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Verse 1
I want to be as free as the
spirits of those who left
I'm talking Malcolm, Coltrane,
my man Yusef
Through death grew conception,
New breath and resurrection
For moms, new steps in a
direction
In the right way
Told her inside is where the
fight lay
And everything a n**** do may
not be what he might say
Chicago nights, they
stay on the mind
But I write many lives, they lay
on these lines
Wavin' signs of the times
Many say the grind's on the mind
Shorties blunted-eyed and
everyone wanna rhyme
Bush pushing lies, killers
immortalized
We got arms but won't reach for
the skies
Waiting for the Lord to rise
I look into my daughter's eyes
And realize I'ma learn through
her
The Messiah, might even return
through her
If I'ma do it, I gotta change
the world through her
Furs and a Benz, gramps wantin
'em
Demons and old friends, Pops,
they hauntin' him
The chosen one from the land of
the frozen sun
When drunk nights get remembered
more than sober ones
Walk like warriors, we were
never told to run
Explored the world to return to
where my soul begun
Never looking back or too far in
front of me
The present is a gift
and I just wanna be.

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Verse 1
I want to be as free as the
spirits of those who left
I'm talking Malcolm, Coltrane,
my man Yusef
Through death grew conception,
New breath and resurrection
For moms, new steps in a
direction
In the right way
Told her inside is where the
fight lay
And everything a n**** do may
not be what he might say
Chicago nights, they
stay on the mind
But I write many lives, they lay
on these lines
Wavin' signs of the times
Many say the grind's on the mind
Shorties blunted-eyed and
everyone wanna rhyme
Bush pushing lies, killers
immortalized
We got arms but won't reach for
the skies
Waiting for the Lord to rise
I look into my daughter's eyes
And realize I'ma learn through
her
The Messiah, might even return
through her
If I'ma do it, I gotta change
the world through her
Furs and a Benz, gramps wantin
'em
Demons and old friends, Pops,
they hauntin' him
The chosen one from the land of
the frozen sun
When drunk nights get remembered
more than sober ones
Walk like warriors, we were
never told to run
Explored the world to return to
where my soul begun
Never looking back or too far in
front of me
The present is a gift
and I just wanna be.