[Verse 1: Erykah Badu & Common]
Everyone hides their faces
Behind a mask they wear
Jimi was a rock star
Searching for that magic place, that
He could touch in the sky
Just to get his people high

[Chorus: Erykah Badu]
Ooh... Jimi
Ooh... ooh...
Ooh... Jimi
Ooh... ooh...
Ooh... Jimi
Ooh... ooh...
Ooh... ooh...

[Verse 2: Erykah Badu & Common]
Life is so colorful
Reds, blues and dreams
Jimi lives in a purple haze
In a psychedelic maze
Playin' the streets like an instrument
Pulling strings wherever he went
An angel sent from the sky
Just to get his people high
[Chorus: Erykah Badu]
Ooh... Jimi
Ooh... ooh...
Ooh... Jimi
Ooh... ooh...
Ooh... Jimi
Ooh... ooh...
Ooh... ooh...

[Bridge: Erykah Badu & Common]
Women all around
Fast cars and sounds
By freedom he was bound
Couldn't see the ground
Jimi, come on, why don't you set me free? (Set me free)

[Verse 3: Erykah Badu & Common]
So high, born to fly
Getting high off his own supply
With the Most Highs of the sky
Everybody follows a savior
Choosing his light to guide the way
You do, but who do you choose?
(Jimi, come on, why don't you set me free?)
Some price, the greats' vice who died so young
(Jimi, come on, why don't you set me free?)
Some, they are hung, Jimi was stoned
Everyone hides their faces
(Jimi, come on, why don't you set me free?)
Behind a mask they wear
(Jimi, come on, why don't you set me free?)

Everyone hides their faces
(Jimi, come on, why don't you set me free?)
Behind a mask they wear
(Jimi, come on, why don't you set me free?)

Everyone hides their faces
(Jimi, come on, why don't you set me free?)
Behind a mask they wear
(Jimi, come on, why don't you set me free?)

Everyone hides their faces
(Jimi, come on, why don't you set me free?)
Behind a mask they wear
(Jimi, come on, why don't you set me free?)

Free...!

Everyone hides their faces
(Jimi, come on, why don't you set me free?)
Behind a mask they wear
(Jimi, come on, why don't you set me free?)
Free... free... freedom!