Cuts for Luck and Scars for Freedom is the debut studio album by American Oakland-based rapper and singer Mystic.

Production was handled by Dotrix 4000, The Angel, CD, Chops, Relative, Spontaneous, Adam, AmpLive, A-Plus, Manifest, Shock G and Walter Taylor.

She told Vibe in a 2003 interview that the reaction to the song was enormous, with teenagers e-mailing her to tell her about how distant their fathers were and the lengths some went to get their attention, going so far as to attempt suicide.

Cheo Tyehimba of Entertainment Weekly awarded the album an "A" and called the songs "catchy but meaningful".

[3] Steve 'Flash' Juon of RapReviews also praised the album, saying "not a single track could be called weak or musically unlistenable".

[19] In 2002, the album earned Mystic a nomination for "Best Female Hip-Hop Artist" at the BET Awards;[20] she lost, however, to Missy Elliott.