RUNAWAY LOVE featuring MARY J.BLIGE

◆Yea, and it go a little somethin' like this. ●Runaway love, runaway love, runaway love. runaway love ●Runaway love, runaway love, runaway love, Runaway love, runaway love, ◆Now little Lisa's only nine years old, She's tryin' to figure out why the world is so cold. Why she's all alone and ain't never met her family, Mama's always gone and she never met her daddy. Part of her is missin' and nobody'll listen, Mama's on drugs, gettin' high up in the kitchen. Bringin' home men at different hours of the night, Startin' with some laughs, usually ending in a fight, Sneakin' in her room when her mama's knocked out, Tryin to have his way and little Lisa says“Ouch!” She tries to resist but then all he does is beat her, Tries to tell her mom, but her mama don't believe her. Lisa's stuck up in the world on her own, Forced to think that hell is a place called home, Nothing else to do but get some clothes and pack, She says she's 'bout to run away and never come back. ●Runaway love, runaway love, runaway love. runaway love ●Runaway love, runaway love, runaway love, Runaway love, runaway love, ◆Little Nicole is only ten years old, She's steady tryin' to figure why the world is so cold, Why she's not pretty and nobody seems to like her, Alcoholic step-dad always want to strike her. Yells and abuses, leaves her with some bruises, Teachers ask questions, she's making up excuses, Bleeding on the inside, crying on the out, It's only one girl really knows what she's about. Her name is little Stacey, and they become friends, Promise that they'll always be tight 'til the end, Until one day little Stacey gets shot, A drive-by bullet went stray up on the block. Now Nicole's stuck up in the world on her own, Forced to think that hell is place called home, Nothing else to do but get her clothes and pack, She says she's 'bout to run away and never come back. ●Runaway love, runaway love, runaway love. runaway love ●Runaway love, runaway love, runaway love, Runaway love, runaway love, ◆Little Erica is eleven years old, She steady tryin' to figure why the world is so cold. So she pops X to get rid of all the pain, Plus she's having sex with a boy who's sixteen. Emotions run deep and she thinks she's in love, So there's no protection, he's using no glove, Never thinkin' 'bout the consequences of her actions, Living for today and not tomorrow's satisfaction. The days go by and her belly gets big, The father bails out, he ain't ready for a kid. Knowin' her mama will blow it all out of proportion, Plus she lives poor, so no money for abortion. Erica is stuck up in the world on her own, Forced to think that hell is a place called home, Nothing else to do but get her clothes and pack, She says she's 'bout to run away and never come back. ●Runaway love, runaway love, runaway love. runaway love ●Runaway love, runaway love, runaway love, Runaway love, runaway love… (Don't keep running girl, runaway, runaway, runaway, runaway, runnin, runnin, runnin, runnin, don't keep runnin, runnin away, don't you keep on runnin away, I know how you feel, I been there, I was runnin away too.) ●Runaway love, runaway love, runaway love, Runaway love, runaway love… (I would run away with you, I would run away with you, runnin, runnin. Runaway,) ●runaway love. Don't keep runnin away. I'll run away with you if you want me to. Ahh… ◆Yea I can only imagine what you're goin' through ladies. Sometimes I feel like running away myself. So do me a favor right now and close your eyes, and picture us running away together. And when we come back, everything is gonna be ok. Open your eyes.