[Intro]
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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]
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Run
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