Royce Da 5’9″ – My People Free Lyrics
My People Free By Royce Da 5’9″ Let my people go Let my people go First off, free [?], free [?], free drinks Behind bars, doin’ bids, locked up on he say, she say s--- Separated from they kids, the system’s sick We guilty before we can prove our innocence, because it’s lucrative The more bodies in cells, the more they can make cells to get more sick, it makes no sense And recklin’ the major detention center won’t give the inmates, no, he on my d--- or attention They lie to the masses and downplay they livin’ conditions, but steady they buildin’ more prisons Increase in college tuition, closin’ down neighborhood schools Strip away tools, still they be teachin’ them s--- they can use Ring, ding, dong Ring, di-ding ding-ding dong The bell is ringin’, the clock is tickin’ We need to change the way we livin’, and how we thinkin’ Ring, ding, dong Ring, di-ding ding-ding dong To our people, our opposition Ain’t insist on bein’ a house n---- How you a public figure only