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Freedom-Inflation-I.mp3<\/a>
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\nFreedom-Inflation-II.mp3<\/a>
\nFreedom-Inflation-II.mp4<\/a>
\nFreedom-Inflation-Reggae.mp3<\/a>
\nFreedom-Inflation-Reggae.mp4<\/a>
\nFreedom-Inflation-Unplugged-Underground-XVIII.mp3<\/a>
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\nFreedom-Inflation-intro.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n

[Intro]
\nThe cost of freedom
\n(Is going up, up, up)
\nThere’s no good reason
\n(Just a half full cup)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nThe president is pushing the price
\nHeading higher…. more than twice
\nThe cost to be free is no longer free
\nRaising the fee… if you just want to be<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nThe cost of freedom
\n(Is going up, up, up)
\nThere’s no good reason
\n(Just a half full cup)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nStealing our right after right
\n(In the broad daylight)
\nFreedom inflation
\n(Sweeping the nation)
\nLost to increasing cost<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nThe “so called” ruler of the free world
\nWell, you can’t believe a single word
\nEverything he says is evermore absurd
\nWhile the economy is on the floor… curled<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nThe cost of freedom
\n(Is going up, up, up)
\nThere’s no good reason
\n(Just a half full cup)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\n(You say:)
\nThe price we have to pay
\n“Freedom inflation”
\n(Is sweeping the nation)
\nDamnation nation
\n(Breaking the damn nation!)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nThe cost of freedom
\n(Is going up, up, up)
\nThere’s no good reason
\n(Just a half full cup)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nHave we lost sight…
\n(In the broad daylight)
\nStealing right (after right) after right
\n(Well into the night)<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE SONG<\/p>\n

The song “Freedom Inflation”<\/strong> critiques the Trump presidency by portraying it as a period in which basic democratic rights became more difficult to maintain, access, or trust \u2014 as if even \u201cfreedom\u201d itself was subject to inflation<\/strong>. The term becomes a double metaphor<\/strong>: both for economic strain<\/strong> and for the erosion of civil liberties<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Verse 1<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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“The president is pushing the price… The cost to be free is no longer free”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This highlights how under Trump, the price of American ideals \u2014 freedom, justice, and truth \u2014 dramatically increased<\/strong>. It suggests that freedom was no longer a guaranteed right<\/strong>, but something that came with barriers, inequality, or transactional expectations<\/strong> (e.g., loyalty, silence, complicity).<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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“The cost of freedom is going up… There’s no good reason”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Here, the song critiques not only the injustice<\/strong> but the irrationality<\/strong> of it. There\u2019s no justifiable cause for rights to erode or civil norms to decay \u2014 yet they did, perhaps for power, ego, or control<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Bridge<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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“Stealing our right after right (in the broad daylight)”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This implies blatant, unapologetic constitutional violations or authoritarian behavior<\/strong>, such as:<\/p>\n