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The Game

Freedom

Release date: 11th December 2012

From Jesus Piece
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About This Track

The Game holds his daughter in the booth and surveys the wreckage of his career with the clarity of someone who has been written off and survived it. 'Freedom' moves through a catalogue of ghosts: Proof, 2Pac, Eminem, Dr. Dre, the West Coast itself when it seemed finished. He measures himself against them not with bitterness but with the hunger of someone who still has something to prove, still eats out of the can. The production sits sparse and reflective, letting his voice carry the weight of memory and ambition. The second verse pivots toward boast, toward the present tense of a man who knows his own worth. He names producers and peers, claims dominion over beats and styles, settles scores with the ease of someone who has already won the argument in his own mind. Elijah Blake's chorus floats above it all, a plea wrapped in melody: the price of winning, the distance still between here and freedom. The song holds both registers at once, the retrospective and the defiant, without resolving them.

"Freedom" is a track by The Game, from the album Jesus Piece, released 11th December 2012. Full lyrics are available below.

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The Game

The Game

Lyrics

Freedom

[Verse 1: The Game]

Holdin' my daughter in the booth

Her momma out there somewhere in that Bentley trynna find a roof

Poof, I wave my wand and here comes Kendrick

Niggas say the west ain't winnin', I'm just tryin' to find the proof

Speakin' of Proof, I'm 'bout to roll one with Snoop

Blow the smoke out to your memory and toast to Eminem

Cause he, gave me the shit that I needed on Documentary

Keep it real with myself, I got murdered like John Kennedy

But that was cool cause I was just there for the energy

Watchin' Bizarre pop pills while 2Pac in my Hennessy

First time in Detroit, had to rock the Grant Hills

Cause I threw up my dukes when California was at a stand still

But hope ain't lost cause Dr. Dre the man still

Had faith in me, knew I had heat like an anvil

Ran through entire crews, put their remains in a landfill

And I ain't lost the hunger, I'm eatin' out the can still

Yeah, wherever Hov and Nas at in the world right now

I know they listenin' like

This young nigga be killin' this shit

Hip-hop is life's Cîroc I'm 'bout to drop a pill in this shit

Let's go, esco bars nigga, like Nas nigga

The flow is Rakim with the Birdman cars nigga

Hold on I gotta take Birdman's call nigga

[Break]

Stunna, whattup blood?

"Whattup blood? What's poppin' my nigga?

Look, I know this the last one after this it's straight Cash Money, my nigga

So, it's YMCMB, wild life my nigga, let's get it poppin'"

Rich Gang

All the time one hunnit

Soo Woo

[Verse 2: The Game]

New coupe, remove roof

I'm from where niggas'll do your bitch and bitch niggas'll do you

Inevitably we take celebrity bitches and run a chu-chu

We puttin' on magnums, taggin' that wagon, some of these birds kookoo

And murder is what I do to

These Just Blazes, Kanyes, shit on Swizz, I handle my biz

The whole world know what I do to Dre's shit

Niggas know I'm classic, I ain't even gotta say shit

Frank Ocean more of a man than you niggas, get up off that gay shit

Fuck copyin' styles, niggas be tracin'

Whether it's me, the movie, or Jadakiss, niggas just can't fuck with Jayceon

Let's go

[Chorus: Elijah Blake]

Laa, da da da dup da ah

Thought you love me before

I'm glad to kill it some more

Every hood needs an anthem

Laa, da da da dup da ah

Winning comes with a price

No matter how hard you try

Can't buy freedom

We're far from being free

Yea we're far from being free

We're far from free

[Verse 3: The Game]

Wanna welcome everybody to Jesus Piece

After my album fades, my competition will lyrically be deceased

Niggas saying I'm underrated

Like a younger Jay with heat, but not the ones the Thunder play with

So Los Angeles King is sort of an understatement

Let me find a gun to play with, I leave you niggas under pavement

Tell 'em they rent's due, pay up or get cement shoes

All this dope be around, you act like I ain't lean on that fence too

But now European bitches and cars is what I'm into

You wanna send me to God, I wear 45 in that French shoe

I fuck with Wale, Ross, and my nigga French too

And me and Face just slashed the last beat up like a ginsu

My album like a 'Rari, a lot of dope features

Glad you bought it, now sit back and just blow reefer

I know the concept behind it is gon' reach ya

Now turn this motherfucker up and blow speakers

Ladies and gentleman

I would like to introduce to you

An incredible gentleman

He goes by the name Elijah Blake

Let's go

[Chorus: Elijah Blake]

Laa, da da da dup da ah

Thought you love me before

I'm glad to kill it some more

Every hood needs an anthem

Laa, da da da dup da ah

Winning comes with a price

No matter how hard you try

Can't buy freedom

We're far from being free

Yea we're far from being free

We're far from free

[Outro: The Game]

And last but definitely not least

I wanna send a special shout out, to my nigga James Harden

Another Los Angeles nigga carrying rockets

Ballin' on you bitches

[Skit: Kevin Hart]

Ay man, look

You done rocked with my nigga Game

First of all Game, shouts out to you

You put your foot in this album's ass

Here's the thing man

This is your public service announcement for free

This is from me, to you, and everybody who listens to this album

At the end of the day, man, you can't be judged

If you a man to God, then be a man to God

If you a nigga from the streets, god damnit, be a nigga from the fucking streets

At the end of the day, you are who you are

God made you for a reason, man

Now I'm not saying go kill nobody

I ain't saying go smack ya lady in the face

What I'm saying is, be who you think you are, man

Don't mix that shit up

At the end of the day, look

Am I perfect? No

Do I want to be perfect? No

Does God know I'm not perfect?

Well that's a fucking question mark, cause here's the thing man

Cuz I'm praying at the wrong times of the day

That's weird, and I'll talk to you about that later

But man bottom line what I'm saying is this dude

Be you do you, can't nobody judge you but you

And at the end of the day if you doing hat you supposed to

Then fuck it man

You got one life, live it

With that being said

Pray for me

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Track details

From Jesus Piece

2012
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Jesus Piece
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  1. —Heaven's Arms
  2. —Ali Bomaye
  3. —Freedom
  4. —Jesus Piece
  5. —Pray
  6. —See No Evil
  7. —Scared Now
  8. —All That (Lady)
  9. —Hallelujah
  10. —Name Me King
  11. —Can't Get Right

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