Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers Follow

Free like we want to be

Some time you want to get off
Leave the work and take off
But the boss man say
You gonna lose you pay

No chain on your feet now
9 to 5 got you beat now
You're working hard to save
Inflation like a tidal wave

Are we free like we want to be?
Are we free like we want to be?
Are we free like we want to be?
Are you free like you want to be?

Racist get defeat
Black man vote and take your seat
Now they think we gone quiet
Maybe we start a riot

What happen to the diamond they stole?
The innocent blood run cold
Do we still have to live in poverty?
Now they say we're free to be poor

But tell me, are we free like we want to be?
We got to be free just like we want to be?
I've got to be free

I'm not talkin' about that mentally
You've got to be free
I'm a takin' spiritually

Kept in emotion
Will cause an explosion
Let that love go
Let me know, yeah

Some people expect
Hey, that's not what they get
Yo, become no slave
Of their evil and wicked ways

Are you free like you want to be?
I'm askin' you the question

Well it's the land of liberty
Tell me if you're free
Well are you free like you wanna be

Can't walk the streets late at night
Without fear of parasite
And everyone has an inborn right
A inborn right to life

Who gave us the reason to fight?
By promoting negative vibes
Who taught us of drugs and crime?
Now they say we're free to homicide

Committing genocide
We freely homicide
Committing genocide

Are we free like we wanna be?
Are you free like you want to be?

We are cryin' for freedom
We are cryin' for love
We are cryin' for freedom
And we are cryin for love
We are cryin' for freedom
We are cryin' for love
We cryin'

We want to be
We want to be free
Free like we want to be
We want to be free
Free like we want to be

We want to be free
Free like we want to be
We want to be free
Free like we want to be

We want to be free
Free like we want to be
We want to be free
Free like we want to be

Free like we want to be

Some time you want to get off