There is more than one artist with the name Freeway:

The first is: Read Full Bio ↴There is more than one artist with the name Freeway:

The first is:

1. Leslie Edward Pridgen (born March 24, 1977), better known by his stage name Freeway, is an American rapper. Freeway a.k.a. Philly Freeway began rapping while in high school. He later met fellow rapper Beanie Sigel, who would be signed to Roc-A-Fella and later help Freeway get a contract with the record label. Freeway became one of the label's most visible artists after making his first appearance on The Dynasty: Roc La Familia in 2000 and appearing on several other Roc releases before putting out his solo album, Philadelphia Freeway.

The album was produced primarily by Roc-A-Fella-affiliated artists--Just Blaze, Bink!, Kanye West--and featured mostly Roc-A-Fella rappers as well, many of them from State Property: a Philadelphia-based bunch of Roc members that Freeway and Beanie Sigel had compiled into a group. The album's biggest hit was What We Do, produced by Just Blaze and featuring Jay-Z & Beanie Sigel.

After relations between Beanie Sigel and State Property soured, whether he and Freeway are still friends is unclear. Though Beanie had said he didn't know if he'd work with State Property again, he was present at Jay-Z's I Declare War concert alongside Freeway.

The second is:

2. Freeway are a classic British rock covers band based in York. A five piece playing primarily twin guitar rock music from the classic rock era of the 70s and 80s.

The third is:

3. A 3-piece blues rock band from Australia

Live 'Em Up
Freeway Lyrics

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Thank you ladies and gentlemen
Hold your applause, j'yeah, holla
It's 'bout to go down, shut 'em down
Just Blaze, Freeway, Young Chris, Young Guru
The Roc is definitely in the building
J'yeah, uh, holla, uh, oh, uh, oh, uh, oh, uh

J'yeah, listen, if the rhymes stop dumpin'

Beats stop knockin' then Free still fuckin' with Beans
R U to the G S, maneuver the VE
Throughout the U.S. with two teks of keys

One start up your whip
And the other start up your block
Retarded just like a Carter
El Nino come take a sniff

Or take a few of you like the glass zit
But stick shit in your artery
Hustlin's a part of me
Niggaz retardin' me

Come at the team wrong
Its like a see-saw
They down and we up
The pound heat clowns up

I'm moving and re up teks, blocks and keep gon'
[Incomprehensible] cocks like a school bus
It make stops and it picks kids up
And it wake up the block really early in the mornin'
Word, niggaz want drama? Then line 'em up

Uh, uh, uh, line 'em up
Uh, uh, uh line 'em up
Uh, line 'em up
I, I shut 'em down, uh

Line 'em up
Uh, uh, line 'em up
Uh, uh, line 'em up
I, I shut 'em down, uh

Line 'em up
Uh, uh, line 'em up
Uh, uh, line 'em up
I, I shut 'em down, uh

Line 'em up
Uh, uh, line 'em up
Uh, uh, line 'em up
I, I shut 'em down, uh

Listen, if the Coke stop jumpin'
And the block stop poppin'
Then Free still fuckin' with Schi
M to the is ash, come down with the gat

And take your sti ash and kidnap your keeps
One, puff in my face and the other go in your face
Retarded, this is a stick up, if you slow then pick up the pace
I came to take everything out your safe

And even snatch all your jewelry
Robbin' is a part of me, you just oughta be
Singin' the same song when money low
Ain't no parameters, snatch chains even honies know

Amateurs get state green's and hit with 24 months
From playin' the game long, the eight long
Make pockets short snatch hair and bones weight
They been taking from us for too long it ain't wrong
Line 'em up and I jam 'em all yo

Line 'em up
Uh, uh, uh line 'em up
Uh, line 'em up
I, I shut 'em down, uh

Line 'em up
Uh, uh, line 'em up
Uh, uh, line 'em up
I, I shut 'em down, uh

Line 'em up
Uh, uh, line 'em up
Uh, uh, line 'em up
I, I shut 'em down, uh

Line 'em up
Uh, uh, line 'em up
Uh, uh, line 'em up
I, I shut 'em down, uh

They want a war with the Roc? Okay
Cases catch 'em and beat 'em like O J
I been stretchin' my D's since the O'Jays
Before I met Beans and Free, before Jay

Homie, Pops never was there
So I hustled 24 7 like the cops never was there
Yeah, fuck a box 'cause the metal was there
Fuck the cops 'cause the Fed's was paid

I been settled for years, I'm ahead of my years
Tuck the glock come pedal with K's, we can settle with it here
We run with this beef, we runnin' his peeps
Like five in the mornin' while they under them sheets

Like five gats drawn, soldiers come out they sleep
Tell me what they gon' tell me when the gun out they reach
Homie, we ain't gotta cheat, you ain't stopping sig
Young Gunner startin' P guard from State Property

Uh, uh, uh, line 'em up
Uh, uh, uh, line 'em up
Uh, line 'em up
I, I shut 'em down, uh

Line 'em up
Uh, uh, line 'em up
Uh, uh, line 'em up
I, I shut 'em down, uh

Line 'em up
Uh, uh, line 'em up
Uh, uh, line 'em up
I, I shut 'em down, uh

Line 'em up
Uh, uh, line 'em up

Uh, uh, line 'em up
I, I shut 'em down, uh

Overall Meaning

In this song, Freeway talks about the struggles and hustles he's been through in his life. He mentions that if the rhymes and beats stop, he'd still be working with his colleagues, Beanie Sigel and Young Chris. He talks about moving throughout the U.S. with two teks of keys, one to start up his whip, and the other to start up his block. In the second verse, he talks about robbing people and making music is just a part of him. He goes on to say that he's been hustling for so long, that he doesn't care to rob anyone who crosses him, even chains from women.

He also encourages the young and coming talents like himself to keep pushing even in the face of setbacks. He mentions that he worked hard 24/7 without a break, especially when he didn't have anyone to rely on, not even his father. He talks about running with this beef and running for anyone who comes to attack him, even before dawn. The chorus, which repeats the phrase "line 'em up," talks about preparing for war and shutting them down.

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Christopher Ries, Justin Gregory Smith, Leslie Pridgen

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