Runnin'

Album: Hidden Figures (2016)
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  • 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' Writer/s: PHARRELL WILLIAMS
    Publisher: FOX MUSIC, INC., Songtrust Ave, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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