Wake Me When I’m Free Lyrics
* Poems written by Shakur as ~ interpreted by other artists
[Babatunde Olatunji]
Please.. wake me when I am free
I cannot bear captivity
Where my country, I am told, "Hold no significance"
I waited and died in ignorance
But my inner eye can see, a race
Who reigned as king in another place
The green trees were rich and full
And every man spoke of beautiful men and women together as equals
War was gone because all was at peace
But now like a nightmare, I woke to see
That I live like a prisoner of poverty..
Please.. wake me when I am free
I cannot bear captivity
For, I would rather be stricken blind
Than to live without expression of mind
{*Babatunde Olatunki begins to speak in another language*}
[Babatunde Olatunji]
Please.. wake me when I am free
I cannot bear captivity
Where my country, I am told, "Hold no significance"
I waited and died in ignorance
But my inner eye can see, a race
Who reigned as king in another place
The green trees were rich and full
And every man spoke of beautiful men and women together as equals
War was gone because all was at peace
But now like a nightmare, I woke to see
That I live like a prisoner of poverty..
Please.. wake me when I am free
I cannot bear captivity
For, I would rather be stricken blind
Than to live without expression of mind
{*Babatunde Olatunki begins to speak in another language*}
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Genius Annotation
Tupac’s poems were written from 1989 to 1991 and were uncovered only after his death with the book the rose that grew from concrete: a collection of all his 72 poems.
Recordings by other artists of different generations and genres are put together in: The rose that grew from concrete, vol.1 and The rose, vol.2.
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Release Date
November 21, 2000
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