{"id":56584,"date":"2026-11-05T17:10:43","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T17:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=56584"},"modified":"2026-11-05T17:10:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T17:10:43","slug":"born-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/11\/05\/born-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Born Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nOpen your eyes, take a look around<br \/>\nThe world&#8217;s a stage, but who&#8217;s freedom bound?<br \/>\nA thousand voices, a million ways<br \/>\nTo live your life, to spend your days  <\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nBorn into a world with a place to go<br \/>\nTold what to think, what to say, what to know<br \/>\nSomebody&#8217;s rules, somebody&#8217;s dream<br \/>\nIs anything quite what it seems?<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nWere you meant to be&#8230;<br \/>\n(Born free?)<br \/>\nFace to face with reality<br \/>\n(Really?)<\/p>\n<p>Were you born free<br \/>\n(Naturally?)<br \/>\nAre you living free<br \/>\n(Spontaneously)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nFreedom isn&#8217;t just a flag you wave<br \/>\nOr doing anything that you crave<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s having choices, taking a stand<br \/>\nRespecting the rights of your fellow man  <\/p>\n<p>You can&#8217;t be free by keeping others down<br \/>\nOr building walls around your town<br \/>\nA freedom shared is a freedom grown<br \/>\nNot just a privilege for your own  <\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nWere you meant to be&#8230;<br \/>\n(Born free?)<br \/>\nFace to face with reality<br \/>\n(Really?)<\/p>\n<p>Were you born free<br \/>\n(Naturally?)<br \/>\nAre you living free<br \/>\n(Spontaneously)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nThink for yourself!<br \/>\n(Think it through!)<br \/>\nMake up your mind!<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s up to you!)<br \/>\n&#8230; to be kind<\/p>\n<p>Question the claims!<br \/>\n(Examine the facts!)<br \/>\nFreedom means choices!<br \/>\n(And owning your acts!)<\/p>\n<p>No one owns your mind<br \/>\n(No one owns your voice)<br \/>\nBut freedom comes with responsibility<br \/>\n(And the power of choice!)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nWere you meant to be&#8230;<br \/>\n(Born free?)<br \/>\nFace to face with reality<br \/>\n(Really?)<\/p>\n<p>Were you born free<br \/>\n(Naturally?)<br \/>\nAre you living free<br \/>\n(Spontaneously)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nBorn free!<br \/>\n(Not bought or sold!)<br \/>\nStand free!<br \/>\n(Be brave, be bold!)<\/p>\n<p>Think free!<br \/>\n(And let others be!)<br \/>\nLive free!<br \/>\n(Responsibly!)<\/p>\n<p>Were you meant to be&#8230;<br \/>\n(Born free?)<\/p>\n<p>Are you living free&#8230;<br \/>\n(Spontaneously!)<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Social-Truth\/\">Social Truth<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro] Open your eyes, take a look around The world&#8217;s a stage, but who&#8217;s freedom bound? A thousand voices, a million ways To live your life, to spend your days [Verse 1] Born into a world with a place to go Told what to think, what to say, what to know Somebody&#8217;s rules, somebody&#8217;s dream [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","nfd_image_url":"","nfd_onboarding_generated":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56584"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56592,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56584\/revisions\/56592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}