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Aight.. |
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it went down like this |
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a day just like today |
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just...doing my thing, you know? |
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[Chorus X2] |
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Look before you leap, walk before you run |
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run from anything that threatens peaceful existence |
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Look before you leap, walk before you run |
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run as far as you can until you reach a safe distance |
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we've been running from day one |
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never even thought to ask why or what from |
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only taught to run, only taught to run |
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only taught to run, only taught to run |
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I learned how to walk at age one |
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and wasn't satified until I learned how to run |
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at age eighteen I didn't want to run |
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but I had to run from the shots fired by a gun |
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fourty-eight hours, two cycles of the sun |
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I couldn't run from the shock that paralyzed my tongue |
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it made not want to speak a word to anyone |
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felt like the breath had been stolen from my lungs |
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who would've told my mother that she lost her youngest son |
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tears in her eyes standing there feeling stunned |
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to hear that her baby fell victim to a gun |
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playing basketball outside having fun |
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it's sad but it happens all the time where I'm from |
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so I grew up thinking I'd never reach twenty-one |
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it's sad but it happens all the time where I'm from |
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but I'm still here, cause I learned how to run |
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[Chorus X2] |
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my inner city people |
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put your hands up if you're feeling me |
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I'm not alone running from fear of cops killing me |
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running from utilities, running from responsibilities |
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running from flashbacks and memories |
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it's funny how we run into the arms of strong women |
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run away when its time to talk about committment |
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I've seen women, run away from Mr. Right |
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then turn around and say that there ain't no good men in sight |
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even thugs run when the streets turn into hell |
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some run to the cops cause its safer in a cell |
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some cats used to run the streets and act fool |
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got robbed and didn't run but they had to run their jewels |
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some used to run shit on basketball courts |
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they got kids now running from child support |
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it's sad but it happens all the time where I'm from |
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sometimes I wish that we never learned how to run |
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[Chorus X2] |
