[00:00.000] 作词 : Nicholas Carter/Rodney L. Gilcreast
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Nicholas Carter/Rodney L. Gilcreast
[00:07.24]He's running for his life
[00:08.53]The ****** up thing
[00:09.38]This happens every other night
[00:10.67]
[00:11.59]They see him comin'
[00:12.80]They like wassup cuz
[00:13.92]He in his uniform from target
[00:15.00]So they sayin' he's a blood
[00:16.26]
[00:16.80]They know he ain't bangin'
[00:18.08]They do it for entertainment
[00:19.55]Let off a couple shots
[00:20.89]And they all start to chase him
[00:22.16]
[00:22.93]Heart racin'
[00:23.69]Round the corner then he trip
[00:25.21]That's when he felt the chrome
[00:26.49]To his head and heard the click
[00:27.75]
[00:28.33]And every day he puts his backpack on
[00:30.12]
[00:30.69]His headphones in and he plays that song
[00:32.70]
[00:34.23]And now he doesn't feel so alone
[00:35.69]
[00:36.37]Walkin' out the door
[00:37.41]He pray to god he make it home
[00:39.09]
[00:40.18]And he just want to make it home
[00:41.92]A young black man tryna make it on his own
[00:43.96]
[00:45.68]All this crazy that's going on
[00:47.17]He's just trying to survive
[00:48.33]But they saying that he's wrong
[00:49.74]
[00:50.80]So god bless kanye west
[00:52.32]
[00:53.00]And every other brother of color
[00:54.59]That's under stress
[00:55.22]
[00:56.37]They wanna make you feel like you are less
[00:58.42]Even though you didn't make it
[00:59.87]Gotta deal with this mess
[01:00.85]
[01:01.73]Hold your head and always do your best
[01:03.65]
[01:04.19]It's a long race you gotta pace your steps
[01:06.45]
[01:07.93]And remember that you are blessed
[01:09.53]It's because god loves us that he puts us to the test
[01:12.00]
[01:13.91]He's running for his life
[01:15.27]The ****** up thing is this week it happened twice
[01:17.26]
[01:18.02]This time the eses
[01:19.55]Bald head and tattoos
[01:20.87]Mad 'cause he datin'
[01:21.98]They cousin and he a black dude
[01:23.29]
[01:23.86]Hopped in they regal
[01:24.91]They chased him down pico
[01:26.17]He tried to hide in the crowd amongst the other people
[01:28.34]
[01:29.28]High off sherm so they don't give a ****
[01:31.09]
[01:31.81]They rolled down the window and emptied the whole clip
[01:34.08]
[01:35.08]And every day he puts his backpack on
[01:36.74]
[01:37.43]His headphones in and he plays that song
[01:40.00]
[01:40.98]And now he doesn't feel so alone
[01:42.46]
[01:43.04]Walkin' out the door
[01:43.79]He pray to god he make it home
[01:45.42]
[01:46.85]And he just want to make it home
[01:48.57]A young black man tryna make it on his own
[01:50.59]
[01:52.41]All this crazy that's going on
[01:53.88]He's just trying to survive but they saying that he's wrong
[01:56.31]
[01:57.28]We in the struggle where the strong kill the strong
[01:59.79]Bodies dropping in the ghetto all night long
[02:01.85]
[02:02.42]Can't seem to find a way for us all to get along
[02:05.19]It's like they the new Marvin Gaye
[02:06.96]What's goin' on
[02:07.61]
[02:08.62]So god bless kanye west
[02:10.81]And every other brother of color that's under stress
[02:13.15]
[02:14.25]They wanna make you feel like you are less
[02:16.16]Even though you didn't make it
[02:17.51]Gotta deal with this mess
[02:18.49]
[02:19.59]Hold your head
[02:20.53]And always do your best
[02:21.96]It's a long race
[02:23.02]You gotta pace your steps
[02:24.08]
[02:25.78]And remember that you are blessed
[02:26.97]It's because god loves us that he puts us to the test
[02:29.96]
[02:31.75]He's running for his life
[02:33.08]The ****** up thing is tonight is the black and white
[02:35.81]They rolled up and told him
[02:37.25]Freeze don't run
[02:38.41]And that might sound easy
[02:39.79]But you see he's got a gun
[02:40.94]
[02:42.11]You know he ain't tryna be on no tough ****
[02:44.30]But every single night
[02:45.43]He was tired of gettin' ****** with
[02:47.19]He dropped the gun and it let off a shot
[02:49.64]So they returned fire as he ran down the block
[02:51.80]
[02:52.81]This is a story with three different plots
[02:55.18]In any of the three the hero could've been shot
[02:57.51]
[02:58.02]Who really did the shooting don't matter a whole lot
[03:00.58]Either way a young man was gunned down on his block
[03:03.07]
[03:04.70]And now he laying in the hospital
[03:06.48]After all these years of dodging
[03:08.13]So many obstacles
[03:08.85]
[03:09.57]It don't matter if I tell you who's responsible
[03:11.52]It sucks that we're living in a world
[03:13.55]Where this is possible