[00:00:00] Run - Soul Position [00:00:04] Aight [00:00:08] It went down like this [00:00:11] A day just like today [00:00:16] Just doing my thing you know [00:00:21] Look before you leap walk before you run [00:00:24] Run from anything that threatens peaceful existence [00:00:26] Look before you leap walk before you run [00:00:29] Run as far as you can until you reach a safe distance [00:00:32] We've been running from day one [00:00:34] Never even thought to ask why or what from [00:00:37] Only taught to run only taught to run [00:00:40] Only taught to run only taught to run [00:00:43] Look before you leap walk before you run [00:00:45] Run from anything that threatens peaceful existence [00:00:48] Look before you leap walk before you run [00:00:50] Run as far as you can until you reach a safe distance [00:00:53] We've been running from day one [00:00:56] Never even thought to ask why or what from [00:00:59] Only taught to run only taught to run [00:01:01] Only taught to run only taught to run [00:01:04] I learned how to walk at age one [00:01:06] And wasn't satified until I learned how to run [00:01:09] At age eighteen I didn't want to run [00:01:12] But I had to run from the shots fired by a gun [00:01:14] Fourty-eight hours two cycles of the sun [00:01:17] I couldn't run from the shock that paralyzed my tongue [00:01:20] It made not want to speak a word to anyone [00:01:22] Felt like the breath had been stolen from my lungs [00:01:25] Who would've told my mother that she lost her youngest son [00:01:28] Tears in her eyes standing there feeling stunned [00:01:30] To hear that her baby fell victim to a gun [00:01:33] Playing basketball outside having fun [00:01:36] It's sad but it happens all the time where I'm from [00:01:38] So I grew up thinking I'd never reach twenty-one [00:01:41] It's sad but it happens all the time where I'm from [00:01:44] But I'm still here cause I learned how to run [00:01:46] Look before you leap walk before you run [00:01:49] Run from anything that threatens peaceful existence [00:01:52] Look before you leap walk before you run [00:01:54] Run as far as you can until you reach a safe distance [00:01:57] We've been running from day one [00:02:00] Never even thought to ask why or what from [00:02:02] Only taught to run only taught to run [00:02:05] Only taught to run only taught to run [00:02:08] Look before you leap walk before you run [00:02:10] Run from anything that threatens peaceful existence [00:02:13] Look before you leap walk before you run [00:02:15] Run as far as you can until you reach a safe distance [00:02:18] We've been running from day one [00:02:21] Never even thought to ask why or what from [00:02:24] Only taught to run only taught to run [00:02:26] Only taught to run only taught to run [00:02:28] My inner city people [00:02:29] Put your hands up if you're feeling me [00:02:32] I'm not alone running from fear of cops killing me [00:02:34] Running from utilities running from responsibilities [00:02:38] Running from flashbacks and memories [00:02:40] It's funny how we run into the arms of strong women [00:02:43] Run away when its time to talk about committment [00:02:45] I've seen women run away from Mr Right [00:02:48] Then turn around and say that [00:02:49] There ain't no good men in sight [00:02:50] Even thugs run when the streets turn into hell [00:02:53] Some run to the cops cause its safer in a cell [00:02:56] Some cats used to run the streets and act fool [00:02:58] Got robbed and didn't run [00:03:00] But they had to run their jewels [00:03:01] Some used to run sh*t on basketball courts [00:03:03] They got kids now running from child support [00:03:06] It's sad but it happens all the time where I'm from [00:03:09] Sometimes I wish that we never learned how to run [00:03:12] Look before you leap walk before you run [00:03:14] Run from anything that threatens peaceful existence [00:03:17] Look before you leap walk before you run [00:03:19] Run as far as you can until you reach a safe distance [00:03:22] We've been running from day one [00:03:25] Never even thought to ask why or what from