Patient anticipation up till' now I've been hurry up and waitin'
At a bus stop in independence lickin' an ice cream cone
I've been kickin' I've been schemin This is as close
As I've ever been to leavin
Five blocks away a stone'sthrow from home
But I'm as good as gone

(Chorus)I gotta get gone, gone, gone
Shootin' like a gun, a gun, a gun
Skippin like a stone, stone, stone
Far as I can run to where freedom is free
There's a road like a long grey ribbon far as I can see
And it's pullin independence outta me

Emancipation, paper chasin' leavin' with question marks
And momma's blessing
Put her picture in my pocket 'long with her rosary
Some say I'm crazy a little loco
And most of my friends will live and die in this zip code
It might be for me but until I go
How am I supposed to know

Chorus)I gotta get gone, gone, gone
Shootin' like a gun, a gun, a gun
Skippin like a stone, stone, stone
Far as I can run to where freedom is free
There's a road like a long grey ribbon far as I can see
And it's pullin independence outta me
I'm bustin outta independence, independence bustin' outta me(X2)

Chorus)I gotta get gone, gone, gone
Shootin' like a gun, a gun, a gun
Skippin like a stone, stone, stone
Far as I can run to where freedom is free
There's a road like a long grey ribbon far as I can see
And it's pullin independence outta me
Independence