Independence

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Patient anticipation Up 'til now I've been hurry up and waitin' At a bus stop in independence, lickin' an ice cream cone I've been kickin', I've been schemin' This is as close as I've ever been to leavin' Five blocks away, a stone's throw from home But I'm as good as gone [Chorus] I gotta get gone, gone, gone Shootin' like a gun, a gun, a gun Skippin' like a stone, stone, stone Far as I can run to where freedom is free There's a road like a long gray ribbon far as I can see And it's pullin' independence out of me [Verse 2] Emancipation or paper chasin' Leaving with question marks and Momma's blessin' Put her picture in my pocket along with her rosary Some say I'm crazy, a little loco And most of my friends will live and die in this zip code It might be for me, but until I go How am I ever supposed to know? [Chorus] I gotta get gone, gone, gone Shootin' like a gun, a gun, a gun Skippin' like a stone, stone, stone Far as I can run to where freedom is free There's a road like a long gray ribbon far as I can see [Bridge] I'm bustin' out of independence Independence's bustin' out of me I'm bustin' out of independence Independence's bustin' out of me [Chorus] I gotta get gone, gone, gone Shootin' like a gun, a gun, a gun Skippin' like a stone, stone, stone Far as I can run to where freedom is free There's a road like a long gray ribbon far as I can see There's a road like a long gray ribbon far as I can see And it's pullin' independence out of me Independence