Beyoncé Freedom [BET 2016 Live Performance]

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[Martin Luther King Jr]
And so, we’ve come to cash this check
A check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice

[Beyonce]
Tryna rain, tryna rain on the thunder
Tell the storm I’m new
I’ma walk, I’ma march on the regular
Painting white flags blue
Lord forgive me, I’ve been running
Running blind in truth
I’ma rain, I’ma rain on this bitter love
Tell the sweet I’m new

[Pre-Chorus]
I’m telling these tears, „Go and fall away, fall away”
May the last one burn into flames
(Sing it y’all)

[Chorus]
Freedom! Freedom! I can’t move
Freedom, cut me loose!
Freedom! Freedom! Where are you?
Cause I need freedom too!
I break chains all by myself
Won’t let my freedom rot in hell
Hey! I’ma keep running
Cause a winner don’t quit on themselves

[Verse 2]
I’ma wade, I’ma wave through the waters
Tell the tide, „Don’t move”
I’ma riot, I’ma riot through your borders
Call me bulletproof
Lord forgive me, I’ve been runnin’
Runnin’ blind in truth
I’ma wade, I’ma wave through your shallow love
Tell the deep I’m new

[Pre-Chorus: Beyoncé]
I’m telling these tears, „Go and fall away, fall away”
May the last one burn into flames

[Chorus]
Freedom! Freedom! I can’t move
Freedom, cut me loose!
Freedom! Freedom! Where are you?
Cause I need freedom too!
I break chains all by myself
Won’t let my freedom rot in hell
Hey! I’ma keep running
Cause a winner don’t quit on themselves

[Chorus: Beyoncé]
Freedom! Freedom! I can’t move
Freedom, cut me loose!
Freedom! Freedom! Where are you?
Cause I need freedom too!
I break chains all by myself
Won’t let my freedom rot in hell
Hey! I’ma keep running
Cause a winner don’t quit on themselves

[Kendrick Lamar]
(What you want from me?)
(Is it truth you seek? Oh father can you hear me?)
(What you want from me?
Is it truth you seek? Oh father can you hear me?)

[Dance interlude]

[Kendrick Lamar]
Meet me at the finish line
40 acres gimme mine
Revolution televised
Hoping that you see the sign
Meet me at the finish line
40 acres gimme mine
Lemonade, dollar time
Keep that in mind
Formation, formation
Exclamation, formation
Fellow Pan-Americans, hello
This is heritage for my medicine

Ten Hail Marys, I meditate for practice
Channel 9 news tell me I’m movin’ backwards
Eight blocks left, death is around the corner
Seven misleadin’ statements ’bout my persona
Six red lights aimin’ in my direction
Five-O askin’ me what’s in my possession
Yeah, I keep runnin’, jump in the aqueducts
Fire hydrants and hazardous
Smoke alarms on the back of us
But mama, don’t cry for me, ride for me
Try for me, live for me
Breathe for me, sing for me
Honestly guidin’ me
I could be more than I gotta be
Known to me, run from me, nation hypocrisy
Code on me, drive on me
Wicked, my spirit inspired me
Like yeah, open correctional gates in higher desert
Yeah, open our mind as we cast away oppression
Yeah, open the streets and watch our beliefs
You cry my name inside this concrete
I pray it forever reads

[Chorus: Beyoncé (Kendrick Lamar)]
Freedom! Freedom! (Yeah!) I can’t move
Freedom, cut me loose! (Dear God!)
Freedom! Freedom! Where are you?
Cause I need freedom too!
I break chains all by myself (Yeah!)
Won’t let my freedom rot in hell (Yeah!)
Hey! I’ma keep running
Cause a winner don’t quit on themselves
(Cause a winner don’t, don’t, don’t)

[Kendrick Lamar]
What you want from me?
Is it truth you seek? Oh father can you hear me?
What you want from me?
Is it truth you seek? Oh father can you hear me?
Hear me out

[Outro: Beyoncé]
Freedom! Freedom! I can’t move
Freedom, cut me loose!
Freedom! Freedom! Where are you?
Cause I need freedom too!