Say what you want about the gays The one thing that they are not, is afraid You thought you had 'em down You thought you had 'em beat Then there's thirty thousand righteous dudes Marching down the street We may not all agree on sex But we can all agree on love
Free a man And love will follow Free a man And love will follow Free a man And love will follow
For the sake of perspective we look back What it's meant in this country to be black You thought you had 'em beat You thought you'd keep 'em down But you only fanned the flames That burned your castle to the ground When you employ the tactics of hate You've already lost the war on principle
You've got to free a man And love will follow Free a man And love will follow Free a man And love will follow
There's a newly sung song going down Religion has not failed man No, it's the other way around When your purse is empty but your heart is full There's a different direction that your heart is pulled No more fool or money's clown When history makes the man Not the other way around The soul takes its hearty form From the inner storm No doubt in attempt to quell Self-will unbounded Let the soul imagine the man Not the other way around
Say what you want about the kids But ain't they only doing what we did You clamp 'em when they're young Or freeze 'em when they're teens Teach 'em commerce and religion are the reason, rhyme, and means But when the same fear brings us to the brink They'll be looking for a different way to think
You've got to free a man And love will follow Free a man And love will follow Free a man And love will follow Free a man And love will follow
Free a man And love will follow Free a man And love will follow Free a man And love will follow Free a man And love will follow