Various Artists & TLC
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(appears on the Panther soundtrack)
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We will not bow down to racism
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We will not bow down to injustice
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We will not bow down to exploitation
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I'm gon' stand, I'm gon' stand
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Now this is time for free your mind and your soul
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Yo our official story has never been told
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Ladies you got to demand what you want
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And what we want is respect, right
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Come and take a walk with me a closer walk
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With thee see what only I can see
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Sisters check this, watch this
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Freedom....
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Turn us down set us free
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From all the chains that bind me
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Let us run in our own direction
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Let us go set us free
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From all this propaganda and lies
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That your people tried to teach us
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I know why you would like to bring us down
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Because we have all the dirt on you
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You try to tell us that our lives don't mean a damn
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But we know so much better so we're gonna
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Take a free freedom
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Chorus:
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Freedom
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Freedom for my body
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Freedom for my mind
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Freedom for my spirit
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Freedom
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Freedom for my body
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Freedom for my mind
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Freedom for my spirit
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All this time you've been telling us these lies
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But now we've finally figured out your game
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You thought that we would never wise up
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But we showed you how a black female can do her thing
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But still you continue to keep us oppressed
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But no we ain't going out like that (oh no no)
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All these lies and all this propaganda
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You want us to take
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We're gonna take our
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Chorus
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I see the fear in your eyes surprised
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Your cover's been blown
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I know just who I am and what I wanna do
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I can make you run
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Make you hide from all your ancestors
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Transgression that you hold inside
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Sisters rising up and seeing that our time is here
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We're taking back what's been ours for years
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Let the heaven of a sister embrace you
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And praise them other gods
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All these lies and all this propaganda
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That you want us to take
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We're gonna take our
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Free free free
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Freedom
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Freedom
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Ooooooohhh...bop
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Free free free
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Freedom
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Freedom
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Ooooooohhh...bop
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Free free free
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Freedom
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Freedom
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Ooooooohhh...bop
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Free free free
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Freedom
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Freedom
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Freedom
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Freedom for my body
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Freedom for my body
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Freedom for my body
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Freedom for my body
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Freedom
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| TLC |
