( Daddy-O ) If I gotta die to be free Then I guess it gotta be Cause I never been a s**er, see? I can't stand for a man tryin to hold me down Then again I've never been a clown Countdown (Freedom or d**h) '88, and everything ain't well (Freedom or d**h) Prepare for a war and war is hell (Freedom or d**h) And if you think about coppin a plea (Freedom or d**h) Don't even waste your breath (Freedom or d**h) Cause this time it's freedom or d**h (Freedom or d**h) Conceptually to be free means To do what I please, but please Cause even overseas in my native country I still get robbed and raped in the face For gold and all (Freedom or d**h) My people are poor (Freedom or d**h) For the sake of a thrill (Freedom or d**h) My people get k**ed (Freedom or d**h) And we'll be k**ed till there's nobody left (Freedom or d**h) Unless we understand it's freedom or d**h (Freedom or d**h) It only takes one side to declare war And if the other side ignores They get mapped, or should I say off the map Like a stain's washed out in a laundromat Wartime, brother, wartime, sister (Freedom or d**h) We can't wait because they won't wait (Freedom or d**h) And we've been through so much sh** to date (Freedom or d**h) That we're losin this war and I hate (Freedom or d**h) To say that, but it's true, so I say to you You better learn to defend yourself Right hand and left In the east and west Time for war, freedom or d**h If I gotta die to be free Then I guess it gotta be Cause I never been a s**er, see? I can't stand for a man tryin to hold me down Then again, I've never been a clown Countdown (Freedom or d**h) '88, and everything ain't well (Freedom or d**h) Prepare for a war and war is hell (Freedom or d**h) And if you think about coppin a plea (Freedom or d**h) Don't even waste your breath (Freedom or d**h) Cause this time it's freedom or d**h (Freedom or d**h)