Brandy - Freedom Rings lyrics

Can't fly when the world says "Anchor down"
No joy till the camera flashed
No smiles till the camera asked
They love it when your demons hang around
They hang around
And I believe in a space to breathe
Air is running out
I can hear the clouds begging me
To spread my wings again
Yeah, like I forgot what being fly's about
I'm just wiser now, oh-whoa

Hearts made in Winter, hope's made in Spring
Trying to remember what made me sing
Crumbled and broken
Hoping these wings can help me rise again
Hey, something just beyond your
Grasp won't ground me
Something that I lost at last just found me
I'm popping far beyond the paparazzi
I can't stop y'all from watching
But you're watching me taking off

(I) gave you all I had, my love, my blood
My sweat and my (Time) but you wanted more
I invested these years, these tears that I
(Cried) you're concrete, but I
Rose like a rose, lord knows that I almost
(Died) they tried to chain me, estrange me
Run away declaring my freedom rings

Ooh-whoa freedom rings
Ooh-whoa ooh

Everything around me's changing now
I've forgot to remember the fingerprints
He left on my innocence, i'm breaking out
I can see the world from higher ground
Higher ground see, all I need is the part
Of me that's been screaming out, ayy
Brand new like the morning
I'm sick of conforming
Got too many thorns in my rose
Can't be contained or tamed
I laugh at thunder, dance through rain
In me LaShawn will shine again and again

Hearts made in Winter, hope's made in Spring
Trying to remember what made me sing
Crumbled and broken
Hoping these wings can help me rise again
Hey, something just beyond your
Grasp won't ground me
Something that I lost at last just found me
I'm popping far beyond the paparazzi
I can't stop y'all from watching
But you're watching me taking off

(I) gave you all I had, my love, my blood
My sweat and my (Time) but you wanted more
I invested these years, these tears that I
(Cried) cried, you're concrete, but I
Rose like a rose, god knows that I almost
(Died) died, they tried to
Change me, chain me
I run away declaring my freedom (Sings)

Woo! Ooh-whoa my freedom (Rings)
Ooh-whoa ooh-whoa
No alarm, trinity

(I) gave you all I had, my love, my blood
My sweat and my (Time) but you wanted more
I invested these years, these tears that I
(Cried) cried, you're concrete, but I rose
Like the Sun and the Moon, i almost
(Died) they tried to change me, chain
Me, run away declaring my freedom, sings

Ooh hallelujah!
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