Restrictions

Use your letters, Queen Latifa

Wipe the grease off of your nose

Learn the letters, burn together

Learn to hide the puppet shows

If you're a man or you're a lady

Someone still thinks you're the one

Who starts givin' all the bad ideas

To his wicked son of a-

Pictures of what's on your mind

'Till the problem's clear

What it is, I'm sure you'll find

Your problems or your fears

Hey!

Restrictions, they're the problems making me fear whatever's best

There are laws and rules and crocks and rhymes and you know all the rest

But the guidelines tie it around your throat and stabs in through your chest!

Then they wonder what is right to do: Whatever he finds best

You'd better watch out for the Son of God

Who makes it fast, and fast as hell

To make you stay in a turtle shell

And straps it to a rabbit's back

And writes it on your sick ol' pack

And well this Bud is getting old

It describes whatever's being sold

As a substitute for all of these Restrictions

Restrictions

I don't want what I don't know

Restrictions

I don't need it baby, no

Restrictions

I don't buy it. I can't try it like that

Restrictions

I don't want nuthin' to hold me down

Woo-hoot!

Restrictions

I don't need it, I can't read it either

Restrictions

I can't stand it! You'd better not try to stay around here

Restrictions

You don't need no, and I don't need no

Restrictions

Yeah, Restrictions

Oh, it's bringin' me down!

Holdin' me down

Restrictions, they're the problems making me fear whatever's best

There are laws and rules and crocks and rhymes and you know all the rest

But the guidelines tie it around your throat and stabs it through your chest

I don't need no

Baby, I don't want no

You've gotta take it take it take it take it

Down, like I did

I don't want

I don't need

Baby no, no, no, no, no, no, no

Honey don't! Oh, honey don't

Try to tell me

Try to tell me

You seem so senseless

Yes, I wanna be free!

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