Independence

Patient anticipation

Up til now I ve been hurry up and waiting

At a bus stop in Independence

Lickin an ice cream cone

I ve been kickin , I ve been schemin

And 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

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

Emancipation, paper chasin

Leaving with question marks and mama 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

Skippin like a stone, stone stone

bustin I m out of Independence

Independence bustin out of me

I m bustin out of Independence

Independence