Lyrics:

Everydayiriseonaprayer
that'salligottotakemethrough
iknowoneday,imustandiwill
freemyselffromeverythingthatholdsmecaptive

gonnabefreelikeabirdinthesky
gonnabefree,gonnaflysohigh
gonnabefree,gonnafreemymind
gonnabefree,gonnaflysohigh

lifeissosweetandidon'twannadie
butthisburdenibarecouldbehardsometimes
foodscarcesomejuggleeverywhere
sometimesmemakeamove,mecan'tfindnobusfare
golookformamajai,shesaysananottin'adadare
pundayouth,demface,iseethepain

iknowiwannagetthemostoutoflife
soweallagree,'causeineedtopray
theyouths,staysharp
wehavetosurvive'tiltheend

gonnabefreelikeabirdinthesky
gonnabefree,gonnaflysohigh
gonnabefree,gonnafreemymind
gonnabefree,gonnaflysohigh

youthsindegarden,youthsindejungle
youthsinarema,augusttown
youthsinaflanca,delapearriver
turnbacktoandmatown

iknowitishardsometimesbutwhenigiveup,ohno
matcheslane,hundredslane,plainland,whitehall
grandspell,nahwood,backbush,spanishtown
don'tyougiveup

gonnabefreelikeabirdinthesky
gonnabefree,gonnaflysohigh
gonnabefree,gonnafreemymind
gonnabefree,gonnaflysohigh

onethingiknowisthatimustsurvive
onethingiknowisthatimustrise
rise

everydayiriseonaprayer
that'salligottotakemethrough
iknowonedayimustandiwill
freemyselffromeverythingthatholdsmecaptive

gonnabefreelikeabirdinthesky
gonnabefree,gonnaflysohigh
gonnabefree,gonnafreemymind
gonnabefree,gonnaflysohigh