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2. You can call me a traitor but I love my countryAnd I will not sell it out because of your hypocrisyI refuse to hide behind the Fifth, I've no fear of honestyYou always know exactly where I am, so why don't you justCome on over here and get meYou can tap my phone but there's one thing you will never hear'Cause the drumbeat of freedom wasn't meant for your slaves' earsI'll never turn my back on my comrades and my friendsThe poor and the dispossessed, the women and the menThe great are only great 'cause we're down on our kneesRise up, my brothers and sisters, we were born to be freeBorn to be free

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