Freedom Ain't Free - Brother Ali

Ain’t no where to run to

There ain’t nothing here for free

If I don’t like my life I gut it and rebuild it

Fuck it, keep nothing but God and my children

I kill the devil wherever he resides

Even if he hiding in me he got to die

I killed little Jason he was only fifteen

Sewed his good traits together, made Ali

Filled his lungs with the Koran until he breathe

Let him walk but kept him on a short leash

Here he stand now, seventeen year old man-child

Ain’t ask nobody for a muh-fuckin' hand out

He trying to carry heaven on his back

Jumped the broom with a stranger, he ain’t never look back

What he know about how the world spin?

Bless his heart he a virgin, never even had a girlfriend

Want to be a man so bad that he can taste it

His family fell apart and he’s tryin' to replace it

You’ll find in him a heart that is second to none

But I know old soul that his lessons ain’t done so

I stand willing to kill him again

If to grow he got to shed his skin then let it be done

(Chorus/Hook)

Ain’t no where to run to

There ain’t nothing here for free

See what I see and know that freedom ain’t free lord

Ain’t no where to run to

There ain’t nothing here for free

You’ll see what I see and know that freedom ain’t free

One half of all the two-leggeds on the scene are too timid to dream

'cause failure is far too depressing it would seem

So they take what’s given

That’s your decision, I just don’t consider that livin'

Shit, if I’mma die whether or not I try

I might as well let the dice fly

I’m hot knife through butter in the night sky

It shouldn’t take a genius to see this hunger in my eye

So I use blood and sweat to butter my bread

'cause this cold world couldn’t give a fuck if I’m fed

I ain’t curled up in my bed

If I don’t set the world ablaze trust it ain’t 'cause of nothing I did

Listen, I don’t think God’s obligated to touch you

If your ass would rather live in shit than work a shovel

I refuse to let the sun set on me again

'til the end I’m a one man army, friend

(Chorus/Hook)

Ain’t no where to run to

There ain’t nothing here for free

See what I see and know that freedom ain’t free lord

Ain’t no where to run to

There ain’t nothing here for free

You’ll see what I see and know that freedom ain’t free

Ain’t no where to run to

There ain’t nothing here for free

See what I see and know that freedom ain’t free lord

Ain’t no where to run to

There ain’t nothing here for free