Everything I have, everything I own   All my mistakes man you already know   I wanna be free, I wanna be free      [Verse 1]:   From Senegal West Africa,   To St. Louis, Missouri   Thanks to Catherine and Donna   For giving my Pops his glory   He came down with his drum   And a dream to change the world   In a free uplifting world   And thats all we ever want   Mom   Came a little after   Gave birth to my brother   And then all of the pressure   Made em' fight one another   See, the pain would never left   Did the best with what they had   They knew the world was up for grabs   And they they searched to find their      [Chorus]:   Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom   Everything I have, everything I own   All my mistakes man, you already know   I wanna be free, I wanna be free   So I search to find my   Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom   Everything I have, everything I own   All my mistakes girl, you already know   I wanna be free, I wanna be free, yeah      [Verse 2]:   As a kid I never knew   That after this that we would make it through   So I found myself skipping school   Cause the girls gonna think i'm cool   And because of that I didn't care   Whether or not I went to jail   I just wanna be treated fair   Cause that's all I ever knew   Tellin' me I need to slow down   Cause everybody in the whole town   Cause they know how I get down   Far enough from another town   Can you believe we're still around?   Have my soul baby in the ground   And we ain't gonna stop that   Until we get that      [Chorus]:   Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom   Everything I have, everything I own   All my mistakes man, you already know   I wanna be free, I wanna be free   So I search to find my   Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom   Everything I have, everything I own   All my mistakes girl, you already know   I wanna be free, I wanna be free, yeah      [Bridge]:   If you wanna be free, and the land is drug-free   put your hands up, put your hands up   If you wanna be free, from all your misery   put your hands up, put your hands up   If you wanna be free, with plenty money   put your hands up, put your hands up   If you wanna be free, just praise your G-O-D   put your hands up, put your hands up      Freedom, freedom (freedom), freedom, freedom   Everything I have, everything I own   All my mistakes girl you already know   I wanna be free (wanna be free), I wanna be free (wanna be free)