Biography:
Alioune Badara Akon Thiam, Born April 16, 1977 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, known simply as Akon, is a Senegalese-American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, businessman, and philanthropist.
He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of the singles "Locked Up" and "Lonely", from his debut album "Trouble". His second album, "Konvicted", earned him a Grammy Award nomination for the single Smack That featuring Eminem. His latest album, "Freedom", was released in 2008.
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Other songs:
- Don't Matter
- Dont Matter
- Freedom
- Lonely
- Lonley
- Right Now (na Na Na)
- Against The Grain
- Angel
- Bartender
- Be With You
- Birthmark
- Burning Alive
- Dangerous
- Dont Let Up
- Easy Road
- Ghetto
- Heatwave
- Hold My Hand
- Holla Holla
- Hypnotized
- I Wanna Love You
- Im So Paid
- Just A Man
- Keep You Much Longer
- Mama Africa
- Never Took The Time
- No More You
- Nosy Neighbour
- Oh Africa
- Once In A While
- Right Now
- Saddest Day
- Show Up
- Smack That
- So Blue
- Sorry Blame It On Me
- Stick Around
- Sunny Day
- The Rain
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Intro: G, D, Em, C
G
Everything I have everything I own
D
All my mistakes man you already know
Em C
I wanna be free I wanna be free
G
From Senegal West Africa
D
To St Louis Missouri
Em
Thanks to Katherine Dunham
C
For giving my pops his glory
G
He came down with his drum
D
And a dream to change the world
Em
In a free upliftin world
C
And thats all he ever want
G
Mom came a little after
D
Gave birth to my brother
Em
then all of the pressure
C
Made em’ fight one another
G
See the pain would never last
D
Did the best with what they had
Em
He knew the world was out for grabs
C
And he searched to find his
G D Em
Freedom Freedom Freedom
C
Oh Freedom
G
Everything I have everything I own
D
All my mistakes man you already know
Em C
I wanna be free I wanna be free
So I search to find my find my
G D Em C
Freedom Freedom Freedom Freedom
G
Everything I have everything I own
D
All my mistakes girl you already know
Em C
I wanna be free free I wanna be free free yeah
G
As a kid I never knew
D
I’d have to hustle just to make it through
Em
So I found myself skipping school
C
Cause’ the girls don’t think I’m cool
G
And because of that I didn’t care
D
Wether or not I went to jail
Em
I just wanna be treated fair
C
Cause’ that’s all I ever knew
G
Tellin’ me I need to slow down
D
Cause’ everybody in the whole town
Em
Cause’ they know how I get down
C
Far enough from another town
G
Can you believe we still around
D
After so many hit the ground
Em
And we ain’t gon stop now
C
Until we get that
G D
Freedom oooh Freedom oooh
Em C
Freedom oh Freedom
G
Everything I have have everything I own own
D
All my mistakes man you already know yeahh
Em C
I wanna be free free I wanna be free free
Won’t stop til’ I find my
G D
Freedom My Freedom Freedom My Freedom
Em C
Freedom Ouuuh Freedom
G
Everything I have have everything I own own
D
All my mistakes girl you already know yeaaah
Em C
I wanna be free free I wanna be free free
G D
If you wanna be free and the land is drug free
Em C
Put your hands up put your hands up
G D
If you wanna be free from all your misery
Em C
put your hands up put your hands up
G D
If you wanna be free with plenty money
Em C
put your hands up put your hands up
G D
Freedom Ooooh Freedom Freedom
Em C
Freedom Ooooh Freedom
G
Everything I have everything I own
D
All my mistakes girl you already know
Em
I wanna be free wanna be free
C
I wanna be free wanna be free yea
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