IntroEmDmVerse 1EmDm
Summertime in Virginia was a oven(oven)
EmDm
All the kids eating ice cream with their cousins (cousins)
EmDm
I was studyin' while you was playing the dozens (dozens)
EmDm
Don't act like you was there when you wasn't
[Refrain 1
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Runnin' from the man (man) runnin' from the badge (badge)
EmDm
Don't act like you was there when you wasn't
EmDm
Runnin' toward our plans (plans) and the judges hands (hands)
EmDm
Don't act like you was there when you wasn't
Pre-ChorusEmDm
I know they say you crawl for your own
EmDm
But in my mind I already jog
EmDm
If I stand still I cannot get far
EmDm
They want the Moon, I'm on Mars
ChorusDmF#F
Sometime my mind dives deep
Em
When I'm runnin'
DmF#
I don't want no free ride
FEm
I'm just sick and tired of runnin'
DmF#
Some nights I cry
FEm
Cause I can see the day comin'
DmF#
Together we fight
FB
Oh, but no more runnin'
EmDmVerse 2EmDm
You and I are not different from each other (other)
EmDm
Shut our eyes, when we slumber I see numbers (numbers)
EmDm
Black and white, we're computers, I am colored (colored)
EmDm
Don't act like you was there when you wasn't
[Refrain 2
EmDm
From runnin' to exams (exams) to jobs for a man (man)
EmDm
Don't act like you was there when you wasn't
EmDm
In the law of the land (land) the women were often banned (banned)
EmDm
Don't act like you was there when you wasn't
Pre-ChorusEmDm
I know they say you crawl for your own
EmDm
But in my mind I already jog
EmDm
If I stand still I cannot get far
EmDm
They want the Moon, I'm on Mars
ChorusDmF#F
Sometime my mind dives deep
Em
When I'm runnin'
DmF#
I don't want no free ride
FEm
I'm just sick and tired of runnin'
DmF#
Some nights I cry
FEm
Cause I can see the day comin'
DmF#
Together we fight
FB
Oh, but no more runnin'
InstrumentalEmDmEmDmEmDmEmDmEmDmPre-ChorusEmDm
I know they say you crawl for your own
EmDm
But in my mind I already jog
EmDm
If I stand still I cannot get far
EmDm
They want the Moon, I'm on Mars
ChorusDmF#F
Sometime my mind dives deep
Em
When I'm runnin'
DmF#
I don't want no free ride
FEm
I'm just sick and tired of runnin'
DmF#
Some nights I cry
FEm
Cause I can see the day comin'
DmF#
Together we fight
FB
Oh, but no more runnin'
OutroEmDmEmDmEmDmEmDmEmDmEmDm
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