Runnin'

Summertime in Virginia was a oven (oven) All the kids eating ice cream with their cousins (cousins) I was studyin' 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 the badge (badge) Don't act like you was there when you wasn't Runnin' toward our plans (plans) and the judges hands (hands) Don't act like you was there when you wasn't I know they say you crawl 'fore your walk But in my mind I already jog If I stand still I cannot get far They want the Moon, I'm on Mars Sometime 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 not different from each other (other) Shut our eyes, when we slumber I see numbers (numbers) Black and white, we're computers, I am colored (colored) Don't act like you was there when you wasn't From runnin' to exams (exams) to jobs for a man (man) Don't act like you was there when you wasn't In the law of the land (land) the women were often banned (banned) Don't act like you was there when you wasn't I know they say you crawl 'fore your walk But in my mind I already jog If I stand still I cannot get far They want the Moon, I'm on Mars Sometime 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 fly Oh, but no more runnin' I know they say you crawl 'fore your walk But in my mind I already jog If I stand still I cannot get far They want the Moon, I'm on Mars Sometime 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 fly Oh, but no more runnin' --- Runnin' - Lalah Hathaway and Pharrell Williams