No, don't put me in a box. I'm not just like a puzzle piece I might not fit, I will not bend No, I'm not the color red I'm not the girl next door I clinch my fists, I might stay home instead Sick and tired of making faces Nothing more than second places I'm coming 'round the bend But I am crawling slowly When everyone around is rising Raise your glass to compromising Tell me now is this what we call freedom This is freedom, this is freedom So give me freedom Give me freedom Push, your pushing me to run Stereotype just thrown out to destruction Don't let it pass you by No, I do not have a gun And I'm not my neighborhood I have a name, but it's misunderstood Look around at all the races No one cares and no one faces Don't have the time To sit and listen to the hungry You say one is just like the other So bat your eyes and run for cover Tell me now is this what we call freedom This is freedom So give me freedom So give me freedom Give me freedom Do we have ourselves to blame? For all these bills to pay We're dying out here We're dying out So open your eyes to see It's not just make believe So we'll keep trying So we'll keep trying For freedom, this is freedom So Look around at all the races No one cares and no one faces Don't have the time To sit and listen to the hungry You say one is just like the other You bat your eyes and run for cover Tell me now is this what we call freedom So tell me now is this what we call freedom Tell me now is this what we call freedom So tell me now is this what we call freedom Tell me now is this what we call freedom So tell me now is this what we call freedom Tell me now is this what we call freedom So tell me now is this what we call freedom Tell me now is this what we call freedom Freedom Freedom