• Artist: Ashanti
• Song Title: Freedom
• Album: Concrete Rose

[Chorus]
So I'm gone close my eyes
And I'm gone live my life
Despite what you think
I'mma be free, cause I'mma be me
Yeah

Said I'm gone close my eyes
And I'm gone live my life
Despite what you think
I'mma be free, cause I'mma be me
Yeah


[Verse 1]
See I ain't never think that I would have a situation
Where the people around me just envy I must replace 'em
See I'd always thought the people that watched me grow
Would wanna see me blow, fo' sho, but little did I know
They ain't never really wanna see me smilin'
They couldn't take the fact that I was really shinin'
And in my heart I know they wishing I would stop
Cause they don't want me to rise and be on top

And all that jealousy and hate
Could be right in front of ya face
And it's gone hurt for you to see
But it ain't your fault, just let it be


[Chorus]
So I'm gone close my eyes
And I'm gone live my life
Despite what you think
I'mma be free, cause I'mma be me
Yeah

Said I'm gone close my eyes
And I'm gone live my life
Despite what you think
I'mma be free, cause I'mma be me
Yeah


[Verse 2]
See everybody wanna have somethin' to talk about
So they pointin' they fingers and always runnin' they mouth
No matter how you try to satisfy someone else
Givin' so much of ya self, yo love, but it's never enough
The more you give the more they want and they ain't happy
And they don't see all that you do to make 'em happy
They don't appreciate it till you walk away
But you don't wanna hear it by now, it's too late

And all that jealousy and hate
Could be right in front of ya face
And it's gone hurt for you to see
But it ain't your fault, just let it be


[Chorus]
So I'm gone close my eyes
And I'm gone live my life
Despite what you think
I'mma be free, cause I'mma be me
Yeah

Said I'm gone close my eyes
And I'm gone live my life
Despite what you think
I'mma be free, cause I'mma be me
Yeah


[Bridge]
What they don't understand is that I'mma keep livin' my life
And survivin'
And I'mma keep pushin' and strivin'and climbin' and grindin'
Cause ain't no time to be cryin'
I been provided with the strength to carry my weight (Carry my weight)
And I'mma be okay (I'mma be okay)
Cause I'mma live my life my way
And you can say what you wanna say
You won't affect the way I'm livin'
I'm winnin' by being free again
Yeah


[Chorus]
So I'm gone close my eyes
And I'm gone live my life
Depsite what you think
I'mma be free, cause I'mma be me
Yeah

Said I'm gone close my eyes
And I'm gone live my life
Despite what you think
I'mma be free, cause I'mma be me
Yeah