Freedom (Dallas` Dirty Half Dozen Mix)

<br>Various Artists &amp; TLC<br>(appears on the Panther soundtrack)<br><br> <br><br>Now this is time for free your mind and your soul<br>Yo our official story has never been told<br>Ladies you got to demand what you want<br>And what we want is respect, right<br>Yo listen up on the track here<br>Cuz you`ll also have to deal with it right<br>Freedom every time for the sisters<br>Check this watch this<br><br>A here we go now<br>Listen if I`m Poompa Moo<br>I`ll be the ruler like Slick Rick<br>Get with this quick witted<br>Adidas-wearing chick<br>Poppa got a brand new bag<br>Momma got a brand new Jag<br>A gold tag I ain`t no old hag<br>I represent not only in the kitchen<br>And the bedroom room<br>But also in the board room<br>So give me more room<br>Deny my opportunity<br>You in jeopardy<br>Yo-Yo set me free<br>Don`t hinder me<br>Let me be<br><br>My fightin` for freedom<br>I got the heat in case you need `em<br>I`m a straight soldier<br>Ain`t nobody told you<br>Hold up on them lies<br>I know your games and your plans<br>Do whatever you can to oppress demand<br>But when it`s time to drop the bomb<br>Bring the funk and it`s on<br>You say you never met a sister so strong<br>You`re wrong now how can we be free<br>It takes you and it takes me<br>To blend together in harmony<br>And peace and love and all of the above<br>Sisters coming together representing one love<br>No disrespect but we gotta get it together<br>No matter what`s the weather<br>Sisters gotta stick together<br>If sisters be stronger<br>Don`t let `em steer you wrong<br>Hold on cuz sisters got it going on<br>Yeah<br><br>Chorus:<br>Let`s free your mind and your soul<br>Don`t let no guys go and take control<br>Because you`re young and a you play the role<br>And our official story has never been told<br><br>Whoever said these are the things that you can do<br>And the things you ain`t supposed to<br>So am I further when I think I`m getting closer<br>That`s when I tend to think of Rosa how was it<br>Took a seat to make a stand<br>But now in standing we`ve gotten more demanding<br>They never thought in planning<br>That a wish for us to sit would be a dose of<br>This fucking rollercoaster<br>Whether tradition or religion <br>Why you question my decision<br>Why you spend up all your time trying to <br>Get into my mind<br>Why everybody and they mama<br>Gots to add to all my drama mad drama<br>Hell if I`ma keep my dominating feministic hell<br>Creating CrazySexyCool black ass<br>In the palms of your player hater`s stands<br>My only chance of being free is to fly within me<br>And it`s illegal to kill a fucking eagle<br>A bird is never more important than my people<br>I guess we didn`t need him so I took away his freedom<br><br>Chorus<br><br>My spiritual awareness leads me to believe<br>That you doubt in the sisters<br>That come with the peace we`ve been together<br>Since God created all of Thee<br>African daughters celebration is in order<br>Pop the cork and give the champagne to the stork<br>That brought the Lyte to my momma in New York<br>African I come again and again<br>You kick me down I get back up<br>I`m coming back in multiples of ten<br><br>You know where I come from<br>Slung from the belly of the beast<br>Used to speak African tongue<br>So I showed her next one bolder<br>Slung the devil over my shoulder<br>I`m getting over cuz I`m bolder than the next<br>I`m enlightened cuz I speak the real truth from the text<br>Who`s next to flex with this S-I-S-T-E-R<br>The sun the moon the crest and the star<br>Wanna see how open you are<br><br>Chorus<br><br>Come and take a walk with me<br>Closer walk with thee<br>See what only I can see<br>Nobody knows the trouble I`ve seen<br>So it`s back to the womb of everlasting life<br>And truth let the heaven of a<br>Sister embrace you and praise them other gods<br>Come into the light let it shine blackness is fine<br>The blackness of your skin<br>The blackness of your mind<br><br>I am who I am and that`s who I be<br>And I don`t give a damn if your eyes can`t see<br>If you can`t see what I can see<br>That you`re blind baby bop<br>I`m a woman who`s black so back up back up<br>Cuz it`s on I`ma tell you strong what`s wrong<br>With the world that we`re living on<br>It ain`t who you know it ain`t what you drive<br>It`s about how you feel about yourself<br>On the inside when your self-esteem is low<br>And they call you a ho then they think you`s a ho<br>But that ain`t what the Lord God made you to be<br>I need you to see you`re black and you`re free<br><br>Chorus<br><br>Chorus<br><br>Chorus