Liberated

Gotta work every day I thought I saw what Malcolm Little saw Ah-ha, thought I saw it I thought I saw what Malcolm Little saw [Blueprint] I thought I saw what Malcolm Little saw inside the game That made him wanna draw an X across his last name Dig inside himself and make a change The turnin point from which things could never be the same I'm talkin liberation - it seems no matter how far you make it Somebody's out to sabotage what you hold sacred It doesn't mean as much to them as it means to you They only do it cause it's the cool thing to do But they don't understand the things you do They don't understand what it means to you to see your dreams come true They wasn't up late night losin sleep wit'chu They wasn't practicin the same routine all week as you They didn't have to earn respect in the same scene as you On tour wearin the same thing for a week or two At first them chicks didn't want to speak to you But now they tryin to get backstage to sneak a peek at you I try to tell myself, don't let it define you Don't let the limelight you're standin in blind you Don't internalize it, don't let it get inside you Appreciate the love you get but don't let it guide you Don't let those other people make your life a mess Way too many artists build their self-esteem around the press Cause when the press loves you and the people don't respond You feel like the fans owe you somethin and you're gettin robbed My man Lo said it's best to do it for the people Cause there's no hidden agends when they speak to you But think about what MC's do They say things to you, because they want things from you Now right or wrong I gotta think about what I say Cause people overanalyze my words because I got a name Like my opinion means more because I got some fame But in God's eyes we're all the same [Hook] I'm liberated ("People in this country, are confused") I'm liberated ("They are fed lies, from the highest level") [Blueprint] Yo, you know we had the baddest motherfuckin unit back in the days son Inkwell, Plead the 5th and Logic {?} Shabazz, Greenhouse, Soul Position Who's Who, The Orphange, The Minor League, Greenhouse And if you've ever heard me talk about it you can tell Greenhouse Effect ain't the same without Inkwell Me and Fest don't know if we should write more songs Or leave well enough alone and let bygones be bygones And that'll leave you brokenhearted And have you feelin like you can't finish what you started Sometimes I feel like I can't lead my team well enough And say the right things to keep 'em all inspired, it's ill I guess that's just how it is I've seen women kill more careers than any whack album did When she met you, she loved your songs But later on she made you feel like what you do is wrong Now she tellin you you're not givin your heart Because you can't find a way to put her before your art They used to be attracted to rock stars Now all the sudden, she wants you to get a desk job Even if you don't, she she treats you funny Even though you're the one that's bringin in the money Ha, but God don't like ugly And you wouldn't act that way if you really loved me I feel it in my heart and I know I'm not wrong You don't love me, you just hate bein alone Your life lacks meaning when I'm gone You can't do anything on your own but I'm gone now and [Hook/Outro] I'm liberated ("So do we say that it's time, to begin anew?") I'm liberated ("That it's time to stop goin along With rhethoric and bullshit that you cannot endurse us") I'm liberated ("So we say, that we recognize that freedom is indivisible") I'm liberated ("A republic for people to have in them self respect") ("Because, that's all it's about, that's all human dignity is about") ("It's about individuals, it's about all of us") ("But it's also about, one's own self-respect")