Runnin' Lyrics

Why we keep on runnin'

From ourselves, and the truth man it's stunnin'

How we choose not to see what's going on

Everywhere I look things seem to be going wrong

Like the family in the streets

That can't pay the rent, cause inflation is a beast

Beggin' for a meal while others eatin' feast

And government don't feel for 'em even in the least

Cause they're too busy getting rid of women's rights

To choose to use their bodies to create another life

Erasing civil liberties with pen strokes in the night

Hoping that we take it and give up without a fight.

Well, I guess they don't know our spirit

So I'm a spit it clear and make sure that they hear it

To let the people know that a change is gonna come

Only if we stand up and choose not to run

You been runnin' for a long time

But you can't run from yourself

Just let the light in your heart shine

And you will find yourself

No runnin' away from the feeling

It's only yourself you deceiving

No runnin' away embrace your pain

Don't run away

Don't run away

But we keep on runnin'

From the hurt and the pain we numbin'

Dumbin' out, blowin' clouds, ganja that's hella strong

Another glass of whiskey and I won't have to think for long

About the suits up on the hill

Who's pockets line with money while there's bodies lying still

And parents wait for children who aint coming home from school

There'll probably be another shot before this verse is through

Or it could be the police with a bias to fulfill

They see a black man in the street, shoot to kill

Then turn around and claim self defense, yeah that's fair

Can't believe so many slain after all these thoughts and prayers

Now I apologize if this is messin up your chill

It's hard to be relaxed when we arm the mentally ill

Then act like these mass shootings were so unpredictable

Congress too busy stacking when they should passing bills

We're tired of being extorted, we just want to be supported

Tired of all the lies and the facts gettin distorted

Tired of the future for our planet lookin' morbid

Tired of our hopes and our dreams comin' up forfeit

I'm done, I wrote rhyme thinking about my son

Thinking about the world I want to leave him when I'm gone

Thinking about the trips I still got left around the Sun

So when he think about me he'll know Daddy didn't run

You been runnin' for a long time

But you can't run from yourself

Just let the light in your heart shine

And you will find yourself

No runnin' away from the feeling

It's only yourself you deceiving

No runnin' away embrace your pain

Don't run away

Don't run away

And I know what you're feeling

And I'm sure you can tell

That things stay the same

Until we change our ways

So can we put our guns down and say

Don't run away

Don't run away