(Malik Pendelton/Nicole Johnson)



I've got to be free

Gotta be, gotta be free

I've got to be free

Gotta be, gotta be free



Long goodbyes, stolen glances

Can't explain all that's happened in our past

I'm tired of creating lies to be alone

I'm living wrong, we're living wrong



More and more you make me

Afraid to come around

You take the pleasure out of being in love

And being down and down and down and down and down

For the one who's there for me

All I really want to be is free, yeah



I've got to be free, got to be free

Gotta be, gotta be free

I've got to be free, got to be free

Gotta be, gotta be free



You don't know why, haven't got a clue

In the dark about why I am leaving you

You can't expect me to go on this way

No, I cannot stay, I will not stay



More and more you make me

Realize what I have home

What's taboos exciting

But sometimes it just gets old

Sometimes it just gets old

For as long as I am me, boy

All I really want to be is free



I've got to be free, got to be free

Gotta be, gotta be free

I've got to be free, got to be free

Gotta be, gotta be free



I've got to be free, got to be free

Gotta be, gotta be free

I've got to be free, got to be free

Gotta be, gotta be free



I've got to be free, got to be free

Gotta be, gotta be free

I've got to be free, got to be free

Gotta be, gotta be free