I Want My Independence

PERFORMED BY
Matell
WRITTEN BY
Victor Matell
℗© Matell Records
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Lyrics

I  Want My Independence

Ooh yah, yah

As a black man
I'm going to say yeah, how I feel.
Woah, yah yah

(Don't hold me down)
I'm going to cut through the bull cramp.
Oh, baby, I'm going. I am going to tell you how I feel.
As it is as a black man
In 2021, 2022 & 2023
yah, yah

As I sit here and sing this song to you
Woah, Woah
Bombs are bursting in the air.
over my head, in the background of me
(Don't hold me down)
(Based on my credit)
I stand here, decades away from 1776
(Based on my color)
Woah, Woah
(Based on my past)
From a future, I have no idea

(Racism) 
You got your independence.
Now, I want my independence too.
For the future, I have no idea
(Racism) 
Just like you, you 

You need to stop this. 
systematic racism
hold us back, holding us down
Woah, Woah

You got your independence
Now, I want my independence too
For the future, I have no idea
(Racism) 
Just like you, you 

Ain't nobody hurting you
You're hurting, you're hurting, you're hurting yourself.
(With this) systematic racism

As our Black dollars
As our Brown dollars
Are strong, strong
Woah Woah,
As our White dollars are strong
when they're backing us too
Woah Woah,

Don't you, don't you
hold me down

As a Black man
What I'm trying to say
What I'm trying to say
There are only a few of you.
Don't want us live our life
yeah, yeah,
You know who you are, are
They're trying to hold us back.
Trying to hold us down.
with this systematic racism
yeah
(for the color of our skin)
(Gerry-Gerrymandering)
Woah,

Let me just break it down
one more time (for you)  
If you didn't understand the first verse
Let me speak it right now.
If you don't have an education
Don't be lazy in your mind
(Please)
You know what is right
You know what is right.
Woah Woah

(Racism) 
You got your independence.
You, you
Now, I want my independence too.
Just like you, you
Woah, Woah
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