Shackles

Intro

Mm

Mm-hmm

Yeah

Chorus

Shackles on my ankles but I'm walkin free

I told mama don't you cry for me

Shackles on my spirit but I'm still gon rise

Judge look at me like I'm a threat

Shackles on my ankles but I'm walkin free

They can't lock what's inside of me

Verse 1

Twelve years old runnin barefoot through the sand

My cousin caught a case he ain't never understand

I watched the van pull off

Nobody waved goodbye

Now I keep my phone face down

I'm scared of what a call could do

Chorus

Shackles on my ankles but I'm walkin free

I told mama don't you cry for me

Shackles on my spirit but I'm still gon rise

Judge look at me like I'm a threat

Shackles on my ankles but I'm walkin free

They can't lock what's inside of me

Verse 2

Courtroom cold I'm seventeen and shaking

My lawyer talkin numbers like I'm not even there

County line blues run deep in my blood

Grandaddy did time

Daddy did time

I'm supposed to break it but I don't know how

Bridge

Free free free

That's all I ever screamed

Free free free

Even chained I'm gon dream

Chorus

Shackles on my ankles but I'm walkin free

I told mama don't you cry for me

Shackles on my spirit but I'm still gon rise

Judge look at me like I'm a threat

Shackles on my ankles but I'm walkin free

They can't lock what's inside of me