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

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

bustin I m out of Independence

Independence bustin out of me

I m bustin out of Independence
Independence bustin out of me
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

There s a road like a long gray ribbon far as I can see
And it s pullin Independence out of me

Independence