Runaway, slave Runaway, slave Runaway, runaway Runaway, runaway
Runaway, runaway Runaway, runaway Runaway, slave Runaway, slave
Livin' in the slums with the bums, the rats and the stray Dogs with the rabies, babies are having babies Juveniles act wild footstep you take On corner there's a crack vial
Pushers, dealers, crack heads are Now the dealer's in jail, all the crack are dying My man got AIDS, he was hit To get laid, he paid a head for a five dollar quick job
In the ghettos this stuff you have to A beer relax my mind but I still pack my nine I'm aware of all evil and devilishment Because I'm in a rat like settlement Sometimes it's to manage I a forty take a sip and let the mental do the damage
Yeah, I'm and my eyes are red But it's than a Uzi and a brother man is dead See out of ten are black on black crimes out of nine were killed before their prime
The five wanted vengeance So now five out of five are doin' a jail Ask the Giant, I've through it So when I to the top, I say the ghetto made me do it And I how to strive, huh Born and in the ghetto so you know I can survive
I get away, I gotta do it now (Runaway, slave) I found a better way, so how sound? (Runaway, slave) I get away, I gotta do it now (Runaway, slave) I found a better way, so how that (Runaway, slave)
I gotta get away, I do it now (Runaway, slave) I found a better way, so how that (Runaway, slave) I gotta get away, I do it now (Runaway, slave) I found a better way, so how sound? (Runaway, slave)
Chapter two of every man's diary Drugs and diseases, put in our Kill another and it's bravery Come on one step backwards into mental slavery
Yeah, you best believe reality You got on black then there's police brutality Yeah, bad but what makes it sad Is I'm being harassed by a black man with a badge
He's sellin' out because he's But you only got one race, you only got a face sellin' out because times is hard And old ladies are gettin' 'cause I can't find a job
Fight to the top and the other man drop And gettin' treated like savages stop You got the right plan, but goin' about it the way Divided is the long way is the strong way
Too many died for us to a pause So let's all get ours and stop tryin' to get Walk a straight path but it's so easy to So minds crumble in the concrete jungle
Get your to sell drugs, you don't pass up But a fast buck will wind up to be your last It's a damn shame, you're deaf and blind Did it cross your mind, you're killin' off your own kind?
And pretty even you will be a goner Easy access to guns, liquor stores on corner Street is a must, you never learn enough You're physically rough but you gotta be tough We shall overcome with no The runaway slave is sayin' and I'm out
We get away, we gotta do it now (Runaway, slave) I found a better way, so how that (Runaway, slave) I get away, I gotta do it now (Runaway, slave) I found a way, so how that sound? (Runaway, slave)
I gotta get away, I do it now (Runaway, slave) I found a better way, so how sound? (Runaway, slave) I gotta get away, I do it now (Runaway, slave) I a better way, so how that sound? (Runaway, slave)
I gotta get away, I do it now I found a better way, so how sound? I get away, I gotta do it now I a better way, so how that sound?
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