Listen to Freedom by Akon

Freedom

Akon

R&B/Soul

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Akon

Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Akon

Songwriter

Giorgio Tuinfort

Giorgio Tuinfort

Songwriter

N. Fisher

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Akon

Producer

Mark "Exit" Goodchild

Mark "Exit" Goodchild

Recording Engineer

Giorgio Tuinfort

Giorgio Tuinfort

Producer

Glenn Pittman

Assistant Engineer

Nate Hill

Assistant Mixing Engineer

Kevin Mills

Assistant Engineer

Rob Gardner

Assistant Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Everything I have, everything I own

All my mistakes man, you already know

I wanna be free, I wanna be free

[Verse 2]

From Senegal West Africa

To St. Louis Missouri

Thanks to Catherine Dana

For giving my pops his glory

He came down with his drum

And a dream to change the world

In a free, uplifting world

And that's all he ever want

Mom came a little after

Gave birth to my brother

Then all of the pressure

Made 'em fight one another

See, the pain would never last

Did they best with what they had

He knew the world was out for grabs

And he searched to find his

[Verse 3]

Freedom, freedom, freedom, oh freedom

Everything I have, everything I own

All my mistakes man, you already know

I wanna be free, I wanna be free (so I search to find my)

Freedom, freedom, freedom, oh freedom

Everything I have, everything I own

All my mistakes girl, you already know

I wanna be free, I wanna be free

[Verse 4]

As a kid I never knew

I'd have to hustle just to make it through

So I found myself skipping school

'Cause the girls don't think I'm cool

And because of that I didn't care

Whether or not I went to jail

I just wanna be treated fair

'Cause that's all I ever knew

Telling me I need to slow down

'Cause everybody in the whole town

'Cause they know how I get down

Foreigner from a different town

Can you believe we still around?

After so many hit the ground

And we ain't gon' stop now

Until we get that

[Verse 5]

Freedom, oooh freedom, oh freedom, oh freedom

Everything I have (have), everything I own (own)

All my mistakes man, you already know, yeah

I wanna be free (free), I wanna be free (won't stop till I find my)

Freedom, (my freedom) freedom, (my freedom) freedom, oh freedom

Everything I have, everything I own

All my mistakes girl, you already know

I wanna be free, I wanna be free

[Verse 6]

If you wanna be free in the land that's drug free

Put your hands up, ay, put your hands up, ay

If you wanna be free from all your misery

Put your hands up, ay, put your hands up, ay

If you wanna be free with plenty money

Put your hands up, ay, put your hands up, ay

If you wanna be free, just praise G-O-D

Put your hands up, ay, put your hands up, ay

[Verse 7]

Freedom, freedom, freedom, oh freedom

Everything I have, everything I own

All my mistakes girl, you already know

Written by: Akon, Giorgio Tuinfort, N. Fisher

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