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I Live Freedom

I live freedom
     with each breath
I live freedom
     not death

     freedom – liberty

           to feel
           to be
           to think freely



I live freedom
     with each breath
I live freedom
      not death


     freedom – liberty
           to care
           to love
           to embrace
                      life, living, this vast state



I can taste
     freedom
          without haste
so many flavors
     I can savor



Freedom
     forever

     not submission
     not surrender
     not obedience
          without questioning



I live freedom
     not chains
I live freedom
     not constraints

     don’t dare think
     don’t ask
     don’t dare
     walls everywhere

     someone will kill you

          if you dare



I live freedom

I live freedom

     I care

     And I dare
          to live free



No sharia for me
No caste system it’s not free
There’s no god I obey
I am not a slave



I live freedom
     with each breath
I live freedom
      not death

            I strive
            flourish
            achieve

            care
            love
            breathe

Female or male
Straight bi or gay
Whatever color my skin
Whatever land I live in

      My right is the same
            to live free

                  to live freedom

                        not death
                  to live freedom

                        with each breath



I live freedom
      not chains
      not death

I live freedom
      with each breath
      with each atom of my being


I live freedom


I live freedom


I live free

Elsa
words - July 22, 2012
copyright, ©, 2012, 2015, Elsa Schieder, all rights reserved





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Freedom Song, Freedom Anthem.
Hymn to Freedom.
I live freedom, not chains not death,
I live freedom with each breath.
Freedom Poem, Poems, Songs, Anthem, Rap.

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© copyright, lyrics - Elsa Schieder, 2012, 2015, all rights reserved
© copyright, melody, I live freedom - Elsa Schieder,
2012, 2015, all rights reserved
© copyright, melody, no sharia for me - Mark Corwin,
2012, 2015, all rights reserved
© copyright, music arrangement, and viola -
Mark Corwin, 2015, all rights reserved
voice - Elsa Schieder
viola - Mark Corwin
guitar - Ed Deigan
sound production - Mark Corwin

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I Live Freedom

a freedom song of liberty
the deepest of deep freedom

freedom anthem
of freeing from chains

freedom hymn
a song of praise for freedom

liberty - freedom

struggles for freedom
echo throughout our history
a history of struggling to be free

freedom poems
freedom poetry
the land of the free

a freedom poem
of love of freedom

such poetry
such music
belongs

in our ongoing history

these freedoms lyrics
celebrate freedom

reaching

freedom

being free

freedom

being free

I live freedom

I live free

Elsa
October 3, 2012




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Freedom Song, Freedom Anthem.
Hymn to Freedom.
I live freedom, not chains not death,
I live freedom with each breath.
Freedom Poem, Poems, Songs, Anthem, Rap.