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Come on! Yeah!
1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, check this out, check this out
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
(Fatlip)
I must admit on some occasions
I went out like a punk and a chump
Or a sucka or something to that effect
Respect
I used to never get 'cause all I got was upset
When niggas use to be like, "What's up fool!"
And tried to sweat a nigga like the Lip
For no reason at all I can recall crip niggas throwin' c's in my face
Down the hall I'm kickin' it in the back of the school eatin' chicken at three
Wonderin' why is everybody always pickin' on me?
I tried to talk and tell them, "Chill,
I did nothing to deserve this!"
But when it didn't work I wasn't scared just real nervous and unprepared
To deal with scrappin' no doubt
'Cause my pappy never told me how to knock a nigga out
But now in '95 I must survive as a man on my own
Fuck around with Fatlip, yes ya get blown!
I'm not tryin' to show no macho is shown
But when it's on, if it's on, then it's on!
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
(Slim Kid 3)
So listen here
There comes a time in every man's life
When he's gotta handle up on his own
Can't depend on friends to help you in a squeeze, please
They got problems of they own
Down for the count on seven chicken shits
Don't get to heaven 'til they faced these fears in these fear zones
Used to get jacked back up in high school
I played it cool just so some real shit won't get full blown
Bein' where I'm from
They let the smoke come quicker than
An evil redneck could lynch a helpless colored figure
And as a victim I invented low key
'Til the keyhole itself got lower than me
So I stood up and let my free form form free
Said I'm gonna get some before they knockin' out me
I don't sweat it
I let the bullshit blow in the breeze
In other words just freeze
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
(Bootie Brown)
It's 1995!
And now that I'm older, stress weighs on my shoulders
Heavy as boulders
But I told ya
And 'til the day that I die I still
Will be a soldier
And that's all I told ya
And that all I showed ya
And all this calamity is ripping my sanity
Can it be?
That I'm a celebrity who's on the brink
Of insanity?
Now don't be wishin' of switchin' any positions with me
'Cause when you in my position, it ain't never easy
To do any type of maintaining
'Cause all the gamin' and famin' from entertainin'
Is hella strainin' to the brain and
But I can't keep runnin', I just gotta keep keen and cunnin'
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep
Can't keep
Can't keep
You can't keep on...
1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, check this out, check this out
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
I must admit on some occasions
I went out like a punk and a chump
Or a sucka or something to that effect
Respect
I used to never get 'cause all I got was upset
When niggas use to be like, "What's up fool!"
And tried to sweat a nigga like the Lip
For no reason at all I can recall crip niggas throwin' c's in my face
Down the hall I'm kickin' it in the back of the school eatin' chicken at three
Wonderin' why is everybody always pickin' on me?
I tried to talk and tell them, "Chill,
I did nothing to deserve this!"
But when it didn't work I wasn't scared just real nervous and unprepared
To deal with scrappin' no doubt
'Cause my pappy never told me how to knock a nigga out
But now in '95 I must survive as a man on my own
Fuck around with Fatlip, yes ya get blown!
I'm not tryin' to show no macho is shown
But when it's on, if it's on, then it's on!
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
So listen here
There comes a time in every man's life
When he's gotta handle up on his own
Can't depend on friends to help you in a squeeze, please
They got problems of they own
Down for the count on seven chicken shits
Don't get to heaven 'til they faced these fears in these fear zones
Used to get jacked back up in high school
I played it cool just so some real shit won't get full blown
Bein' where I'm from
They let the smoke come quicker than
An evil redneck could lynch a helpless colored figure
And as a victim I invented low key
'Til the keyhole itself got lower than me
So I stood up and let my free form form free
Said I'm gonna get some before they knockin' out me
I don't sweat it
I let the bullshit blow in the breeze
In other words just freeze
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
It's 1995!
And now that I'm older, stress weighs on my shoulders
Heavy as boulders
But I told ya
And 'til the day that I die I still
Will be a soldier
And that's all I told ya
And that all I showed ya
And all this calamity is ripping my sanity
Can it be?
That I'm a celebrity who's on the brink
Of insanity?
Now don't be wishin' of switchin' any positions with me
'Cause when you in my position, it ain't never easy
To do any type of maintaining
'Cause all the gamin' and famin' from entertainin'
Is hella strainin' to the brain and
But I can't keep runnin', I just gotta keep keen and cunnin'
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep runnin' away
Can't keep
Can't keep
Can't keep
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I cannot believe no one has commented on this song yet! It's from the Pharcyde, one of the greatest alternative rap groups of all time, with incomparable production by the late Jay Dilla (RIP). This song has a lot of personal meaning for me since it seems to be about learning to be a man and stand up for yourself even when no one else will- the Pharcyde have such balls rapping about being bullied in school, I only wish more rappers could get over their thug posturing and tell the truth.
"Fuck keeping it real, I'm keeping it me." -Redman
AWESOME SONG!! Love Pharcyde. Great Lyrics. Positive Message. Groundbreaking Lyricism.
I listen to this song every morning before i start me day.
"So I stood up and let my free form form free Said I'm gonna get some before they knockin' out me" ----I totally understand Fat Lip here. Life is nottin more then djungelife - you must kill before getting killed.
"Can't depend on friends to help you in a squeeze, please They got problems of they own" ---- I feel more stronger if i only depend om myself...in that way you never have to get disapointed
I feel this song is about accepting LIFE, and it hardship. Is means that you shouldnt run away from it of you will never experiance the good stuff either - everything is better then living in limbo.
It's about having the courage to face what may come like a man. Words to live life by.
Damn this has gotta be pharcydes illest song
@BeeBop Definitely.
@BeeBop Definitely.