Curtis Mayfield
Freddie’s Dead
(freddie's dead)
Hey, hey
Love, love
Yeah, yeah
Ah, ha
Freddies dead
That's what I said
Let the man rap a plan said he'd see him home
But his hope was a rope and he should've known
It's hard to understand
There was love in this man
I'm sure all would agree
That his misery was his woman and things
Now Freddie's dead
That's what I said

Everybody's misused him
Ripped him up and abused him
Another junkie plan
Pushin' dope for the man
A terrible blow but that's how it goes
A freddies on the corner now
If you wanna be a junkie, wow
Remember freddies dead

We're all built up with progress
But sometimes I must confess
We can deal with rockets and dreams
But reality
What does it mean?
Ain't nothing said
'Cause freddies dead