Runnin

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[Verse 1]
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Summertime in Virginia was a oven(oven)
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All the kids eating ice cream with their cousins (cousins)
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I was studyin' while you was playing the dozens (dozens)
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Don't act like you was there when you wasn't

[Refrain 1]
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Runnin' from the man (man) runnin' from the badge (badge)
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Don't act like you was there when you wasn't
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Runnin' toward our plans (plans) and the judges hands (hands)
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Don't act like you was there when you wasn't

[Pre-Chorus]
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I know they say you crawl for your own
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But in my mind I already jog
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If I stand still I cannot get far
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They want the Moon, I'm on Mars

[Chorus]
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Sometime my mind dives deep
Em
When I'm runnin'
                Dm       F#
I don't want no free ride
F                                 Em
I'm just sick and tired of runnin'
Dm            F#
Some nights I cry
F                       Em
Cause I can see the day comin'
        Dm  F#
Together we fight
F               B
Oh, but no more runnin'

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[Verse 2]
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You and I are not different from each other (other)
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Shut our eyes, when we slumber I see numbers (numbers)
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Black and white, we're computers, I am colored (colored)
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Don't act like you was there when you wasn't

[Refrain 2]
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From runnin' to exams (exams) to jobs for a man (man)
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Don't act like you was there when you wasn't
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In the law of the land (land) the women were often banned (banned)
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Don't act like you was there when you wasn't

[Pre-Chorus]
Em                                    Dm
I know they say you crawl for your own
Em                          Dm
But in my mind I already jog
Em                               Dm
If I stand still I cannot get far
Em                         Dm
They want the Moon, I'm on Mars

[Chorus]
Dm                F#       F
Sometime my mind dives deep
Em
When I'm runnin'
                Dm       F#
I don't want no free ride
F                                 Em
I'm just sick and tired of runnin'
Dm            F#
Some nights I cry
F                       Em
Cause I can see the day comin'
        Dm  F#
Together we fight
F               B
Oh, but no more runnin'

[Instrumental]
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[Pre-Chorus]
Em                                    Dm
I know they say you crawl for your own
Em                          Dm
But in my mind I already jog
Em                               Dm
If I stand still I cannot get far
Em                         Dm
They want the Moon, I'm on Mars


[Chorus]
Dm                F#       F
Sometime my mind dives deep
Em
When I'm runnin'
                Dm       F#
I don't want no free ride
F                                 Em
I'm just sick and tired of runnin'
Dm            F#
Some nights I cry
F                       Em
Cause I can see the day comin'
        Dm  F#
Together we fight
F               B
Oh, but no more runnin'