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Freedom Ain’t Free Lyrics by Unify Collective

Perspectives of the Illusion

2017

Intro (x2):
I do what I gotta do like I got nothin’ to lose
I go to school and pass by my haters with nothin’ to prove
Payin’ my dues with this energy I release in the booth
Dreams I pursue while you’re listening I’m enlisting the truth
Verse 1: Peace Manuel
I put mind to something greater than a vice
I never want to be reliant, defiant, getting in fights, start a riot at night because you know the night controls the day
Slowly becoming more and more enslaved
As life slips away we’re losing faith in visions
I can relate to prison’s by going to schooling districts
They scrutinize knowing they are misfits trying to hide behind the unrealistic
And while they call it attendance, with the script imma flip it
Hook (x2): Peace Manuel
Fight because freedom ain’t free
Cause the shit that I seen just makes me wanna kill
But I know I gotta rebuild
And fight because freedom ain’t free
Verse 2: Peace Manuel
I put it down for my family just as much as my brothers
I found peace and sanity until I brought the ruckus
Sick lyrics suffix and mix until they can’t touch us
Life is a gamble so do the knowledge and run them numbers
In the gutter you think deep, sleep without covers
Which leads to depression that's why I think the system was built to fuck us
Make fun of the institutions who think they can fly the bird
Makes me wanna fight, that's why I wrote this verse to be heard now
Hook (x2): Peace Manuel
Fight because freedom ain’t free
Cause the shit that I seen just makes me wanna kill
But I know I gotta rebuild
And fight because freedom ain’t free
Verse 3: Thetic
It isn’t
See a young teen with ambition in their eye
Living our their life only to be marginalized
Within the system, which is institutionalized
They target us all: black, brown, and white
Some call this paradise, to me an illusion
Step-by-step, plan-by-plan
Our lives predestined, predicted by John Calvin?
Don’t tell me how to live, don't tell me how to act, don't tell me what to wear
Simple as that
Money be the scapegoat to all of our feelings
Oh you’re feeling sorrow?
Walk inside the mall you will feel better pronto, transition tomorrow
Bank account withdrawn as you stare at the clothes
Who just got richer?
Not you, a CEO
Who just uses your cash just to wipe his fascist ass
While the kids slave all day for less than the wage?
Oh no don't feel bad, keep buying those clothes
Keep following them fad’s
Give em more control while immersed in cellphones
This includes me, not just you
Lets fight the power, me and you together
Lets fight the power, me and you together
Hook:
Peace Manuel:
Fight because freedom ain’t free
Cause the shit that I seen just makes me wanna kill but I know I gotta rebuild
And fight because freedom ain’t free
Thetic:
Let’s fight the power, me and you together
Peace Manuel:
Fight because freedom ain’t free
Cause the shit that I seen just makes me wanna kill but I know I gotta rebuild
And fight because freedom ain’t free
Thetic:
Let’s fight the power, me and you together
Credits
Unify Collective

Unify Collective

About “Freedom Ain’t Free” by Unify Collective

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