Renee Soul - Freedom Writers lyrics

[Verse 1: Mike GLC] To say I'm one of the best, that's an understatement But I guess they won't see it until I'm on the pavement And i'll you you the truth, I ain't gripped my gun for ages I don't need to 'cos I know these youngers are raging I've been through many different life changes, many different stages Flip many pages, by the time you saw Letter To My Girlfriend; I'd already faced life and seen my world end I'd already chanced it once and got back life I'd already rocked the Cartier's with the black ice I was evil from nineteen Looking at the picture see the evil in my team The way we put people in their place ... shoot people in their face But now it's freedom that I'm fighting for It's probably the only reason I'm still writing for [Hook: Renee Soul] You can put me in chase but you can't take my freedom (freedom) My freedom's the state of my mind Can anybody believe the cage we live in is free?! You can put me in a case but you can't take my freedom (freedom) My freedom's the state of my mind You can't take my right to life [Verse 2: Cerose] The revolution won't be televised Let it be proven that the holy words are not a lie Moving cautious because these paigons wanna see me die Beat me down, break my wings because they dont want to see me fly I'm losing hope in my own kind And you can have your little jokes for a small time Ha, I shed a tear from these stoned eyes My soul cries for the lives of controlled minds And my solutions now streaming Premonitious so I write what I'm dreaming Revelation told me that I'm gonna see him And they'll persecute me for the God that I believe in. Bobbing and weaving like a fighter I'm never leaving - like a lifer They decided you lot non-the-wiser And that what made me be a freedom writer [Hook: Renee Soul] You can put me in chase but you can't take my freedom (freedom) My freedom's the state of my mind Can anybody believe the cage we live in is free?! You can put me in a case but you can't take my freedom (freedom) My freedom's the state of my mind You can't take my right to life [Verse 3: Logic] Look, I am the reincarnation of Steve Biko Nothing that I write is for myself This is for my people If I could, I'd make all the money shared equal Reparations, By any means necessary; isn't just a phrase This is how I'm living day to day See I studied how the angels pray So I deliver in a similar way I'm battling the devil through my pages It's the only way he hears what I say I still carry my slave name I hold it sacred 'Cos it makes me living proof of how my people made it Never reach for famous, I deserve my recognition Certain man become freer when they stuck in prison It's deeper than the chains we were given Deeper than Nostradamus visions were polluted by the 'isms' Paralysed in the devils system, so I always use my pen to give free wisdom I hope you listen [Hook: Renee Soul] You can put me in chase but you can't take my freedom (freedom) My freedom's the state of my mind Can anybody believe the cage we live in is free?! You can put me in a case but you can't take my freedom (freedom) My freedom's the state of my mind You can't take my right to life [Verse 4: Haze] I've been fighting since the day that I was born I've been writing since the day that I was warned of this cold world Since the day I felt it dorm with my soul dwell I've been out here fighting in the war with my lone self Breaking barriers, or different calibers Did it by myself, no label or manager, Unanimous decision, we the truth, can you handle us? Had enough of distributing food on a baggin up Manning up, writing for the freedom, time to bad 'em up This is for my brothers doing years, ain't adding up Got to shed a tear, for those who lost too And rally up the troops All the people in the battle for the man above People in the industry, keep asking me for happy stuff But how can I make happy music when the world sad as f** Had enough of living in a world that seemed mad as f** Writing for my freedom, no scaly tucked [Hook: Renee Soul] [Outro: Haze] I feel it when I write I feel it when I speek The reason we alive The visions that we see The path that we chose The reason that we be Writing to be free for everyone - you and me Freedom Writers... Yeah, freedom writers Freedom Writers... Yeah, freedom writers we tell it how it be