Joi - Freedom

We will not bow down to, uh huh, racism

We will not bow down to injustice
We will not bow down to exploitation

I'm gon' stand, I'm gon' 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

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

Let us run in our own direction

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 for my body
Freedom for my mind
Freedom for my body
Freedom for my mind
Freedom for my spirit


All this time you been tellin' us these lies

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

All these lies and all this propaganda
You want us to take
We're gonna take out


Freedom for my body
Freedom for my mind
Freedom for my spirit
Freedom for my body
Freedom for my mind
Freedom for my spirit


Freedom for my heart and my mind and
My freedom for my soul


I see the fear in your eyes
Surprise!
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

Sisters 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 some other gods

All these lies and all this propaganda
You want us to take
We're gonna take out

Free, free, free, freedom
Freedom, ooooooooh BOP!