Freedom (Theme from Panther)

We will not bow down to racism

We will not bow down to injustice

We will not bow down to exploitation

I'm gonna stand

I'm gonna stand

Now this is time for free your mind and your soul

Yo', half the story has never been told

Ladies, you got to demand what you want

And what we want is respect, right

(Come and take a walk with me)

(Closer walk with thee, see what only I can see)

Sisters, check this

Watch this

[Freedom] Turn us loose, set us free from all the chains that bind me

[Freedom] Let us run in our own direction

[Freedom] Let us go, set us free from all this propaganda and lies

That your people try to teach us

I know why you would like to bring us down

Because we have all the dirt on you

You try to tell us that our lives don't mean a damn

But we know so much better so we're gonna take our freedom

[Freedom] Freedom for my body (Freedom, freedom)

Freedom for my mind [Freedom] {Oh, no, oh, no, no}

[Freedom] Freedom for my body

[Freedom] Freedom for my mind [Freedom] (Freedom for my spirit, yeah)

All this time you've been tellin' us these lies

But now we've finally figured out your game

You thought that we would never wise up

But we showed you how a black female can do her thing

But still you continue to keep us oppressed

But now we ain't goin' out like that, oh, no, no

All these lies and all this propaganda you want us to take

We're gonna take our (You gotta sing)

[Freedom] Freedom for my body

Freedom for my mind [Freedom] (Freedom for my spirit, yeah)

[Freedom] Freedom for my body

Freedom for my mind [Freedom]

{Freedom for my heart and my mind and my freedom for my soul}

I see the fear in your eyes, surprised your cover's been blown

I know just who I am and what I wanna do

I can make you run, make you hide from all your ancestors'

Transgression that you hold inside

Sister rising up and seeing that our time is here

We're taking back what's been ours for years

Let the heaven of a sister embrace you and praise 'em of the gods

All these lies and all this propaganda that you want us to take

We're gonna take our

[Freedom] Free-free-free-freedom (Freedom), freedom

Ooh...ooh...bop

[Freedom] Free-free-free-freedom (Freedom from my body, freedom from my mind), freedom

Ooh...ooh...bop (Freedom for my spirit)

Free-free-free-freedom, freedom

Ooh...ooh...bop

Free-free-free-freedom, freedom

Ooh...ooh... [Freedom]

[Freedom]

Freedom from my body

Freedom from my mind