We will not bow down to racism We will not bow down to injustice We will not bow down to exploitation I'm gonna stand I'm gonna stand Now this is time for free your mind and your soul Yo', half the 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) (Closer walk with thee, see what only I can see) Sisters, check this Watch this [Freedom] Turn us loose, set us free from all the chains that bind me [Freedom] Let us run in our own direction [Freedom] Let us go, set us free from all this propaganda and lies That your people try 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 our freedom [Freedom] Freedom for my body (Freedom, freedom) Freedom for my mind [Freedom] {Oh, no, oh, no, no} [Freedom] Freedom for my body [Freedom] Freedom for my mind [Freedom] (Freedom for my spirit, yeah) All this time you've been tellin' 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 now we ain't goin' out like that, oh, no, no All these lies and all this propaganda you want us to take We're gonna take our (You gotta sing) [Freedom] Freedom for my body Freedom for my mind [Freedom] (Freedom for my spirit, yeah) [Freedom] Freedom for my body Freedom for my mind [Freedom] {Freedom for my heart and my mind and my freedom for my soul} 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 Sister 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 'em of the gods All these lies and all this propaganda that you want us to take We're gonna take our [Freedom] Free-free-free-freedom (Freedom), freedom Ooh...ooh...bop [Freedom] Free-free-free-freedom (Freedom from my body, freedom from my mind), freedom Ooh...ooh...bop (Freedom for my spirit) Free-free-free-freedom, freedom Ooh...ooh...bop Free-free-free-freedom, freedom Ooh...ooh... [Freedom] [Freedom] Freedom from my body Freedom from my mind