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    {"id":6854,"date":"2014-12-11T22:48:26","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T04:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orijinculture.com\/community\/?p=6854"},"modified":"2015-03-17T02:58:29","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T08:58:29","slug":"break-chains-free-heartfelt-jcole-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/break-chains-free-heartfelt-jcole-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Break the chains off and &#8220;Be Free&#8221;  [A heartfelt J.Cole LIVE ]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"stag-section stag-video\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_0LNMviSTTg#t=225\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_0LNMviSTTg#t=225<\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>All we want to do is break the chains off us, all we want to do is &#8221; Be Free&#8221;,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When I watched this heartfelt J. Cole Live performance, tears quickly dribbled down my eyes with Sam Cooke&#8217;s &#8220;Change is gonna come&#8221; playing at the back of my mind. \u2013A song that always puts me in tears, taking me back to deep thoughts about the pain and struggle of our forefathers; the challenges I face as a black man in this modern day and age; my hopes for the future of my kids and the next generation\u2013 When will change come?\u00a0 All I want is to &#8220;<a title=\"A message from me Mandela to the Police and my people who suffer\" href=\"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/message-mandela-police-people-suffer\/\">Be Free<\/a>&#8221; ; Have equal rights as any other race; a guarantee for the future of my children, and not not pushed back into shackles \u2013 A history I will hate to repeat that, rather let me die. After all, there is freedom after death from the hands of the oppressor. All I want to do is break the chains off me,\u00a0 all I want to see is our youth to &#8216;be free&#8217;. It&#8217;s been too long, long time coming, now I don&#8217;t even know if that change is gonna come. No I don&#8217;t. Even after having the first Black President, I still don&#8217;t see that change.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>And I&#8217;m in denial<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> And it don&#8217;t take no x-ray to see right through my smile<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> I know, I&#8217;d be on the go<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> And it ain&#8217;t no drink out there that can numb my soul<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> No, no<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>All we want to do is take the chains off<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> All we want to do is break the chains off<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> All we want to do is be free<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> All we want to do is be free<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> All we want to do is take the chains off<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> All we want to do is break the chains off<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> All we want to do is be free<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> All we want to do is be free<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Can you tell me why every time I step outside<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> I see my niggas die,<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> Ooh, I&#8217;m letting you know<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> That it ain&#8217;t no gun they make that can kill my soul<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> Oh, no<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>All we want to do is take the chains off<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> All we want to do is take the chains off<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> All we want to do is be free<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> All we want to do is be free<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> All we want to do is take the chains off<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> All we want to do is break the chains off<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> All we want to do is be free<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> All we want to do is be free<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Are we all alone fighting on our own<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> Please give me a chance<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> I don&#8217;t wanna dance<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> Something&#8217;s got me down<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> I will stand my ground,<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> Don&#8217;t just stand around<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> Don&#8217;t just stand around<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>All we want to do is take these chains off<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> All we want to do is break the chains off<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> All we want to do is be free<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> All we want to do is be free<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>All we want to do is take these chains off<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> All we want to do is break the chains off<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> All we want to do is be free<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> All we want to do is be free<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6856\" src=\"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/amistad-movie-clips-still.jpg\" alt=\"amistad  be free  J cole\" width=\"793\" height=\"267\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6857\" src=\"https:\/\/orijinculture.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/12494.jpg\" alt=\"all I want to do is break the chains off J cole\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Break the chains off and &#8220;Be Free&#8221; 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