《I Want to Be Free (That’s the Truth)》歌词

[00:00:00] I Want to Be Free (That's the Truth) - Too $hort

[00:00:21] You think Oakland California is a city of punks

[00:00:23] It only takes a second to pop the trunk

[00:00:26] And just like that you know it's real

[00:00:28] You're in the right damn town to get killed

[00:00:31] It's all about the game and nothin' else

[00:00:34] You come out here you better watch yourself

[00:00:36] 'Cause you can wear what you want even blue or red

[00:00:39] But cross the wrong brothers and end up dead

[00:00:42] You catch a body full of bullets and get blasted

[00:00:45] Tryin' to be a gangsta but you just ain't lastin'

[00:00:47] This little town is gettin' wild as hell

[00:00:50] Check the penetentiaries and all the jails

[00:00:52] If they could lock us all up that would be just fine

[00:00:55] Got my partners from Oakland doin' serious time

[00:00:57] You can't argue with the truth it's hard to be black

[00:01:00] But it's a mindgame and you gotta deal with that

[00:01:03] I wake up everyday and I just can't wait

[00:01:06] To make mo money 'cause back in the days

[00:01:08] When I rapped I did the same damn thing I do now

[00:01:11] Grab the microphone and show you how

[00:01:13] But I was broke the only thing I had was game

[00:01:16] I started makin' money and knew things would change

[00:01:19] Bought a Benz thought it might earn respect

[00:01:21] But the OPD found it hard to accept

[00:01:26] Face down on the ground keep my hands in sight

[00:01:29] Put the handcuffs on backseat I'm in it

[00:01:32] Illegal search for about thirty minutes

[00:01:34] Askin' me where's the dope

[00:01:37] Where's my gun but I don't know

[00:01:39] I said I'm rappin' they laugh like I told a joke

[00:01:43] And to this day they think I'm sellin' coke

[00:01:45] I want to be free ohh yeah

[00:01:47] (And that's the truth)

[00:01:50] I want to be free ohh yeah

[00:01:55] I be in Oakland California every day of my life

[00:01:58] Bass so hard you think I'm smokin' a pipe

[00:02:01] And if I don't smoke it I gots to grind

[00:02:03] Searched all my stuff and all you find

[00:02:06] Is a pocket full of money count seven G's

[00:02:09] Now you wanna think I'm sellin' keys

[00:02:11] 'Cause I'm a black man but I run my own business

[00:02:14] So why the police wanna send me to prison

[00:02:17] They see a brother makin' major cash

[00:02:19] They knock a patch out his black ass

[00:02:22] And that's the truth you can't argue you at all

[00:02:24] Tryin' to give you ten years for a phone call

[00:02:27] Ain't even trippin' on the dank smoke

[00:02:30] 'Cause all they wanna find is guns and coke

[00:02:33] In court all the time tryin' to fight it

[00:02:35] We get rich we get witch

[00:02:38] So what's the problem officer this time

[00:02:40] Is havin' big money bein' black a crime

[00:02:42] Or did you take me to jail to teach me a lesson

[00:02:45] Charge me with somethin' or just ask questions

[00:02:48] About the brothers I hang around

[00:02:50] What's really goin' on in the Oakland town

[00:02:53] Tell me who went broke and who got rich

[00:02:56] But Too $hort baby just ain't no snitch

[00:02:59] You say you're just doin' your job

[00:03:01] But you're gettin on my nerves just like Bob

[00:03:04] Every time I hit a corner I see you

[00:03:07] Always tellin' brothers what to do

[00:03:09] You lock me up 'cause I don't know how to act

[00:03:12] But I'm down for mine so I be talkin' back

[00:03:14] And when I do you treat me bad as hell

[00:03:17] I'm sick of spendin' nights in jail

[00:03:20] I want to be free ohh yeah

[00:03:21] (And that's the truth)

[00:03:24] I want to be free ohh yeah

[00:03:43] Walkin' down the street like a broke dopefiend

[00:03:46] Had a pocket full of money tryin' to play the role

[00:03:48] Benz got towed and I was hella cold

[00:03:51] But I ain't trippin' I'm gettin' used to it now

[00:03:54] Handcuffed your boy took me straight downtown

[00:03:56] For three warrants had to catch me sooner or later

[00:03:59] 'Cause the five-oh's always tryin' to jack a playa

[00:04:01] For no reason wasn't doin nothin wrong

[00:04:04] You think I'm lyin' singin' that same ol song

[00:04:07] Well I'm a black man ridin' in a Benz

[00:04:09] How in the hell did I make these ends

[00:04:12] Here we go I pull over to the right

[00:04:15] Stop the engine keep my hands in sight

[00:04:17] I start cursin' 'cause it don't make sense

[00:04:20] Why would I run and try to jump a fence

[00:04:23] If I was plannin' a smooth getaway

[00:04:25] I never woulda stopped in the first place

[00:04:28] You'd be high speed chasin' me but this time you ain't

[00:04:30] 'Cause all I got on me is a big fat bank

[00:04:33] And I hope I don't get robbed by you know who

[00:04:36] Make me donate some G's to the boys in blue

[00:04:38] And if I sue I won't get nothin' back

[00:04:41] But I ain't mad I'm just black

[00:04:43] I want to be free ohh yeah

[00:04:48] I want to be free ohh yeah

[00:04:53] I want to be free ohh yeah

[00:04:59] I want to be free ohh yeah