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Freedom 2020

by Reckless Abandon

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Originally recorded 4 years ago after the release of the fearless and classic Lemonade album by Beyonce, the members of Reckless Abandon (singer/songwriter Authentik, MC/DJ Kaytee Da Voice, author/artist Toi Stori, singer/songwriter/producer A-natural, and singer/songwriter Lenny Harold) came together to record their take on the powerful song "Freedom" as originally performed by Beyoncé featuring Kendrick Lamar.

The original cover was recorded but never released, however, the lyrics, unfortunately still, ring true today in the wake of additional unjustified violence towards and murders of Black people in America.

In hopes to continue spreading awareness and a show of solidarity to the plight of Black America, Reckless Abandon is committing to forward all shares of the sale of this single to organizations that also commit to bettering Black lives such as the #BlackLivesMatter movement, the NAACP, various African-American programs, and also LGBT organizations.

To find out how you can do your part, please visit www.BlackLivesMatter.com.

Single Artwork Credit: Juneteenth Emancipation Day Celebration, June 19, 1900, Texas (The Portal to Texas History, via Wikimedia Commons)

lyrics

[Verse 1 (Authentik)]:

How many of my people do y'all gotta kill
In cold blood, murdered without a shield
We're enraged with tears of pain
How can we break these chains
Can't take away what's in our veins
We're kings and queens, we will rain
To live this world in freedom

[Verse 2 (Kaytee Da Voice)]:

Remember the time when I was there for you
Picking cotton, bloody fingers, out in the field for you
Washing clothes, up in the kitchen cooking meals for you
My titty in your baby's mouth
While my child was taken to a place a thousand miles
"Shut ya mouth, look down and never react
Cuz nigga if you do you'll get these lashes to ya fuckin' back"
Or even worse find you hanging by ya fuckin' neck
The pain we endured, surprised we got a soul left
So sad that ain't a damn thing change
What you see now, all modernized slaves
Gettin shot in the streets and never ever go home
Another one gone, when the hell I'mma get my freedom

[Verse 3 (Toi Stori)]:

Tryna raise, tryna raise all these daughters to remain unmoved
All my queens standing strong for our brothers, they ain't bulletproof
Lord forgive me, I've been fighting, tired of calling you
I'mma rain, I'mma rain on you cowards, til you feel my truth
I'm telling these fears go on far away, far away, oh
May the last one turn into strength

[Hook]:
Freedom, freedom, I can't move
Freedom, cut me loose (yeah)
Freedom, freedom, where are you
Cuz I need freedom too
(A-natural) I break chains all by myself
(Authentik) Won't let my freedom rot in hell, aye
(Lenny Harold) I'mma keep runnin' cuz a winner don't quit on himself

[Vamp (Lenny Harold)]:
What you want from me
Is it truth you seek, or
Oh father can you hear me
What you want from me
Is it truth you seek, or
Oh father can you hear me

[Verse 4 (A-natural)]:
One shot woulda did the trick
Two shots cuz he saw me twitchin
Three shots, said I grabbed that shit but
How could I do it when you cuffed my wrists
Four shots on the cameras now
Five shots got me learning how it takes
Six shots just to draw a crowd and get the story turned upside down
Cuz if my life don't matter you can forget all bout me
But when you start that chatter don't forget my legacy

[Hook]:
Freedom, freedom, I can't move
Freedom, cut me loose (yeah)
Freedom, freedom, where are you
Cuz I need freedom too
(A-natural) I break chains all by myself
(Authentik) Won't let my freedom rot in hell, aye
(Lenny Harold) I'mma keep runnin' cuz a winner don't quit on himself

[Vamp (Lenny Harold)]:
What you want from me
Is it truth you seek, or
Oh father can you hear me
What you want from me
Is it truth you seek, or
Oh father can you hear me

[Verse 5 (Lenny Harold)]:

Hands up don't shoot
That means nothing to you
You brought us from foreign lands
Help build stolen lands just to put a hit on the black man
Even on the black man in foreign lands
What makes you hate us so much
That it's a crime to even stand up
Are you jealous of our make-up
First people, Motherland, greater
So rich in culture
Knock the nose of the Sphinx to delete us
All for the word "master"
That insecure, you'll destroy the whole world to
Be a quote unquote leader
But there ain't nothin' gon stop this march to freedom

[Hook]:
Freedom, freedom, I can't move
Freedom, cut me loose (yeah)
Freedom, freedom, where are you
Cuz I need freedom too
(A-natural) I break chains all by myself
(Authentik) Won't let my freedom rot in hell, aye
(Lenny Harold) I'mma keep runnin' cuz a winner don't quit on himself

[Vamp (Lenny Harold)]:
What you want from me
Is it truth you seek, or
Oh father can you hear me
What you want from me
Is it truth you seek, or
Oh father can you hear me

credits

released June 20, 2020
Freedom
(original version written by Jonny Coffer, Beyoncé, Carla Marie Williams, Dean McIntosh, Kendrick Lamar, Frank Tirado, Alan Lomax, John Lomax, Sr.)
(produced by Just Blaze, Beyoncé, Jonny Coffer)

Cover version written by Tim Page, Katanya Meyers, Latoya Powell, James Aaron Foster, Glenn H. Adams, Jr.

Vocals recorded by A-natural for Natural City Music & Lenny Harold for Drink Up The Music, Inc.

Mixed by A-natural

Artwork by NCM Graphics

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