Freedom
My mental capacity had the audacity to keep asking me
how I actually slept at night while I comitted blasphemy
Naturally, I laughed at the thought of a thought harrassing me
Attacking me until reality started surpassing me
My conscience revealed the contents of an obnoxious
Ignoramous trapped in his own cage without a locksmith
yearnin' to lift the burden...stop the pain, reduce the hurtin'
Preferring a higher learnin' than post-existential burnin'
Now a new man is emergin'... the other dead in the sea
setting the scene, becoming what he was destined to be
That textbook definition of freedom was insufficient
Intentionally put together to favor certain conditions
We're worshipping chains when chains were used when murdering slaves
our cars became "whips"... ancestors turning in graves
See the logic? Our master was replaced by objects
The slave quarters of yesterday are today's projects
neglected ... disrespected ... rejected ... and unprotected
our psyche has been molested; old wounds became infected
my aim is to lay claim to my mind and exchange my perceptions
by asking questions in countless sessions of life's learning lessons
then i'll boldly go where no man or no fear can ever hold me
and holler out "Kunta Kinte!!!" while the rest still think they're Toby