I've got to be proud and stand up straight
As free as the bugs and the spiders and flies
Got to be free to do what I want
Say what I want and swear if I like
I don't know how but I'm gonna try
As free as the birds up in the sky
We've got to be free, we've got to be free now
I've just got to be free
And they are wrong
Got to be free to do what I want
Got to be free to say what I want
I don't know how but I'm gonna try
I've just got to be free
Got to be free to do what I want
Got to be free to say what I want
Yeah, we've got to get out of this world somehow
We've got to get out of this world somehow
Walk if I want and talk if I want
Make what I want and play what I want
Got to be free to laugh when I want
We've got to be free, we've got to be free now
As free as the sun and the moon in the sky
Walk if I want, talk if I want
Think what I want and cry if I like
And let people see I ain't nobody's slave
And it won't be long 'cos we're right
Make what I want and play what I want
We're going to be free like the birds and the bees
Running wild in the big country
As free as a flea or a proud butterfly
Got to be free to do what I want
I've got to be free before it's too late
I've just got to be free
