Shackles (from "Voices For Change" compilation)

(Tha Biz—Tha Bizness)

Trouble in my way, I have to cry sometimes
And pray for better days, no name, so who am I?
I'm freedom (I'm freedom), I'm darkness (I'm darkness)
I'm caged in, I'm forgotten (I'm forgotten)
These shackles ain't gon' weigh me down
Woah, oh, oh (Yeah)
Adapted to the rain, the sun never comes out
Whatever comes, what may, I've got to make it out, I'm
I'm hopeful (Ooh), yet hopeless (Ooh)
I'm scared but (Ooh), I'm fearless

These shackles ain't gon' weigh me down, uh
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

Free (Free), free (Free), free (Free)
I just wanna go home (Home)
Free (Free), free (Free), free (Free)
I just wanna go home (Home)
Cleanse my soul with all this rain
Watch my blood go down the drain
I just wanna be, yeah
I just wanna be free, uh
(I just wanna be free)

Let my work be great (Be great)
These torns they prick all day (All day)
Don't know my family's name (Name)
Hope my prayer's not in vain
Our Father (Father), who are in Heaven (Heaven)
Please be the master to make it all better, uh

'Cause these shackles ain't gon' weigh me down, woo

Free (Free), free (Free), free (Free)
I just wanna go home (Home)
Free (Free), free (Free), free (Free)
I just wanna go home (Home)
Cleanse my soul with all this rain
Watch my blood go down the drain
I just wanna be, yeah
I just wanna be free, uh
(I just wanna be free)

So tired of running, can't stop running, I see freedom
The light's at the end, I just keep running, running freedom
The struggle I can see an end (See an end)
It's right around the river bend (River bend), yeah
So tired of running, can't stop running, I see freedom
The light's at the end, I just keep running, running freedom
The struggle I can see an end, ooh
It's right around the river bend (River bend)

I just wanna be free
Free (Freedom, yeah), free (Oh woah), free
I just wanna go home (Home)
Free (Oh, oh), free (Oh, oh), free
I just wanna go home (Home)
Cleanse my soul with all this rain
Watch my blood go down the drain
I just wanna be, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh (Yeah)
I just wanna be free

I just wanna be, I just wanna be (I just wanna be free)
Freedom, yeah (Oh, oh, oh)
I just wanna be