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A political track that brings up mass incarceration, the bitter sweet contrast in American history for Afro-Americans, and Joey’s ambition to create change for the future.
The song was originally teased on January 16th for Martin Luther King day. ‘'Land of the Free’‘ was released on January 20th 20...
[Intro]
Yeah, you know sometimes I think
They don't truly understand me, you know
Cause they don't, yeah, uh
[Bridge]
Can't change the world unless we change ourselves
Die from the sicknesses if we don't seek the health
All eyes be my witness when I speak what's felt
Full house on my hands, the cards I was dealt
Three K's, two A's in AmeriKKKa
I'm just a black spade spawned out the nebula
And everything I do or say today that's worthwhile
Will for sure inspire actions in your first child
I'll begin my verse now
[Verse 1]
Sometimes I speak and I feel like it ain't my words
Like I'm just a vessel channeling inside this universe
I feel my ancestors unrested inside of me
It's like they want me to shoot my chance in changing society
But how do I go about it? Tell me where I start?
My destiny rerouted when I chose to follow heart
You told to follow suit, but tell me what it do for you?
Except weigh you down, now you trapped inside the cubicle
They built for us
The first step into change is to take notice
Realize the real games that they tried to show us
300 plus years of them cold shoulders
Yet 300 million of us still got no focus
Sorry America, but I will not be your soldier
Obama just wasn't enough, I need some more closure
And Donald Trump is not equipped to take this country over
Let’s face facts 'cause we know what’s the real motives
[Chorus]
In the land of the free, it's full of free loaders
Leave us dead in the street to be their organ donors
They disorganized my people, made us all loners
Still got the last names of our slave owners
In the land of the free, it's full of free loaders
Leave us dead in the street to be their organ donors
They disorganized my people, made us all loners, yeah
[Bridge]
We can't change the world unless we change ourselves
Die from the sicknesses if we don't seek the health
All eyes be my witness when I speak what's felt
Full house on my hands, the cards I was dealt
Three K's, two A's in AmeriKKKa
I'm just a black spade spawned out the nebula
And everything I do or say today is worthwhile
Will for sure inspire action, hold up, yeah, uh
[Verse 2]
Trickery in the system, put my niggas in prison
All our history hidden, ain't no liberty given
We all fit the description of what the documents written
We been lacking the vision and barely making a living
We too worried to fit in while they been benefitin'
Every time you submittin', we all guilty admit it
The Lord won't get you acquitted, but you still ask for forgiveness
Put opiates in syringes then inject his religion
How many times do I gotta tell you I'm a man on a mission
Many times I gotta tell you I don't need no permission
A human with super vision, ain't no livin' condition
I'm reaching out to my children, just hoping that they will listen
Start a new coalition against corrupt politicians
It's not enough pots to piss in, too many murder convictions
Another family evicted, another black man a victim
That's as real as it's getting, you should take recognition
[Chorus]
In the land of the free, it's full of free loaders
Leave us dead in the street to be their organ donors
They disorganized my people, made us all loners
Still got the last name of our slave owners
In the land of the free, it's full of free loaders
Leave us dead in the street to be their organ donors
They disorganized my people, made us all loners, yeah
[Bridge]
We can't change the world unless we change ourselves
Die from the sicknesses if we don't seek the health
All eyes be my witness when I speak what's felt
Full house on my hands, the cards I was dealt
Three K's, two A's in AmeriKKKa
I'm just a black spade spawned out the nebula
And everything I do or say today is worthwhile
Will for sure inspire action in your first child, yeah
LAND OF THE FREE was written by Kirk Knight & Adam Pallin & Joey Bada$$.
LAND OF THE FREE was produced by Kirk Knight & Adam Pallin.
Joey Bada$$ released LAND OF THE FREE on Fri Jan 20 2017.
You can read the full explanation here.
We made the beat in the studio, me and my producers, One Nine Hundred and Kirk Knight. We were all just in the studio vibing, like we usually do, and the way we did this album, we would create the sounds first. I would give them the directions of the sound. I would throw some BPM numbers out there a...
I don’t like being in the studio late night. I turn off my mind from writing at like 12 a.m. I’m just too tired. So I was like, “Ok, I’ll write to this song another time.” It ended up being probably a month after we made that beat. I finally came back to that beat one morning. I just knew what I had...
It was a triple significance. My fans know I like to play with the dates a lot. Of course, it was my birthday, that’s one. It was two year anniversary of my debut album, that’s two. And then it was the inauguration of Donald Trump, that was three. And four, it was the first single off my new album....
Joey released the video for “Land Of The Free” on March 6th, 2017.