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=== Singles === The opening track of ''Let's Get Free'', "Wolves", is centered around an metaphor by Uhuru Movement’s Chairman [[Omali Yeshitela]] related to white people distributing crack in the black community to hunters in the [[Arctic]] fooling wolves into cutting themselves and, subsequently, bleeding themselves to death. This metaphor explains how life under capitalism and white supremacy has engulfed the Black community in self-destructive cycles, and asks us to turn our attention to our true adversary, "the oppressor."<ref name="album breakdown">{{cite web|last=Aku|first=Timmhotep|url=https://afropunk.com/2019/11/dead-prez-was-right-about-everything/|title=dead prez was right about everything|work=Afropunk|date=November 1, 2019|accessdate=April 27, 2025}}</ref> The second track, "I'm a African", embraces a clear truth that should be apparent, but through American conditioning, it is often lost in the mind of Black folks whose family lines have resided in America for generations. M-1's verse starts with, "No, I wasn't born in Ghana, but Africa is my momma," and the rest of the song is a tribute to enslaved Africans of the past and freedom fighters such as South African anti-apartheid activist [[Steve Biko]].{{sfn|Burney|2025|at=para. 4}} Following "I'm a African", "They Schools" discusses the ways in which schools "reify the status quo, perpetuating social, state, and governmental control" and "ultimately providing lackluster education to inner city youth." The song is appropriately named to signal that [[State school#United States|public schools]] "belong to the government and not the people." This track encourages Black people to take control of their communities and schools as a step towards achieving true freedom.{{sfn|Belle|2014|p=298}} The fourth and most well-known track, "[[Hip-Hop (Dead Prez song)|Hip-Hop]]", served as the opening music for ''[[Chappelle's Show]]'' (the instrumental version was used).{{sfn|Burney|2025|at=para. 3}} The next track, "Police State", peeks into the situation of mass incarceration of Black men partly due to social and economic disadvantages.{{sfn|Burney|2025|at=para. 5}} "Be Healthy", a mellow Spanish-guitar-driven song which is centered around the morals of [[veganism]] and the consequences of industrialized diets.<ref name="album breakdown"/> One of the duo's most recognizable songs, "It's Bigger Than Hip-Hop", provides a critical view of the commodification of hip hop artists and music. The song exposes the government for its treatment of [[Working class in the United States|working-class people]] while at the same time, critiquing the way that the hip hop music industry "respect money over talent" and that "real music scares people."{{sfn|Belle|2014|pp=297, 298}}
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