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[00:01.67](Intro)
[00:06.36]Freedom of speech, mother*********!Okay, somethin' for the kids (hahaha)
[00:08.61](Pinocchio sample)
[00:09.86]I got no strings to hold me down
[00:12.45]To make me fret or make me frown
[00:15.00]I had strings, but now I'm free
[00:17.59]I got no strings on me
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[00:19.20](Verse 1)
[00:19.35]Step into the club smoothly with a L in my hand
[00:22.24]******* know that I'm a freak like the Elephant Man
[00:24.79]Intelligent plans, ************* a record deal!
[00:27.00]I want development land, with my benevolent clan
[00:29.73]And that's the reason that I only trust my fam
[00:32.13]40,000 records sold, 400 grand
[00:34.68]************* a middleman! I won't pay anyone else
[00:37.07]I'll bootleg it and sell it to the streets myself
[00:39.53]I'd rather be that than signed and stuck on a shelf
[00:41.98]And because of this, executives try to diss me
[00:44.38]Racism frozen in time, like Walt Disney
[00:47.27]And now they say they wanna get me signed to the majors
[00:49.51]If I switch up my politics and change my behavior
[00:51.92]Try to tell me what to rhyme about over the beat
[00:54.41]************* *************s that never spent a day in the street
[00:56.85]But I repeat that nobody can hold my reins
[00:59.25]I put the truth on tracks, *************, simple and plain
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[01:01.74](Pinocchio sample)
[01:01.94]I got no strings, so I have fun
[01:04.59]I'm not tied up to anyone
[01:07.04]They've got strings, but you can see
[01:09.44]There are no strings on me
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[01:11.38](Verse 2)
[01:11.58]I guess to America I'm a disaster
[01:14.68]A slave that was destined to own his masters
[01:16.92]Independent in every single sense of the word
[01:19.12]I say what I want, you ******' little sensitive herb!
[01:21.56]This is America, I thought we had freedom of speech
[01:24.07]But now you want try to control the way that I speak
[01:26.51]And O'Reilly, you think that you a patriot?
[01:29.11]You ain't nothin' but a mother******' racist *************
[01:31.65]Full of hatred, pressin' a button tryin' to eject me
[01:34.29]But I ain't got no mother******' deal with Pepsi
[01:36.49]No corporate sponsor tellin' me what to do
[01:38.89]Askin' me to tone it down during the interview
[01:41.49]Tryin' to minimize the issue, but I'm keepin' it large
[01:44.08]I love the place that I live, but I hate the people in charge
[01:46.33]Speakin' is hard when you got strings attached
[01:48.73]So, I'ma say it for you, ‘cause I ain't got none of that
[01:51.32]And if you didn't understand what I spit at your brain
[01:53.82]Ayo, son, let this little ************* explain!
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[01:56.42](Pinocchio sample)
[01:56.62]I got no strings, so I have fun
[01:59.06]I’m not tied up to anyone
[02:01.61]They’ve got strings, but you can see
[02:04.10]There are no strings on me
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[02:05.79](Verse 3)
[02:06.05]Come on, son, y'all *************s know the way I do
[02:08.70]Immortal Technique dot com live for you
[02:11.19]And I know sometimes it be makin' you nervous
[02:13.68]The way I snatch puppet rappers that belong in a circus
[02:16.13]You mother*********s just can't compare
[02:18.68]Lookin' for a fan base that's no longer there
[02:21.12]I know that you're scared, and you're hidin' up in the cut
[02:23.67]But this is freedom of speech, *************, tell 'em what's up
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[02:26.22](Outro)
[02:27.00]Word, *************! ************* John Ashcroft!
[02:29.62]*************, ************* Fox News! ************* those snake-ass *******!
[02:33.37]Tryin' to manipulate your opinion, tellin' you what to think
[02:36.84]Word the ************* up!*************
[02:38.15]Like, "We invaded *************s ‘cause we wanted to free them."
[02:41.62]You racist *********a!
[02:43.08]You don't give a *************t about those people
[02:45.08]You can suck my *************! (hahahaha)
[02:48.37]Another rum and coke at the bar, *************!
[02:52.21]It's my day off, word up!
[02:54.31]*************, for the kids, (ha) for the kids (hahaha) Beat Bandits!