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Freedom

from Soul Sifting by Max Puglisi

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They take my freedom
And cut down my tree
They steal my possession
and they say they's a-helpin me
All this oppression
From just a little green
They say it's a crime I'm committing
but it's written wrongly

I never broke no law and I never shot no one down
Everybody bend dem rule sometimes but they catch you when no one's around

Even Marcus Garvey had a gun,
And Dr. King he had a gun,
Even Mrs. Roosevelt had a gun
But they never did shoot no one

The cop find him cocaine
The judge get him some brain
From confused, convicted girl
Mind goin' insane
They're controlling the system
Break down the innocents
Bring in a new shipment of the kid's you just turned criminal
They say "we never broke no law,
We never shot no one down"
and dem say "what I seen is what I see
and it's me that run this town"

Even Marcus Garvey had a gun
And Dr. King he had a gun,
Even Mrs. Roosevelt had a gun
But they never did shoot no one
Never...

and I'm just trying to keep the peace,
just trying to set my mind at ease
but they come and they take whatever they please
I'm a victim of too much authority
I've never seen it together, I've never seen you system work
You take away means for education, pay it to prisons to treat dem like dirt.
I won't be subject to such oppression cause freedom is subject to where I lay
The idea's planted, bring justness to justice, reap the harvest, they strugglin today

I never broke no law and I never shot no one down
Every man got a right to choose what he like
Let them suffering be unbound

Even Marcus Garvey had a gun
And Dr. King he had a gun,
Even Mrs. Roosevelt had a gun
But they never did shoot no one

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from Soul Sifting, released August 1, 2013

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Max Puglisi Syracuse, New York

Max Puglisi delivers an edgy new sound grown in the alternative garden. This singer-songwriter crafts works of fusion, framing soulful jazz and classical conventions with his native southern grunge, leading listeners through the mind of a modern alternative bluesman. ... more

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