All that I'm saying, is it's complicated and I don't get all of it But all that I know is this pain in my heart, oh yea I feel all of it I know the Lord still just, and I know he still love us But I'm starting feel in America The justice system means just us [Hook] And I don't have no explanation, I'm just hurt And I know that it's complicated, but it still hurts [Outro] If we supposed to be free, why it feel like chains hanging on me (8x)