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I know we whispered a bit too loud
in the ghetto's ear
and now it's way too loud in here
let it go
let them run to you
when they fail
and they're running home
they're running home to you
we can't pay for mistakes
they have made in my name
we cannot forget this
we cannot
we can't afford this
we cannot
when they fail
and they're running home
they're running home to you
if the way they sell is the way we fail
I know
run on home
it's kind of like we're being paid for having heart attacks
well we can only see the top when we're on our backs
remove your teeth and have yourself a bite to eat
they don't care if we don't sleep
it's the equivalent to having blind men watch your back
it's like a liquor store without the swishers
kind of like a dime with no sack
Lamborghinis traded in for Cadillacs
you might as well have given them the clip to your
we know failure
we will rock you
we cannot forget this
we cannot
we can't afford this
we cannot
when they fail
and they're running home
they're running home to you
if the way they sell is the way we fail
I know
run on home
they say "charge it to the game"
don't talk about it be about it now
in the ghetto's ear
and now it's way too loud in here
let it go
let them run to you
and they're running home
they're running home to you
they have made in my name
we cannot forget this
we cannot
we can't afford this
we cannot
and they're running home
they're running home to you
if the way they sell is the way we fail
I know
run on home
well we can only see the top when we're on our backs
remove your teeth and have yourself a bite to eat
they don't care if we don't sleep
it's the equivalent to having blind men watch your back
it's like a liquor store without the swishers
kind of like a dime with no sack
Lamborghinis traded in for Cadillacs
you might as well have given them the clip to your
we will rock you
we cannot
we can't afford this
we cannot
and they're running home
they're running home to you
if the way they sell is the way we fail
I know
run on home
don't talk about it be about it now
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From Jason on this song: "Our culture seems to have a strange affinity for adversity. We have found a way to exploit danger. I don't mean to mitigate the worth in such classics as "The Last Action Hero" starring California's very own Arnold Schwarzenegger. I don't mean that kind of danger. I mean the danger that has somehow been omitted from commercialized violence, and sex, and drug pushing, and gun toting.
I may seem biased in this regard, but namely- that ghetto living. That hood life. That real shit. I am a firm believer that all of that danger and dirty tap water builds some rather unshakable and exceptional character. My only qualm with it all is that a lot of folks are only willing to go as far as their 62" flatscreen television to understand it.
(Growing up poor with our safety in perpetual question wasn't cool. Don't commend me or my crew for that. Instead, let's appreciate the fact that we were able to excel beyond that level and more importantly, let's imbue those methods to posterity)"