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Freedom (Theme From Panther) (The Black Bag Mix) Lyrics

“Freedom (Theme from Panther)” was a single released from the soundtrack of the 1995 motion picture Panther. Over 60 female African-American R&B and hip-hop artists met after the American Music Awards to…

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[Intro: Vanessa Williams,

Coko

,

Vanessa Williams & SWV

]

We will not bow down to, uh huh, racism

We will not bow down to

injustice

We will not bow down to

exploitation

I'm gon' stand, I'm gon' stand

[Refrain: Patra,

Mary J. Blige

,

Meshell Ndegeocello

]

Now this is time for free your mind and your soul (

Mm-mmm

)

Yo, half the story has never been told

Ladies, you got to demand what you want

And what we want is respect, right?

Come and take a walk with me

(

Oh, freedom, oh

)

Closer walk with thee

See what only I can see

Sisters, check this (

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

)

Watch this

[Verse 1: Mary J. Blige,

Zhané

,

Chilli

,

T-Boz

, (Ensemble)]

(Freedom)

Turn us loose, set us free from all the chains that bind me

(Freedom)

Let us run in our own direction

(Freedom)

Let us go, set us free from all this propaganda and lies

That your people try to teach us

(Ah-ooh)[Verse 2: T-Boz,

Aaliyah

,

Caron Wheeler

,

Ensemble

]

I know why you would like to bring us down

(

Ah-ooh

)

Because we have all the dirt on you

(

Ah-ooh

)

You try to tell us that our lives don't mean a damn

But we know so much better

(

Oooh

)

So we're gonna take our freedom

[Chorus: Ensemble,

Caron Wheeler

,

Mary J. Blige

,

T-Boz & Ensemble

,

(Di Reed of Jade)

]

(Freedom)

Freedom for my body (

Freedom, freedom, ooh

)

Freedom for my mind (Freedom)

(

Oh, no, oh-oh, oh-oh, yeah

)

(Freedom)

Freedom for my body

Freedom for my mind

(Freedom)

Freedom for my spirit

(Oh, sister)

[Verse 3: Pebbles,

LaTocha Scott of Xscape

,

Edie-May Grant of E.V.E.

,

Miss Jones

, (Nicci Gilbert of Brownstone)]

All this time you been tellin' us these lies

But now we finally figured

out your game

You thought that we would never wise up

(But we showed you how a Black female can do her thing)[Verse 4: Karyn White,

Tanya Blount

,

Ensemble

,

Miss Jones

]

(

Aah-ooh

)

But, still you continue to keep us oppressed

(

Aah-ooh

)

But no, we ain't goin' out like that, oh no, no

(

Aah-ooh

)

All these lies and all this propaganda

You want us to take

(

Aah-ooh

)

We're gonna take out

(

You gotta sing

)

[Chorus: Ensemble,

Tanya Blount

,

Miss Jones

,

Amel Larrieux

]

(Freedom)

Freedom for my body (

Freedom for my body

)

Freedom for my mind (

Freedom for my mind, mind, mind

)

Freedom for my spirit (

For my spirit

)

Freedom for my body (

Freedom for my body

)

Freedom for my mind (

Freedom for my heart and my mind and my freedom for my soul

)

Freedom for my spirit

[Verse 5: N'Dea Davenport,

Milira

,

Monica

,

Ensemble

]

I see the fear in your eyes

Surprise, your cover's been blown

(

Aah-ooh

)

I know just who I am and what I wanna do

(

Aah-ooh

)

I can make you run

Make you hide from all your ancestors' transgression

That you hold inside[Verse 6: Queen Latifah,

Meshell Ndegeocello

,

Joi

,

Ensemble

:]

Sisters rising up and seeing that our time is here

(

Aah-ooh

)

We're taking back what's been ours for years

(

Aah-ooh

)

Let the heaven of a sister embrace you

(

Yeah

)

And praise some other gods

All these lies and all this propaganda

(

Aah-ooh

)

You want us to take

We're gonna take our

[Vamp: En Vogue,

Jamecia

,

Chantay Savage

,

Ensemble

]

(

Freedom, freedom

)

Free-free-free, freedom (

Freedom, oh, oh yeah

)

Freedom, ooooooh, bop!

(

Freedom, freedom

)

Free-free-free, freedom (

Freedom for my body, freedom for my mind, yeah

)

Freedom, ooooooh, bop! (

Freedom for my spirit

)

[Outro: En Vogue,

Milira

,

Jamecia

,

Ensemble

]

(

Freedom, freedom, freedom

)

Free-free-free, freedom (

Aah, freedom!

)

Freedom, ooooooh (

Oh-oh, oh, oh, yeah

)

(

scatting

)

Bop!

Free-free-free, freedom

Freedom, ooooooh

Freedom for my mind

Freedom for my body

Freedom for my mind

Freedom for my body (Freedom for my mind)