Runnin'

Summertime In virginia Was a oven oven All the kids eating Ice cream with their Cousins cousins I was studyin' While you Was playing The dozens dozens Don't act like you Was there When you wasn't Runnin'from the man Man runnin'from The badge badge Don't act like you Was there When you wasn't Runnin'toward Our plans Plans and the judges Hands hands Don't act like you Was there When you wasn't I know they Say you crawl For your own But in my mind now I already jog If I stand still I cannot get far They want the moon I'm on mars Sometime my mind Dives deep When I'm runnin' I don't want No free ride I'm just sick And tired of runnin' Some nights I cry Cause I can see The day coming Together we fight Oh but no more Runnin' You and I are Not different from Each other other Shut our eyes When we slumber I see numbers Numbers Black and white We're computers I am colored colored Don't act like you Was there When you wasn't From runnin'to exams Exams to jobs For a man man Don't act like you Was there When you wasn't In the law Of the land Land the women were Often banned banned Don't act like you Was there When you wasn't I know they Say you crawl For your own But in my mind I already jog If I stand still I cannot get far They want the moon I'm on mars Sometime my mind Dives deep When I'm runnin' I don't want No free ride I'm just sick And tired of runnin' Some nights I cry Cause I can see The day coming Together we fight Oh but no more Runnin' I know they Say you crawl For your own But in my mind now I already jog If I stand still I cannot get far They want the moon I'm on mars Sometime my mind Dives deep When I'm runnin' I don't want No free ride I'm just sick And tired Of runnin' Some nights I cry Cause I can see The day coming Together we fight Oh but no more Runnin'