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Common

Set It Free

Release date: 10th September 2021

From A Beautiful Revolution, Pt. 2
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About This Track

"Set It Free" is a track by Common, from the album A Beautiful Revolution, Pt. 2, released 10th September 2021. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Common

Common

Lyrics

Set It Free

[Chorus: PJ]

Yeah, I do believe

You got it, yes, indeed

Kept under lock and key

Why don't you set it free?

Yeah, I do believe

You got it, yes, indeed

The right to set it free

Here goes your jubilee

[Post-Chorus: PJ]

Set it free, set it free, set it free, set it free

Set it free, set it free, set it free, set it free

Ooh, ooh

[Verse 1: Common]

Precious is your presence

You can feel the essence

The iridescence of your light, no question

Destined to bе

A blessing to somebody

Even if hе cannot see

The lock, key for you to set it free

No man can take from you what's heavenly

Just be you and you'll forever be

Your beauty tells stories like ebony

It comes from the inside

Truthfully, a place where some men hide

In your eyes, I can see that you're inspired

To find your way to love so you can live by it

If you love you the way you want a man to

The right one'll come that'll enhance you

And you can dance to love's melody

It sounds so good when you set it free

[Chorus: PJ]

Yeah, I do believe

You got it, yes, indeed

Kept under lock and key

Why don't you set it free?

Yeah, I do believe

You got it, yes, indeed

The right to set it free

Here goes your jubilee

[Post-Chorus: PJ]

Set it free, set it free, set it free, set it free

Set it free, set it free, set it free, set it free

Ooh, ooh

[Verse 2: Common]

Your beauty is the day you illuminate the way

It's on you, it's what you believers say

You blooming in a way, so who are they to say?

It's your heart, stay in tune every day

No mate or hate can carry it away

The truth is yours, don't bury it away

It's fair for me to say you a jewel again

You wear your own crown, not ruled by men

Where it fit in is where you begin

And know who you wanna be, know who you been around

Sometimes, you gotta settle down

That's when the fly ones, they leave the ground

Had to lose them so that you could be found

A centered you is a joy to be around

Now that we've found love's melody

How good it sound when you set it free?

[Chorus: PJ]

Yeah, I do believe

You got it, yes, indeed

Kept under lock and key

Why don't you set it free?

Yeah, I do believe

You got it, yes, indeed

The right to set it free

Here goes your jubilee

[Post-Chorus: PJ]

Set it free, set it free, set it free, set it free

Set it free, set it free, set it free, set it free

Ooh, ooh

[Outro: PJ]

Ooh, ooh

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Track details

From A Beautiful Revolution, Pt. 2

2021
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Album
A Beautiful Revolution, Pt. 2
A Beautiful Revolution, Pt. 2
Common
Release year
2021
  1. —A Beautiful Chicago Kid
  2. —Intro (Push Out The Noise)
  3. —Saving Grace
  4. —Set It Free
  5. —Poetry
  6. —Get It Right
  7. —OUTRO (Exclamation Point)
  8. —Star of the Gang
  9. —Majesty (Where We Gonna Take It)
  10. —When We Move

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
Burniss Earl Travis II, Common, Isaiah Sharkey, Karriem Riggins, PJ
Producer
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Drums
Karriem Riggins
Guitar
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Assistant Mixing Engineer
Anthony Vilchis, Chris Galland, Jeremie Inhaber, Zach Pereyra
Assistant Recording Engineer
Brian Rajaratnam, Chenao Wang, Matt Tuggle
Bass Guitar
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Mastering Engineer
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