Flobots - Gonna Be Free lyrics

Yeah I'm a believer, I won't be beleaguered
I give a damn, no Leave it to Beaver
With the R-E-S-P-E-C T like Aretha
And if I don't use my feet
Then I won't have that either
Yes we serve, we deserve some peace
And we serve the least versed to reverse
The deep hurt that's featured
Each turn of the sheet of a learned history
Like Wall Street, the Trail of Tears and the
War in the Philippines
And I wash my hands clean
Like surgeons in emergencies
Media and ennui like
Chondroitin and glucosamines
Swell at the joint at wounded knee
Let's decode the Negro
And be like Steve Biko
When not hearing a peep
From the projects like beakers in research
We're jumping in feet-first
Reaction more than knee-jerk
Don't let his story recur
Swipe credit like a Visa
Empire doesn't need a sequel
Just the silence of the people

As for me, I'm gonna be free
I'm gonna be free from all of this history
Yeah, me, I'm gonna be free
I'm gonna be free

I rhyme post-post-ironic flows (pomo)
I came to fuck shit up, homos
Stonewall, laugh at that, no no
Don't y'all assume that I'm straight
Cause you don't know
I'm close to the edge like Bono
Won't fall victim to the Gordian Knot
Trying the sword again rock mine for the win
Plot lines are stretched like accordion
To Resurrect, born again, in division
Lord has been free from all the history
Beef with salt and misery
Just how it should be for y'all and is for me
That's the truth, blppppp as bald as
Mr clean, spit it like Listerine
'Till my lips are stinging hot, scalding
Blistering i'm composting primitive thoughts
And prayers what we want most
Is to unlock the prison
With God's forgiveness islamabad to Montrose
Holy ghost, high hopes
Touchdown like Broncos
The song goes on like ponchos

As for me, I'm gonna be free
I'm gonna be free from all of this history
Yeah, me, I'm gonna be free
I'm gonna be free

And if we can start a riot
(well what can we really do?)
If we can tear a city down
(what can we really do?)
If we can get the bad guys
Crush enemies, cause casualties
If we can start a movement
If we can lift a city up
If we can heal the wounded
Feed our families, face history

As for me, I'm gonna be free
I'm gonna be free from all of this history
Yeah, me, I'm gonna be free
I'm gonna be free