I Want To Be Free (That's The Truth)

You think

Oakland, California, is a city of punks

It only takes a second to pop the trunk

And just like that, you know it's real

You're in the right damn town to get killed

It's all about the game and nothin' else

You come out here, you better watch yourself'

Cause you can wear what you want, even blue or red

But cross the wrong brothers and end up dead

You catch a body full of bullets and get blasted

Tryin' to be a gangsta but you just ain't lastin'

This little town is gettin' wild as hell

Check the penetentiaries and all the jails

If they could lock us all up, that would be just fine

Got my partners from

Oakland doin' serious time

You can't argue with the truth, it's hard to be black

But it's a mindgame and you gotta deal with that

I wake up everyday and

I just can't wait

To make mo money 'cause back in the days

When I rapped,

I did the same damn thing

I do nowGrab the microphone and show you how

But I was broke, the only thing

I had was game

I started makin' money and knew things would change

Bought a Benz, thought it might earn respect

But the OP

D found it hard to accept

I got jacked by the [unverified]

Face down on the ground, keep my hands in sight

Put the handcuffs on backseat,

I'm in itIllegal search for about thirty minutes

Askin' me where's the dope

Where's my gun but

I don't know

I said I'm rappin', they laugh like

I told a joke

And to this day they think

I'm sellin' coke

I want to be free, ohh yeah(And that's the truth)

I want to be free, ohh yeah

I be in Oakland,

California every day of my life

Bass so hard, you think

I'm smokin' a pipe

And if I don't smoke it,

I gots to grind

Searched all my stuff and all you find

Is a pocket full of money, count seven

G'sNow you wanna think

I'm sellin' keys'

Cause I'm a black man, but

I run my own business

So why the police wanna send me to prison

They see a brother makin' major cash

They knock a patch out his black ass

And that's the truth, you can't argue you at all

Tryin' to give you ten years for a phone call

Ain't even trippin' on the dank smoke'

Cause all they wanna find is guns and coke

In court all the time, tryin' to fight it

We get rich, we get [unverified]

So what's the problem officer, this time?

Is havin' big money, bein' black a crime?

Or did you take me to jail to teach me a lesson

Charge me with somethin' or just ask questions

About the brothers

I hang around?

What's really goin' on in the

Oakland town?

Tell me who went broke, and who got rich

But Too $hort baby, just ain't no snitch

You say you're just doin' your job

But you're gettin on my nerves, just like

BobEvery time

I hit a corner,

I see youAlways tellin' brothers what to do

You lock me up 'cause

I don't know how to act

But I'm down for mine, so

I be talkin' back

And when I do, you treat me bad as hell

I'm sick of spendin' nights in jail

I want to be free, ohh yeah(And that's the truth)

I want to be free, ohh yeah

Got out of jail about [unverified]

Walkin' down the street like a broke dopefiend

Had a pocket full of money tryin' to play the role

Benz got towed and

I was hella cold

But I ain't trippin',

I'm gettin' used to it now

Handcuffed, your boy took me straight downtown

For three warrants, had to catch me sooner or later'

Cause the five-oh's always tryin' to jack a playa

For no reason, wasn't doin nothin wrong

You think

I'm lyin', singin' that same ol song

Well I'm a black man, ridin' in a

BenzHow in the hell did

I make these ends?

Here we go,

I pull over to the right

Stop the engine, keep my hands in sight

I start cursin' 'cause it don't make sense

Why would

I run and try to jump a fence

If I was plannin' a smooth getaway

I never woulda stopped in the first place

You'd be high speed chasin' me but this time you ain't'

Cause all

I got on me is a big fat bank

And I hope

I don't get robbed by you know who

Make me donate some

G's to the boys in blue

And if I sue,

I won't get nothin' back

But I ain't mad,

I'm just black

I want to be free, ohh yeah

I want to be free, ohh yeah

I want to be free, ohh yeah

I want to be free, ohh yeah