Various Artists & TLC

(appears on the Panther soundtrack)







We will not bow down to racism

We will not bow down to injustice

We will not bow down to exploitation

I'm gon' stand, I'm gon' stand



Now this is time for free your mind and your soul

Yo our official story has never been told

Ladies you got to demand what you want

And what we want is respect, right

Come and take a walk with me a closer walk

With thee see what only I can see

Sisters check this, watch this



Freedom....



Turn us down set us free

From all the chains that bind me

Let us run in our own direction

Let us go set us free

From all this propaganda and lies

That your people tried to teach us

I know why you would like to bring us down

Because we have all the dirt on you

You try to tell us that our lives don't mean a damn

But we know so much better so we're gonna

Take a free freedom



Chorus:

Freedom

Freedom for my body

Freedom for my mind

Freedom for my spirit

Freedom

Freedom for my body

Freedom for my mind

Freedom for my spirit



All this time you've been telling us these lies

But now we've finally figured out your game

You thought that we would never wise up

But we showed you how a black female can do her thing

But still you continue to keep us oppressed

But no we ain't going out like that (oh no no)

All these lies and all this propaganda

You want us to take

We're gonna take our



Chorus



I see the fear in your eyes surprised

Your cover's been blown

I know just who I am and what I wanna do

I can make you run

Make you hide from all your ancestors

Transgression that you hold inside

Sisters rising up and seeing that our time is here

We're taking back what's been ours for years

Let the heaven of a sister embrace you

And praise them other gods

All these lies and all this propaganda

That you want us to take

We're gonna take our



Free free free

Freedom

Freedom

Ooooooohhh...bop



Free free free

Freedom

Freedom

Ooooooohhh...bop



Free free free

Freedom

Freedom

Ooooooohhh...bop



Free free free

Freedom

Freedom



Freedom



Freedom for my body

Freedom for my body

Freedom for my body

Freedom for my body