Runaway, slave Runaway, runaway Runaway, slave Runaway, slave
Runaway, runaway Runaway, slave Runaway, runaway Runaway, slave
in the slums with the bums, the rats and the stray cats Dogs with the rabies, little babies are having 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 heads are My man got AIDS, he was hit To get laid, he paid a crack head for a five dollar job
In the ghettos this you have to find A beer will relax my mind but I still pack my I'm aware of all evil and devilishment Because I'm living in a rat settlement Sometimes it's hard to I grab a forty take a sip and let the do the damage
Yeah, I'm woozy and my are red But it's better than a Uzi and a man is dead See out of ten are black on black crimes Four out of nine killed before their prime
The five wanted vengeance So now out of five are doin' a jail sentence Ask the Giant, I've through it So when I reach to the top, I say the 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 that (Runaway, slave) I gotta get away, I 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 a better 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)
Chapter two of every black man's Drugs and diseases, put in our Kill another and it's bravery on that's one step backwards into mental slavery
Yeah, you believe that's reality You got black on black then there's brutality Yeah, bad but what makes it sad Is that I'm being by a black man with a badge
He's sellin' out he's two-faced But you got one race, you only got a nigga's face He's sellin' out because times is And old ladies are gettin' robbed 'cause I find a job
Fight to the top and the other man will And gettin' treated like savages will You got the right plan, but goin' it the wrong way Divided is the way united is the strong way
Too many for us to take a pause So let's all get ours and tryin' to get yours Walk a path but it's so easy to stumble So weak minds crumble in the jungle
Get your chance to drugs, you don't pass up But a fast buck wind up to be your last buck It's a shame, you're deaf dumb and blind Did it ever your mind, you're killin' off your own kind?
And pretty soon even you will be a Easy access to guns, liquor stores on every Street is a must, you never learn enough physically rough but mentally 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 sound? (Runaway, slave) I get away, I gotta 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 found a better way, so how sound? (Runaway, slave) I gotta get away, I do it now (Runaway, slave) I found a way, so how that sound? (Runaway, slave)
I gotta get away, I do it now I found a better way, so how that I get away, I gotta do it now I found a better way, so how that
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