Independence

[Verse 1] Patient anticipation Up till now I've been hurry up and waiting At a bus stop in independence licking an ice cream cone I've been kicking I've been scheming This is as close as I've ever been to leaving Five blocks away, a stone's throw from home But I'm as good as gone [Chorus] I gotta get gone, gone, gone Shooting like a gun, a gun, a gun Skipping like a stone, stone, stone Far as I can run to where freedom is free There's a road like a long gray ribbon far as I can see And it's pulling independence out of me [Verse 2] Emancipation or paper chasing Leaving with question marks and Momma's blessing Put her picture in my pocket along with her rosary Some say I'm crazy, a little loco And most of my friends will live and die in this zip code It might be for me but until I go How am I ever supposed to know? [Chorus] I gotta get gone, gone, gone Shooting like a gun, a gun, a gun Skipping like a stone, stone, stone Far as I can run to where freedom is free There's a road like a long gray ribbon far as I can see [Bridge] I'm busting out of independence Independence's busting out of me I'm busting out of independence Independence's busting out of me [Chorus]