RUNNIN'

Summertime in Virginia was an oven (oven) All the kids eating ice cream with their cousins (cousins) I was studying 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 a badge (badge) Don't act like you was there when you wasn't Runnin' towards our plans (plans) And the judges' hands (hands) Don't act like you was there when you wasn't I know they say to crawl 'fore you walk But in my mind I already jog If I stand still, I cannot get far They want the moon I'm on Mars Sometimes 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 comin' Together we'll fly, oh, but no more runnin' You and I are no different from each other (other) Shut our eyes when I slumber I see numbers (numbers) Black and white were computers I am colored (colored) Don't act like you was there when you wasn't From running to exams (exams) To jobs for a man (man) Don't act like you was there when you wasn't And the law of the land (land) Where women were often banned (banned) Don't act like you was there when you wasn't I know they say to crawl 'fore you walk But in my mind I already jog If I stand still, I cannot get far They want the moon I'm on Mars Sometimes 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 comin' Together we'll fly, oh, but no more runnin' I know they say to crawl 'fore you walk But in my mind I already jog If I stand still, I cannot get far They want the moon I'm on Mars Sometimes 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 comin' Together we'll fly, oh, but no more runnin'