Free - D Smoke

What if I used to be a president in a past life?

With a match and a pipe

And a top hat in the back of ride

In a chariot, chasin' Harriet through the night

I barely get sleep, my karma owe me much drama

Men are sheep, I sold three last summer

A black back ain’t exact until it got stripes

Beat that boy 'til he collapse

Tease that boy, make him fight his brother

Make him hate his mama, make him blame his father, you

Follow the rules and they always gon' do what they do

Never revolt, never rebel, Willie Lynch taught us just how to sell

White lies to these black lives, and if you train 'em, then they act right

But whatever you do

Free like my energy (Don't ask why)

Free like my enemies

Free like the soul of my homies

Free like a sinner, yes, I’m free

Yes, I’m free

I am free like my paradigm

Shifting my state of mind

Listen to my creator

Make sure that I stay aligned

Yes, I’m free

¿Quiúbole, carnal'?

(My brother)

Me pueden poner en cadenas (They can put me in chains)

Me pueden encarcelar (They can lock me up)

Pero no me pueden atrapar la mente (But they can’t trap my mind)

Lamentablemente han tratado de hacer esclavos de mi gente (They tried to make

slaves of my people)

Pero del corazón hay un fuente (But from our heart runs a fountain)

Corriente (Flowing)

Siguiente (Continuing)

Sí se puede (Yes, I can)

Si Dios quiere (God willing)

Vamos

What if I was to leave some evidence?

Like a crack pipe or the shell of a nine

Milli' or a philly with plenty of my saliva

'Cause I hit the blunt one too many times

Blood, we can hit 'em up

They got four, five racks in the safe

And they don’t come back 'til it’s late

Plus I got another three in the mattress by the atlas

Put us on the map with the cake, yeah

At least that’s what we thought

No, not me, nigga, we get caught?

Yeah right

Then peeking out the window, a nigga see them red and blue lights, oh shit

Bro, we gotta go, nigga, no shit

Hit the back road, clear the whole fence

But in the process

A nigga dropped the whole four-fifth

And they circled the block

Free like my energy (I got caught)

Free like my enemies

Free like the soul of my homies

Free like a sinner, yes, I’m free (Plus that canine tore out half my calf)

Yes, I’m free (I don’t know how to do this time, I guess I better ask my dad,

so pass my past)

I am free like my paradigm

Shifting my state of mind

Listen to my creator

Make sure that I stay aligned

Yes, I’m free

Ayy

What if I was to need some medicine for my lymph nodes?

I’m a pimp with these hoes

My bitch gave me kiss and my neck was swole

I was in the studio next to Smoke

And the big homie BJ said, «Boy, get that checked out»

Guillotine flow, don’t stick your neck out

Nigga, I’m chis', I spit that best out

But I ain’t tryna be stretched out

So I went up to Kaiser, my surprise was the diagnosis

What?

Cancer?

I’m twenty-two plus when I spit, I’m dope as shit

I went through that chemo and radiation

Stem cell transplant, the patients

Next to me in they eighties

I’m just a baby

Free like my energy (But now I’m free)

Free like my enemies

Free like the soul of my homies

Free like a sinner, yes, I’m free

Yes, I’m free

I am free like my paradigm

Shifting my state of mind

Listen to my creator

Make sure that I stay aligned

Yes, I’m free

God is so good, so good, so good

God is so good, so good to me

God is so good, so good, so good

God is so good, He’s so good to me