freedom of speech
immortal technique
i got no strings to hold be down
to make me fret or make me frown
step into the club smoothly with a l in my hand
bitches know that i'm a freak like the elephant man
and that's the reason that i only trust my fam
i'll bootleg it and sell it to the streets my self
i'd rather be that than signed and stuck on a shelf
and because of this executives try to diss me
racism frozen in time like walt disney
and now they say they wanna get me signed to the majors
if i switch up my politics and change my behavior
try to tell me what to rhyme about over the beat
bitch niggas that never spent a day in the street
but i repeat that nobody can hold my reigns
i put the truth on tracks nigga
i'm not tied up when we need one
they've got strings but you can see
there are no strings on me!
i guess to america i'm a disaster
a slave that was destined to own his masters
independent in every single sense of the word
you fuckin little sensitive herb
i thought we had freedom of speech
but now you want try to control the way that i speak
and o'reilly you think that you a patriot?
you ain't nothing but a motherfuckin racist bitch
pressin a button trying to inject me
but i ain't got no motherfuckin deal with pepsi
no corporate sponser telling me what to do
asking me to tone it down during the interview
tryin' to minimize the issue
i love the place that i live
but i hate the people in charge
speakin is hard when you got strings attached
so i'm a say it for you 'cause i ain't got none o' that
and if you didn't understand what i spit at your brain
let this little nigga explan: i got no strings
i'm not tied up when we need one
they've got strings but you can see
there are no strings on me!
y'all niggas know the way i do
immortal technique-dot-com live for you
and i know sometimes it be making you nervous
the way i snatch puppet rappers that belong in a circus
you motherfuckers just can't compare
looking for a fan base that's no longer there
i know that you're scared
and you're hidin' up in the cut
but this is freedom of speech nigga
fuck john ashcroft! nigga
fuck fox news! fuck those snake-ass
bitches tryin to manipulate your opinion
like we invaded niggas 'cause we want to free them"