Rick James — Free To Be Me

[Verse 1] I'm up, down, middle of my room Someone got excited, someone dropped the spoon A joke, a smoke, I’m crawling on my knees I'm feeling paranoia, someone rock it, please A place, a space, any box will do Just don't let the sun in, please, until I’m through A room, a tomb, with all those doctors there Asking crazy questions, aren't they well aware? [Refrain] I'm free to be me I'm wild as a cat, busy as a bee Free to be me I do what I choose, I done paid my dues I'm free to be me Ask me why I dare, I'll say I don't care I'm free to be me Until the end of time, I’ll say what’s on my mind, baby [bridge #1, sax solo] [Verse 2] Day and night, there's always someone there Watching like an angel, do angels really care? I stand, I fall, just one day at a time I keep my life together, but I can change my mind I love, I lust, but even more I care Sex is not a fashion, something that you wear The truth, the lies, I hear them all the time Coming from a stranger, a real good friend of mine [Refrain] I’m free to be me I'm wild as a cat, busy as a bee Free to be me I do what I choose, I done paid my dues You can say what you feel I paid dues to be for real I can afford to wave my freak flag high [Verse 3] Free to be me A funky millionaire, my God has placed me there Free to be me When I'm on the down, He brings me back around, baby [Chorus] Free! (x3) Sing it to me, baby-baby-baby-baby-baby... Free! [bridge #2, piano solo] Free! (x8)