I'm ready to flee to a better place   Go West, South and East, whatever the way   Let's make a move, hurry up let's go now   You got to believe we can get away   I'm tired of doin' what the devils say   We got nothing 2 lose, take my hand lemme help ya      I want to be free, come on brotha   I want to be free, help each other   I want to be free, love ya sista   I want to be free, don't you miss her   I want to be free, I want to be free      Master say being born colored was the worst disease   And we the worst to bread, worse than flees   As long as I work for he, I work for free   He beat me like a dick in jail and cursed at me      I'm certain we, weren't put on this earth to be, bustled   Nobody deserve to be, hustled   Look here, run I dare ya   I catch ya, I'ma give ya more lashes than mascara      If its pride or die, I'm choosin' respect   I saw my daddy hung dead, wit a noose on his neck   My niece got raped pregnant, won't tell she scared   Master done it but she blamin' it on drop dead Fred      But one day, things gon' change for better   Lord knows it cant rain forever   Thats what I told my momma   Two days later master sold my momma, master sold my momma      I'm ready to flee to a better place   Go West, South and East, whatever the way   Let's make a move, hurry up let's go now   You got to believe we can get away   I'm tired of doin' what the devils say   We got nothing 2 lose, take my hand lemme help ya      I want to be free, come on brotha   I want to be free, help each other   I want to be free, love ya sista   I want to be free, don't you miss her   I want to be free, I want to be free      Uh, uh, uh, I'm in the field, thats white lil' niggas and me   From dusk to dawn 'til the sun come and it leave   Through all seasons, winter, fall, summer and spring   Pickin', pushin', pullin', cuttin' the field      Sweatin' 'bout to dehydrate, stuck in the heat   And when it's cold, joints lock up barker than trees   Rest, I don't get enough of my sleep   'Cause master got us workin' late night and then wakin' up in the wee      Hours of the mornin', stackin' stalks of hay   Hopin' the rain from dawn 'til shower day   Wishin' I could walk away   But then I think about hard away, master cut off his hand      'Cause you can't talk or sing or speak from your mouth   If it ain't what master talk or say   But I was taught to pray to the Lord and have faith   Please take me away from this awful place   'Cause you can be so off today      I'm ready to flee to a better place   Go West, South and East, whatever the way   Let's make a move, hurry up let's go now   You got to believe we can get away   I'm tired of doin' what the devils say   We got nothing 2 lose, take my hand lemme help ya      I want to be free, come on brotha   I want to be free, help each other   I want to be free, love ya sista   I want to be free, don't you miss her   I want to be free, I want to be free      Man I tell ya drop shit, ain't nothin'   'Nuff sufferin', done dealt with more headaches the bufferin'   Gotta spend my time off the destructive by gettin' by doe bu-bu-bubblin'   Can't risk stumblin', fumblin'      So I'm 'bout takin' my life, dice tumblin'   I drop down the road, tryin' to get that pot of gold   Still out in the field, mobbin' with Sean and Smoke   Nine times, nine to five, I'm troop servin'   Nine, you bout tryin' to eat well, get in line      'Cause momma got laid off, the lil' sis need shoes   My brother just got popped back in his county blues   And pops been made it off, there was no money, no food   Comin' through next week, my rent and my girl due   Life ain't got no rules, destruction, one two's   So every now and then, your gonna sing the blues      I'm ready to flee to a better place   Go West, South and East, whatever the way   Let's make a move, hurry up let's go now   You got to believe we can get away   I'm tired of doin' what the devils say   We got nothing 2 lose, take my hand lemme help ya      I want to be free, come on brotha   I want to be free, help each other   I want to be free, love ya sista   I want to be free, don't you miss her   I want to be free, I want to be free