[Intro: Mike Epps (Sampled)]
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Married men act totally different when theyre by themselves, dont they? You see em with their wife, “Whats up Tony?” “Hey man, hows everything going brother? Oh, just taking it easy, hanging out with the old lady. Alright, God bless you, take it easy now, alright.” You be like that nigga aint like that
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You see him by himself, “Whats up Tony?” “Hey, wheres the bitches at, nigga?! Wheres the bitches?!”
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[Verse 1]
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Yeah
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Gimme my space, Lord, aint enough time to chase
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All these dreams, nah mean? I got no time to wait
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Love my girl, but I told her straight up, “Dont wait up”
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Stumble home late, Im drunk, we fucked and made up
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Used to living free as a bird, but now Im laid up
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Feelin like a nigga got handcuffs on
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How the fuck did my life become a damn love song?
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She ride for a nigga and she stand up for him
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But a nigga wan be a nigga, be a nigga
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Ride through the streets with freaks and real niggas
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Shell never understand what its like to be a man
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Knowin when you look inside yourself you see a nigga
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And you dont wan let her down
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But you too young for the settle down
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And maybe you can thug it out, learn what is love about
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When you cant live with her and you cant live without
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Aw shit, goddamn, I think the devil got his hands on me
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Stripper saying, “Baby, wont you throw them bands on me?”
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And I came to spend
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She pop a molly, let the motherfuckin games begin
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Im running away
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[Chorus]
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Runaway, runaway
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Runaway, runaway
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Im holdin on
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Desperately
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Runaway, runaway
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Runaway, runaway
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Im holdin on
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[Verse 2]
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When its all said and done everybody dies
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In this life aint no happy endings
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Only pure beginnings followed by years of sinning and fake repentance
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The preacher say we were made in image of Lord
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To which I replied: “Are you sure?
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Even a murderer? Even a whore?
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Even a nigga running through bitches on tour
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With a good girl at home folding clothes and shit?”
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She losin faith in him and he knows the shit
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Like, “What the fuck is a break? Dont know how much I can take no more
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I give you all I got til it aint no more
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No more tears, its been ten long years
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Damn near, I dont know if I can wait no more”
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And who can blame her, you complain about
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Every time you out, you come back she poutin
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Sleeping back to back, this is wack, we bout
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To go platinum and Im in the crib acting out
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My childhood fantasies of wife and home
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But its a whole lot of actresses Id like to bone
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And despite the rumors you hold out
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On account of your guilt and she has got to spend her nights alone
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And she ride or die like Eve and em
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Make home-cooked meals every evenin
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And even in your lowest days
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When youre no longer Superman, at least you know you got Lois Lane
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But you
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[Chorus]
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Runaway, runaway
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Runaway, runaway
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Im holdin on
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Desperately
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Runaway, runaway
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Runaway, runaway
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Im holdin on
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[Verse 3]
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Yeah
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Unbelievable, seen evil that not even Knievel know
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At age three I knew this world was three below
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Listen, even though my ego low, achieved the unachievable
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Imagine if my confidence was halfway decent yo
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This just in, fucked more bitches than Bieber though
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Still I keep it low, got my niggas on the need to know
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Basis, my manager back in the days was racist
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I was a young boy, passing skates and tucking laces
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Old perverted white man who told me, “Jermaine
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Its all pink on the inside, fuck what color they face is”
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Wise words from an indecent man
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Made me reflect on the times when we was three-fifths of them
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In chains and powerless, brave souls reduced to cowardice
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Slaving in the baking sun for hours just
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To see the master creep into the shack where your lady at
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Nine months later got a baby, thats
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Not quite what you expected, but you
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Refuse to neglect it, cause you
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Know your wifey loves you, thus you refuse to accept it
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That’s the type of shit that turned my granny light-skinned
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Rich white men rule the nation still
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Only difference is we all slaves now, the chains concealed
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In our thoughts, if I follow my heart to save myself
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Could I run away from fifty-mill like Dave Chappelle?
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You know
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[Chorus]
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Runaway, runaway
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Runaway, runaway
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Im holdin on
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Desperately
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Runaway, runaway
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Runaway, runaway
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Im holdin on
