So Free

[Chorus] We can be so free Why's it been so serious We can be so free Why's it been so serious [Verse 1] Little kids with big sticks in projects Prison systems inflict the poorest Innocents they ain't changed the laws yet It's criminal to engage with force yet wars are so lawless Got to be cautious Policemen will cuff you so thoughtless Whether it be the colour your skin or the number of your trim It's never from what's within, together we're struggling [Bridge] Don't you cry, don't you cry All of my tears are for you And I don't know why, don't know why No one hears the truth [Chorus] We can be so free Why's it been so serious We can be so free Why's it been so serious [Verse 2] Lonely single mother trying to make it on her own Nobody to love her or to put her on a throne So she grows, beautiful queen, you'll never know How much that I am sorry for the men that came before Beat up and raped, treat like a slave He lost his way and you kept it brave Give me your pain and we can both fly away I don't want to see us so divided I don't want to deal with all the violence How we gonna heal if we keep silent? Been going on for years through empires and kings They don't wanna teach us to be righteous In school they're never teachin' us the right things Is the power worth the hate that's in your eyes, kid I hope this place will change before I'm in the grave [Bridge] Don't you cry, don't you cry All of my tears are for you And I don't know why, don't know why No one hears the truth [Chorus] We can be so free Why's it been so serious We can be so free Why's it been so serious We can be so free (We can be, we can be) Why's it been so serious (Why has it been so serious) We can be so free (We can be, we can be) Why's it been so serious (Why has it been so serious)