"It's hard to understand,
There was love in this man,
I'm sure all would agree,
That his misery,
Was his woman and things,
Now Freddy's dead,
Thats what I said."

"Everybody's misused him,
Ripped him off and abused him,
Another junkie playin,
Pushin' dope for the man,
A terrible blow but thats how it go,
A Freddy's on the corner now,
If you wanna be a junkie wow,
Remmember..Freddy's dead."

Were're all built up with progress,
But sometimes I must confess,
We can deal with rockets and dreams,
But reality,
What does it mean?
Ain't nothin said cause Freddy's dead."

"Why can't we be brothers,
Protect one another,
No one's serious and it makes me furious,
Don't be misled,
Just think of Fred."

Curtis Mayfield