Get free, yeah!

(So funky) Bass!

Once again I don't follow trends
They just follow me just like the Israelites through the Red Sea
It might take U some time but U will want 2 see
The undisputed truth and...

Get free, yeah
(So funky) Bass!
Get free, now
(Once again, back, it's the incredible)
Get free, yeah
(So funky) Bass!
[Those of U...]
(Once again, back, it's the incredible)

My level is now what U must learn 2 rise above
Talk 2 D'Angelo or better yet ?uestlove
How U gonna get my back when U frontin'? (Funky, funky) {x2}
CHORUS:
How is it that a brother always wanna keep another one back?
I'm 2 far right 2 get left goin' sideways, Jack
How is it that a brother always wanna keep another one back?
Never we mind what U do, in Moneyapolis, we the the mack

5 little Indians trying 2 steal from my stack
A groove 2 later all the critics tell them what they lack
Bowl of them O's is like sugar, no smack
How is it that a brother always wanna keep another one back?

CHORUS
(How U gonna get my back when U frontin'?) {x2}
(Once again, back, it's the incredible)

And U woke this mornin' 2 a drumroll, rat-a-tat-tat
Before I even got outta bed I got another track
And who's that brushing their teeth in the bathroom?
Slender, fine and black
Never she mind what U do, in Moneyapolis, I'm the the Mack, hey

CHORUS
(How U gonna get my back when U frontin'?) {x2}
(Once again, back, it's the incredible)

4 every royalty point of yours I get 'em in advance
That's why in videos U'll never see me dance
Why should I when minorities get half a chance
In truth U are 2 me simply my fakest fan

NPG New Power (Chuck) Generation (D.) free nation, free nation (Funky, funky, funky)
Check it (Undisputed)
Come one, come all 2 the download ball, uh
There's no curfew 2 hurt U, no substitution
School's now in session
Put down the Smith & Wessons
Real renegades don't invite grenades 2 make the grade
This is a brain raid - who rise above the lies
Raise above the daze
New ways disguised in a craze (Funky)
Uh, gotcha back against that status they be throwin' up at us (Funky)
Back against the wall again high trees catchin' a lotta wind, ohhh
Last band standin'
Gotta knack 4 overstandin'
Accordin' 2 planin' - look up in the sky (Funky)
No cable wire, whoa
God bless the child {x2}

Cool, whatcha need 2 do?
Get free, yeah!
(Once again, back, it's the incredible)

Is that my song playin' on the radio? (So funky)
It could be, G?
I can't remember, I wrote it in '84
Y'all keep groovin', U know I got nothing but love 2 show
Take it, like Clarence said, "I got a million of 'em, all different" U know?

CHORUS
(How U gonna get my back when U frontin'?)
(Once again, back, it's the incredible)
(Can somebody tell me?)
(Word y'all)

CHORUS
(How U gonna get my back when U frontin'?)
(Back, it's the incredible)
(What they say about Stevie?)
(They forgot the years)
(Let me help y'all show)
(Now your ass sorry)

How is it that a brother always wanna keep another one back?
(Once again, back, it's the incredible)
How is it that a brother always wanna keep another one back?
Never we mind what U do...
Peanut, show em the real chicken grease up in this...
... got my back when U frontin'?
Say what? (So funky, bass)
What? What?
(Once again, back, it's the incredible)
How is it that a brother always wanna keep another one back?
(So funky) {x3}
Bass!
(Once, once...)
I'm 2 far right 2 get left goin' sideways, Jack
(Once again, back, it's the incredible)