| # | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Proud to Be Black | Run‐D.M.C. | 3:16 |
| 2 | You Must Learn | Boogie Down Productions | 3:50 |
| 3 | A Bird in the Hand | Ice Cube | 2:18 |
| 4 | A.F.R.I.C.A. | Stetsasonic feat. Rev. Jesse Jackson & Olatunji | 6:11 |
| 5 | Thinking of a Master Plan (short vocal) | YZ | 3:58 |
| 6 | Heed the Word of the Brother | X-Clan | 3:38 |
| 7 | Rock Dis Funky Joint (radio edit) | Poor Righteous Teachers | 4:23 |
| 8 | The Day the Niggaz Took Over | Dr. Dre | 4:36 |
| 9 | You Can't Stop the Prophet (Peter Rock remix) | Jeru the Damaja | 5:03 |
| 10 | Bush Killa | Paris | 4:58 |
| 11 | Black Is Black | Jungle Brothers | 3:37 |
| 12 | The Message | Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five feat. Melle Mel & Duke Bootee | 7:12 |
| 13 | Fight the Power | Public Enemy | 5:17 |
| 14 | I Used to Love H.E.R. (radio edit) | Common | 4:40 |
| 15 | Abortion | Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew | 4:21 |
| 16 | Freedom of Speech- programming:
- Afrika Islam (in 1989)
- producer:
- Afrika Islam (in 1989) and Ice‐T (in 1989)
- mixer:
- Vachik Aghaniantz (in 1989) and Mark Wolfon (in 1989)
- lead vocals:
- Ice‐T (in 1989)
- spoken vocals [spoken words]:
- Jello Biafra (in 1989)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Sire Records Company (in 1989) and WEA International (in 1989)
- produced for:
- Rhyme Syndicate Productions
- recorded at:
- Syndicate Studios West in Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1989) and Wide Tracks in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1989)
- mixed at:
- Milagro Sound Recorders in Glendale, California, United States (in 1989) and Soundcastle in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1989)
- samples:
- Can I Get Some Help by James Brown and Let the Music Take Your Mind by Kool & the Gang
- recording of:
- Freedom of Speech (in 1989)
- lyricist:
- Tracy Lauren Marrow
- composer:
- Charles Andre Glenn and Tracy Lauren Marrow
| Ice‐T Spoken Words by Jello Biafra | 4:10 |
| 17 | The Message 2000 | Ticc-Tacc Battling Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five | 2:58 |