Boogie Nights vol. 2 movie - I Want to Be Free lyrics

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Song by Ohio Players<br /><br>

You think Oakland California is a city of punks<br>

It only takes a second, to pop the trunk<br>

And just like that you know it's real<br>

You're in the right damn town to get killed<br>

It's all about the game, and nothin else<br>

You come out here, you better watch yourself<br>

Cause you can wear what you want, even blue or red<br>

But cross the wrong brothers, and end up dead<br>

You catch a body full of bullets, and get blasted<br>

Tryin to be a gangsta but you just ain't lastin<br>

This little town is gettin wild as hell<br>

Check the penetentiaries and all the jails<br>

If they could lock us all up that would be just fine<br>

Got my partners from Oakland doin serious time<br>

You can't argue with the truth it's hard to be black<br>

But it's a mindgame, and you gotta deal with that<br>

I wake up everyday and I just can't wait<br>

To make mo money, cause back in the days<br>

when I rapped, I did the same damn thing I do now<br>

Grab the microphone, and show you how<br>

But I was broke, the only thing I had was game<br>

I started makin money and knew things would change<br>

Bought a Benz, thought it might earn respect<br>

But the OPD, found it hard to accept<br>

I got jacked by the Task and jacked by the Vice<br>

Face down on the ground keep my hands in sight<br>

Put the handcuffs on backseat I'm in it<br>

Illegal search for about thirty minutes<br>

Askin me, where's the dope<br>

Where's my gun, but I don't know<br>

I said I'm rappin, they laugh like I told a joke<br>

And to this day they think I'm sellin coke<br>

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I want to be free! (and that's the truth) Ohhh yeahhh<br>

I want to be free! Ohhh yeahhh<br>

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I be in Oakland California every day of my life<br>

bass so hard you think I'm smokin a pipe<br>

And if I don't smoke it, I gots to grind<br>

Searched all my stuff, and all you find<br>

is a pocket full of money count seven G's<br>

Now you wanna think I'm sellin keys<br>

Cause I'm a black man, but I run my own business<br>

So why the police wanna send me to prison<br>

They see a brother makin major cash<br>

They knock a patch out his black ass<br>

And that's the truth, you can't argue you at all<br>

Tryin to give you ten years for a phone call<br>

Ain't even trippin on the dank smoke<br>

Cause all they wanna find, is guns and coke<br>

In court all the time tryin to fight it<br>

We get rich, we get indeibted<br>

So what's the problem Officer this time?<br>

Is havin big money bein black a crime?<br>

Or did you take me to jail, to teach me a lesson<br>

Charge me with somethin, or just ask questions<br>

About the brothers I hang around<br>

What's really goin on in the Oakland town<br>

Tell me who went broke, and who got rich<br>

But Too $hort baby just ain't no snitch<br>

You say you're just doin your job<br>

But you're gettin on my nerves, just like Bob<br>

Everytime I hit a corner, I see you<br>

Always tellin brothers what to do<br>

You lock me up cause I don't know how to act<br>

But I'm down for mine so I be talkin back<br>

And when I do, you treat me bad as hell<br>

I'm sick of spendin nights in jail<br>

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I want to be free! (and that's the truth) Ohhh yeahhh<br>

I want to be free! Ohhh yeahhh<br>

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Got out of jail about fo'-fifteen<br>

Walkin down the street like a broke dopefiend<br>

Had a pocket full of money tryin to play the role<br>

Benz got towed and I was hella cold<br>

But I ain't trippin, I'm gettin used to it now<br>

Handcuffed your boy took me straight downtown<br>

for three warrants, had to catch me sooner or later<br>

Cause the five-oh's always tryin to jack a playa<br>

for no reason, wasn't doin nothin wrong<br>

You think I'm lyin, singin that same ol song<br>

Well I'm a black man, ridin in a Benz<br>

How in the hell did I make these ends? Here we go<br>

I pull over to the right<br>

Stop the engine keep my hands in sight<br>

I start cursin, cause it don't make sense<br>

Why would I run and try to jump a fence<br>

If I was plannin, a smooth getaway<br>

I never woulda stopped in the first place<br>

You'd be high speed chasin me but this time you ain't<br>

Cause all I got on me is a big fat bank<br>

And I hope I don't get robbed by you know who<br>

Make me donate some G's to the boys in blue<br>

And if I sue, I won't get nothin back<br>

But I ain't mad... I'm just black...<br>

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I want to be free! Ohhh yeahhh<br>

I want to be free! Ohhh yeahhh<br>

I want to be free! Ohhh yeahhh<br>

I want to be free! Ohhh yeahhh<br>

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