"Simple cost of freedom"

…[Verse 1] My old school has closed its doors The once green fields are now concrete floors And the roads are choking, full of…

…at what cost? And the air is getting heavy with memory and loss The joy and the freedom, but freedom at what cost…

…debt And the air is getting heavy with memory and loss The joy and the freedom, but freedom at what cost? We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons…

Sometimes the simple sounds of suffering Are enough Sometimes the sweet sounds of suffering Are more than enough…

…to dusk and the predators Creep into the night Sometimes a simple revelation Is enough And sometimes a simple transformation Is more than…

…' No shining white light For mortal man to be blinded by No shining white light No freedom call Cause i've entered into the fires of…

…will answer the call For true freedom, justice, and equality in America Well now, do you understand?" [Verse 1] Brethren heed the call of enlightenment Of…

It's a simple case of show and tell or rather show and prove Of made up gang moves and foolish fairy tales Said…

…forth from the darkness To lead the lost for the cost of a beat tape And make the blind see straight 'fore it's too late I can't…

…need to move the world Because you are the world Now listen to my words As thousands die out there You could be one of them Too…

…prognostic was on the spot This is a holocaust of the agnostic That'll cost us Our life Every temple, chapel…

…to make it this far, most don't know the cost I'ma follower of God, but still seen as leader Faced my worst nightmares, all from…

You think I haven't gone through any hardships ‘Cause I was raised in communes instead of projects? That's why I've always had…

…problems with the opposite sex ‘Cause I was taught never to treat women as objects And never to treat anything simple…

…stopping us; it's just a problem of optics In the absence of reason; there's no illusion of freedom The illusion is a lack of freedom…

…it? Where've you been?" And she said, "Where I been? Where you been?" Hah, Where you been? You understand? That's about the size of…

…better off on crack Dead or in jail, or with a gun in Iraq And it's as simple as that No opinion my man it's mathematical fact…

Listen, a million poor since 2004 And they got -illions and killions to waste on the war And make you question what the taxes is for Or the cost…

…do it? Where've you been?" And she said, "Where I been? Where you been?" Hah, Where you been? You understand? That's about the size of…

…a laugh they won't give when you ask You better off on crack Dead or in jail, or with a gun in Iraq And it's as simple as that No opinion my man…

…question what the taxes is for Or the cost to reinforce, the broke levee wall Tell the boss, he shouldn't be the boss anymore Y'all pray…

…uttered by the owners of people Problem with being an oppressor Talkin' about freedom Is the people you oppress may start…

…cause to think Are the words even worth the cost of the ink? If they change their meaning when the powerful say So we can fight for freedom…

…probably true What if it buys the closest thing then what do we do? What good is it loving all of the simple things…

Sunny summer days Smog of the city, is from the blunts we blaze Dogs and the piggies, bloody hungry fangs Its wrong and its silly…

…but we wasn't fazed Half the time we too buzzed from the drunky haze The drugs we take making masks for our ugly ways A bunch of…

…battled with the odds And I bought my freedom, my shackles was the cost I realized I won every battle that I lost Laughin at my flaws…

…an army come through accosting kids Now what's it gonna cost a kid if he toss his hands like he lost a bid It's a whole new stack when…

…a man ain't worth a pack of these sausages Capp'ed him where's the captain another head bashed in by the force of men Now all…

…it street cleaning Ain't as simple as all that we see here But a symbol to all of us Deep fear means to cripple the tall in us Brave…

…accorded, And down I laid to list the sad-tuned tale; Ere long espied a fickle maid full pale, Tearing of papers, breaking rings…

…a-twain, Storming her world with sorrow's wind and rain. Upon her head a platted hive of straw, Which fortified her visage from…

…supposed them mistress of his heart. My woeful self, that did in freedom stand, And was my own fee-simple, not in part, What…

…in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights? No I'm not going 10,000 miles from…

…home to help murder and burn another poor nation simply to continue the domination of white slave masters of the darker people…

…and equality. If I thought the war was going to bring freedom and equality to 22 million of my people they wouldn't have to draft me, I'd join tomorrow…

…the portrait An instant, turned into an ocean of eternity It's Vincent, filled with this emotion that is burning me For what I saw before me needs…

…the glitch in my system From chaos to what is simple, it's the hitch of encryption It's the pursuit of the chase, it's the fun of…

I never would grow, despite the cost And at the end of the day, I've come to love the loss And on the off chance that she falls again I'm walking backwards so she still knows who I am [Hook x2]…

…the portrait An instant, turned into an ocean of eternity It's Vincent, filled with this emotion that is burning me For what I saw before me needs…

…the glitch in my system From chaos to what is simple, it's the hitch of encryption It's the pursuit of the chase, it's the fun of…

…know I never would grow, despite the cost And at the end of the day, I've come to love the loss And on the off chance…

Tried to leave the pieces of a broken man What it cost I ain't ever getting back Breaking the lines 'cause I wanna remember…

…simple 'bout the simple days that I mourn If what I lost ain't ever coming back Then I can find a way to move on inside of…

Louisiana, I mean from Lake Charles, Louisiana, current resident of downtown Brooklyn, Grammy Award winner Mikey Freedom Hart…