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Free Mind
Free Mind
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Yeah, yeah <br/> Yeah, yeah, yeah <br/> Yeah, yeah, my mind <br/> Yeah, yeah, my mind <br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle1><label for=toggle1><span class="annotate-lyric"> I said 5 in the morning<br/>I wake up to fight for my earnings <br/></span></label><div id=content1 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Tems wakes up early to hustle and make her daily bread.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle2><label for=toggle2><span class="annotate-lyric"> Fear in my mind is a warning<br/>Pray to the one you rely in <br/></span></label><div id=content2 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> She feels scared but prays. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle3><label for=toggle3><span class="annotate-lyric"> I've been wandering all day<br/>I try to be fine but I can't be<br/>The noise in my mind wouldn't leave me <br/></span></label><div id=content3 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> She is trying to be okay but there is noise in her head which she needs to quieten.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle4><label for=toggle4><span class="annotate-lyric"> I try to get by but I'm burning <br/></span></label><div id=content4 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> She is trying to survive but is failing at it.  </div></div><br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle5><label for=toggle5><span class="annotate-lyric"> And behind my mind it runs<br/>All these thoughts of troubling <br/></span></label><div id=content5 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Troubling thoughts run through her head.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle6><label for=toggle6><span class="annotate-lyric"> Fighting to give up my pain<br/>Fighting to be on my lane <br/></span></label><div id=content6 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> She is fighting for her dreams. </div></div><br/> My mind running to the other side <input type="checkbox" id=toggle7><label for=toggle7><span class="annotate-lyric"> When it's time to live my life<br/>Then it tries to take me out <br/></span></label><div id=content7 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Her thoughts are not allowing her live. </div></div><br/> Tell you what I need right here <br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle8><label for=toggle8><span class="annotate-lyric"> I really need, I really need time now<br/>I really need, I need a free mind now<br/>I really need, I really need mine now<br/>I really need, I need to free my mind now<br/>I really need, I really need time now<br/>I really need, I need a free mind now<br/>I really need mind now uhh yeah <br/></span></label><div id=content8 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> She really needs to clear her head and needs time to do so. </div></div><br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle9><label for=toggle9><span class="annotate-lyric"> This is the peace that you cannot buy <br/></span></label><div id=content9 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Peace of mind cannot be bought. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle10><label for=toggle10><span class="annotate-lyric"> Send me a love that you cannot mix <br/></span></label><div id=content10 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> She wants pure love. </div></div><br/> One is the joy that you cannot waste <br/> And the other one price that you cannot fix <br/> This is the peace that you cannot buy <input type="checkbox" id=toggle11><label for=toggle11><span class="annotate-lyric"> Finding a way, when you cannot see <br/></span></label><div id=content11 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> She tries to find a way out even when it seems like there is none. </div></div><br/> Man will desist if he cannot pray <input type="checkbox" id=toggle12><label for=toggle12><span class="annotate-lyric"> I need to find release <br/></span></label><div id=content12 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> She needs to block out the noise and feel at peace.  </div></div><br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle13><label for=toggle13><span class="annotate-lyric"> But behind my mind it runs<br/>All these thoughts of troubling <br/></span></label><div id=content13 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> Troubling thoughts run through her head.</div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle14><label for=toggle14><span class="annotate-lyric"> Fighting to give up my pain<br/>Fighting to be on my lane <br/></span></label><div id=content14 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text">She is fighting for her dreams.</div></div><br/> My mind running to the other side <input type="checkbox" id=toggle15><label for=toggle15><span class="annotate-lyric"> When it's time to live my life<br/>Then it tries to take me out <br/></span></label><div id=content15 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text">Her thoughts are not allowing her live. </div></div><br/> Tell you what I need right here <br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle16><label for=toggle16><span class="annotate-lyric"> I really need, I really need mine now<br/>I really need, I need a free mind now<br/>I really need, I really need time now<br/>I really need, I need to free my mind now<br/>I really need, I really need time now<br/>I really need, I need a free mind now<br/>I really need, I really need time now oh yeah <br/></span></label><div id=content16 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> She really needs to clear her head and needs time to do so.</div></div><br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle17><label for=toggle17><span class="annotate-lyric"> So set me free<br/>Freer than the open mind<br/>Farther than the eyes can handle<br/>Freer than the ocean now<br/>Yeah yeah<br/>So set me free<br/>Now I need to find release<br/>Send me to the open sky<br/>Now I need to free my mind <br/></span></label><div id=content17 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> She wants to be set free, far beyond imagination.  </div></div><br/> Yeah <br/><input type="checkbox" id=toggle18><label for=toggle18><span class="annotate-lyric"> I might be falling deep<br/>I might be falling deep<br/>I might be falling deep<br/>I might be falling deep<br/>Tell me now what you need <br/></span></label><div id=content18 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> This part of the song takes a grimmer turn. She seems to be losing grasp of her mind and is falling. She feels helpless as she can't take control of her mind. </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle19><label for=toggle19><span class="annotate-lyric"> I've been going to God <br/></span></label><div id=content19 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> She has been asking God for help.  </div></div><input type="checkbox" id=toggle20><label for=toggle20><span class="annotate-lyric"> When I'm all in my mind<br/>I might be falling deep<br/>Falling deep<br/>I might be falling<br/>I might be falling<br/>I might be falling<br/>I might be falling yeah <br/></span></label><div id=content20 class="annotate-explain"><div class="annotate-text"> She is in her head but she still can't take control of her mind.

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Credits
Produced by
Tems, Omeiza
Written by
Temilade Openiyi
Release date
September 25, 2020