Set Me Free

Album: Restoration (2020)
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  • Take the shackles off my feet so I can dance
    I just wanna praise Ya (whoa, whoa, whoa)
    I just wanna praise Ya

    Shackles on my feet, yeah
    They won't let me be
    Won't you set me free?
    Break this hold on me
    Shackles on my feet
    Oh, they won't let me be
    Won't you set me free
    Break this hold on me
    Break this hold on me

    Let me go (let me go)
    Let me go
    I been going through so much
    I swear these people at my throat
    That's on me
    That's on mamas (that's on mamas)
    On my mama
    I can't take no more
    So miss me with that drama
    Get your commas, get your racks straight
    Get your facts straight
    Hold me down, I rise up on 'em like the tax rate, huh (I do)
    Keep my path straight
    Never lack faith
    God been working, they gon' have to hold me back, man
    Ay, tell 'em (tell 'em, tell 'em)

    You can pick a side if you wanna (wanna)
    You already know who I roll with (roll with)
    You don't want no problems with me (with me)
    Get these shackles off of my feet

    Shackles on my feet, yeah
    They won't let me be
    Won't you set me free
    Break this hold on me
    Break this hold on me

    I got them shackles off my feet, yeah, yeah
    Can't put me back up in them streets, yeah, yeah
    I couldn't move but now I'm free yeah, yeah
    I got them shackles off my feet yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

    Down for me
    Down for me
    People left me, You was round for me
    Round for me
    All the bitterness and anger, had to let it go
    People talking down on me
    I guess that's how it go
    Let 'em know
    That's on me, yeah
    Shackles on my feet
    You broke the hold and now I'm free, yeah
    Even in the darkest times
    You kept Your light on me, yeah
    Got the memo, read the message
    Found my purpose, found my method
    Only L I took was lessons, tell 'em

    You can pick a side if you wanna (wanna)
    You already know who I roll with (roll with)
    You don't want no problems with me (with me)
    Get these shackles off of my feet

    Shackles on my feet, yeah
    They won't let me be
    Won't you set me free?
    Break this hold on me
    Break this hold on me

    I got them shackles off my feet yeah, yeah
    Can't put me back up in them streets yeah, yeah
    I couldn't move but now I'm free yeah, yeah
    I got them shackles off my feet yeah, yeah

    I got them shackles off my feet yeah, yeah
    Can't put me back up in them streets yeah, yeah
    I couldn't move but now I'm free yeah, yeah
    I got them shackles off my feet yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Writer/s: Christopher Hulvey, Erica Campbell, Gabriel Azucena, JRaul Garcia, Le Crae Moore, Osiris Williams, Torey Harris, Trecina Campbell, Warryn Campbell
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Joe B from California I hear a little bit of 2pac shorty wannabe a thug
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