[Pre-Hook/Chorus] I just wanna be free, yeah Just wanna be, just wanna be Just wanna be, just wanna be I just wanna be free, yeah Just wanna be, just wanna be Just wanna be, just wanna be [Hook/Chorus] Maybe I’m just like my brother He’s never satisfied Why do we shoot up each other? This is what it sounds like When the thugs cry When the thugs cry When the thugs cry When the thugs cry [Verse 1] Can’t explain the pain, all I know is chains All I know is whips, and all I know is gang, gang, gang, gang Don’t even know my name, and the place from what you came N----s love to talk, but n----s never change Same thing, same faces on the news, this is nothing new This is what we knew, still hanging by the noose It’s written, it’s proof, time to face the truth N----s never wanna execute, n----s only make excuses [Pre-Hook/Chorus] I just wanna be free, yeah Just wanna be, just wanna be Just wanna be, just wanna be Just wanna be, just wanna be I just wanna be free, yeah Just wanna be, just wanna be Just wanna be, just wanna be [Hook/Chorus] Maybe I’m just like my brother He’s never satisfied Why do we shoot up each other? This is what it sounds like When the thugs cry When the thugs cry When the thugs cry When the thugs cry [Verse 2] Welcome to the high plane, I’m so fly Won’t say my designer’s name, know why? Broke gunners in the wing, s--t ain’t been the same Now we honor Jenner, James, and the ring Sweet Jesus, I pray for you non-believers They say that you never see us Turn around, sing Pledge of Allegiance Nothing went with this world What are we to do with the story They gotta never witness your true ways Better play victims or new slaves What the hell is with them kids these days? Kids with guns, the guerillas gon’ bang Treat us like animals in this race Put that banana clip in your face So you wash your day problems away I don’t plan on doing laundry today What’s 50 bands to a man like me? There’s this, but your whole life just trynna play s--t fair Can’t you see or is you blind? Screen advertise corrupt your mind Fill that TVs with so many lies So many die overtime, hold so many lies, uh [Hook/Chorus] Maybe I’m just like my brother He’s never satisfied Why do we shoot up each other? This is what it sounds like When the thugs cry When the thugs cry When the thugs cry When the thugs cry [Pre-Hook/Chorus] I just wanna be free, yeah Just wanna be, just wanna be Just wanna be, just wanna be Just wanna be, just wanna be I just wanna be free, yeah Just wanna be, just wanna be Just wanna be, just wanna be Just wanna be, just wanna be [Hook/Chorus] Maybe I’m just like my brother He’s never satisfied Why do we shoot up each other? This is what it sounds like When the thugs cry