[Intro: Spoken]
This song's about bein' a dad
See, I just wanted you to get really siked about this one, that's why I dropped it before the last album
By the way, thank you guys for writin' "strays" on your hands,I'm really getting behind that, that really means the world to me

[Verse 1]
I wrote this song for my father
Sometimes I feel he never gave a damn about me
Though he raised me like he should
Did he understand me? No, oh, I don't think so

[Verse 2]
Mother
She had to leave me, when I was younger, ooh
She said "Son, seek this life, and keep an open mind"
But in my mind's eye

[Chorus]
I am free now, free to live without my fears
I believe now there's a reason why I'm here
Mmm... it's to try to do good

[Verse 3]
Who will I be for my daughter?
This little baby, she means the world to me
Will I relive their mistakes or do things the right way?
For her sake
[Chorus]
I am free now, free to live without my fears
I believe now there's a reason why I'm here
Can I be, be a man
One that under, understands?
I am free now
I am free now

[Bridge]
And we dream of the day when our kids can play
In the streets with no fear of them being taken away
Fathers raise their sons with respect and love
Handle anger and pain with no need for no guns
If we hope to be free, it takes you and me
To start over here and now, woah
'Cause this world is the way it is, it's how we raise our kids

[Verse 4]
I wrote this song for our mothers
I wrote this song for our fathers
So hopefully, we can come together
And hopefully make things a little better, better, better

[Chorus]
I am free now, free to live without my fears
I believe now there's a reason why I'm here
Can I be, be a man
One that under, understands?
I am free now
I am free now
I am free
[Outro: Spoken]
Thank you
What's up?
Knucks... knucks... knucks...
(Say you love me?) I do
(*screams*) But in a friendship way, know what I'm sayin'?
(Okay) Cool