El Libertad Freak [Intro — dembow pulse, acoustic guitar riff, fiddle bar 3, trumpet stab bar 5] [dembow kick snare x4] [acoustic guitar riff enters] [fiddle bar 3] [trumpet stab cubano bar 5] [claves low in mix] [banjo chop locks in bar 7] [Verse 1 — English, first person, cold southern drawl over dembow pulse] No fixed address No firm behind me Just a camera and a sidewalk and a Constitution that said I had the right to stand there May twenty six two thousand nineteen Lakewood Colorado Corner of Reed and Colfax I was filming a traffic stop like any free person can Officer pulled up stepped in front of my lens put a light in my face got back in his car drove it at me Pulled a U-turn drove it at me again Laid on the horn like I was supposed to move I did not move I filed the lawsuit myself Pro se No lawyer Just me and the First Amendment and the willingness to go to the end [Pre-Chorus — fiddle rises, trumpet stab, dembow doubles, building] Tu nombre en la ley Your name in the law They tried to blind the camera pero no pudieron They tried to run us off pero aqui estamos Here we stand Here we stand [Chorus — full bilingual call and response, 808 sub drops, banjo and trumpet lock] LIBERTY FREAK EN LA CALLE STANDING ON THE SIDEWALK WITH THE CAMERA HIGH LIBERTAD EN TUS MANOS FREEDOM IN YOUR HANDS DON'T YOU LOWER IT DOWN IRIZARRY v YEHIA HIS NAME IS IN THE LAW OF THIS LAND EL LIBERTAD FREAK WENT TO THE END WENT TO THE END [Drop 1 — dembow hard, banjo stabs, trumpet riff, fiddle over reggaeton grid] [808 sub drop] [dembow locked x4] [banjo chop x4] [trumpet riff cubano] [fiddle over the top] [claves steady underneath] [breathe] [Verse 2 — Spanish, warm and proud, steel guitar slide underneath] Sin direccion fija pero con proposito Abade Irizarry conocido como Liberty Freak Se paro en la acera con su camara en mano No pidio permiso porque no necesitaba La Constitucion dice que tiene el derecho El sistema le dijo que no El fue a la corte solo sin abogado sin dinero sin direccion solo con la verdad y el Decimo Circuito escucho su nombre y cambio la ley para seis estados Un hombre Una camara Una acera en Colorado Y su apellido esta en los libros de ley para siempre Irizarry contra Yehia dos mil veintidos Para siempre [Pre-Chorus — fuller, trumpet louder, dembow urgent, bilingual rising] Tu nombre en la ley Your name in the law They tried to silence the mission pero no pudieron They tried to take the camera pero aqui estamos Here we stand Here we stand [Chorus — fuller than first, every element locked, 808 wide] LIBERTY FREAK EN LA CALLE STANDING ON THE SIDEWALK WITH THE CAMERA HIGH LIBERTAD EN TUS MANOS FREEDOM IN YOUR HANDS DON'T YOU LOWER IT DOWN IRIZARRY v YEHIA HIS NAME IS IN THE LAW OF THIS LAND EL LIBERTAD FREAK WENT TO THE END WENT TO THE END [Drop 2 — hardest drop in the track, full band dembow 808 collision] [massive 808 sub drop] [dembow locked hard x8] [banjo stab x6] [trumpet riff full cubano] [fiddle surge over the top] [one beat silence] [full return] [Bridge — English only, stripped to acoustic guitar and claves, direct and personal] He said do not be in this if you are not going to the end No fixed address No law degree No guarantee it works Just the sidewalk and the camera and the belief that the Constitution means what it says when nobody is watching The Department of Justice filed a brief in his corner The Electronic Frontier Foundation The Cato Institute Professors and advocacy groups all lined up behind one man who started with nothing but a camera and a refusal to put it down That is the whole road That is the whole mission No fixed address Just the end Just always the end [Final Chorus — every layer, dembow fiddle trumpet banjo 808 all locked] LIBERTY FREAK EN LA CALLE STANDING ON THE SIDEWALK WITH THE CAMERA HIGH LIBERTAD EN TUS MANOS FREEDOM IN YOUR HANDS DON'T YOU LOWER IT DOWN IRIZARRY v YEHIA HIS NAME IS IN THE LAW OF THIS LAND EL LIBERTAD FREAK WENT TO THE END WENT TO THE END [Outro — claves and fiddle together fading, trumpet single note holds, dembow fades last] [claves steady x8 fading] [fiddle long tone over claves] [trumpet single note holds] [dembow fades bar 4] [acoustic guitar last riff] [silence] [el libertad freak]
