I Want to Be Free (That's the Truth)-Too $hort

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[00:00.00]I Want to Be Free (That's the Truth) - Too $hort
[00:21.16]You think Oakland California is a city of punks
[00:23.89]It only takes a second to pop the trunk
[00:26.51]And just like that you know it's real
[00:28.86]You're in the right damn town to get killed
[00:31.75]It's all about the game and nothin' else
[00:34.37]You come out here you better watch yourself
[00:36.91]'Cause you can wear what you want even blue or red
[00:39.65]But cross the wrong brothers and end up dead
[00:42.17]You catch a body full of bullets and get blasted
[00:45.11]Tryin' to be a gangsta but you just ain't lastin'
[00:47.90]This little town is gettin' wild as hell
[00:50.19]Check the penetentiaries and all the jails
[00:52.55]If they could lock us all up that would be just fine
[00:55.56]Got my partners from Oakland doin' serious time
[00:57.92]You can't argue with the truth it's hard to be black
[01:00.48]But it's a mindgame and you gotta deal with that
[01:03.00]I wake up everyday and I just can't wait
[01:06.02]To make mo money 'cause back in the days
[01:08.52]When I rapped I did the same damn thing I do now
[01:11.24]Grab the microphone and show you how
[01:13.60]But I was broke the only thing I had was game
[01:16.56]I started makin' money and knew things would change
[01:19.01]Bought a Benz thought it might earn respect
[01:21.95]But the OPD found it hard to accept
[01:26.90]Face down on the ground keep my hands in sight
[01:29.55]Put the handcuffs on backseat I'm in it
[01:32.63]Illegal search for about thirty minutes
[01:34.96]Askin' me where's the **
[01:37.62]Where's my gun but I don't know
[01:39.91]I said I'm rappin' they laugh like I told a joke
[01:43.09]And to this day they think I'm sellin' coke
[01:45.39]I want to be free ohh yeah
[01:47.32](And that's the truth)
[01:50.02]I want to be free ohh yeah
[01:55.62]I be in Oakland California every day of my life
[01:58.61]Bass so hard you think I'm smokin' a pipe
[02:01.20]And if I don't smoke it I gots to grind
[02:03.79]Searched all my stuff and all you find
[02:06.44]Is a pocket full of money count seven G's
[02:09.08]Now you wanna think I'm sellin' keys
[02:11.45]'Cause I'm a black man but I run my own business
[02:14.30]So why the police wanna send me to prison
[02:17.03]They see a brother makin' major cash
[02:19.54]They knock a patch out his black ass
[02:22.04]And that's the truth you can't argue you at all
[02:24.76]Tryin' to give you ten years for a phone call
[02:27.91]Ain't even trippin' on the dank smoke
[02:30.10]'Cause all they wanna find is guns and coke
[02:33.19]In court all the time tryin' to fight it
[02:35.62]We get rich we get witch
[02:38.49]So what's the problem officer this time
[02:40.60]Is havin' big money bein' black a crime
[02:42.88]Or did you take me to jail to teach me a lesson
[02:45.83]Charge me with somethin' or just ask questions
[02:48.76]About the brothers I hang around
[02:50.97]What's really goin' on in the Oakland town
[02:53.47]Tell me who went broke and who got rich
[02:56.36]But Too $hort baby just ain't no snitch
[02:59.94]You say you're just doin' your job
[03:01.52]But you're gettin on my nerves just like Bob
[03:04.18]Every time I hit a corner I see you
[03:07.02]Always tellin' brothers what to do
[03:09.45]You lock me up 'cause I don't know how to act
[03:12.19]But I'm down for mine so I be talkin' back
[03:14.44]And when I do you treat me bad as hell
[03:17.98]I'm sick of spendin' nights in jail
[03:20.24]I want to be free ohh yeah
[03:21.81](And that's the truth)
[03:24.84]I want to be free ohh yeah
[03:43.64]Walkin' down the street like a broke **fiend
[03:46.23]Had a pocket full of money tryin' to play the role
[03:48.84]Benz got towed and I was hella cold
[03:51.22]But I ain't trippin' I'm gettin' used to it now
[03:54.21]Handcuffed your boy took me straight downtown
[03:56.82]For three warrants had to catch me sooner or later
[03:59.36]'Cause the five-oh's always tryin' to jack a playa
[04:01.76]For no reason wasn't doin nothin wrong
[04:04.57]You think I'm lyin' singin' that same ol song
[04:07.10]Well I'm a black man ridin' in a Benz
[04:09.93]How in the hell did I make these ends
[04:12.24]Here we go I pull over to the right
[04:15.17]Stop the engine keep my hands in sight
[04:17.87]I start cursin' 'cause it don't make sense
[04:20.48]Why would I run and try to jump a fence
[04:23.00]If I was plannin' a smooth getaway
[04:25.69]I never woulda stopped in the first place
[04:28.10]You'd be high speed chasin' me but this time you ain't
[04:30.98]'Cause all I got on me is a big fat bank
[04:33.49]And I hope I don't get robbed by you know who
[04:36.15]Make me donate some G's to the boys in blue
[04:38.59]And if I sue I won't get nothin' back
[04:41.14]But I ain't mad I'm just black
[04:43.66]I want to be free ohh yeah
[04:48.77]I want to be free ohh yeah
[04:53.95]I want to be free ohh yeah
[04:59.10]I want to be free ohh yeah