Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Max Feldman
Max Feldman
Assistant Engineer
Herb Powers
Herb Powers
Mastering Engineer
Adam Blackburn
Adam Blackburn
Recording Engineer
Alex Coletti
Alex Coletti
Producer
Christopher Koch
Christopher Koch
Post Production Editor
Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
Producer
Mel Papaterpou
Mel Papaterpou
Guitar Technician
Sue Pelino
Sue Pelino
Post Production Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I get out, I'll get out of all your boxes
I'll get out, you can't hold me in these chains
I'll get out
Father, free me from this bondage
Knowing my condition
Is the reason I must change
[Verse 2]
Your stinkin' resolution
Is no type of solution
Preventin' me from freedom
Mantainin' your pollution
I won't support your lie no more
I won't even try no more
If I have to die, oh, Lord
That's how I choose to live
I won't be compromised no more
I can't be victimized no more
I just don't sympathize no more
'Cause now, I understand
You just wanna use me
You say love, then abuse me
You never thought you'd lose me
But how quickly we forget
That nothin' is for certain
You thought I'd stay here hurtin'
Your guilt trips just not workin'
Repressin' me to death, uh
'Cause now, I'm choosing life, yo
I'll take the sacrifice, yo
If everything must go, then go
That's how I choose to live
[Verse 3]
Ok, we gettin' there
At least I had a chunk
Oh, okay, it's how I choose to live
[Verse 4]
No more compromises
I see past your disguises
Blindin' through you, through mind control
Stealin' my eternal soul
Appealin' through material
To keep me as your slave
[Verse 5]
But I get out
Oh, I'll get out of all your boxes
I'll get out
Oh, you can't hold me in these chains
I'll get out
Oh, I want out of social bondage
Knowing my condition
Oh, is the reason I must change
[Verse 6]
See, what you see is what you get
Oh, and you ain't seen nothing yet
Oh, I don't care if you're upset
I could care less if you're upset
See, it don't change the truth
And your hurt feeling's no excuse
To keep me in this box
Psychological locks
Repressing true expression
Cementing this repression
Promoting mass deception
So that no one can be healed
I don't respect your system
I won't protect your system
When you talk, I don't listen
Oh, let my Fathers will be done
[Verse 7]
And just get out
Oh, just get out of all this bondage
Just get out
Oh, you can't hold me in these chains
Just get out
All these traditions killing freedom
Knowing my condition
Is the reason I must change
[Verse 8]
I just accepted what you said
Keeping me among the dead
The only way to know
Is to walk, then learn, then grow
But faith is not your speed
Or you'd have everyone believe
That you're the sole authority
Just follow the majority
Afraid to face reality
The system is a joke
Oh, you'd be smart to save your soul
Oh, and escape this mind control
You spend your life in sacrifice
To a system for the dead
Oh, are you sure?
Where's the passion in this living?
Are you sure it's God you're serving?
Obligated to a system
Getting less than you're deserving
Who made up these schools, I say
Who made up these rules, I say
Animal conditioning
Oh, just to keep us as a slave
[Verse 9]
Oh, just get out
Of this social purgatory
Just get out
All these traditions are a lie
Just get out
Superstition killing freedom
Knowing my condition
Is the reason I must die, ah
[Verse 10]
Just get out
Just get out
Just get out
Let's get out
Let's get out
Knowing my condition
Is the reason I must die
Just get out
Written by: Lauryn Hill
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