| (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
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